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Forest Carbon Dynamics as a Constraint on Future Land-Use and Land-Cover Change. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Zhang W, Chen A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of land use/land cover change on ecosystem service values in the Dinki Watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Worku Y, Asmamaw M, Ambelu A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Breakdown in seasonal dynamics of subtropical ant communities with land-cover change. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2023
Kass JM, Yoshimura M, Ogasawara M, Suwabe M, Hita Garcia F, Fischer G, Dudley KL, Donohue I, Economo EP.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causal machine learning methods for understanding land use and land cover change. [PDF]

Landsc Ecol
Eigenbrod F, Alexander P, Apfel N, Athanasiadis IN, Berger T, Bullock JM, Duveiller G, Equihua J, Menezes I, Moreira R, Paudel D, Sitokonstantinou V, Reichstein M, Willcock S, Woodman T.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The changing face of the Constantia Valley a temporal study of land use change in a heritage landscape

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.The study of land use change and urban morphology requires a multi-layered approach. Case studies are needed to gain an understanding of the local factors that are driving land use change and forming urban landscapes ...
Gaffney, Benjamin
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Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Global decarbonization corresponding with unseasonal land cover change. [PDF]

Nat Commun
He K, Wang L, Liu Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Settlement Design on Tropical Deforestation Rates and Resulting Land Cover Patterns

Policymakers in the Brazilian Amazon face the challenge of meeting environmental and developmental goals as cities and towns within these tropical forests continue to face migration pressure.
Caviglia-Harris, Jill L., Harris, Daniel
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