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Synergies in Agricultural Biodiversity Conservation: Decomposing the Interaction Between Nature Parks and Agri‐Environment Schemes

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how policy instruments with overlapping goals interact is crucial for leveraging their synergies. This study explores the mechanisms for regional nature parks (a form of protected areas that impose no restrictions on agriculture) to enhance the adoption of biodiversity‐conserving agri‐environment schemes (AES) in Switzerland ...
Yanbing Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrow‐wide‐row planting pattern increases the radiation use efficiency and seed yield of intercrop species in relay‐intercropping system

open access: yesFood and Energy Security, 2019
Planting arrangements affect radiation use efficiency (RUE) and competitiveness of intercrop species in intercropping systems. Here, we reveal that narrow‐wide‐row planting arrangement in maize‐soybean relay‐intercropping system increases the dry matter ...
Muhammad Ali Raza   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

DURABILITY OF ROAD PAVEMENT AGAINST TIDAL INUNDATION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Semarang, as one of cities located on the North Coast of Java Island, experienced tidal inundation for years. The presence of inundation has adverse effect on road infrastructure, especially on coastal arterial roads, which most of them made of mixture
Bagus , Hario Setiadji   +2 more
core  

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intercropping of Flax Seed (Linum usitatissimum L.) and Pinto Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Under Foliar Application of Iron Nano Chelated and Zinc [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production, 2016
In order to evaluate the intercropping advantage of flax seed (Linum usitatissimum L.) and pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)under foliar application of Nano chelated iron and zinc, a field experiment was conducted as factorial based on randomized ...
E Rezaei- Chiyaneh
doaj  

A Hierarchical Allometric Scaling Analysis of Chinese Cities: 1991-2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The law of allometric scaling based on Zipf distributions can be employed to research hierarchies of cities in a geographical region. However, the allometric patterns are easily influenced by random disturbance from the noises in observational data.
Chen, Yanguang, Feng, Jian
core   +3 more sources

Intercropped melon-cowpea organic system can improve melon yield and land equivalent ratio

open access: yes, 2019
Project also funded by Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad from the Government of Spain by grant AGL2017-83975-R (Project AsociaHortus)
Sánchez-Navarro, Virginia   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Bio- and Chemical Fertilizers on Grain and Essential Oil Yield of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) in Intercropping with Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Science and Sustainable Production, 2017
The effect of bio-fertilizers and intercropping with faba bean (Vicia faba L.) on grain and essential oil yield of cumin(Cuminum cyminum L.)evaluated by field experiment as factorial based on randomized complete block design with 12 treatments and three ...
Shafighe Sakhavi   +3 more
doaj  

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