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Trade-offs between agricultural production and ecosystem services under different land management scenarios in the Loess Plateau of China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Jiang J, Zhao H, Zhang J, Dong B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

Millennial Floristic Diversity and Land Management as Inferred from Archaeo-Palynological Research in Southern Italy. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Clò E, Mercuri AM, Zappa J, Ricucci C, Braga L, Florenzano A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Targeting Agricultural Drainage to Reduce Nitrogen Losses in a Minnesota Watershed [PDF]

Agricultural nitrogen losses are the major contributor to nitrogen loads in the Mississippi River, and consequently, to the existence of a hypoxic, or dead, zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Focusing on two small agricultural watersheds in southeast Minnesota,
Gowda, Prasanna H., Mulla, David J., Petrolia, Daniel R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards sustainable land management in small islands: A Water-Energy-Food nexus approach. [PDF]

PLoS One
Authier R, Pillot B, Guimbretière G, Corral-Broto P, Gervet C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vendor Types, Attendance, Experience and Sales 2019–2021: Evidence From Five Rural Oregon Farmers Markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe, Juo‐Han Tsay, Sarah A. Low   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Constraints and Mitigation Strategies for the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Erosion-prone Areas of Southeast Nigeria. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Olumba CN, Garrod G, Areal F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Predicting land use and land cover changes for sustainable land management using CA-Markov modelling and GIS techniques. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Tahir Z, Haseeb M, Mahmood SA, Batool S, Abdullah-Al-Wadud M, Ullah S, Tariq A.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quantifying the effects of multiple land management practices, land cover change, and wildfire on the California landscape carbon budget with an empirical model. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Di Vittorio AV, Simmonds MB, Nico P.
europepmc   +1 more source