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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

Quantifying forest degradation, deforestation and land use change in vital swift parrot breeding habitat. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Owens G, Heinsohn R, Gibbons P, Stojanovic D.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Agribusiness, 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, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Climate and Land Use on Different Facets of Mammal Diversity in Giant Panda Range. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Che Q, Li C, Zhao X, Zhang J, Tang J, Zhou C.   +5 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

Predicting the spatial pattern of land use change and carbon storage in Xinjiang: A Markov-FLUS-InVEST model approach. [PDF]

PLoS One
Jin M, Duan X, Zhang Y, Xu Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Carbon emission effects of land use change in Nanchang, West of Central China Region. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Fu S, Xu B, Peng Y, Huangxiong C, Li X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Physiological traits explain the response of dung beetles to land use at local and regional scales. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Giménez Gómez VC, Verdú JR, Zurita GA.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Assessment of land use/land cover changes for Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, Egypt, utilizing remote sensing. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Alkhawaga A, Mohamed M, Zeidan B, Elshemy M, Elshinnawy A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source