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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Exploring farmer-driven approaches for sustainable cocoa livelihoods in Côte d’ivoire

Discover Sustainability
Jens Van Hee, Franziska Ollendorf, Claudia Coral, Jonathan Steinke, Stefan Sieber, Katharina Löhr   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping renewable energy futures in the Cologne planning region: Land-use constraints and landscape impacts. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Petrovic D, Schrade F, Bosch S, Kunstmann H.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring Differences in Precision Agriculture Adoption: New and Beginning Farmers, and Established Farmers

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper compares precision agriculture (PA) adoption between new and beginning farmers (NBFRs) and established farmers using data from a 2021 U.S. Midwest farmer survey. We focus on the human capital of two different groups of farmers in the PA adoption.
Whoi Cho, Oscar Sarasty, Tong Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Classifying land use within 80,000 mining sites on a global scale. [PDF]

Sci Data
Cheng YT, Hoang NT, Maupu L, Kanemoto K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land use is associated with Indigenous maternal death occurrence through Native and Western food security. [PDF]

iScience
Ricci CA, Orloff AE, Wynne M, Pflueger L, Hallos P, Lopez A, Phelps M, Postma JM, Hebert LE.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Fungal Communities Across Contrasting Land-Use Systems in an Intensively Managed Cerrado Landscape. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Reis JBAD, Oliveira TMR, Gomes-da-Silva S, Sartori da Silva MRS, Lopes FAC, Paula AM, Pontes NC, Vale HMMD.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source