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Sustainable Planning of Land Use Changes in farming areas under ecological protection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Land use has been changing in the last decades because of agricultural intensification and land abandonment which implies deterioration in the optimum habitat structure and quality.
Brasa-Ramos, A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Use Scanner: the continuous cycle of application, evaluation and amelioration in landuse modelling [PDF]

open access: yes
The Land Use Scanner is a logit model that simulates future land use in a GIS environment. The model uses claims from sectoral models as input, next to physical suitability, distance decay and policy maps.
Borsboom, Judith   +2 more
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Misc. Pub. 85-4 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Paper copies in Archives, Acc #:2013-0059Soils have been surveyed in various parts of Alaska to meet resource -development needs since territorial days.
Ping, Chien-Lu
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory in the Forestry Sector [PDF]

open access: yes
Among the components in the inventory of greenhouse gas sources and sinks, forestry and land use are the most complex. This paper summarizes the necessary data on land use.
Francisco, Raquel V., Quintana, Sofio
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Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increasing Active Living: A Guide for Policy-Makers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Outlines how street layout, zoning, recreation facilities, and public building locations shape residents' physical activity. Suggests state and local policies on planning, land use, transportation, and space design to create activity-friendly ...

core  

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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