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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euhabitability: A New Term to Aid in the Search for Life in Addition to the Habitable Zone Framework. [PDF]

Space Sci Rev
Glaser DM, Olson S, Berdyugina S, Byrne P, Cawood P, Lingam M, Lustig-Yaeger J, Spohn T.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural expansion and mining drive forest loss in Ghana despite declining deforestation rates: Evidence from a national-scale assessment. [PDF]

PLoS One
Addo-Fordjour P, Awortwi FE, Obodai CE, Aboagye FB, France CNL, Kusi-Appiah NSB, Oppong D.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invertebrates at the Land-Sea Interface in a Climate Change World: Heatwaves, Floods, Fire and Ice. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Byrne M, Ross PM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

Groundwater delivery of neonicotinoids to streams. [PDF]

J Environ Qual
DeVita WM, McGinley PM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sound‐Based Assembly of Magnetically Actuated Soft Robots Toward Enhanced Release of Extracellular Vesicles

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
Magnetic soft robots offer promise in biomedicine due to their wireless actuation and rapid response, but current fabrication methods are complex and have limited cellular compatibility. A new, contactless bioassembly strategy using hydrodynamic instabilities is introduced, enabling customizable, centimeter‐scale robots.
Wei Gao, Riccardo Tognato, Micaela Natta, Elena Della Bella, Alessandro Cianciosi, Tiziano Serra   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lungfish comparative genomics reveals ancient gene networks co-opted for life on land

Eleftheriadi K, Salces-Ortiz J, Escudero N, Vargas-Chávez C, Heimroth RD, Ribas L, Blázquez M, Carranza S, Salinas I, Fernández R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source