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Three Decades of China's Bt Cotton: Achievements and Insights

open access: yesPlant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cotton is a vital natural fibre crop with significant economic value worldwide. In response to the threat of cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), the China government initiated a research project in 1992 to develop transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton.
Zhigang Meng   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights From a Meta‐Narrative Review

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing environmental complexity and uncertainty have made organizational resilience a key concern in public administration. Yet its inherent ambiguity calls for a systematic examination of its conceptualizations, operationalizations, and applications. This meta‐narrative review synthesizes 49 studies, advancing the discourse by identifying
Jixiang Li, Shui‐Yan Tang, Bo Wen
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Ethnographic Methods to Explore the Epidemiological Significance of Livestock Trading Practices: The Case of Chennai's Broiler Chicken Trade. [PDF]

open access: yesTransbound Emerg Dis
Syndicus I   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Input Subsidies Boost Food Security in Developing Countries: Micro‐Level Evidence From Zambia

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While previous studies have examined the effects of input subsidies on income and yields, we study their impact on food security, measured through household dietary diversity, a key dimension of nutritional well‐being—examined across specific pathways.
Terence Jude Wood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endemic avian influenza landscape in Asia: sustained zoonotic risks. [PDF]

open access: yesInfection
Gupta N   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using Local Expert Knowledge to Measure Prices: Evidence From a Survey Experiment in Vietnam

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many countries lack spatially disaggregated consumer price data needed to estimate real inequality and spatial patterns of poverty. Such data are especially absent in poor countries where weak infrastructure and high transport costs create large price variation over space.
John Gibson, Trinh Le
wiley   +1 more source

Animal Segregation: The Biopolitics of Concentrated Pig Farming

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the possibility to think through the concept of animal segregation to understand the more‐than‐human geographies of livestock animals. By redirecting the analytical tools for studying the spatial separation of humans to the segregation of animals, this paper contributes to understanding the geographical processes of ...
Willem Rogier Boterman
wiley   +1 more source

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