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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock abundance predicts vampire bat demography, immune profiles, and bacterial infection risk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host ecology and pathogen biology, but studies that measure responses to ...
Altizer, Sonia   +13 more
core   +3 more sources

Swiftlet Bird's Nest (Collocalia fuciphaga) from West Sumatra as a Functional Food and Its Nutritional Content

open access: yesAndalasian Livestock
Functional foods contain biologically active components and compounds that have physiological effects on the human body, such as promoting health and decreasing the risk of sickness.
Aditya Willy Putra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source

Profit Analysis of Beef Cattle Business on Sinar Pagi Livestock Group, in Limapuluh Kota District, West Sumatra

open access: yesAndalasian Livestock
This study aims to determine the income and analyze the profit level of the beef cattle business owned by the Sinar Pagi livestock group in Limapuluh Kota Regency, Sumatera Barat Province.
Tevina Edwin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corn Waste Grinding and Processing Machine as Cattle Feed in The Border Area of The Republic of Indonesia and The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RI-RDTL)

open access: yesAndalasian Livestock
Corn straws and cobs are wastes from corn farming that are not utilized. This corn waste has potential as an alternative use for cattle but has low nutritional quality. Therefore, this corn waste is fermented to improve its nutritional quality.
Yohana Kamlasi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance production of grower native chickens fed with phytobiotics and maggot-based feed [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
This study aimed to investigate the effects of phytobiotics in drinking water on the production performance of native chickens. The research used a completely randomized design with 3 treatments. A total of 3000 six-week-old native chickens were randomly
Dwisyahfani Dinda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

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