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DNA and RNA-sequence based GWAS highlights membrane-transport genes as key modulators of milk lactose content

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background Lactose provides an easily-digested energy source for neonates, and is the primary carbohydrate in milk in most species. Bovine lactose is also a key component of many human food products. However, compared to analyses of other milk components,
Thomas J. Lopdell, Kathryn Tiplady, Maksim Struchalin, Thomas J. J. Johnson, Michael Keehan, Ric Sherlock, Christine Couldrey, Stephen R. Davis, Russell G. Snell, Richard J. Spelman, Mathew D. Littlejohn   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

An investigation of the price discovery role of futures markets: A dynamic time warping analysis of the United States corn markets

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Futures markets are critical to price discovery and often dominate spot markets. We analyze the linkages between daily corn futures and spot prices in the United States using dynamic time warping. This nonparametric pattern recognition technique has several advantages over traditional time series methods.
Dragan Miljkovic, Puneet Vatsa, Frayne Olson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu, Hsing‐Wei Lin, Chun‐Cheng Lin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A survey of aflatoxin M1 contamination in raw milk produced in urban and peri-urban areas of Kisumu County, Kenya

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 2018
Background: Food safety is of increasing global concern, and a OneHealth issue requiring attention of many disciplines. Aflatoxins are toxins produced by fungi and found in foods and feeds, and exposure causes negative health effects in humans and ...
Gladys Anyango, Florence Mutua, Irene Kagera, Pauline Andang`O, Delia Grace, Johanna F. Lindahl   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Globalization and Livestock Biosecurity

Agricultural Research, 2014
Globalization has resulted in enhanced trade in livestock and livestock products leading to increased risk of diseases to livestock and human beings. The emergence of highly contagious viral diseases of livestock and poultry such as foot-and-mouth disease, peste des petits ruminants, African swine fever (ASF), Newcastle disease, avian influenza and ...
Raj Kumar Singh, Balvinder K. Manuja, Anju Manuja   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Beyond subsistence? The role of rural cooperatives in driving smallholder commercialization in Ethiopia

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The transition from subsistence to market‐oriented agriculture holds the potential to boost rural economic progress and improve the well‐being of the rural poor in developing countries. Despite this potential, there is limited understanding of the key drivers for smallholder commercialization. In this study, we utilize comprehensive three‐wave
Abebayehu Girma Geffersa, Md. Monirul Islam   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Assessments of the Three Pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture: Current Achievements and Ideas for the Future

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
In this study we evaluate Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) assessment tools with regard to their suitability for covering not only biophysical but also socio-economic aspects of CSA, focusing on smallholder household level in Low and Middle Income ...
Mark T. van Wijk, Lutz Merbold, James Hammond, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transfer of Manure from Livestock Farms to Crop Fields as Fertilizer using an Ant Inspired Approach [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Intensive livestock production might have a negative environmental impact, by producing large amounts of animal excrements, which, if not properly managed, can contaminate nearby water bodies with nutrient excess. However, if animal manure is exported to distant crop fields, to be used as organic fertilizer, pollution can be mitigated.
arxiv  

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, 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, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transfer of Manure as Fertilizer from Livestock Farms to Crop Fields: The Case of Catalonia [PDF]

arXiv, 2020
Intensive livestock production might have a negative environmental impact, by producing large amounts of animal manure, which, if not properly managed, can contaminate nearby water bodies with nutrient excess. However, if animal manure is exported to nearby crop fields, to be used as organic fertilizer, pollution can be mitigated.
arxiv