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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Filming livestock: The backstory

open access: yes, 2011
Telling science stories can difficult. Filming stories about livestock science can be particularly challenging. Cows may 'moo' so loudly that researchers can’t hear themselves talk. Biting safari ants may run up people’s legs.
International Livestock Research Institute
core   +1 more source

Vertical Price Transmission in Food Markets: New Evidence From Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing body of empirical research has examined price dynamics along the food supply chain, yet findings remain heterogeneous and often conflicting. This study conducts a meta‐analysis of 140 studies, totaling 652 observations, to examine (1) the reported presence of asymmetric price transmission and (2) the reported direction of price ...
Sushan K C   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ferritin-based nanoparticle vaccine protects neonatal piglets against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus challenge following immunization of pregnant sows

open access: yesVeterinary Research
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an enteropathogenic coronavirus that causes severe diarrhea and high mortality in neonatal piglets, resulting in significant economic losses to the pig industry worldwide.
Yangkun Liu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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

Study on the scope for reconstruction of the grazing livestock sector of Xinjiang based on organic farming methods [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the feasibility of developing organic livestock farming in the pastoral area of Xinjiang, in order to address the problems of grassland degradation and to promote the sustainable development of the grazing livestock sector.
Chai Jun   +4 more
core  

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Livestock in Malawi

open access: yes, 2009
This film shows how livestock can help poor farmers in rural Malawi escape poverty. It also documents the work of ILRI, the International Livestock Research Institute, including its new projects and collaborations in the country.
International Livestock Research Institute
core  

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