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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
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Investigation of the Residue Levels of Pesticides in the Rice Produced in Mazandaran Province in the Controlled Cultivation Method in 2022 [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
Background and purpose: The employment of pesticides for the prevention, elimination, and reduction of pests detrimental to agricultural products throughout various stages of crop cultivation is essential for improving the health of these products ...
Laleh Karimzadeh   +6 more
doaj  

Delivering Bundled Gender Sensitive Livestock Climate Information Services

open access: yes
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate aimed to address livestock system climate adaptation and mitigation through five interrelated work packages. This series of Work Package Results Fact Sheets details our key outcome results.
CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate   +1 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The inter-linkages between rapid growth in livestock production, climate change, and the impacts on water resources, land use, and deforestation [PDF]

open access: yes
Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the impacts
Thornton, Philip K., Herrero, Mario
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS IN SELECTED ECO COUNTRIES [PDF]

open access: yes
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is an inter-governmental organization comprising Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and several countries of the Commonwealth of Independent states (CIS) including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan ...
Mirzaei, Farhad, Heidelbach, Olaf
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Empowered milk: How 'swakrushi' milk is empowering India's women livestock keepers

open access: yes, 2020
Started by women in 2002, the Mulukanoor Women’s Cooperative Dairy in Telangana, India has evolved into one of India’s more successful dairy businesses, producing milk and milk products on a 24/7 basis. How did they achieve this?
International Livestock Research Institute
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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