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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
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Exports of Livestock Products from India: Performance, Competitiveness and Determinants [PDF]

The paper has examined temporal changes in the composition of livestock exports, assessed the export competitiveness of different livestock products and analysed the factors affecting the growth of livestock export.
Kumar, Anjani
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Livestock and livelihoods webinar series: Leveraging livestock to combat malnutrition

, 2021
Part of the ILRI and Venture 37 Livestock and Livelihoods webinar series, this recording shares perspectives from East Africa on the role of the livestock sector in enhancing food security and nutrition in Africa.
International Livestock Research Institute
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Rising demand for livestock products in India: nature, patterns and implications [PDF]

With a large population and recent growth in consumer income, India’s demand for food has increased. However, research continues to emphasise basic foods, and the demand for livestock products remains poorly understood. This study examines the demand for
Zhang-Yue, Zhou, Vasant, P. Ghandi
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A multi-epitope subunit vaccine against Salmonella Enteritidis: design, immunogenicity, and protective efficacy in mice and chickens

Animal Diseases
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) not only causes systemic acute infections in chickens but can also be transmitted to humans through contaminated poultry and egg products, posing a serious threat to public health safety.
Yuxin Li, Yuxin Sui, Jiahao Yao, Lu Li, Muhammad Haris Raza Farhan, Changqing Xie, Yuanhu Pan, Lingli Huang, Guyue Cheng   +8 more
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The Involvement of the Cas9 Gene in Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Campylobacter jejuni is considered as the leading cause of gastroenteritis all over the world. This bacterium has the CRISPR–cas9 system, which is used as a gene editing technique in different organisms.
Muhammad A. B. Shabbir, Yanping Tang, Zihui Xu, Mingyue Lin, Guyue Cheng, Menghong Dai, Xu Wang, Zhengli Liu, Zonghui Yuan, Zonghui Yuan, Haihong Hao, Haihong Hao   +11 more
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Global food demand and the contribution of livestock as we enter the new millennium [PDF]

People in developed countries currently consume about 3 to 4 times as much meat and fish, and 5 to 6 times as much milk products per capita as in developing Asia and Africa.
Delgado, Christopher L., Rosegrant, Mark W., Courbois, Claude   +2 more
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Low Participation and Risk Reduction Potential of Supplemental Crop Insurance in the United States

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Federally subsidized crop insurance is a cornerstone of U.S. farm risk management, yet policies with the greatest share of participation only trigger indemnities after losses exceed 15%. Supplemental insurance was introduced to cover part of this deductible, but participation remains largely unchanged.
Francis Tsiboe, Hunter Biram, Amy Hagerman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source