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Savoirs agricoles et rapports de genre et d’âge chez les paysans de la Haute Guinée

open access: yesCahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
In the countryside of Haute Guinée, where family groups are also units of production, the transmission of agricultural knowledge tends to reproduce gender and age inequalities, thus strengthening a hierarchy dominated by elderly men.
Ester Botta Somparé   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Au-delà de l'État. La vie sociale des pesticides dans le secteur maraîcher au Bénin

open access: yesVertigO, 2021
In southern countries, urban agriculture is often criticized because of its polluting practices due, to a large part, to the non-standard use of pesticides on market garden sites.
Roch Appolinaire Houngnihin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farm Fresh Foods: What to Know About Growing and Selling Produce in Buffalo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
It details local regulations on market and community gardens as well as rules for selling produce. It includes tips to find the right locations to plant food gardens and opportunities for education on growing and selling.
Roberts, Colleen
core   +1 more source

2023–2027 CAP First Pillar Reform and Livestock Sector: Production and Economic Impacts on Italian Specialized Dairy Cattle Farms

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study uses an agroeconomic supply model to assess the impacts of 2023–2027 CAP on Italian specialized dairy cattle farms. The model considers the voluntary choice of Eco‐Scheme 1, specifically addressed to livestock farms, through the implementation of binary variables.
Davide Dell'Unto, Raffaele Cortignani
wiley   +1 more source

Caring with the Non-Human

open access: yesExchanges, 2023
The Anthropocene draws our attention to damaging relations we have with other planet beings. Taking that as a starting point, this article combines the cycle of care and an immersion at a market garden.
Michiel van de Pavert, Adriana Ressiore
doaj   +1 more source

Ornamental Bedding Plants Industry in Japan: Changes in Production, Distribution and Consumption after the Gardening Boom of 1990\u27s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The ornamental bedding plants in Japan experienced a gardening boom that peaked in 1999.The gardening boom of 1990’s had a profound effect in the bedding plants market in Japan, which historically had tended to increase gradually, increased dramatically ...
Miyabe kazuyuki, Niisato Yasutaka
core   +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

Urban Market Gardening Improves Soil Health: A Case Study in Burkina Faso

open access: yesSoil Systems
In sub-Saharan Africa, urban market gardening is characterized by the intensive use of chemical inputs, which could have adverse effects on soil health. This study therefore aimed to assess the impact of urban market gardening on soil health.
Rayangnéwendé Adèle Ouédraogo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

L’importance de l’horticulture dans la lutte contre l’insécurité alimentaire, la pauvreté et la protection de l’environnement à Brazzaville (République du Congo)

open access: yesÉtudes Caribéennes, 2018
In Brazzaville, the phenomena of food insecurity, poverty and protection of the environment are acute. To cope with this situation people are turning to horticulture.
Francelet Gildas Kimbatsa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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