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Voluntary Collective Action to Address Growing Agricultural Challenges in Two Countries: Experimental Insights and Commonalities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of crop competition in physical and cultural weed control strategies [PDF]

, 2003
The prentation focussed on the importance of crop competition in physical and cultural weed control ...
Melander, Senior Scientist Bo
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The influence of agronomical and chemical weed control on weeds of corn

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2022
Weeds in sweet corn reduce the yield and are economically more harmful than other pests. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of mechanical weed control and efficacy of pre- and postemergence applied herbicides in sweet corn, and their ...
Robert Idziak, Hubert Waligóra, Violetta Szuba   +2 more
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Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
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Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
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Advancements in sensor-based weed management: Navigating the future of weed control

Plant Protection Science
Controlling weed populations in agricultural land is challenging due to various factors, such as soil conditions, crop type, and environmental conditions.
Santhappan Vignesh, Palanisamy Murali Arthanari, Rengabashyam Kalpana, Ranganathan Umarani, Subburamu Karthikeyan, Ponnusamy Janaki   +5 more
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Weed management and its relation to yield and seed physiological potential in common bean cultivars

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2013
Common bean is an important crop in Brazil primarily because of its nutritional characteristics. Some agronomic practices, such as weed management, are fundamental to cultivation, as a means of obtaining a high crop yield.
Denis Santiago da Costa, Rafael Marani Barbosa, Marco Eustáquio de Sá   +2 more
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Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
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Using stochastic dynamic programming to support weed management decisions over a rotation [PDF]

, 2009
This study describes a model that predicts the impact of weed management on the population dynamics of arable weeds over a rotation and presents the economic consequences.
Parsons, D. J., Milne, Alice E., Storkey, J., Lutman, P. J. W., Cussans, J., Benjamin, L. R., Parsons, David J., Milne, A. E.   +7 more
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Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
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