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The productivity performance of Finnish and Norwegian dairy farms: the effect of joining/not joining the EU [PDF]

open access: yes
Dairy production has long been the most important production line in Finnish and Norwegian agriculture. Prior to Finland joining the EU, farm structure as well as national agricultural policy was very similar in the two countries.
Gudbrand Lien   +2 more
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Responses of the EU feed and livestock system to shocks in trade and production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Dit rapport gaat in op de mogelijke effecten van meervoudige en/of langdurige calamiteiten die de beschikbaarheid van landbouwproducten verminderen op de Europese voedsel- en voersector in ...
Burger, C.P.J.   +3 more
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

Use of Indicators to Evaluate Sustainability of Animal Production Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
SUMMARY – Few indicators for sustainability are used in studying animal production systems. Sustainability of these systems should be evaluated in a dynamic and multidisciplinary manner, and those indicators used should allow for detecting the systems'
Castel Genís, José María   +3 more
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Does Mobile Money Adoption Improve Dietary Quality? Assessing Household and Individual Level Impacts in Cameroon

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile money—a digital financial service—has proliferated in many developing countries. Owing to its ability to reduce transaction costs and allow even the poor to be financially included, it has been widely adopted. While a growing body of literature has examined its welfare effects, its effects on diet quality of households and individuals ...
Francis E. Ndip   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Access to Modern Milk Marketing Chains in India [PDF]

open access: yes
The smallholder dairy farmers’ access to modern milk marketing chain has been assessed in India by collecting data at the farm level in two states, viz. Bihar and Punjab.
Kumar, Anjani   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Compound Hot‐Dry Days (CHDDs) and Their Implications on Maize Yields in the Free State Province, South Africa

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
Compound hot‐dry events occurring during the maize growing period are increasing significantly (p < 0.05) with time, with the median values ranging from 93 to 120 days. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences the variability of compound hot‐dry events with high significance (p < 0.05) positive Pearson correlation.
Mokhele Moeletsi, Mitsuru Tsubo
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation of Brown Swiss cows breed in first lactation cycle

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Veterinary Medicine
The intensive technology of exploitation on industrial farming places high demands on the adaptive properties of animals. Animal farming intensification requires the technologies which can provide high reproductive qualities and the realization of a ...
S. G. Pishchan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of ultra‐processed foods on gut microbiome and inflammatory markers in schoolchildren from Northeastern Brazil

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study investigated the relationship between the consumption of ultra‐processed foods (UPF), dietary profile, and inflammation on the intestinal microbiome in children. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted using data from a community‐based controlled trial involving 82 children aged 7–11 years enrolled in public schools ...
Cristiane Cosmo Silva‐Luis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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