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Northern Pakistan: High Mountain Farming and Changing Socionatures. By Michael Spies

Mountain Research and Development, 2020
Review of: Northern Pakistan: High Mountain Farming and Changing Socionatures. By Michael Spies. Lahore, Pakistan: Vanguard Books, 2019. xix + 394 pp. US$ 12.88, PKR 1966.00. ISBN 978-969-402-601-1.
Shafqat Hussain
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, 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, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Fingerprinting using compound-specific δ13C of n-alkanes reveals the temporary role of paddy fields as a secondary source for watershed sediment loss

International Soil and Water Conservation Research
Fingerprinting generates reliable sediment provenance information which supports devising policy or practical strategies for soil conservation and sediment management, but it remains challenging in areas with fragmented landscapes and diverse land use ...
Qiang Tang, Fangxin Chen, Guangyu Zhu, Xiubin He, Jie Wei, Yusheng Zhang, Hari Ram Upadhayay, Adrian Joynes, Adrian L. Collins   +8 more
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Collaboration between mountain and lowland farms decreases environmental impacts of dairy production: The case of Swiss contract rearing

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2016
Mountain farming areas are associated with high nature value and offer attractive landscapes, but farming in these areas is less viable than farming in more favorable regions. Consequently, there is a threat of land abandonment.
Silvia Martha Roberta Raimunda Marton, Silvia Martha Roberta Raimunda Marton, Gisela Lüscher, Michael S Corson, Michael Kreuzer, Gérard Gaillard   +5 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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Storytelling of Norwegian mountain farming.

, 2023
Formål & begrensninger: Denne masteroppgaven er basert på rurAllure prosjektet, hvor formålet er å tiltrekke pilegrimsbesøkende til nærliggende museer og andre viktige attraksjoner langs turen. Hovedbrukergruppen som har blitt utforsket under dette prosjektet er i hovedsak norske pilegrimsreisende i aldersgruppen mellom 30 og 69 år ...
Carlsen, Aleksander Klein, Carlsen, Camilla Harirchi   +1 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
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Determinants of economic results of the selected agricultural enterprises in mountain and sub-mountain areas in South Bohemia

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2005
The evaluation of conditions for farming of agricultural enterprises in sub-mountain and mountain areas of South Bohemia results from the analyses of material and physical indicators and characteristics. The analyses of farmland fund and its exploitation,
V. Krutina, I. Faltová Leitmanová
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Farming systems and sanitary problems in mountain cattle farms.

Veterinary research, 1994
On the basis of concepts established by ecopathology and the systems theory, certain aspects of the 'Ecosanitary System', which forms part of the 'Farming System', were studied. Multivariant statistical methods were used to analyze and classify 69 mountain cattle farms into different types and to establish relationships between variables relating to ...
Bernúes, A, Manrique, E, Maza, Mt
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