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Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco +3 more
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BLACK POLYPROPYLENE MULCH TEXTILE IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE [PDF]
, 2010 Black polyethylene mulch is used for weed control in a range of crops under the organic system. The use of black polypropylene mulch is usually restricted to perennial crops.
Dvorak, Petr +5 more
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How 1st‐Tier Suppliers Respond to Green Public Procurement Policies: An Empirical Analysis
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses how 1st‐tier suppliers to public organisations respond operationally to Green Public Procurement (GPP) policies. Through a multiple case study of 12 Italian firms operating in different sectors, we develop a classification of suppliers' responses, identifying two interrelated macro‐types: internal operations realignment ...
Antonio Cavallin Toscani, Andrea Vinelli
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Mulching and soil tillage influence on the thermal behaviour of a Luvisol surfacel layer [PDF]
, 2009 Important energy exchanges at soil surface regulate the thermal environment within top soil layer and the boundary layer above it. By this reason, the application of mulches or the modelling of micro relief by soil tillage are common practises to modify ...
Alexandre, Carlos +2 more
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Performance of winter wheat varieties in white clover living mulch [PDF]
, 2008 The choice of variety for agricultural systems with multiple crops may differ from the one used in sole crop because of the changes in environmental conditions brought about by interspecific plant competition. Information about varietal performance under
Hiltbrunner, Jürg, Liegdens, M.
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Postharvest Survival of Foodborne Pathogens on Strawberry Surfaces at Different Maturity Levels
Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.This study highlights the survival of E. coli and L. monocytogenes on strawberries at different maturity stages and storage temperatures. Predictive microbial modeling revealed temperature‐ and ripeness‐dependent survival trends, emphasizing the importance of temperature control and ripeness in developing effective strategies to enhance strawberry ...
Prachi Pahariya +3 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural SciencesThe study was carried out during 2019 and 2020 at ICAR-Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology, Abohar, Punjab to find out how different coloured plastic mulch treatments affected the physical and biochemical post-harvest quality ...
PANKAJ KUMAR KANNAUJIA +5 more
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Agronomy, 2013 Adding mulch biomass prior to crop seeding may improve production of tropical soil. We evaluated the response of four bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes to the addition of mulch biomass from Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray and Cajanus cajan L ...
Donald C. L. Kass +2 more
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Albion Strawberry Responds to Mulch Treatments and Low Tunnels Covered with Photoselective Films
HortScience, 2021 The impact of photoselective films on strawberry plants in a low tunnel system has not been well investigated in the northeastern United States, nor have there been studies looking at the effect of mulch color in a plasticulture system.
Kaitlyn M. Orde +3 more
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Influence of grass mulch application on tubers size and yield of ware potatoes [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of the experiment was to investigate the effect of grass mulch and the term of its application on the yield and quality of potatoes and weed biomass under organic system.
Dvorak, Petr +5 more
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