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Certification and Credibility: Do Seed Certification Systems in Uganda Help Signal Quality to Farmers?

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The value of purchased seed is a product of its underlying genetic information. However, farmers purchasing seed face a classic information asymmetry problem, as varietal identity is not directly observable. In this article we investigate the effectiveness of two certification systems in addressing this issue in the context of Uganda: the ...
Nicholas Tyack   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing sustainability competencies: A systematic review of educational interventions for dietitians and nutrition professionals

open access: yesNutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims This study investigates how sustainability competencies are integrated into educational interventions for dietitians and nutrition professionals and examines pedagogical approaches employed, offering insight into how well these professionals are prepared to support the transition towards a sustainable food system.
Romina Lörzing, Tina Bartelmeß
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Breeding of Herbicide-Resistant Sorghum for Effective Cereal-Legume Intercropping. [PDF]

open access: yesAdv Sci (Weinh)
Tang S   +20 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toxicity of essential oils from Nordic plants against different pathogenic organisms and pests of cultivated plants

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
Plant essential oils (EOs) represent a potentially effective, safe, and eco‐friendly alternative to synthetic pesticides that cause negative effects for human health and the environment. The present study evaluated in airtight glass chambers the toxicity of vapours produced by EOs obtained from sweet gale, balsam poplar, Labrador tea, jack pine, and ...
Antoine Roy‐Lemieux   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of tropical forest fragment vegetation in maintaining arthropod diversity and spillover to adjacent sugarcane fields O papel da vegetação de fragmentos de floresta tropical na manutenção da diversidade de artrópodes e na sua disseminação para campos de cana‐de‐açúcar adjacentes

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Tree diversity increases arthropod richness and the abundance of beneficial arthropod groups within Atlantic Forest fragments. Higher insect richness in forest fragments is associated with greater richness in adjacent sugarcane fields, and both habitats share insect families, suggesting spillover.
Sabrina Cesarin de Oliveira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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