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A Scoping Review of Nudges for Enhancing Agricultural Policy

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following PRISMA guidelines, we conduct a scoping review on 18 empirical studies on nudging interventions for farmers in Europe and the USA. The evidence on the effectiveness of nudges is mixed. Some studies demonstrate positive outcomes, particularly when nudges are combined with other interventions; others report no effect or negative ...
Nadja El Benni   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil carbon sequestration rates under Mediterranean woody crops using recommended management practices : A meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This work was supported by the projects: CARBOLIVAR (P11-RNM-7186) funded by Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa of Junta de Andalucía and GEISpain project (CGL2014‐52838‐C2‐1‐R) funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, both including ...
Aguilera, Eduardo   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bulletin No. 13: What\u27s Happening Along Our Roadsides? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1962
Roadside spray practices in the National Forests, Recommended practices for Connecticu; Survey of what is actually happening.
Goodwin, Richard H.
core   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlling arable weeds with natural substances as bio-based herbicides

open access: yesJulius-Kühn-Archiv, 2020
Today farmers manage arable weeds with chemical tools or mechanical tillage practices. While the heavy reliance on synthetic herbicides in conventional arable farming is under discussion, the environmentally driven trend towards reduced tillage as a ...
Andert, Sabine, Gerowitt, Bärbel
doaj   +1 more source

A review of knowledge of the potential impacts of GMOs on organic agriculture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The organic movement believes that organic agriculture, by its nature, cannot involve the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This has been incorporated into EU regulations which state that there is no place in organic agriculture for GMOs ...
Clarke, Belinda   +5 more
core  

Hierarchical modelling of species sensitivity distribution: development and application to the case of diatoms exposed to several herbicides

open access: yes, 2015
The Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) is a key tool to assess the ecotoxicological threat of contaminant to biodiversity. It predicts safe concentrations for a contaminant in a community.
Charles, Sandrine   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Microbial population changes during bioremediation of nitroaromatic - and nitramine-contaminated lagoon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Nitration reactions of aromatic compounds are commonly involved in military industrial processes. Military industries treated their process effluents using lagoon systems for many years.
Goñi, Marisol   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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