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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
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

List of World Fauna Vertebrate Animals - Carriers of Plague Agent

Проблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2014
Consequently to the long-term investigations conducted in natural and anthropourgic foci of plague, situated in Africa, Eurasia, North and South America, identified were not less than 340 species of mammals and birds infected with plague agent. The paper
A. A. Sludsky
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

Plague in Arab Maghreb, 1940-2015: a review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2016
We reviewed the epidemiology of 49 plague outbreaks which resulted in about 7,612 cases in 30 localities in the Arabic Maghreb (Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt) over 75 years.
Maliya Alia Malek, Maliya Alia Malek, Idir eBITAM, Michel eDRANCOURT   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Government Subsidies for Reducing Pesticide Use: A Meta‐Analysis

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the efforts being made by governments to reduce pesticide use, subsidies are an important instrument to encourage farmers to adopt more sustainable practices. Yet, their effectiveness remains uncertain due to diverse designs and contexts.
Gaëlle Leduc, Douadia Bougherara, Thi Thanh Mai Ha, Laure Latruffe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Die Epidemiologie der Pestvektoren und die Verteilung und Charakterisierung von Yersinia pestis in der Mongolei [PDF]

, 2012
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden die epidemiologischen Bedingungen in den natürlichen Pestherden der Mongolei untersucht. Die untersuchten Vektoren schlossen sowohl Ektoparasiten wie Flöhe, Zecken und Läuse, als auch die assoziierten Wirtstiere wie ...
Kiefer, Daniel
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Understanding the persistence of plague foci in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2013
Plague, a zoonosis caused by Yersinia pestis, is still found in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Madagascar reports almost one third of the cases worldwide. Y.
Kreppel, Katharina, Carniel, E., Andrianaivoarimanana, Voahangy, Rajerison, M., Elissa, N., Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Kreppel, K., Andrianaivoarimanana, V., Duplantier, Jean-Marc, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Elisabeth Carniel, Ronan Jambou, Elissa, Nohal, Jambou, R., Katharina Kreppel, Jean-Marc Duplantier, Nohal Elissa, Carniel, Elisabeth, Jambou, Ronan   +19 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Foci of Plague and Tularemia in Armenia

Problems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
The aim of the work was to use climate forecasts, including those from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in relation to Armenia to assess how climate changes could affect the habitat and populations of main reservoirs of plague and tularemia, as well as the epizootic potential of the ...
A. F. Manucharyan, G. G. Melik-Andreasyan, R. R. Danielyan, A. Yu. Gazieva, V. M. Dubyansky, O. V. Maletskaya   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source