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Secession with Natural Resources [PDF]

open access: yesThe Economic Journal, 2020
Abstract We look at the formation of new Indian states in 2001 to uncover the effects of political secession on the comparative economic performance of natural resource rich and natural resource poor areas. Resource rich constituencies fared comparatively worse within new states that inherited a relatively larger proportion of natural ...
Dhillon, A   +3 more
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Enset plant (Ensete ventricosum) for socio-economic and environmental uses in Gurage area of Ethiopia

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2022
Enset plant is cultivated as a food crop in Africa and Ethiopia largely. Enset can be grown with other crops as inter-cropping. Populations dependent upon the enset could not suffer from famine and drought due to the existence of the enset plant.
Abreham Berta Aneseyee   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of soil fertility management practices in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: logistic regression approach

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Soil fertility in smallholder farms remains a major issue in Ethiopia and for many developing countries where more than 90% of the population's food is provided by smallholder farmers.
Abiyot Mebrate   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dendrochronological studies of Juniperus polycarpos in alborz mountains (case study: Shahkuh of shahrood) [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات علوم چوب و کاغذ ایران, 2014
The objectives of research were to create tree ring chronology of juniper trees and investigation on the relationship between the growth rate of the tree and the climate.
Asghar Falah   +3 more
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Natural Resources and Reforms [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
The authors use a sample of 133 countries to investigate the link between the abundance of natural resources and micro-economic reforms. Previous studies suggest that natural resource abundance gives rise to governments that are less accountable to the public and states that are oligarchic, and that it leads to the erosion of social capital.
Simeon Djankov   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Optimal settings and advantages of drones as a tool for canopy arthropod collection

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
The growing field of aeroecology is limited by difficulties associated with sampling in the air column. Aerial insects are particularly hard to sample, despite being the main prey in the air column, with some recent studies attempting to use drones as a ...
Jamie C. Madden   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Implications of Panarchy for ecosystem service research: the role of system dynamics in service delivery

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
Panarchy illustrates the dynamic nature of social-ecological systems and their nestedness and interconnectedness through time and space. Although there have been great advances in ecosystem service (ES) research, it has only rarely integrated dynamic ...
Klara J. Winkler   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Selected Soil Properties in Relation to Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Sibiya Arera, Soro District, South Central Ethiopia

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2023
Soil erosion by water is a severe and continuous ecological problem in the south central highlands of Ethiopia. Limited use of soil and water conservation technologies by farmers is one of the major causes that have resulted in accelerated soil erosion ...
Belayneh Bufebo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prioritization of Erosion Hotspot Microwatersheds for Conservation Planning Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Antsokia-Gemiza District of North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Soil Science, 2022
Soil erosion is one of the most severe forms of land degradation, which has a wide range of adverse on-site and off-site impacts in the highlands of Ethiopia in general and in the study area in particular. The objective of this study was to estimate soil
Estifanos Lemma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Expression of Myoz1 and ApoB is Positively Correlated with Meat Quality of Broiler Chicken

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine International, 2022
Broiler chicken (Gallus gallus) is a source of animal protein with a high nutritional content. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of broiler chicken meat (Gallus gallus) by analyzing its nutritional value, genetic profile, and protein ...
Fatchiyah Fatchiyah   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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