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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of Import Demand Functions of Two Key Food and Feed Commodities (Corn and Soybean) for India

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The derived demand for the increased demand for meat and dairy products is clearly observed in the fast‐paced growth of the Indian feed industry and its increased demand for agricultural commodities (e.g., corn, soybean, rice, wheat, broken rice, millet, etc.) as feed ingredients.
Dwiti Baruah Thapa, Sanjib Bhuyan, Kishor Goswami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Potential and Cost of Carbon Dioxide Removal Using Direct Air Capture with Land-Based Wind and Utility-Scale Photovoltaics. [PDF]

Environ Sci Technol
Hunter-Sellars E, Dai T, Ellebracht NC, Pilorgé H, Pisciotta M, Bump AP, Rodriguez Calzado E, Hovorka SD, Scown CD, Pang SH.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Domestic and External Drivers of Brazilian Pork Price Volatility Under Russian Trade Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how Russian trade policies and domestic factors influence the volatility of Brazilian live swine prices from 2004 to 2019. We employ a DCC‐MGARCH framework, along with volatility impulse‐response functions and the connectedness approach, to analyze time‐varying co‐movement and dynamic volatility spillovers across pork ...
Gabriel Rosero, Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani, Bernhard Brümmer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal Misalignment and Unequal Agency: What Terminal Cancer Patients Teach Us about Time and Inequality. [PDF]

Am Sociol Rev
Li Z, Dohan D, Abramson CM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Drought Exposure and Dynamic Input Adjustment in North Central U.S. Agriculture

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether realized extreme drought episodes affect the speed of adjustment of derived input demands and output supplies toward their long‐run equilibrium in U.S. agriculture, focusing on states in the North Central Region.
Victor H. Lana Pinto, Lilyan E. Fulginiti, Richard K. Perrin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 2026 Oceania Report of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change: Children Already Impacted, With a Lifetime of Exposure to Come. [PDF]

Med J Aust
Beggs PJ, Singh T, Bambrick H, Borchers Arriagada N, Bowen K, Capon AG, Colagiuri P, Crandon T, Cross TJ, Dimer L, Green D, Hanigan IC, Heenan M, Ho T, Jay O, Kennard HR, Langridge F, Linnenluecke MK, Lokmic-Tomkins Z, Lovett R, MacGregor C, Malik A, Markey-Towler R, Matthews V, McKay CD, McMichael C, Nice K, Peel J, Seneviratne S, Sievert K, Smallcombe J, Stevenson M, Trueck S, Vardoulakis S, Vyas A, Wilkes B, Williams JTW, Woodward AJ, Zhang Y, Hasan MM, Romanello MB.   +40 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modular design and supervisory control for enhanced economic resilience in continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional continuous plants use fixed‐capacity equipment, resulting in high capital risk and suboptimal performance under fluctuating demands. To address these, this study proposes an integrated framework for modular process design and supervisory control capable of adapting to demand uncertainty for long‐term economic viability.
T. Asrav, M. Alvarado‐Morales, G. Sin
wiley   +1 more source

CrossFit participants' experiences of balancing family, work, and fitness in a South African context. [PDF]

Front Psychol
O'Brien C, Koen V.
europepmc   +1 more source