ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic +3 more
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Gender differences in access to extension services and major farm inputs among paddy seed growers in Rautahat district of Nepal. [PDF]
Timalsina S +4 more
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ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai +2 more
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Multilevel influence mechanism of the sustainability of the Grain for Green Project in the Beijing-Tianjin Sandstorm Source Control Project. [PDF]
Li L, Hua X, Zhao G, Xu E.
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Back to basics: locally produced vaccines offer a practical alternative to antibiotics for prevention of streptococcosis in farmed tilapia (<i>Oreochromis</i> spp.). [PDF]
Vinh NT +4 more
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Flexible tactile sensors have considerable potential for broad application in healthcare monitoring, human–machine interfaces, and bioinspired robotics. This review explores recent progress in device design, performance optimization, and intelligent applications. It highlights how AI algorithms enhance environmental adaptability and perception accuracy
Siyuan Wang +3 more
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Harnessing discrete choice experiments to elicit preferred configurations of trustworthy AI augmented decision support systems for certified crop advisors. [PDF]
Zia A +9 more
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An Attention‐Assisted Machine Learning System for Deep Microorganism Image Classification
An attention‐assisted DenseNet201 framework was developed for the classification of eight microorganism classes from microscopic images. The proposed model improved classification performance and achieved an accuracy of 87.38%. Advances in microbiology and environmental health fundamentally depend on precise and timely microorganism identification ...
Yujie Li +6 more
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