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No Cocoa Without Deforestation? A Field‐Type Analysis of Forest Frontiers in West Africa

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the interrelations of production systems, class relations and deforestation in a smallholder forest frontier. Using the concept of field types, we provide a plot‐level analysis of deforestation processes in West Africa, where smallholders convert forest into cocoa farms.
Sarah Lena Graf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surface water quality impacts from organic versus conventional agricultural systems. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Environ Qual
Bier R   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Between Autonomy and Dependency: The Territorialisation of Agroecology in the Colombian Peasant Reserve Zones

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Peasant movements employ a spectrum of politico‐economic strategies for territorialising agroecology, ranging from autonomy to (inter)dependency. To substantiate this argument, I draw on qualitative fieldwork and historical analysis to examine the Colombian Peasant Reserve Zone movement's strategies for territorialising agroecology at both the
Daniel Ortiz Gallego
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Benzoxazinoids, Plant Development and Nutritional Parameters in Different Maize Maturing Genotypes

open access: yesJournal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) silage is a major energy source in ruminant diets and provides fermentable substrate for the rumen microbiota. In addition, forage maize contains benzoxazinoids (BXs), defence‐related secondary metabolites with antimicrobial activity that remain detectable after ensiling.
Julia Eichinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling rhizobacterial diversity in rice-maize systems in response to penoxsulam-pendimethalin application. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Plant Biol
Karubakee S   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Patent landscape analysis of inventions based on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture and related digital sequence information

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides an overview of the patent landscape in relation to PGRFA‐based inventions involving naturally occurring (“native”) traits and related Digital Sequence Information/Genetic Sequence Data (DSI/GSD). In particular, it focuses on the potential of patent claims to limit others' uses of PGRFA and related DSI/GSD on which the ...
Claudio Chiarolla   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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