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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
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Risk assessment of Retithrips syriacus for the EU

EFSA Journal
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a quantitative risk assessment for the EU of Retithrips syriacus (Mayet) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a polyphagous thrips, regarded as a tropical/subtropical pest ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paola Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke van derWerf, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Élison Fabrício Bezerra Lima, David Makowski, Matteo Crotta, Alex Gobbi, Dejana Golic, Andrea Maiorano, Olaf Mosbach‐Schulz, Eugenio Rossi, Anastasia Terzidou, Antonio Vicent Civera   +29 more
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Climate change impact on insect pest prevalence and sustainable adaptation strategies for their management.

Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research-DISCONTINUED, 2023
Climate change has a pronounced impact on agriculture. A pan-India studyon climate change impact on insect pestprevalencewas conducted on paddy, cotton, pulses, wheat, mustard and barley cultivating marginalized farmers(n=280).The systematic random sampling methodology was adopted for sample population identification.
Kumaresh S. Tikadar, Rahul K. Kamble
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
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Wolbachia in European Populations of the Invasive Pest Drosophila suzukii: Regional Variation in Infection Frequencies.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The invasive pest Drosophila suzukii is characterized by a specific fresh-fruit targeting behavior and has quickly become a menace for the fruit economy of newly infested North American and European regions. D.
Julien Cattel, Rupinder Kaur, Patricia Gibert, Julien Martinez, Antoine Fraimout, Francis Jiggins, Thibault Andrieux, Stefanos Siozios, Gianfranco Anfora, Wolfgang Miller, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Laurence Mouton   +11 more
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
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OSTEOARTICULAR INJURY IN PSORIATIC PATIENTS ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF PEST (PSORIASIS EPIDEMIOLOGY SCREENING TOOL) QUESTIONNAIRE AND RHEUMATOLOGICAL CLINICOINSTRUMENTAL EXAMINATION

Научно-практическая ревматология, 2014
Objective: to estimate the prevalence of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and the pattern of osteoarticular injury in psoriatic patients according to the data of the PEST (Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool) questionnaire.Subjects and methods.
M. N. Chamurlieva, E. Yu. Loginova, T. V. Korotaeva, E. A. Batkaev   +3 more
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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
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A theoretical framework to improve the adoption of green Integrated Pest Management tactics

Communications Biology
Sustainable agriculture relies on implementing effective, eco-friendly crop protection strategies. However, the adoption of these green tactics by growers is limited by their high costs resulting from the insufficient integration of various components of
Peng Han, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Myron P. Zalucki, Shu-sheng Liu, Nicolas Desneux   +4 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun, John Beghin, Fernando Maximiliano   +2 more
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