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Designing an institutional network for improving farm animal welfare in the EU [PDF]
, 2017 Improvements in the welfare of farmed animals in the EU have been achieved by legislation, increased welfare capacity in the food chain, greater public awareness, welfare measurement tools and dissemination of best practice.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien +5 more
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Pest Risk Analysis For Chalara Fraxinea
, 2013 Current records suggest that C. fraxinea is not yet established in the UK, although it has now been detected in recently planted trees outdoors. It is widespread throughout much of Europe, where it has caused extensive damage. There is very high potential for entry through plants for planting and the potential for establishment is very high ...
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Re-examining economic options for import risk assessments [PDF]
The economic impacts of altering quarantine policies are divided into two main areas: trade evaluations, utilising a partial equilibrium approach to determine the benefits of market liberalisation; or pest management economics, used to determine the on ...
David Adamson, David Cook
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A manual and computerized consistent framework for assessing the vulnerability of receptor environments [PDF]
, 2006 In organic livestock production systems, farm-management factors are thought to play an important role in the on-farm prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii.
Baker, R., Bremmer, J., Mumford, J.
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YIELD RESPONSE AND PRODUCTION RISK: AN ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN COTTON [PDF]
Production uncertainty is commonly believed to be an impediment to the adoption of less pesticide-intensive methods in agriculture such as integrated pest management (IPM). To investigate the effects of pest control inputs on yields and yield variability,
Hurd, Brian H.
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Farmers' preferences for eco-friendly nets as an alternative to insecticides in Africa [PDF]
, 2014 Vegetable production in Africa is highly dependent on pesticides with a large proportion of the population involved in farming. We investigate if eco-friendly nets (EFNs) are a viable and accepted alternative to farmer's current practice of extreme use ...
Adegbidi, Anselme +8 more
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +1 more
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Endemic diseases and agricultural productivity: Challenges and policy response [PDF]
Contrary to Asian countries, the agricultural sector in Africa had not benefited from the green revolution success. After a long time of disinterest in the agriculture sector in Africa, several voices arise now in favour of greater efforts towards this ...
Martine Audibert
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Integrated grain storage - technology transfer for organic farming [PDF]
, 2001 The attached document is the final report of the Defra Project OF0176. Demand for organic grain continues to grow and currently in the UK much has to be imported to satisfy the market.
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