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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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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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Frontiers in PhysiologyAimsEfficient use of preventive cardiac therapies is often limited by inefficient risk prediction, calling for new prediction tools. Ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) elicit electrocardiographic changes in the repolarization of the first post ...
Ralf J. Dirschinger +10 more
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Pest Risk Analysis For Phytophthora Austrocedrae
, 2012 GB; en; plantpestsrisks@fera.gsi.gov ...
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Regulatory Issues in Biosecurity [PDF]
The management of biosecurity risks (risks to the production sector, to indigenous biodiversity, and to public health) involves the exercise of extensive regulatory powers both at the border and within New Zealand.
Chris Pinfield
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Non market valuation in New Zealand: 1974 through 2005 [PDF]
, 2007 Non-market valuation (NMV) is recognized as an essential tool in policy decision making worldwide. In this paper, we investigate the history of NMV, specifically in relation to New Zealand (NZ), by compiling and analyzing all available published studies.
Kaval, Pamela, Yao, Richard
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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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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.
Anon
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Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.This study reveals that sampling strategy (i.e., sampling size and approach) is a foundational prerequisite for building accurate and generalizable AI models in peptide discovery. Reaching a threshold of 7.5% of the total tetrapeptide sequence space was essential to ensure reliable predictions.
Meiru Yan +3 more
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