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Fluxametamide (Pesticides)

Food Safety, 2020
FSCJ conducted a risk assessment of fluxametamide (CAS No. 928783-29-3), an isoxazoline insecticide, based on results from various studies. The data used in the assessment include the fate in animals, fate in plants, residues in crops, subacute toxicity, subacute neurotoxicity, chronic toxicity, combined chronic toxicity/carcinogenicity ...
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
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Pesticides on Food [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1994
On page 390 of the October issue of EHP (volume 101, number 5), there is a graph that purports to show the intake of pesticides by children in milligrams per kilogram per day. I think you owe a prominent correction/explanation to your readers. The original figure in the National Academy of Sciences report (figure 5-1, p.
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Heavy Metal Contamination: Impacts From Plants to the Food Chain and Eco‐Friendly Amelioration Strategies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Latifeh Pourakbar, Sevda Alizadeh, Zahra Alizadeh, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević   +4 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Prochloraz induced alterations in the expression of mRNA in the reproductive system of male offspring mice [PDF]

PeerJ
Prochloraz is a widely used fungicide worldwide. It is classified as an endocrine disrupting pesticide that affects the reproductive system. This study aimed to examine the impact of exposure to prochloraz of male mice on the reproductive system of their
Junhe Hu, Chang Liu, Xianghui Zeng, Tao Tang, Zhi Zeng, Juan Wu, Xiansheng Tan, Qingxiang Dai, Chenzhong Jin   +8 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
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Fabricating supramolecular pre-emergence herbicide CPAM-BPyHs for farming herbicide-resistant rice

Nature Communications
Controlling weeds before their emergence is crucial for minimizing their impacts on crop yield and quality. Bipyridyl herbicides (BPyHs), a class of highly effective and broad-spectrum herbicides, cannot be used as pre-emergence herbicides because they ...
Ronghua Chen, Chaozheng Li, Di Zhao, Guili Yang, Lingda Zeng, Fei Lin, Hanhong Xu   +6 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
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