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The multi-barrier fate of strobilurin fungicides in Dendrobium officinale: uptake, sequestration in root cell walls, and high cumulative dietary risk

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The high residual levels and prolonged persistence of strobilurin fungicides prompted this systematic investigation into the environmental fate, accumulation mechanisms, and dietary exposure risks of five key compounds: azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl ...
Yuan Lei, Hui Ye, Nan Fang, Jinhua Jiang, Yuqin Luo, Xiangyun Wang, Hongmei He, Jianzhong Yu, Xueping Zhao, Zhiqiang Kong, Changpeng Zhang   +10 more
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Is There a Market for Organic Milk in Serbia? Insights From Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic, Sanja Dzever, Bojan Matkovski, Danilo Djokic   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microencapsulation alters pyraclostrobin degradation and reshapes soil microbial communities compared to conventional formulations

Journal of Advanced Research
Introduction: Microencapsulated pyraclostrobin (PYR-CS) has gained widespread adoption in agriculture owing to its extended efficacy and reduced risks for non-target organisms.
Xi Cheng, Lu Lv, Zhenlan Xu, Chunrong Zhang, Xinju Liu, Shenggan Wu, Feidi Wang, Xuehua An, Yijun Yu, Tao Tang   +9 more
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang, Enoch Owusu‐Sekyere, Karin Alvåsen, Helena Hansson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occurrence and temporal changes of pharmaceuticals in the Warta River in Poland during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Scientific Reports
This research aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceutical concentrations in surface water. The Warta River (western Poland) was studied at points upstream and downstream of the treated sewage outflow.
Roksana Kruć-Fijałkowska, Dariusz Drożdżyński, Magdalena Matusiak, Krzysztof Dragon, Marek Szczepański   +4 more
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crop insurance and irrigation behavior: The conditional role of pumping costs

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Excessive water use for irrigation can accelerate the depletion of water resources, undermining agriculture's resilience to weather‐related shocks. Understanding how farmers make water use decisions is essential for developing effective water management policies.
Sungmin Cheu, Molly Sears
wiley   +1 more source

Plantaricin BM-1 enhances anti-colorectal cancer effects by inhibiting CD8+ cytotoxic T cell apoptosis via the ERK/AP1/Bim signaling pathway

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionColorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Plantaricin BM-1, a class IIa bacteriocin from Lactobacillus plantarum, exhibits anticancer potential, but its in vivo efficacy against CRC is unclear.MethodsUsing ...
Xuan Zheng, Qi Wang, Xiaodong Song, Jingxin Zhu, Chunyu Dai, Junhua Jin, Congyang Cheng, Hongxing Zhang, Yuanhong Xie   +8 more
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