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Plain Meaning, Precedent, and Metaphysics: Interpreting the “Pollutant” Element of the Federal Water Pollution Offense [PDF]

, 2014
This Article, the second in a series of five, examines the meaning of “pollutant” under the Clean Water Act. Congress and EPA have defined “pollutant” to mean a list of specific substances and broad categories of materials and wastes discharged into ...
Miller, Jeffrey G.
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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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Osteogenic Effects of Limosilactobacillus fermentum GBE18 Cell-Free Supernatant (CFS) in MC3T3-E1 Cells via the Wnt/β-Catenin and PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathways

Foods
Osteoporosis is a major global health challenge, particularly among aging populations, underscoring the need for safe and effective nutritional interventions.
Xingyuan Peng, Xuan Zheng, Xiyu Li, Xiaona Pang, Junhua Jin, Hui Liu, Hongxing Zhang, Yuanhong Xie   +7 more
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Producers’ perceptions of public good agricultural practices and their pesticide use: The case of MyGAP for durian farming in Pahang, Malaysia [PDF]

, 2017
This paper investigates the local implementation of Malaysian public GAP standard called MyGAP by examining its effectiveness in raising the awareness and improving the pesticide use practices of participant smallscale ...
Ng, Chuck Chuan
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Survey of prothioconazole sensitivity in Fusarium pseudograminearum isolates from Henan Province, China, and characterization of resistant laboratory mutants

BMC Plant Biology
Background Fusarium crown rot (FCR) is one of the most significant diseases limiting crop production in the Huanghuai wheat-growing region of China. Prothioconazole, a triazole sterol 14α-demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide developed by the Bayer ...
Feng Zhou, Yan Jiao, Aohui Han, Xiaoli Zhou, Jiamei Kong, Haiyan Hu, Runqiang Liu, Chengwei Li   +7 more
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Overlap of US FDA residue tests and pesticides used on imported vegetables: Empirical findings and policy recommendations [PDF]

, 2009
Ryan E. Galt
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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Merging Biocatalysis and Chemocatalysis in Flow: State‐of‐the‐Art and Future Directions for Sustainable Synthesis

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in integrating biocatalysis and chemocatalysis in continuous flow to create streamlined, sustainable processes. It examines chemo‐enzymatic cascades combining at least one enzymatic and one chemical step, discusses challenges such as enzyme immobilization, leaching, and reactor clogging, and presents solutions ...
Petros Siasiaridis, Matteo Damian, Francesco G. Mutti   +2 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Vol. 19, No. 2: Illinois Pesticide Review [PDF]

, 2006
published or submitted for publicationnot peer ...
University of Illinois Extension
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