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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 +6 more
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.A light mediated direct regioselective B─H functionalization, via hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), is described. Unexplored xanthyl‐closo‐carboranes as novel bench‐stable and versatile platforms to access sulfur‐containing boron clusters are reported for the first time.
Marco Rusconi +9 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental SafetyBenzovindiflupyr (BEN) has emerged as one of the fastest-growing SDHI fungicides in recent years, but it is considered “very highly toxic” to aquatic fish, invertebrates and crustaceans (EC50 or LC50, 0.0035–0.056 mg/L, acute toxicity). The comprehensive
Shanshan Di +8 more
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Quality of Organic vs. Conventional Food and Effects on Health [PDF]
, 2011 This report analyses the nutritional quality of organic and conventional food as well as the health effects of pesticide residues, nitrates, mycotoxins and artificial additives and gives an overview of animal and human ...
Luik, Anne +4 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 +3 more
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AN EVALUATION OF CONSUMER PESTICIDE RESIDUE CONCERNS AND RISK INFORMATION SOURCES [PDF]
Marginal probability effects of demographic variables on consumer concerns about pesticide residues were assessed as well as the likelihood of consumer beliefs given different channels of information on produce safety and risks.
Byrne, Patrick J. +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Green Analytical ChemistryThis study presents a comprehensive comparison between helium and hydrogen as carrier gases in gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) for multiresidue pesticide analysis.
Víctor Cutillas +3 more
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Rosemaund Pesticide Transport Study 1987-1993 [PDF]
, 1996 This report comprised the results, conclusions and recommendations of a project in the early 1990s to study the pesticide concentrations in soil and water that resulted from normal use of agrochemicals on arable crops at a farm in the Rosemaund catchment.
Brook, D.N. +4 more
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Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora +3 more
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