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Cost and policy implications of agricultural pollution, with special reference to pesticides

, 2013
Modem commercial agricultural practices involving chemical inputs such as fertilisers and pesticides have been associated with huge increases in food production never witnessed before, and in the case of cereal production (especially wheat) under Green
Wilson, Clevo
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Pesticide Use in South Africa : One of the Largest Importers of Pesticides in Africa

, 2011
South Africa is a diverse country, with a diverse environment that is home to more than 49 000 000 people. Pesticide usage is very often necessary to maintain both agricultural productivity as well as human health. The climatic conditions range from semi-
de Vos, Jayne, B, M. Fernandes-Whaley, R. Pieters, Fernandes-Whaley, Maria, Pieters, Rialet, Kylin, Henrik, Kylin, Henrik,, J. van den Berg, Quinn, Laura,, J. de, Bouwman, Henk,, L.P. Quinn, C. Roos, J. de Vos, van den Berg, Johnnie, de Vos, Jayne,, Bouwman, Henk, Roos, Claudine, H. Kylin, van den Berg, Johnnie,, Roos, Claudine,, Pieters, Rialet,, H. Bouwman, Fernandes-Whaley, Maria,, Quinn, Laura   +25 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
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Persistent pesticides in the environment

, 1970
The persistence, sources, fate and possible control of pesticides are reviewed and discussed. The amounts of pesticides in soil, air, freshwater, seawater, soil and aquatic invertebrates, plants, fish, birds, other vertebrates, human food and human ...
Edwards, Clive A., Adams, Russell S.
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Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
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Multi‐Band Excitation of NIR‐II Lanthanide Nanoparticles via Multiple‐Dye Cascade Sensitization

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
A cascade multiple‐dye sensitization strategy that enables lanthanide‐doped DSNPs to be efficiently excited across the entire UV–Vis–NIR window (270–1030 nm) while retaining strong and tunable NIR‐II emission. ABSTRACT Lanthanide‐doped downshifting nanoparticles (DSNPs) emitting in the near‐infrared‐II (NIR‐II) window offer distinct advantages for deep‐
Yuxia Luo, Yunge Du, Yin Huang, Lijun Jiang, Chengyi Chu, Guochen Bao   +5 more
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Pesticides and endangered sea turtles: A review

, 2012
Sea turtles are considered of increasing interest as potential bioindicators for pollution in marine ecosystems. In addition, all species of sea turtles are included on the Red List of the World Conservation Union, and all the threats for their survival ...
Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio, Domínguez Boada, Luis María, Camacho Rodríguez, María De Los Ángeles, Pérez Luzardo, Octavio Luis   +3 more
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Pesticide MRLs as Trade Barriers: Evidence From Vietnam's Coffee and Rice Exporters

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As tariffs have declined globally through bilateral and regional trade agreements, food safety standards have emerged as significant determinants of agricultural trade flows. This study examines the impact of maximum residue limits (MRLs) for five pesticides—Azoxystrobin, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorantraniliprole, Clothianidin, and Cyhalothrin—on ...
Nhat Mai Nguyen, Hoa‐Thi‐Minh Nguyen, Kaliappa Kalirajan   +2 more
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Synergistic Lewis Acid Photocatalysis Over Cluster‐Defect‐Engineered UiO‐66 for Efficient Liquid Biomass Upgrading

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
A cluster‐defect engineering strategy is presented for the rational design of Zn‐incorporated UiO‐66 photocatalysts. Selective acid etching mediates hierarchical porosity and abundant Lewis acid sites, tailoring the electronic structure and enhancing light harvesting.
Hao Wang, Li‐Long Zhang, Haimei Xu, Baohua Jia, Liqun Ye, Tianyi Ma, Heng Zhang   +6 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