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Indigenous farming methods and crop management practices used by local farmers in Madibeng local municipality, South Africa. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Khumalo TA, Chakale MV, Asong JA, Aremu AO, Amoo SO.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Childhood Asthma and Community Resilience. [PDF]

Pediatr Pulmonol
Lichtveld MY, Heimke KK, Dietz LJ, Wahid FA, Buchanich JM, Earle BC, Noah TL.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commodity risk assessment of oak and walnut logs from the US. [PDF]

EFSA J
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Vicent Civera A, Baptista P, Berlin A, Chatzivassiliou E, Cubero J, Cunniffe N, de la Peña E, Desneux N, Di Serio F, Filipiak A, Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Jactel H, Landa BB, Maistrello L, Makowski D, Milonas P, Papadopoulos NT, Potting R, Susi H, van Der Gaag DJ, Battisti A, Bragard C, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Stergulc F, Mosbach-Schulz O, Streissl F, Gonthier P.   +30 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

Overwintering Ecology and Novel Trapping Strategies for Sustainable Management of the Common Pistachio Psyllid (<i>Agonoscena pistaciae</i>) in Pistachio Orchards. [PDF]

Insects
Laz B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Regional and local divergence in welfare provision in England and Wales, 1776–1815

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses the township‐level data on welfare expenditure and provision gathered by parish officers in England and Wales at three points between 1776 and 1815 to illuminate regional and local differences during the period. These data have been linked to geographic information system (GIS) mapping systems, facilitating the mapping of ...
John Broad
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of potential suitable habitats for Liriomyza sativae blanchard in China under climate change scenarios. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hou Q, Bian G, Jin S, Song H, Bai H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Indian deindustrialization revisited: New data, estimates, and interpretations

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The fate of the handloom cotton textile industry is one of the most debated topics in the economic history of India. This paper presents novel employment estimates for cotton textile handweaving and spinning in the period 1800–1940. I put together plausible values for labour productivity and combine these with aggregate input usage to generate
Alexander Nagar
wiley   +1 more source