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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai +2 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 2012
, 2012 sixteen pages : ill. ; page 19 x 15 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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Food and Energy SecurityIntercropping cereals and legumes can increase agricultural productivity, but the effects of silicon (Si) fertilizer application on intercropped crop yield and interspecific root interactions in cereal/legume intercropping systems are unclear.
Hongcheng Zhang +9 more
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Crop JournalGlobal food production faces enormous challenges in increasing yields while promoting environmental sustainability. A field experiments in the ecotone between the Yangtze River Basin and the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain evaluated the effects of changing ...
Siyu Gun +8 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 2011
, 2011 twenty pages : ill. ; page 19 x 15 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 2011
, 2011 sixteen pages : ill. ; page 19 x 15 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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The Rice Thresher, Vol. 98, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 2011
, 2011 twenty pages : ill. ; page 19 x 15 in.A weekly student newspaper from the Rice University in Houston, Texas that includes campus news and commentaries along with ...
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