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The Construction of an Environmental Villain: A Discourse Analysis of Upland Maize Farming in Thailand

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul, Cecilie Friis, Thilde Bech Bruun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early identification of immature rubber plantations using Landsat and Sentinel satellite images

International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
Early identification of rubber plantations holds significant importance for both optimal plantation management and scientific studies. Even though remote sensing techniques for mapping rubber plantations have evolved considerably since the 2000s, current
Xincheng Wang, Bangqian Chen, Jinwei Dong, Yuanfeng Gao, Guizhen Wang, Hongyan Lai, Zhixiang Wu, Chuan Yang, Weili Kou, Ting Yun   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Non‐Destructive Method for Sex Identification in a Tubuliferan Thrips

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Accurate sex identification of the biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is a useful tool for colony management and experimental applications in biological control. Destructive methods of sex identification limit specimen usage, prompting the need for a sex identification method for live thrips.
Brianna Foster, F. Allen Dray, Dale Halbritter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between famine and freedom: Food prices during the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945–9

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how the Indonesian War of Independence (1945‒9) influenced staple food prices, and how fluctuations in those prices, in turn, shaped the trajectory and dynamics of the conflict. We compiled a dataset comprising more than 8600 prices for staple foods covering the entire Indonesian archipelago from 1939‒49, allowing us to
Ingrid de Zwarte, Helmi Moret, Pim de Zwart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Status and Sustainability Index for Smallholder Rubber Plantation in Riau Province of Indonesia

Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan
The conversion of rubber plantation to oil palm cultivation in Riau province is raising concerns regarding the decline of rubber commodity. Historically, the province has been a key producer of such commodity in Indonesia.
Budi Azwar, Rozi Andrini, Ahmad Hamdalah, Fitra Lestari Norhiza, Rika Taslim, Juandi Muhammad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT AFFECT LABOR ABSORPTION IN NATURAL RUBBER PLANTATION

Ekuilibrium: Jurnal Ilmiah Bidan Ilmu Ekonomi, 2019
The study aimed to analyze several indicators that exist in the rubber industry and their influence on labor absorption in particular provinces in Indonesia from 2012-2015.
heri sudarsono
doaj   +1 more source

Managing agency business groups, elite directors, and the rubber boom, 1897–1913

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We identify a new organizational form, the Managing Agency Business Group (MABG), demonstrating how agency houses used interlocking directorships to build groups on the basis of commercial and plantation expertise to access finance on London stock markets and local capital markets in the pre‐1914 rubber boom.
David Higgins, Steven Toms
wiley   +1 more source

Additives for processing natural rubber and their application in small rubber plantations

Informador Técnico, 2014
Se presenta una revisión de literatura sobre cómo los aditivos usados en los procesos de beneficio del caucho natural modifican las propiedades del látex líquido o caucho seco en forma de láminas o coágulos, productos que pueden obtenerse en plantaciones de caucho como las que abundan en Colombia. Se consideran las ventajas y desventajas del uso de los
Gabriel Jaime Peláez Arroyave, Sandra Milena Velásquez Restrepo, Diego Hernán Giraldo Vásquez   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Low Rates of Kaolin in Different Application Periods Reduce Diaphorina citri Population and Huanglongbing Incidence in Commercial Citrus Orchards

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Huanglongbing (HLB) is the most destructive citrus disease worldwide, and it has been disseminated by the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri, the vector of the causing agent Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. Although processed kaolin reduces psyllid infestation, long‐term field data from commercial orchards are limited.
Marcelo Pedreira de Miranda, Wellington Ivo Eduardo, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi, Eduardo Augusto Girardi, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of Jhum (Shifting Cultivation) to Forest Plantation: Effect on Soil Properties in the Hill Tracts of Bangladesh

Forestist
Natural and anthropogenic changes in the composition of tropical forests are expected to alter soil properties. Thus, an understanding of the effects on changes in crop/plant composition on soil properties is needed to choose better land-use options. So,
Al-Arafath Hossain Arman, Rabeya Khatun, Kazi Mohammad Masum   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source