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Study Regarding the Opinion of Rural Inhabitants About the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Case Study [PDF]

Revista de Management Comparat International, 2022
The effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a significant socioeconomic impact on rural inhabitants. The aim of the study is to identify the impact it has had on rural inhabitants and to develop a series of recommendations to help them manage ...
Eduard Alexandru DUMITRU, Maria Cristina STERIE   +1 more
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Consumer Preferences in the Purchase of Agri-Food Products: Implications for the Development of Family Farms

Agriculture, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferences of Romanian consumers when purchasing agri-food products, with a focus on products from family farms, and to identify pathways for promoting family farms’ outputs for enhancing the development ...
Eduard Alexandru Dumitru, Cristina Maria Sterie, Steliana Rodino, Marian Butu   +3 more
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Exploring the effects of increasing underutilized crops on consumers’ diets: the case of millet in Uganda

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2022
Known in the literature as underutilized, neglected or orphan crops, these crops have been cited as having the potential to improve food and nutritional security.
Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Luiza Toma, Faical Akaichi, Ian Dawson   +3 more
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Climate Change Impacts on Vegetable Crops: A Systematic Review

Agriculture, 2023
Agriculture is a fundamental aspect of our society, providing food and resources for a growing population. However, climate change is putting this sector at risk through rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and an increase in the frequency and
Eduard Alexandru Dumitru, Rozi Liliana Berevoianu, Valentina Constanta Tudor, Florina-Ruxandra Teodorescu, Dalila Stoica, Andreea Giucă, Diana Ilie, Cristina Maria Sterie   +7 more
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A systematic review of factors that influence farmers' adoption of sustainable crop farming practices: Lessons for sustainable nitrogen management in South Asia

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2022
Despite the fact that sustainable agricultural technologies and practices have been developed and introduced to farmers in both developed and developing countries, there are concerns about low levels of adoption.
Toritseju Begho, Klaus Glenk, Asif R. Anik, Vera Eory   +3 more
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Strategy for the agricultural human resource potential development and management in priority and border geostrategic territories (regions) of Russia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
Analysis of agricultural sub-sectors personnel of some priority and border geostrategic territories (regions) revealed negative trends and main problems in the human resources formation and management in the agricultural business. The personnel potential
Semkin Alexander, Altukhov Anatoly, Silaeva Lydia, Bykov Vasily, Belyakova Ksenia   +4 more
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Impact of aging on food consumption in rural China: Implications for dietary upgrading and health improvement

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
BackgroundThe issue of population aging in rural China is getting profound; nevertheless, its impact on food consumption has not been well evaluated. This study aims to examine the relationship between rural aging and family food consumption in rural ...
Ming Gao, Ming Gao, Bi Wu, Wencheng Jin, Jiashuo Wei, Jiwen Wang, Jinkai Li   +6 more
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Finding the ecological farmer: A farmer typology to understand ecological practice adoption within Europe

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2022
Agricultural policies are now orientated towards sustainable food production which integrate climate and biodiversity targets. Increasing the uptake of ecological approaches is intrinsic to the success of these policies.
Andrew P. Barnes, Bethan Thompson, Luiza Toma   +2 more
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Measuring total factor productivity on Irish dairy farms: a Fisher index approach using farm-level data

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 2020
This paper presents a Fisher index measure of the total factor productivity (TFP) performance of Irish dairy farms over the period 2006–2016 using the Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) data.
M. McCormack, F. Thorne, K. Hanrahan
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The impact of climate change on maize production: Empirical findings and implications for sustainable agricultural development

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Continuous warming climate conditions have triggered numerous extreme weather events, exerting an unprecedented impact on agricultural and food production.
Zhexi Zhang, Jiashuo Wei, Jinkai Li, Yuankai Jia, Wei Wang, Jie Li, Ze Lei, Ming Gao   +7 more
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