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Issues on organic agriculture in Romania

Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2010
It is important for Romanian agriculture and for the food chain system to collaborate in advantage of local agricultural producers and to expand the market for the Romanian organic agricultural products.
Lidia Iurchevici, Rodica Chetroiu
doaj  

Bibliometric analysis of global research trends in biochar application to sandy soils

Discover Soil
Due to their physical and chemical characteristics, sandy soils pose a challenge for agricultural production, requiring alternative conditioning practices, such as biochar, which can improve soil structure and optimize management.
Francisco das Chagas Araujo de Paiva, Juciane Vieira de Assis Freire, Luiz Fernando de Sousa Antunes, Gthielly Maíra Fernandes, Ana Beatriz Alves, Hélio Nogueira Bezerra, Paula Cristina de Morais Rosária, Cherlyson Cunha de Medeiros, Darliane Cristina Soares de Souza, Emanuelly Kelly Gomes de Oliveira, Poliana Pinheiro da Silva   +10 more
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Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Vegetable Farming in Romania: Farmers' Adaptation Strategies

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca: Horticulture
Climate change represents one of the most serious challenges for Romanian agriculture, directly affecting productivity, crop stability, and food security, especially in the southern regions.
Diana Maria ILIE, Rozi Liliana BEREVOIANU   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Cultivated Land Productivity in a Large City: Case Study of Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Land
Given the constraints of limited cultivated land resources, ensuring and enhancing crop productivity are crucial for food security. This study takes Chengdu as a case study. Using the cultivated land productivity (CLP) evaluation model, we calculated the
Yuanli Liu, Qiang Liao, Zhouling Shao, Wenbo Gao, Jie Cao, Chunyan Chen, Guitang Liao, Peng He, Zhengyu Lin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana, Linda Arata, Margherita Muzzillo, Paolo Sckokai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Invasive Water Hyacinth: Ecology, Impacts and Prospects for the Rural Economy. [PDF]

Plants (Basel), 2021
Harun I, Pushiri H, Amirul-Aiman AJ, Zulkeflee Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source