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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farm level drivers of nitrogen use efficiency in the Terai region of Nepal

Discover Soil
South Asia, including Nepal, has been identified as a region with particularly low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), exacerbating both economic inefficiencies for farmers and environmental concerns.
Toritseju Begho, Rajendra Joshi, Bigyapti Nepal, Thomas Donovan, Vera Eory   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Place perception and restorative experience of recreationists in the natural environment of rural tourism

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionIn contemporary society, people spend long periods under high stress, and tourism activities have gradually been internalized as a new means of stress release and self-recovery.
Ruomei Tang, Ruomei Tang, Ruomei Tang, Xinyu Zhao, Zixi Guo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phase-wise analysis of the COVID-19 lockdown impact on aerosol, radiation and trace gases and associated chemistry in a tropical rural environment. [PDF]

Environ Res, 2021
Jain CD, Madhavan BL, Singh V, Prasad P, Sai Krishnaveni A, Ravi Kiran V, Venkat Ratnam M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between emotional intelligence, attitude toward Christianity, and academic performance in religion and civic education

Journal of Educational Studies
Emotional intelligence (EI) and academic performance have been studied for decades. EI is the ability to manage one’s emotions and influence those of others. Academic performance includes marks and grades.
Romică Sîrbu, Eliza Mihaela Spătărelu   +1 more
doaj  

Launching business in rural environment: Farm stay holidays "Nana", Noćaj [PDF]

Turističko Poslovanje, 2019
Initiating and expanding business is a process which starts with defining business ideas and making related research, seeking opportunities in order to eventually raise funds along with finding partnerships, embarking on enterprise followed by business ...
Ćosić Maja
doaj  

Shrinking violets: are organic farms the sensitive flowers of the rural environment [PDF]

, 2010
In New Zealand organic farming is a burgeoning sector of the rural economy. Certified organic production units may have their products guaranteed by a range of systems.
Wallace, Philippa Jane
core  

E-learning Services for Rural Communities

, 2013
Information and communication technologies brought-in tools and techniques in the field of education that introduced new concepts of teaching and learning.
Hussain, Shariq, Rahim, Sabit, Wang, Zhaoshun   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source