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Applications and mechanisms of biochar-mycorrhizal synergies in agriculture based on systematic review. [PDF]

PeerJ
Setyawan HY, Widyastuti E, Sugiarto Y, Sunyoto NMS, Ulandari D, Dewi J, Choirun AU, Arwani M, Okoye C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou, Sergei Schaub, Martin Quaas, Robert Finger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction ecology and functional stability: a mechanistic framework for managing plant microbiomes in drylands. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Sami A, Mao W, Wang Q, Rui G, Xu Q, Wang J, Wu K, Li J, Jiang L.   +8 more
europepmc   +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

Effects of a 12-Year Nitrogen Addition Experiment on Protist Communities in a Boreal Forest, Heilongjiang Province, China. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Fu G, Liu G, Wang L, Gao Y, Yao Z, Xing Y, Wang Q.   +6 more
europepmc   +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

Continuous cropping of lavender (<i>Lavandula angustifolia Mill.</i>) enhances essential oil yield without compromising quality. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Jian J, Luo W, Ran B, Zhu L, Zhang S, Zhang X, Zeng J, Tang S, Dong S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of plant restoration on soil aggregates in karst mountainous areas of southwestern China. [PDF]

iScience
Meng Q, Zhang M, Jin R, Wu Y, Wang R, Zhang J, Sun Z, Yuan G, Pu Y.   +8 more
europepmc   +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