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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of grazing on the allocation of mass of soil aggregates and aggregate-associated organic carbon in an alpine meadow. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Wang J, Zhao C, Zhao L, Wen J, Li Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Temperature Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cereal Yields: Empirical Evidence From Italy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the evolving temperature sensitivity and climate adaptation of cereal yields in Italy from 1952 to 2023, using province‐level data for maize, common wheat, and durum wheat. Employing panel data econometric methods, we estimate yield responses to heat exposure, changes in sensitivity over time, and adaptation to climate ...
Paolo Nota, Giacomo Coughlan, Alessandro Olper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Water Stability of Soil Aggregates with Polyvinyl Alcohol as a Polymeric Binder. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Cao C, Cai M, Zhao L, Li G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Long-term effects of straw return and straw-derived biochar amendment on bacterial communities in soil aggregates. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Bai N, Zhang H, Zhou S, Sun H, Zhao Y, Zheng X, Li S, Zhang J, Lv W.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang, Anna Kristina Edenbrandt, Elin Röös   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacteria Regulate Soil Aggregates and Bacterial Communities to Inhibit the Uptake of Cadmium and Lead by Lettuce. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Zhang H, Wang K, Liu X, Yao L, Chen Z, Han H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil aggregates stability and storage of soil organic carbon respond to cropping systems on Black Soils of Northeast China. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Zhou M, Liu C, Wang J, Meng Q, Yuan Y, Ma X, Liu X, Zhu Y, Ding G, Zhang J, Zeng X, Du W.   +11 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

Research on the enhancement material and culture method of soil aggregates composed of feldspathic sandstone and sand. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Li J, Li J, Hua D, Li S, Pang Z, Jiang H.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source