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Complementary or Competitive? Emerging Interactions Between Restoration and Protection in the Conservation Reserve Program

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) delivers environmental benefits to society by enrolling cropland and grasslands to reestablish or safeguard long‐term vegetative cover. In recent years, the CRP has dramatically increased grassland enrollment while cropland enrollment has been in steady decline. This paper uses descriptive analysis,
Wesley Zebrowski, Tyler Lark, Rich Iovanna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Protection Management, Nurse Plants, and Diversity of Companion Species Influence Natural Regeneration of <i>Pinus gerardiana</i> in the Western Himalayan Pine Forests. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Sultani Ahmadzai A, Ejtehadi H, Bashirzadeh M, Farzam M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Heavy Metal Contamination: Impacts From Plants to the Food Chain and Eco‐Friendly Amelioration Strategies

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Latifeh Pourakbar, Sevda Alizadeh, Zahra Alizadeh, Jelena Popović‐Djordjević   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of bentonite with data-driven and physics-guided machine learning models. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Shehab M, Taherdangkoo R, Butscher C.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Establishment Performance and Gravel-Soil Characteristics of Planted Saxaul Plantations Across Precipitation Gradients in the Alxa Gobi. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Wang H, Ni J, Chen X, Zuo H, Ning Z, Zhao X, Yang H, Chen X.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short-term thinning alters labile soil phosphorus fractions and is associated with microbial alpha diversity and phosphatase activity in subtropical conifer plantations. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Yang B, Li L, Luo K, Li S, Liu Y, Lin K, Luo L, Xu X, Tao L, Liu Y.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Granular straw amendment in improving soil structure and crop productivity in saline soil. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Fan T, Hu K, Wang G, Tian D, Wang X.
europepmc   +1 more source