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Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Soil Microarthropod Community Biodiversity in the Svalbard High Arctic: Locality or Vegetation Community? [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Seniczak S, Seniczak A, Kaczmarek S, Iturrondobeitia JC, Marquardt T, Coulson SJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Vegetation and Soil Aggregates Shape Nematode Communities and Energy Flow on the Loess Plateau. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Kang W, Chen Z, Du Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever, Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cobamide-producing microbes as a model for understanding general nutritional interdependencies in soil food webs. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Zhang Q, Chen B, Zhang Z, Yu Y, Jin M, Lu T, Zhang Z, Pang Q, Xu N, Sun J, Chen J, Wang J, Zhu D, Qian H, Penuelas J, Zhu YG.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Unveiling microbiome interactions and functions in soil hotspots. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Kuźniar A, Das AP, Goraj W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Term Ecological Impacts of Norway Spruce Plantations on Biodiversity and Microhabitat Conditions. [PDF]

Ecosystems
Balestra S, Manuzi V, Ceresa E, Gatti P, Pirttilahti RA, Hodecek J, Adatte T, Bomou B, Gabrieli P, Grand S, Losapio G.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source