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Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Roger Leonard Burritt, Katherine Leanne Christ   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding and regional production capacity performance of new sugarcane cultivar GT 66

Scientific Reports
The mechanization in sugarcane cultivation is required to improve the performance of sugarcane production capacity in China. The mechanization process is very substantial because it can enhance the production of agricultural land. There is an urgent need
Qiang Liang, Xiao-yan Liu, Hui Zhou, Jing-chao Lei, Shan-hai Lin, Mei-xin Yan, Krishan K. Verma, Kai-jun Wei, Hong-chui Wei, Wen-jiao Li, Yang-rui Li, Xiu-peng Song, Yi-jie Li   +12 more
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Labor Cost and Technology Adoption: Real Options Approach for the Case of Sugarcane Mechanization in Florida [PDF]

Specialty crop farmers have expressed concern about labor shortages and cost increases which may arise with immigration reform. The large-scale mechanization of the Florida sugarcane harvest during the 1970s/80s serves as an historical example of how ...
Emerson, Robert D., Walters, Lurleen M., Iwai, Nobuyuki   +2 more
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SUGARCANE CULTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT: Challenges and Opportunities

The sugarcane industry faces a number of challenges in terms of stagnating production, price regulations, unstable sugarcane market, and water scarcity/drought.
Singh, Munna, Verma, Krishan K., Li, Yang-Rui, Song, Xiu-Peng, Wu, Jian-Ming, de Mello Prado, Renato [UNESP]   +5 more
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From Dictionaries to Deep Learning: A Systematic Mapping Review of the Natural Language Processing Tasks Used to Analyze Sustainability Reports

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims at shedding light on the vast landscape of natural language processing (NLP) tasks used when analyzing sustainability reports or sustainability within integrated annual reports. A systematic literature review is carried out, identifying 160 studies of relevance.
Hannes Cordes
wiley   +1 more source

Application of silicon and gibberellic acid modulate photosynthetic capacity and antioxidative defense machinery in Saccharum officinarum cv. GT55

Scientific Reports
Silicon (Si) is a relatively novel element that has found widespread application in various fields. Gibberellic acid (GA3) is known to induce different physiological traits in a variety of plants. While Si and GA₃ independently improve plant performance,
Ye-geng Fan, Krishan K. Verma, Rong-fa Chen, Yang-rui Li, Xiu-peng Song, Yue-bin Zhang, Jia-wen Guo, You-xiong Que, Zong-meng Wu, Yu-chi Deng, Jian-Ming Wu   +10 more
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An Estimation of the Efficient Size of Sugarcane Enterprises for Farmers in Trinidad [PDF]

This research paper provides an estimation of the efficient size of operation for sugarcane farmers in Trinidad. The estimates were based on a sample of two hundred and twenty-seven farmers selected from a cost of sugarcane production survey. To identify
Palmer, Donald W., Pemberton, Carlisle A.   +1 more
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Next‐Generation Carbon‐Based Anodes for Alkali Metal‐Ion Batteries: Recent Progress on Biphenylene and Emerging Materials

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
Recent advances in carbon‐based anodes for alkali metal‐ion batteries are critically reviewed, with emphasis on biphenylene and other emerging carbon allotropes. Biphenylene exhibits exceptional theoretical electrochemical properties beyond conventional graphite, highlighting its strong potential as a next‐generation anode material once scalable ...
Adewale Hammed Pasanaje, Nirpendra Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Variety-Specific Residue Dynamics and Optimal Dose of Thiamethoxam for Borer Control and Harvest Safety in Sugarcane

Agronomy
Although thiamethoxam is frequently used in sugarcane production in Guangxi, China as a systemic insecticide and bioactivator, little is known about its field control effectiveness and residue dissipation across commercially significant genotypes grown ...
Yawei Luo, Cuifang Yang, Limin Liu, Shuquan Su, Shan Zhou, Yuxin Huang, Jing Liu, Shanyu Lu, Shanhai Lin, Yijing Gao   +9 more
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CHOICES OF SOIL CONSERVATION METHODS ON KWAZULU-NATAL COMMERCIAL SUGARCANE FARMS [PDF]

A Principal components analysis and multiple regression techniques are used to analyse heterogeneity in 53 KwaZulu-Natal sugarcane farmers soil conservation decisions.
Ferrer, Stuart R.D., Nieuwoudt, W. Lieb
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