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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers' capabilities, a core component of social sustainability, have been largely neglected in sustainable agriculture discourse. Using a relational approach to capabilities and autonomy, this study explores how women farmers translate the opportunity of agricultural innovation into their valued outcomes, and which factors shape their ...
Dawn D. Cheong, Bettina Bock
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Contract Farming and Children's Education: Evidence From Maize Producers in Ghana
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming (CF) has continued to proliferate in the small farm sector of developing countries. While its effects on smallholders across welfare outcomes such as income and food security have been well documented, there are growing concerns about its broader social implications especially on children.
Francis E. Ndip +2 more
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Fungal inoculation effect on post-harvest sugarcane residue decomposition under field conditions [PDF]
, 2018 Fungal inoculation effect on post-harvest sugarcane residue (SCR) decomposition in field conditions was studied. In vitro interaction between selected fungi was determined by direct confrontation.
Amoroso, Maria Julia del R. +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers remain structurally excluded from the current agricultural finance system. Existing research in this area examines financial inclusion through fragmented environmental, social, and economic lenses, limiting system‐level understanding.
Vaibhav Aggarwal +2 more
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Nitrogen Fixation and Translocation in Sugarcane [PDF]
, 2008 World sugarcane production is increasing rapidly as a biofuel. In some areas in Brazil, sugarcane has been grown continually over very long periods without N fertiliser inputs. Therefore, the occurrence of N fixation has been suspected.
Atsushi Momose +6 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel +6 more
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Resource redeployment as an entry advantage in resource‐poor settings
Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Scarcity of productive factors poses a challenge for firms entering underdeveloped regions. We theorize that incumbent firms can overcome scarcity of skilled human capital in local labor markets by redeploying workers from existing units.
Jasmina Chauvin +2 more
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Global Fluoride Toxicology Landscape: Bibliometric Approaches and Scientific Mapping
Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzed research trends in the 100 most‐cited articles on fluoride toxicology, a topic widely debated due to the toxic effects associated with levels deemed safe for human exposure. A bibliometric analysis was conducted using the Web of Science‐Core Collection, extracting data such as citation count, authors, keywords, journal ...
Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira +8 more
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Impact of Expanded United States Sugar Imports from CAFTA Countries on the Ethanol Market [PDF]
The need to decrease the United States’ dependency on oil has pushed ethanol to the forefront of energy sources. In the U.S., corn is used to make ethanol.
Parker, S. Janine, Yeboah, Osei-Agyeman
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Hevea brasiliensis seeds: A novel sustainable feedstock for ethanol production
Vietnam Journal of Chemistry, EarlyView.Abstract The rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is cultivated on a large scale mainly for the extraction of latex in Brazil and Southeast Asia, also generating large quantities of seeds. These seeds currently do not have large‐scale applications and may thus be considered as a residue.
Giovano Tochetto +4 more
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