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Sugarcane smut: the political economy of biosecurity [PDF]

The discovery of sugarcane smut in one Queensland cane region, in June 2006, triggered a clear-cut biosecurity response aimed at containment and eradication.
Antony, George
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Sugarcane-cutting agricultural requirements.

1. leaf scar; 2. sugarcane buds; 3. sugarcane seed; 4. node area; 5. internodes area.
Liu Yang (23752), Daniel Eutyche Mbadjoun Wapet (17334207), Mahmoud M. Hussein (16965014), Irina Aleksandrova (5964191), Abdallah E. Elwakeel (18271605), Tamer M. El-Messery (18271602), Mohamed E. Badawy (14820624), Mohamed Metwally Mahmoud (15213516), Loai S. Nasrat (18271596), Manar A. Ourapi (18271599)   +9 more
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‘Civilizing’ Smallholders Through Oil Palm: The Politics of Subsumption Across Southern Mexico's Commodity Frontiers

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While most frontier studies associate commodity expansions with dispossession, I argue that such expansions can also function as ‘civilizational’ projects aimed at overcoming traditional farming and creating new rural subjects better suited to the needs of capitalist development. Using a Gramscian approach to study subsumption, I analyse three
Antonio Castellanos‐Navarrete
wiley   +1 more source

Resource conflicts between Landholders and Indigenous People in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: policies, sources and consequences in a historical perspective

Revista Ñanduty, 2015
This contribution aims to point out central aspects of resource conflicts between extensively producing landholders and the Guarani Kaiowá population of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Kristina Kroyer
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THE INFLUENCES OF LAND TENANCY AND ROTATION SELECTION ON CRAWFISH FARMERS’ ADOPTION OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES [PDF]

This study investigates factors influencing the adoption of best management practices in Louisiana crawfish production. Probit results show acreage, years farming, portion of income from farming, technology adoption tendencies, hunting leases and a ...
Nyaupane, Narayan P., Gillespie, Jeffrey M.   +1 more
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Helping People Live Alongside Tigers (Panthera tigris): The Role of Social Science

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Ashish Bista, Rekha Warrier, Jonathan Salerno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shape of Water: Power Dynamics for Supply Chain Resilience

Journal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world is facing climate change‐driven disruptions such as extreme weather events, which affect nature as well as firms and their supply chains. Nonetheless, little is known about how supply chain players shape their socioecological resilience, including from a power perspective.
Aristides R. Oliveira Junior, Minelle E. Silva, Fabiana L. Oliveira, Daiane M. Neutzling   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Chemical and energy potential of sugarcane

, 2019
Sugarcane is a source for sugar production worldwide and the current benchmark first-generation feedstock for efficient biofuel production. The abundance and the potential of low supply cost within a diverse portfolio provides sugarcane a more balanced ...
Sarita Cândida Rabelo, Tovar, Laura Plazas, Rabelo, Sarita Cândida [UNESP], Nakasu, Pedro Yoritomo Souza, Laura Plazas Tovar, Pin, Thaynara Coradini, Pedro Yoritomo Souza Nakasu, Luisa Fernanda Rios Pinto, Paiva, Lívia Beatriz Brenelli de, Thaynara Coradini Pin, Pinto, Luisa Fernanda Rios, Lívia Beatriz Brenelli de Paiva   +11 more
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How Institutions Shape the Effects of Agricultural Cooperatives on Their Members

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives represent a promising way of improving the quality of life of half a billion smallholders, who account for the vast majority of the world's food production. Yet, little is known about the institutional factors that explain the potential benefits of being a member of a cooperative.
Simon Cornée, Madeg Le Guernic, Damien Rousselière   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source