Health effects and pesticide perception as determinants of pesticide use : evidence from Bangladesh [PDF]
In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides.
Dasgupta, Susmita +2 more
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GmARF15 Enhances the Resistance of Soybean to <i>Phytophthora sojae</i> by Promoting <i>GmPT10d</i> Expression in Response to Salicylic Acid Signalling. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciHuo Y +6 more
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Importance of irrigated agriculture to the Ethiopian economy: capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation [PDF]
Irrigated farming / National income / Economic growth / Crops / Prices / Sensitivity analysis / Crop management / Irrigation schemes ...
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele +3 more
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Insects as Valuable Sources of Protein and Peptides: Production, Functional Properties, and Challenges. [PDF]
Foods, 2023 Hasnan FFB +5 more
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MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND EFFICIENCY GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION IN NORTH INDIA [PDF]
This paper analyzes the institutions and markets that govern groundwater allocation in the sugarcane belt of Uttar Pradesh, India, using primary, plot-level data from a village which shares the typical features of this region. Electricity powers tubewell
A.Banerji, Gauri Khanna, J.V. Meenakshi
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The role of inventory adjustments in quantifying factors causing food price inflation [PDF]
The food commodity price increases beginning in 2001 and culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 reflected a combination of several factors, including economic growth, biofuel expansion, exchange rate fluctuations, and energy price inflation.
Hochman, Gal +3 more
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Where is the hard-to-reach population? Spatial analysis from a cross-sectional study on the access to bed net and malaria vaccine in the Lake Victoria Region, Kenya. [PDF]
Malar JKo YK +11 more
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Optimal Crop Plans for Sustainable Water Use in Punjab [PDF]
A linear programming model has been formulated to suggest the optimal cropping pattern for maximizing net returns and ensuring significant savings of groundwater with the aim of sustaining groundwater use in the Punjab agriculture.
Kaur, Baljinder +2 more
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TECHNICAL CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADE: THREE EXAMPLES (SUGARCANE, BANANAS, AND RICE) [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to examine three cases which provide some insight into the character of international transmission of technical change and its economic impacts and implications.
Evenson, Robert E. +2 more
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Combined use of principal component analysis/multiple linear regression analysis and artificial neural network to assess the impact of meteorological parameters on fluctuation of selected PM2.5-bound elements. [PDF]
PLoS OnePongpiachan S +12 more
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