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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating a Critical Juncture for Sustainable Weed Management [PDF]

BioScience, 2012
Agricultural weed management has become entrenched in a single tactic—herbicide—resistant crops—and needs greater emphasis on integrated practices that are sustainable over the long term. In response to the outbreak of glyphosate-resistant weeds, the seed and agrichemical industries are developing crops that are genetically modified to have combined ...
David A. Mortensen, J. Franklin Egan, Bruce D. Maxwell, Matthew R. Ryan, Richard G. Smith   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Weed management in dry direct-seeded rice: a review on challenges and opportunities for sustainable rice production

, 2020
Rice cultivation always remains significant for food and livelihood security. The predictions of increasing water deficiency under a changing climate and escalating labor shortages in agriculture have brought a paradigm swing in rice cultivation from ...
Kapila Shekhawat, Rathore, Sanjay Singh, Shekhawat, Kapila, Chauhan, Bhagirath S., Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Sanjay Singh Rathore   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Modeling the sustainability and economics of stacked herbicide-tolerant traits and early weed management strategy for waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) control [PDF]

, 2020
Diversity is key for sustainable weed management and can be achieved via both chemical and nonchemical control tactics. Genetically modified crops with two-way or three-way stacked herbicide-tolerant traits allow use of herbicide mixtures that would ...
Wuerffel, R. J., Glasgow, L., Neve, P., Owen, M.D.K., Liu, C., Kaundun, S. S.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gene drive systems: do they have a place in agricultural weed management? [PDF]

, 2018
There is a pressing need for novel control techniques in agricultural weed management. Direct genetic control of agricultural pests encompasses a range of techniques to introduce and spread novel, fitness-reducing genetic modifications through pest ...
Neve, P., Paul Neve
core   +1 more source

Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz as a Promising Cover Crop Species with Allelopathic Potential

, 2023
The ability of plants to release chemicals that affect the growth of other plants offers potential benefits for weed management and sustainable agriculture.
Michele Pesenti, Federico Colombo, Fabio Francesco Nocito, Fabrizio Araniti, Roberto Pilu, Martina Ghidoli   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture Systems

International Journal of Economic Plants, 2016
Adequate food production for ever-increasing global population can only be achieved through the implementation of sustainable growing practices that minimize environmental degradation and preserve resources while maintaining high-yielding profitable ...
A. R. Sharma, V. P. Singh
doaj  

Equal distance sowing enhances soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) growth and competitiveness against weeds

Landbauforschung
Despite advances in cultivation strategies, significant yield losses caused by weed infestation remain a major problem in the cultivation of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.).
Dina Otto, Sebastian Munz, Jens Hartung, Simone Graeff-Hönninger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source