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Satire and Silence Under Authoritarian Rule: Cotton and Pesticide Perceptions in Tajikistan

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 70 years, agricultural chemicals have become a mainstay of cotton farming in Central Asia. This growing reliance on agrochemicals has not remained uncontested. This article analyses the politics of pesticides in Soviet and post‐Soviet Tajikistan by examining how, and to what extent, pesticides have featured in graphic satire, an ...
Irna Hofman, Flora Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemological Friction: Embodied Expertise and the ‘Last Mile’ of Agricultural Automation in the US Tree‐Fruit Industry

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autonomous and AI‐driven agricultural technology is often framed as a panacea for labour dependency. While proponents envision autonomous technologies seamlessly optimising farming, this rationalised model misunderstands the reality of on‐farm integration.
M. Anne Visser, Alex Bladimir Hernandez
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of structure and dynamic characteristics for an electric tractor platform. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Baek SM, Park MJ, Jeon HH, Kim WS, Kim YS, Kim YJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

First assessment of brush‐harvested native seed mixes in southern Brazilian grasslands

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The restoration of grassland ecosystems in southern Brazil remains limited by the absence of a structured supply chain for native seeds and seedlings. Objectives Here, we present the first evaluation in Brazil of mechanized, multi‐species seed harvesting from native grassland remnants using a brush harvester.
Francieli Peter‐da‐Silveira, Graziela Har Minervini‐Silva, Thiago Rambo Martins, Isadora Machado da Silva, Antonela Rech Seelig, Rodrigo Dutra‐Silva, Fábio Piccin Torchelsen, Sandra Cristina Müller, Carlos Nabinger, Gerhard Ernst Overbeck   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real-world CAN bus dataset for agricultural tractor block load cycle characterization. [PDF]

Data Brief
Dana A, Özener O, Tellioğlu AC.
europepmc   +1 more source

Due Diligence Regulation and Sustainability Governance in Value Chains: Lessons From the South African Wine Sector

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A recent raft of due diligence regulation (DDR) addressing social and environmental conditions in global value chains (GVCs) has spread across the UK and Europe. An emerging literature on DDR highlights the politics of its formation. Yet, we know little about how existing sustainability governance along GVCs interacts with DDR or the wider ...
Matthew Alford, Reena das Nair, Margareet Visser, Stefano Ponte, Shingie Chisoro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extending genome-wide association studies to admixed cohorts with high degrees of relatedness. [PDF]

Nat Genet
Tan T, Vergara-Lope A, Martínez-Magaña JJ, Shah NN, Lin YS, Yuan K, Berumen J, Alegre-Díaz J, Kuri-Morales P, Tapia-Conyer R, Gelenter J, Montalvo-Ortiz JL, Zhou W, Torres JM, Atkinson EG.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tractor Test Reports

, 1961
Tractor specifications and the results of a series of tests compiled into a 1 to 4 page test report for the Allis-Chalmers D ...
Nebraska Tractor Laboratory, Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory   +1 more
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Testing the Assumptions of History‐Dependent Approaches to Regulation: Comparing Compliant Companies With Those That Transgress

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk‐based approaches to regulatory governance are ubiquitous. One aspect of such approaches suggests regulators direct their attention towards companies that have already violated regulations. However, such approaches have made little use of available data to explore these companies, especially compared to companies that do not transgress ...
Ben Hunter
wiley   +1 more source

Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin, Hana Shepherd, Jenn Round, Jake Barnes, Janice Fine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source