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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Afforestation with non‐native trees has profoundly altered coastal dune grasslands worldwide, creating persistent ecological legacies that constrain ecosystem recovery. Objectives We evaluated the cost‐effectiveness of two restoration approaches, distinguished by their respective demands for resource investment: Moderately ...
Aviv Avisar, James Aronson, Tamar Dayan
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PROJECTED COSTS AND RETURNS FOR BEEF CATTLE, DAIRY, BROILER AND FORAGE CROP PRODUCTION IN LOUISIANA, 2001 [PDF]
This report presents projected costs and returns for beef cattle, dairy, broiler and forage crop production in Louisiana for 2001. Data for this report are based on Louisiana agricultural Experiment Station research results and selected surveys.
Boucher, Robert W. +1 more
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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 +4 more
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A History of Credit Programs Supporting Agricultural Mechanization in the Philippines [PDF]
This article is part of the seminar-workshop on the “Consequences of Small Farm Mechanization on Production, Employment and Incomes in the Philippines” sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Economic and Development Authority, the
Agabin, Meliza H., Reyes, Blanquita Y.
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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
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Tractor and farm machinery related injuries in children
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2006 Background: We analysed injuries in children caused by tractors and other agricultural machinery.Methods: Retrospective overview of health records of children admitted to hospital between 1 January, 2001, and 31 December, 2004.Results: We found 45 ...
Janez Primožič +2 more
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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 +4 more
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Future heavy duty trucking engine requirements [PDF]
Developers of advanced heavy duty diesel engines are engaged in probing the opportunities presented by new materials and techniques. This process is technology driven, but there is neither assurance that the eventual users of the engines so developed ...
Strawhorn, L. W., Suski, V. A.
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Heterogeneous Effects of Farm and Nonfarm Income on Household Consumption Expenditure and Inequality
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the heterogeneous effects of farm income and nonfarm income on household consumption expenditure and consumption expenditure inequality, using data from the 2016 China Labor Force Dynamics Survey. A two‐stage residual inclusion model is employed to address the endogeneity of nonfarm income.
Wanglin Ma, Hongyun Zheng, Puneet Vatsa
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THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED, HAVE YOU? THE AGCO STORY [PDF]
AGCO Corporation is a success story in the agricultural machinery sector. Utilizing marketing strategies of out-sourcing, cross-over selling, and a full line of products, AGCO markets its own way.
Pennington, G. Barton +2 more
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