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Investing in Healthy, Sustainable Places Through Urban Agriculture [PDF]
, 2011 The purpose of this paper is to provide funders with an overview of urban agriculture and its benefits; its connections to the community-based food system; and how foundations are supporting and encouraging urban agriculture as a public health, social ...
Kimberley Hodgson
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Complexity in action: Untangling latent relationships between land quality, economic structures and socio-spatial patterns in Italy [PDF]
, 2017 Land quality, a key economic capital supporting local development, is affected by biophysical and anthropogenic factors. Taken as a relevant attribute of economic systems, land quality has shaped the territorial organization of any given region ...
Bajocco, Sofia +7 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Agricultural Landscapes in urban environments by the example of Christchurch, New Zealand [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Formatio Circumiectus, 2015 Agriculture has diverse forms in the intra-urban and peri-urban area of Christchurch, the capitol of the Canterbury Region, New Zealand. These agricultural landscapes are productive components of the urban green infrastructure and provide ...
Attila Tóth, Ľubica Feriancová
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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
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Urban Agriculture: Search for Agricultural Practice in Urbanized Rural Areas
Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 2017 Rapid urbanization in developing countries involves unplanned migration, unemployment and poverty. The steady shrinking of rural areas and the use of agricultural land for other purposes are progressively increasing the pressure on natural resources. This development on the one hand increases the risk to food security, and on the other triggers climate
Celile Özçiçek Dölekoğlu, Sema Gün
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte +2 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2020 Background Bacterial blight of cotton (BBC), which is caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum (Xcm), is a destructive disease in cotton.
Fazal Haq +11 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden +5 more
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Ecological Solutions and EvidenceAs cities expand, they encroach on agricultural land, impacting food production and natural habitats. While urban agriculture could help address these issues, the impact of increased food production on ecosystem functions—particularly with regards to ...
Zeyu Li +8 more
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