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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

2012 Community Tree Management Plan, Avoca, IA, May 2, 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
This plan was developed to assist Avoca with the management, budgeting and future planning of their urban forest. Across the state, forestry budgets continue to decrease with more and more of that money spent on tree removal. With the anticipated arrival

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The forests of the Congo Basin : State of the forest 2010 [PDF]

, 2012
The 2010 State of the Forest report (SOF) benefited from financial support from the European Union, the United States, Germany, France and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the ...
Bayol, Nicolas (ed.), Billand, Alain (ed.), De Marcken, Paya (ed.), De Wasseige, Carlos (ed.), Desclée, B. (ed.), Hiol Hiol, François (ed.), Mayaux, Philippe (ed.), Nasi, Robert (ed.)   +7 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation: From Classical Approaches to Intelligent Adaptation

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping autonomous mobile robot navigation beyond classical pipelines. This review analyzes how AI techniques are integrated into core navigation tasks, including path planning and control, localization and mapping, perception, and context‐aware decision‐making. Learning‐based, probabilistic, and soft‐computing methods
Giovanna Guaragnella, Angelo Cardellicchio, Cosimo Patruno, Massimiliano Nitti, Nicola Pedrocchi, Vito Renò   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital tools in urban forestry

npj Urban Sustainability
Digital tools are used widely to plan and manage urban forests for sustainability. We conducted a scoping review to investigate how researchers use and envision integrating digital tools into urban forestry.
Matthew Fry, Rylee Babino, Ashley R. Coles, Kaylee P. Alexander, Ben Williamson, Alexandra G. Ponette-González   +5 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Job Strain on Occupational Access to Firearms and Firearm‐Related Suicide Among US Workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Firearm‐related suicide rates are notably high among workers such as police officers and farmers. One risk factor is occupational access to firearms, but other occupational characteristics, such as job strain, are less understood.
Victor A. Soupene, Jonathan Davis, Joseph E. Cavanaugh, Jonathan M. Platt, Paul A. Romitti, Carri Casteel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The social & economic implications of alternative land uses involving pastoral farming and forestry in Northland : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Natural Resource and Environmental Economics at Massey University [PDF]

, 1987
This thesis is a scenario study which examines the social and economic impacts of different types of forestry being established in an area of pastoral farmland in Northland, New Zealand.
Smith, David Hardie
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Socio Economic Assessment of Urban Forestry Respondents’ income in Okiti Pupa, Ondo State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2015
The paper investigates the socio economic assessment of urban forestry respondents’ income in Okitipupa, Nigeria. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and these were administered to 200 urban forestry respondents.
OI Faleyimu, M Akinyemi
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Examining Volunteer Motivations and Recruitment Strategies For Engagement in Urban Forestry

Cities and the Environment, 2010
Few studies in urban forestry have examined the motivations of urban forestry volunteers. In this research, two social psychological theories (Volunteer Functions Inventory and Volunteer Process Model) are utilized to examine motivations for ...
Christine Moskell, Shorna Broussard Allred, Gretchen Ferenz   +2 more
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