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Showing 1 to 20 of 246 for “"Agricultural practices"”.
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Environmental Tradeoffs in Bioenergy Production and Agricultural Practices
… prices for stover and incentives for management practices through different price regimes could change the outcomes for different biorefinery locations. The integration of farms into a single market place additionally considered the tradeoffs of the heterogeneous farmers and transportation costs …
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Testing a culturally-bound model for acceptance of agricultural practices
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Testing a culturally-bound model for acceptance of agricultural practices
Digitized by Kansas State University Libraries
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Traditional Agricultural Practices and Sex Ratios at Birth in Modern Times
… norms created by differences in traditional agricultural practices on observed sex ratios at birth over last four decades. Building on the plough hypothesis developed by Ester Boserup and the work of Alesina et al. (2013), this study provides a further empirical test of the legacy of the …
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Impact assessment of different agricultural practices in grapevine soil and must microbiota
Viticulture, an agricultural activity of great economic, social and cultural relevance, currently faces challenges that compromise its viability, such as climate change, soil degradation, biodiversity loss and the environmental impact of conventional practices. In this context, the microbiota …
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The influence of agricultural practices on avian abundance in Midwestern agricultural fields
This Thesis was approved for publication on 2017-07-20 at 13:26.
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Life Cycle Assessment of Select Agricultural Practices: Assessing the Potential for Climate Mitigation
… research examined current agro-management practices of select agriculture management practices and products with a threefold objective, namely i) to understand the possible impact of climate change on crop yields, ii) to examine the carbon sequestration potential of select agricultural …
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Action-Oriented Sustainable Agriculture Education: Attitudes Towards Nutrition and Agricultural Practices in Guaimaca, Honduras
Agricultural policies and global economic forces negatively affect many small-scale farmers in developing countries, resulting in widespread micronutrient malnutrition and environmental degradation. This study explores the connections between these issues, and the efficacy of using participatory …
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Action-Oriented Sustainable Agriculture Education: Attitudes Towards Nutrition and Agricultural Practices in Guaimaca, Honduras
Agricultural policies and global economic forces negatively affect many small-scale farmers in developing countries, resulting in widespread micronutrient malnutrition and environmental degradation. This study explores the connections between these issues, and the efficacy of using participatory …
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Agricultural practices and perceptions of climate change in Keur Samba Guéye village, Senegal, West Africa
… periods. To examine farmers\' perceptions and agricultural practices, I conducted surveys of the farmers of KSG and in surrounding villages. Most farmers reported negative impacts of climate change on their agriculture activities, and interest in adopting new agricultural strategies despite …
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Agricultural practices, price shocks, and weather shocks- impact on household food security: Empirical evidence from Malawi
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Effects of Organic and Conventional Agricultural Practices on Soil Microbial Communities and Molecular Detection of Soil Borne Disease
<p>Agricultural practices affect soil microbial communities and health through the input of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and cycling of crop rotation. By examining the microbial community structure, we analyzed how microbial species respond to the environment that individual farms create. …
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Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices and Their Impacts on the Welfare of Livestock Farming Households in Pakistan
… livestock activities. Adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices has emerged as an important strategy which can enhance resilience to climate change, reduce GHG emissions, and sustainably increase agricultural productivity. Women’s role in livestock rearing is significant and can have …
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Understanding and guiding the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices through research on human values, knowledge, and institutional change
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Trap or trove: understanding the community-level impacts of agricultural practices and land-use change on prairie restoration ecosystems
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Urban Agriculture within the Valley of Oaxaca: Investigations and Implications of Agricultural Terracing at Monte Alban, Oaxaca
… of these 1,273 terraces could have supported agricultural practices. The integration of agricultural space into a dense urban center reveals new spatial relationships between population density and urban agricultural practices, to which measures of resiliency and efficacy within similar modern …
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Heterogeneous Motivations and Challenges of Regenerative Agriculture in Saskatchewan: Insights from Case Studies and Bioeconomic Modelling
… gather information about the use of regenerative agricultural practices in Saskatchewan. We interview producers throughout Saskatchewan who have experience with regenerative agriculture. We ask a series of questions about their specific practices, barriers faced, and advice for future producers. …
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Three case studies on the impact of inequality on agricultural efficiency, productivity, and the adoption and intensity of use of climate-smart practices
… land inequality--on three different aspects of agricultural production: technical inefficiency, total factor productivity, and the adoption and intensity of use of climate-smart agricultural practices. In the first chapter, we employ a sample of fifteen Latin American rural sectors over a period …
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