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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"local agriculture"”.
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"Buy Local" Consumer Behavior and Wood Products: A Case Study
… States are increasingly interested in buying locally grown/produced (LG/P) agricultural products (Connor et al. 2009).<strong> </strong>In comparison, consumer interest<strong> </strong>in buying local wood products is not evident. In the same way that the LG/P agriculture phenomenon has …
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Agrivale: A Phantasmagorical Project for a Small Town
… land and river through the seasons, focusing on local food through growth, production, packaging, sales, and consumption. This thesis asks how the intervention of an Agricarnival can develop a renewed consciousness towards farmland and bring awareness to emerging local agriculture while providing …
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Agro-Climatic And Land Suitability Mapping For Switchgrass Grown As A Bioenergy Crop In North Dakota
… in North Dakota without competing with local agriculture or negatively impacting permanent grassland. The study will be helpful for users or decision makers in planning switchgrass biomass feedstock production and policy development governing switchgrass adaptation in North Dakota.</p>
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Does mining alleviate or exacerbate poverty: Are local community grievances really 'Much Ado about Nothing'?
… to evaluate the impact of industrial mining on local economies, within a context of a developing country with a strict procurement policy on its extractive industry. It contributes empirical evidence on two main ideas on the impact of mining on local communities. The one idea is that mining has …
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Is sustainable intensification possible in smallholder crop production systems in semi-arid West Africa? The case of the Red Volta and Black Volta basins in Northern Ghana
… demands. The study underscores the need for local institutions to mitigate weak policies, limited resources, and poor knowledge transfer that could inhibit SI strategies implementation. The thesis concludes by recommending that national and local agriculture stakeholder should promote the SI …
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The Good Grains Project
… is higher than 12%, it is not purchased by the local agriculture markets at the market price. Such produce is either rejected (sent back to the farmer for drying) or purchased at a much lower (discounted) price owing to the quality depreciation because of high moisture content. The depreciation …
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Frederick Samuel Barde: chronicling the Muskogee (Creek) Indians, 1890-1916
… Oklahoma, fully covering topics such as local agriculture, railroads, statehood, and the actions of the Five Civilized Tribes. His interest in the Muskogee Creek Indians rose above the rest because of the Nation's internal schism and their overall conflicts between assimilation and …
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Comparative Ecological Modeling for Long-term Solution of Excess Nitrogen Loading to Surface Waters and Related Chronic and Systemic Human-Environment Problems
… provide transferable principles to guide local action for sustainability. Soils in long-term forest land-use stored more C and organic matter than soils in long-term agricultural use. These results recommend permaculture, agroforestry and perennial agriculture to provide food and other …
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Hungry No More: A Food System Study & Hunger-Free Community Plan for San Luis Obispo County
… in the County indicating deficiencies in the local food system. One in six residents do not know where their next meal will come from. A high cost of living coupled with many low-wage jobs leaves many residents with few financial resources from which to provide food and other basic …
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APPLYING THE THEORY OF DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS TO UNDERSTAND ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AT MID-WEST FARMERS MARKETS
… of low-income population and sustainability of local agriculture.
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Reciprocal Technologies: Enabling the Reciprocal Exchange of Voice in Small-Scale Farming Communities through the Transformation of Information and Communications Technologies
… creation of a knowledge commons focused on local agriculture. It was found that the ERV Methodology, carried out as artistic intervention, may encourage technological appropriation, induce reciprocity, and amplify voice under certain sociotechnical conditions. These findings suggest that …
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Technologies for improving the quality of bread doughs made with barley spent grain and sorghum
… to reduce wheat importation and promote local agriculture. Barley brewer’s spent grain (BSG), a high-fibre by-product of the brewing industry, is relatively inexpensive and available at large quantities. Sorghum, which is well-adapted to cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa, is an …
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Socio-cultural changes in Thai beach resorts: a case study of Koh Samui Island, Thailand.
… interviews. The background of the local residents and local context in Koh Samui were explored as well as local residents' behaviour patterns and the interaction between them and tourists on a day to day basis. Following a period of immersion in the community, residents' and local …
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Phosphorus speciation, agronomic performance and soil nutrient testing for waste recovered fertiliser use in Northern Irish soil
… in NI is needed. <br/><br/>Fertiliser P used in agriculture is derived from non-renewable rock phosphate resources, or else from organic fertilisers such as manure, bio-solids and compost. Globally, the demand for fertiliser P is increasing by 400,000 tonnes per year and only 17% of this ends up …
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Envisioning the Farms of the Future: In Pursuit of Sustainable Agriculture in the Rio Grande valley
… the parameters that characterize sustainable agriculture on the level of an individual farm in the context of the central Rio Grande valley. Using historical sources about New Mexican agriculture, contemporary scientific literature and interviews with practicing farmers in the region, it …