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Vercammen, James, and Murray Fulton. "The Economic Implications of Farm Interest Groups' Beliefs." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 72, no. 4 (November 1990): 851–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1242617.

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Goedecke, E. J., and G. F. Ortmann. "FARM WORKER LEGISLATION: INTEREST GROUPS AND DEVELOPMENTS / Plaasarbeidswetgewing: Belangegroepe en ontwikkelinge." Agrekon 31, no. 4 (December 1992): 192–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03031853.1992.9524686.

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Febrimeli, Dwi, Ameilia Zuliyanti Siregar, and Ratna Gustin Luahambowo. "PERSEPSI KOMUNITAS PEMUDA TANI TERHADAP UPAYA BERKELOMPOKTANI DI BAHOROK-LANGKAT, SUMATERA UTARA." AGRITEXTS: Journal of Agricultural Extension 44, no. 1 (May 30, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20961/agritexts.v44i1.41873.

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The low number of youth of farmers in the agricultural sector is one of the main problems in agriculture. The image of the agricultural sector that is less prestigious and less able to provide adequate compensation is the cause of the decline in the interest of young workers in the agricultural sector. Farmer regeneration can be implemented through the interest of youth in groups of farmers. which to develop creativity, productivity, innovation, empowerment, awareness, and independence. This study aims to determine the level of interest and factors that influence the interest of rural youth in

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Thomson, Jessica L., Tameka I. Walls, and Alicia S. Landry. "Mississippi Farmers’ Interest in and Experience with Farm to School." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13 (June 30, 2022): 8025. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19138025.

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The study’s purpose was to collect demographic and farm characteristics from Mississippi small farmers and to determine their abilities, experiences, and desires to engage in Farm to School (F2S) activities. The online survey was created using items taken from existing F2S surveys. Invitations to participate were sent via email to farmers beginning in October 2021 and ending in January 2022. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. Of the 258 individuals with valid email addresses, 43 (17%) completed the online survey, and 38 fit the definition of small farm (<USD 250,000 in

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Beckman, Jayson, and David Schimmelpfennig. "Determinants of farm income." Agricultural Finance Review 75, no. 3 (September 7, 2015): 385–402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-06-2014-0019.

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Purpose – The recent fluctuations in farm income remind us of the boom-bust nature of the agricultural sector. To better understand these fluctuations in farm income, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between farm income and influential factors from 1964 to 2010 allowing for structural breaks in the data. Design/methodology/approach – The authors estimate error-correction models for an overarching model and several sub-models at different scales based on their relationship with farm income: micro, meso, and macro. The authors then provide a series of impulse response fun

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Austin, Elizabeth J., Ian J. Deary, Gareth Edwards-Jones, and Dale Arey. "Attitudes to Farm Animal Welfare." Journal of Individual Differences 26, no. 3 (July 2005): 107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001.26.3.107.

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Abstract. Although the there is considerable public interest in farm animal welfare, relatively little work has been done on the welfare attitudes of farmers. We describe the development of a welfare attitude scale, the EFAWS. The factor structure and correlates of this scale were examined in Scottish pig and sheep farmers, and in agriculture students. The EFAWS was found to have a hierarchical structure, with two superordinate dimensions corresponding to welfare and business orientations being present in both groups. Five narrower facets were extracted for farmers and six for students, with t

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Germond, Carine Sophie. "An emerging anti-reform green front? Farm interest groups fighting the ‘Agriculture 1980’ project, 1968–72." European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire 22, no. 3 (January 28, 2015): 433–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2014.1000268.

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ESCALANTE, CESAR L., ADENOLA OSINUBI, CHARLES DODSON, and CARMINA E. TAYLOR. "LOOKING BEYOND FARM LOAN APPROVAL DECISIONS: LOAN PRICING AND NONPRICING TERMS FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARM BORROWERS." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 50, no. 1 (November 27, 2017): 129–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aae.2017.25.

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AbstractThis study utilizes Farm Service Agency lending data to verify if previous racial and gender bias allegations still persist in more recent lending decisions. Beyond loan approval decisions, this study focuses on trends in direct loan packaging terms for approved single proprietorship farm borrowers. Results indicate that although no significant disparities were noted in loan amounts and maturities prescribed for various racial and gender minority groups, nonwhite male and female borrowers were usually charged higher interest rates than the others. Loan pricing differentials could have

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Halpin, Darren. "The Collective Political Actions of the Australian Farming and Rural Communities: Putting Farm Interest Groups in Context." Rural Society 13, no. 2 (January 2003): 138–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.351.13.2.138.

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Smith, Vincent H. "The US federal crop insurance program: a case study in rent seeking." Agricultural Finance Review 80, no. 3 (December 24, 2019): 339–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-11-2018-0102.

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Purpose Rent seeking is endemic to the process through which any policy or regulatory initiative is developed in the USA. The purpose of this paper is to show how farm and other interest groups have formed coalitions to benefit themselves at the expense of the federal government by examining the legislative history of the federal crop insurance program. Design/methodology/approach The federal crop insurance legislation and the way in which the USDA Risk Management Agency manages federal crop insurance program are replete with complex and subtle policy initiatives. Using a new theoretical frame

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Barney, Douglas K., and Tonya K. Flesher. "A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS ON MAJOR TAX REFORM: AGRICULTURE AND THE 1913 INCOME TAX LAW." Accounting Historians Journal 35, no. 2 (December 1, 2008): 71–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.35.2.71.

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Farmers have benefited from unique tax treatment since the beginning of the income tax law. This paper explores agricultural influences on the passage of the income tax in 1913, using both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results show that agricultural interests were influential in the development and passage of tax/tariff laws. The percentage of congressmen with agricultural ties explains the strong affection for agriculture. Discussion in congressional debates and in agricultural journals was passionate and patriotic in support of equity for farmers. The quantitative analysis revea

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Murray, Helene, and Lorna Michael Butler. "Whole farm case studies and focus groups: Participatory strategies for agricultural research and education programs." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 9, no. 1-2 (June 1994): 38–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300005543.

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AbstractResearch and extension personnel are beginning to look for new strategies to involve more farmers and the non-farm public in their programs. Two approaches we have used are wholefarm case studies (WFCS) and focus groups. WFCS in Oregon and Washington led to several research and educational programming ideas that are currently being pursued in both states. A focus group to study water quality, nitrate leaching and farming practices in Skagit County, Washington is one outcome of the WFCS process. It is made up of 16 people, including farmers, university personnel, members of environmenta

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Cheruiyot, Joseph Kipkorir, and Festus Kipkorir Nge’tich. "Farmers’ Social capital, Sources of Finances, Information and their implications on Maize Yields in a Rural Highland, Kenya." East African Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology 5, no. 1 (June 15, 2022): 138–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajab.5.1.709.

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Maize (Zea mays L.) is a crop of livelihood, nutritional, economic, and political importance in Kenya. Its productivity growth is estimated at 2% annually, with average yields of 2 tons/ha against a potential 6 tons/ha. Annual production lags behind demand. This study was conducted in a typically rural location of Nandi County in Kenya to investigate smallholder farmers’ social capital, sources of finances, information, and their implications on maize yields. Data from 502 farmers, collected ex post facto, was analysed by use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Brown-Forsythe ANOVA show

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Welsh, Rick, Stefan Grimberg, Gilbert W. Gillespie, and Megan Swindal. "Technoscience, anaerobic digester technology and the dairy industry: Factors influencing North Country New York dairy farmer views on alternative energy technology." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 25, no. 2 (March 30, 2010): 170–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s174217051000013x.

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AbstractStructural change in the US dairy industry toward fewer and very large farms has fueled interest and government funding of research into the feasibility of constructing anaerobic digesters (ADs) on large operations as a waste management strategy. Some groups opposed to increasing scale and concentration in the livestock sectors, including dairy, also oppose ADs because of the connection with larger scale operations and the potential for facilitating increased concentration in agricultural production. But the connection between AD technology and large scale is a social construction prom

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Skogstad, Grace. "The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France, and Japan By Adam D. Sheingate. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001. 279p. $45.00." American Political Science Review 96, no. 1 (March 2002): 248–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003055402444334.

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This is a helpful addition to the growing body of historical institutionalist literature that demonstrates the influence of macro- and sectoral-level institutions on policymaking. The central arguments, examined here with regard to agricultural policy, are two. First, institutional relationships among state and nonstate actors may facilitate one policy objective but impede other policy goals. Neither novel nor inconsistent with the literature, this proposition is advanced through elaboration of how various interrelationships between political parties and interest groups shape governments' poli

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Istenič, Majda Černič, and Duška Knežević Hočevar. "Intergenerational Assistance on Family Farms in Slovenia: Expectations and Practices." Eastern European Countryside 19, no. 1 (December 1, 2013): 77–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eec-2013-0005.

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Abstract The ageing in farm population in Slovenia is accompanied by a diminishing interest of the younger generation in farming. Hence, measures for early retirement of farmers and assistance to young farmers were introduced in 2004 and 2005. Some results of two ensuing studies are presented here: the survey Generations and Gender Relations on Slovenian Farms (2007) and ethnographic study on intergenerational solidarity (2009). The survey findings reveal that through intergenerational assistance farm population, especially the beneficiaries of both measures, shows specific characteristics com

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VERDON, NICOLA. "AGRICULTURAL LABOUR AND THE CONTESTED NATURE OF WOMEN'S WORK IN INTERWAR ENGLAND AND WALES." Historical Journal 52, no. 1 (February 27, 2009): 109–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x08007334.

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ABSTRACTThis article uses a case-study of agriculture to explore the range of anxieties and contradictions surrounding women's work in the interwar period. National statistics are shown to be inconsistent and questionable, raising questions for historians reliant on official data, but they point to regional variation as the continuous defining feature of female labour force participation. Looking beyond the quantitative data a distinction emerges between traditional work on the land and processes. The article shows that women workers in agriculture provoked vigorous debate among a range of int

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Vining, Timothy P., Joshua L. Jacobs, Marty L. Marks, Gerald L. Thompson, and Mary K. Mullenix. "187 Utilizing Working Groups to Provide Hands-On Learning Opportunities for Experienced Beef Cattle Producers." Journal of Animal Science 98, Supplement_2 (November 1, 2020): 6–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skz397.014.

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Abstract The Systems 360° Working Group program was created for experienced beef cattle producers who desired to learn more about timely topics related to beef cattle production than could be covered in a single night meeting. To aid in developing these working groups, the Alabama Extension Animal Science and Forages Team developed curriculum regarding grazing management, watering systems, marketing, handling facilities, and animal management. Regional animal science and forages agents then coordinated planned visits to producer farms and Auburn University research centers that highlighted spe

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Hansen, Colin, and Kristy Hansen. "Recent Advances in Wind Turbine Noise Research." Acoustics 2, no. 1 (March 20, 2020): 171–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/acoustics2010013.

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This review is focussed on large-scale, horizontal-axis upwind turbines. Vertical-axis turbines are not considered here as they are not sufficiently efficient to be deployed in the commercial generation of electricity. Recent developments in horizontal-axis wind turbine noise research are summarised and topics that are pertinent to the problem, but are yet to be investigated, are explored and suggestions for future research are offered. The major portion of recent and current research on wind turbine noise generation, propagation and its effects on people and animals is being undertaken by gro

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An, Minseok, and George H. Sage. "The Golf Boom in South Korea: Serving Hegemonic Interests." Sociology of Sport Journal 9, no. 4 (December 1992): 372–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ssj.9.4.372.

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In the past decade, to help maintain political stability and promote economic growth, South Korea has committed substantial resources to commercialized sports, including golf. A major source of support for building golf courses has come from government leaders and economic and social incentives as well. In the past 4 years the government has given permission to build 135 new golf courses. The official government discourse about the new golf courses is that they are being built in the interest of “sport for all.” But the golf courses overwhelmingly require membership, which is extremely expensi

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García-Villegas, Juan de Dios, Anastacio García-Martínez, Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordán, Monica Elizama Ruiz-Torres, Adolfo Armando Rayas-Amor, Peter Dorward, and Carlos Galdino Martínez-García. "Use of information and communication technologies in small-scale dairy production systems in central Mexico." Experimental Agriculture 56, no. 5 (October 2020): 767–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0014479720000319.

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AbstractThe objective of the study was to characterize small-scale dairy production systems to identify the technological preferences according to the farmer and farm characteristics and to analyze the importance and role of the information communication technologies (ICTs) in the dissemination of information related to management and livestock activities. To collect the data, a survey was applied to 170 small-scale dairy farmers from central Mexico. To characterize the farms, a factor analysis (FA) and cluster analysis (CA) were performed. To compare and identify differences between groups, a

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Black, W. J. M. "Development of acceptable standards." BSAP Occasional Publication 23 (January 1999): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0263967x00033279.

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AbstractUK welfare standards have evolved and are continuing to develop, as our knowledge increases and with the greater interest of a larger proportion of the general public. The government issues official ‘codes of practice’ on animal welfare, one for each of the major categories of farm livestock, addressed personally to every registered farmer in the country. UK legislation is continually updated, so that those with responsibility for keeping livestock have a basic set of rules which are relatively specific and which are enforced by random inspection, usually by the State Veterinary Servic

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Jepsen, S. Dee, and Joseph Donnermeyer. "Opportunities to Develop Programs and Engage Amish Youth in Safety Education." Journal of Youth Development 7, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2012.138.

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Understanding and designing appropriate educational youth safety programs for the Amish requires an appreciation of their history, their distinctiveness in an American society built on economic, social and cultural change, and how the Amish themselves have changed over the years. The qualitative research study highlighted in this paper sought to determine culturally and age-appropriate curricula useful to community educators interested in youth safety programs for Amish and other conservative Anabaptist groups. Researchers identified rural safety topics of interest to Amish families to include

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Qureshi, Sarfraz Khan. "Credit for Rural Poor in Pakistan." Pakistan Development Review 34, no. 4II (December 1, 1995): 769–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v34i4iipp.769-778.

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Farmers, large and small, and the non-farm population in rural areas all suffer from the liquidity constraint. Credit is needed to acquire command over the use of working capital, fixed capital, and consumption goods. The Green Revolution technologies have increased the credit requirement for modern inputs and farm investment. A new expanded role of rural credit institutions has emerged in the wake of the technology revol~tion in rural areas. Two distinct approaches have been used to provide the financial services to the rural poor. The most widely favoured approach in the past was the use of

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Drost, Daniel, Gilbert Long, and Kimberlee Hales. "Utah's Vegetable Growers: Assessing Sustainable Agriculture." HortTechnology 7, no. 4 (October 1997): 445–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.7.4.445.

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Without a clear understanding of individual farms and farming practice, progression toward more sustainable vegetable production cannot occur. Seventy randomly selected vegetable farmers in Utah were surveyed by telephone and mail to gather baseline data on their agricultural practices. The Utah vegetable farmers profile generated by this survey included a measure of each respondent's attitude toward sustainable agricultural practices and his or her interest in further cooperation with research and extension. A farming index to measure practices used and a perceptual index measuring farmer's v

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Roger, Louise C., G. J. Gunn, and A. Waterhouse. "Reproductive and kid performance of a newly established feral goat herd being graded up for cashmere production." Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) 1989 (March 1989): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0308229600011120.

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Interest in farming goats for cashmere production has recently arisen, both as a means of farm diversification and, through goats grazing preferences, to utilise previously under exploited resources on hill farms.A herd of 160 feral does of Irish and Scottish origin was established at the West of Scotland College's Kirkton Unit in June 1987 to investigate the potential for cashmere production from goats on a hill sheep farm. The Irish goats are of mixed ancestry with obvious dairy crossbreds in addition to many of more feral phenotype. The Scottish feral does came as an established group but p

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Holle, Yolanda. "Minat Masyarakat dalam Bidang Pertanian “Kasus Masyarakat Kampung Udapi Hilir Kabupaten Manokwari, Papua”." Jurnal Penyuluhan 19, no. 01 (January 8, 2023): 68–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.25015/19202342569.

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The absorption of employment in agriculture is the focal point of the problem, where the interest in working is important. This research examines people's interest in agriculture; analyze attitudes, subjective norms, and social control in agriculture; analyze the relationship of attitudes, social norms, social control, and characteristics of respondents to community interest. The research was conducted in Udapi Hilir Village, Manokwari Regency using a survey method to 94 respondents. Data analysis using simple tabulation and partial least square test. The results of the study conclude that the

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Roberts, Wayne. "Life of Bryan: Working the magic of sustainable food's sweet spot." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 1, no. 1 (May 14, 2014): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v1i1.39.

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<p>Bryan Gilvesy is one of Canada’s most-recognized farm innovators, as well as one of the country’s best-known leaders of the food movement. That combination is unusual in any region or country—one of the ways that Gilvesy exemplifies both the hallmarks of the food movement in Canada, as well as the unique components of agroecology as it emerges in a temperate-cold climate. This portrait of a food and farm leader is based on my own reporter’s notes taken over seven years of attending meetings where Gilvesy has spoken, and on files of news clippings and academic articles related to the f

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Schorr, Anke, and Markus Lips. "The optimal capital structure of Swiss dairy farms." Agricultural Finance Review 79, no. 3 (June 3, 2019): 323–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-05-2018-0034.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a novel way of determining optimal capital structure, applied to sub-groups of Swiss dairy farms from 2003 to 2014. Optimization of capital structure is carried out with respect to two performance indicators from an economic value added perspective.Design/methodology/approachOptimal values of capital structure are obtained based on a minimization of correlation between economic performance indicators and a distance function of the debt-to-asset ratio distribution to its quantiles. The approach differs from existing approaches in relying solely on

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Nuhu, Mohammed Gali, and Kenichi Matsui. "Gender Dimensions of Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Smallholder Farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana." Sustainability 14, no. 16 (August 22, 2022): 10432. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141610432.

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Gender-specific perceptions and needs are critical to better understanding climate change adaptation capacities of local smallholder communities in Africa and elsewhere. As many rural agricultural practices are heavily impacted by male-centered traditional customs and mores, gender dimensions can determine the level of success for policy interventions. To better understand how and what gender dimensions can be important factors for farmer’s climate change adaptations, this study attempts to examine smallholder farmers’ adaptation needs and perspectives in Ghana’s Upper East Region. A focus gro

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Roberts, Wayne. "Life of Bryan: Working the magic of sustainable food's sweet spot, Part 2." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 2, no. 1 (May 2, 2015): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v2i1.69.

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<p>Bryan Gilvesy is one of Canada’s most-recognized farm innovators, as well as one of the country’s best-known leaders of the food movement. That combination is unusual in any region or country—one of the ways that Gilvesy exemplifies both the hallmarks of the food movement in Canada, as well as the unique components of agro-ecology as it emerges in a temperate-cold climate. This portrait of a food and farm leader is based on my own reporter’s notes taken over seven years of attending meetings where Gilvesy has spoken, and on files of news clippings and academic articles related to the

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Gruber, Mirjam. "The Integration of Local Actors in Policy Implementation: The Case of Organic Farming in Costa Rica." Sustainability 14, no. 12 (June 14, 2022): 7265. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14127265.

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Like other countries of the world, Costa Rica faced the challenge of dealing with a variety of trade-offs when implementing sustainability goals in agriculture. Very often, economic promotion is in conflict with goals regarding human and environmental health protection. Organic farming practices could provide strategies to overcome some of these trade-offs. However, in Costa Rica, the majority of farmers still relies on conventional farm practices. In this paper, I investigate the potential for a sustainable transformation in Costa Rica’s agriculture by focusing on organic farming policies. I

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Coble, Harold D., and Jill Schroeder. "Call to Action on Herbicide Resistance Management." Weed Science 64, SP1 (September 2016): 661–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/ws-d-15-00032.1.

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Management of herbicide resistance can be most effectively accomplished if every person and organization involved in agricultural production takes an ownership position and participates in solving the growing problem of weed resistance to herbicides. Growers and other pest management practitioners are keys to effective herbicide resistance management since they make the final decisions on practices used. However, many other people and organizations have an important role to play as well. Agricultural input supply networks, including chemical companies, are a widely used information source for

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Darrot, Catherine, and Christian Mouchet. "Charakterystyka i potencjał innowacyjny gospodarstw typu rodzinnego w Polsce." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW - Ekonomika i Organizacja Gospodarki Żywnościowej, no. 55 (March 26, 2005): 95–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/eiogz.2005.55.8.

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Preliminary interviews concerning 20 farms in the regions of Podlasie and Małopolska were carried in 2003 for a doctorate entitled "Interest and future of Polish peasant-like farming systems in European development models: an ethno-agronomical and socio-economic approach ". In farms where less than 15 ha are available complementary incomes are necessary. They can be provided either by social transfers, either by salaried work. A precise repartition of tasks on the farm between specific feminine (manual work and provision of subsistence goods) and masculine (mechanized work and production for s

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Michael, Amurtiya, Yuniyus Dengle Giroh, Mark Polycarp, and Zubairu Emmanuel Ashindo. "Analysis of Rural Farm Households’ Access to Formal Agricultural Credit in Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 66, no. 4 (2018): 947–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201866040947.

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The purpose of this study was to analyse rural farm households’ access to formal agricultural credit in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the primary data collected using structured questionnaire (from 140 rural farming households). Findings from the study have shown that, 90 % of the respondents were male, mostly educated (70 %) and married (89 %) engaging in farming as their primary livelihood activity (about 81 %) with an average farm size of 2.47 hectares. The result of the binary logit regression has sho

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Anderson, Molly. "Farming with reduced synthetic chemicals in North Carolina." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5, no. 2 (June 1990): 60–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300003301.

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AbstractThe primary objectives of this study were to describe the various pest control and soil fertility management strategies used by North Carolina farmers and to characterize the types of farms and farmers using each strategy. In 1988, a survey was mailed to farmers who had shown interest in alternative methods and a randomly selected control group of conventional farmers. Cluster analysis on crops, inputs, and cultural practices used by crop farmers in the combined sample showed that they fall into three distinct groups. Very few members of the first group apply standard synthetic fertili

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Campbell, Catherine G., Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, and Alia DeLong. "Commercial Urban Agriculture in Florida: Needs, Opportunities, and Barriers." HortTechnology 32, no. 4 (August 2022): 331–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech05038-22.

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Florida, like much of the southeastern United States, is rapidly urbanizing. With this urbanization, there is an increasing interest in commercial urban agriculture (CUA) as an important sector for agriculture in the state. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Census of Agriculture does not report data about CUA operations, thus limiting the knowledge about the status of CUA operations regarding basic features such as farm size, operator demographics, production systems, sources of revenue, barriers to business operations and profitability, and future opportunities for development. Because previ

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Lanyon, L. E. "Participatory assistance: An alternative to transfer of technology for promoting change on farms." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 9, no. 3 (September 1994): 136–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s088918930000583x.

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AbstractParticipatory assistance (PA) is a proposed approach for promoting change that involves both the biophysical processes of farms and the management processes of farmers. It integrates external expertise, inputs, and expectations with the unique character of a particular farming system. It focuses on improving the processes of the farm and farmer rather than on the traditional interests of “outsiders” such as disciplinary researchers, industry sales people, government regulators, consumers, or environmental interest groups. As an alternative to transfer of technology, it promotes learnin

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Hansen, John Mark. "The Political Economy of Group Membership." American Political Science Review 79, no. 1 (March 1985): 79–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1956120.

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Despite its normative importance, the question of why people join interest groups remains open. It has certainly provoked a wealth of theoretical attention. Regrettably, however, it has inspired only a handful of empirical tests. The introduction of this article places the empirical debate into its normative context. The first section develops a rational model of individual evaluations of group membership, focusing upon the effect of changing personal circumstances—preferences, needs, resources, insecurity, and information—on the calculus. In particular, the theory predicts responsiveness to p

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Lührmann, Anja, Ksenia Ovadenko, Justinus Hellmich, Christoph Sudendey, Vitaly Belik, Jürgen Zentek, and Wilfried Vahjen. "Characterization of the fecal microbiota of sows and their offspring from German commercial pig farms." PLOS ONE 16, no. 8 (August 16, 2021): e0256112. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256112.

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Strategies to combat microbiota-associated health problems are of high interest in pig production. Successful intervention strategies with beneficial long-term effects are still missing. Most studies on pig microbiota have been conducted under standardized experimental conditions, but the situation in commercial farms differs dramatically. This study describes the fecal microbiota in German commercial pig farms under practical conditions. The study is part of the larger project “Optibiom” that aims to use bacterial composition and farm metadata to formulate tailor-made solutions for farm-speci

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Brophy, Laura S., Helene Murray, Larry S. Lev, Richard P. Dick, and Lorna M. Butler. "In the face of change: A rapid reconnaissance survey of Northwest horticultural crop producers." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 6, no. 1 (March 1991): 23–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300003763.

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A rapid reconnaissance survey (sondeo) of twenty-five western Oregon and Washington horticultural producers was conducted using interdisciplinary interviewing teams and flexible on-farm interviews. The group interviewed included both certified organic and conventional farmers who are adopting innovative production methods. Our objectives were to determine the primary factors affecting the choice of farming methods, to identify growers' responses to these factors, to examine the effectiveness of the sondeo technique for gathering such information, to build a team for the longer-term studies, an

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Gubareva, O., and N. Isamov. "Reduced Transition of 137Cs in Milk of Cows With the Use of Modified Fodder Additives With Ferrocin." Bulletin of Science and Practice 5, no. 11 (November 15, 2019): 218–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.33619/2414-2948/48/23.

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The problem of livestock production that meets sanitary standards in radioactively contaminated territories remains relevant and is of great practical and scientific interest. The use of sorbents from the class of ferrocyanides promotes the production of livestock products (milk) that comply with accepted hygienic standards. The studies were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of new formulations of feed additives based on potassium–iron (III) hexacyanoferrate (II) (azure iron milori) compared with 137Cs Bifezh sorbent to reduce the content of radiocaesium, on the productivity of dairy cow

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Coroian, Mircea, Loredana Maria Pop, Virgilia Popa, Zsuzsa Friss, Ovidiu Oprea, Zsuzsa Kalmár, Adela Pintea, et al. "Efficacy of Artemisia annua against Coccidiosis in Broiler Chickens: A Field Trial." Microorganisms 10, no. 11 (November 16, 2022): 2277. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10112277.

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(1) Background: Various studies on artemisinin and its derivatives have shown that Artemisia annua may be of therapeutic interest for different diseases, including chicken coccidiosis. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Artemisia annua on farm-reared broiler chickens by analyzing both the anticoccidial efficacy and its effect on the intestinal microbiota of poultry. (2) Methods: The experiment was performed within three houses on a broiler chicken farm located in Romania. House 1 was the experimental group and received a diet with an addition of A. annua. Houses 2 and 4 were the contr

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Lohuis, Michael M. "189 Choices ahead for dairy cattle breeding programs." Journal of Animal Science 97, Supplement_3 (December 2019): 22–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skz258.043.

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Abstract Dairy cattle breeding programs have been transformed from conventional progeny-testing schemes to genomic selection paired with nucleus herd breeding in the span of one decade. This was spurred by the simultaneous advances in low-cost SNP genotyping, genomic selection methodology and reproductive biotechnologies. The rates of genetic progress have approximately doubled in this time but so have increases in inbreeding levels. This was driven by intense competition between AI studs and farmer adherence to common selection indices which has concentrated selection on very elite segments o

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Makau, D. N., J. A. VanLeeuwen, G. K. Gitau, S. L. McKenna, C. Walton, J. Muraya, and J. J. Wichtel. "Effects of Calliandra and Sesbania on Daily Milk Production in Dairy Cows on Commercial Smallholder Farms in Kenya." Veterinary Medicine International 2020 (February 21, 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3262370.

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There is a growing interest in protein supplementation of dairy-cow diets using leguminous shrubs. The study objective was to ascertain the association between diet supplementation with Calliandra calothyrsus and Sesbania sesban and milk production in dairy cattle on commercial smallholder farms. This trial involved 235 cows from 80 smallholder dairy farms in Kenya randomly allocated to 4 intervention groups: (1) receiving Calliandra and Sesbania and nutritional advice; (2) receiving reproductive medicines and advice; (3) receiving both group 1 and 2 interventions; and (4) receiving neither in

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Makavchik, S. A., and N. V. Polischuk. "Distribution of Escherichia coli synthesizing extended spectrum beta-lactamases in livestock farms." Issues of Legal Regulation in Veterinary Medicine, no. 2 (July 7, 2022): 44–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.52419/issn2782-6252.2022.2.44.

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Microorganisms resistant to antimicrobials pose a worldwide threat to humans and animals and are of interest to bacteriologists. Antibiotic resistance of E. coli is being studied all over the world as one of the most resistant and, as a result, dangerous types of microorganisms. Due to the enzyme complex (extended spectrum beta-lactamase) produced by the bacterial cell, E. coli hydrolyzes beta-lactam antibiotics, including third and fourth generation cephalosporins, which makes research in this area extremely relevant.The aim of our study is to analyze the literature data on the distribution o

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Barnes, Roy C. "The Rise of Corporatist Regulation in the English and Canadian Dairy Industries." Social Science History 25, no. 3 (2001): 381–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0145553200012165.

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This article answers Larry Gerber's (1995) challenge for a renewed appreciation of the social science literature on corporatism and state theory by explaining variations in corporatist institutions through the concept of policy legacies. To understand the variation in corporatist forms of governance, three policy areas are key: the long-standing trade policies of the England and Canada, the forms of government intervention during World War I, and prior political battles within the dairy industries. In their own unique way, these policies shaped the character of the market failure, the politica

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Prishchep, Elena Alexandrovna, Diana Vyacheslavovna Leutina, and Alla Sergeevna Gerasimova. "Dependence of productive qualities of cows of brown Swiss breed on their physiological devel-opment." Agrarian Scientific Journal, no. 5 (May 26, 2021): 71–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.28983/asj.y2021i5pp71-74.

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The brown Swiss breed of cattle, which is currently being bred in the Smolensk region for dairy and meat productivity, is of interest from the point of view of its production feasibility and competitiveness, and the biological properties of livestock. The research was carried out in a breeding reproducer for the breeding of brown Swiss cattle of the Smolensk region, in the conditions of the farm, the age of fruitful insemination, physiological development, linear affiliation and productive qualities were analyzed (n=384). According to the terms of fertilization, the animals were conditionally

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Eribo, O., and A. Odali. "EFFECTIVENESS OF EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES IN THE TREATMENT OF AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT FROM A FISH FARM IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA." African Journal of Health, Safety and Environment 2, no. 2 (October 4, 2021): 36–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.52417/ajhse.v2i2.155.

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Aquaculture production has seen much increase in Nigeria in recent times due to the rise in fish farming occasioned by the availability of water and materials for setting up, the profit turn-over, increase in demand for fish, and the effort to curb the rising youth unemployment rate. However, this massive surge of interest in aquaculture and fish farming is accompanied by the challenge of pollution as the effluent from aquacultural settings gets discharged into nearby water bodies hence the need for remediation. Aquatic plants have been used to remediate polluted water bodies and possess many

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Kurzer, Amalie B., Rose Bechtel, and Jean-Xavier Guinard. "Adult and Child Focus Group Views of Oranges and Mandarins." HortTechnology 29, no. 4 (August 2019): 408–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech04320-19.

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To identify factors that may reduce mandarin (Citrus reticulata) and orange (Citrus sinensis) consumer acceptance and to acquire information on current consumer thoughts and perceptions, a series of eight focus groups were held in a college town in northern California: four with children and four with adults. Adults mentioned cost proportionately more (P ≤ 0.05) often than children, as well as farm to fork, purchasing preferences, and seasonality. Children mentioned eating preferences, social use, and healthiness more often (P ≤ 0.05). Flavor and taste were important to both age groups, as wel

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