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Pamellah A. Asule, Collins Musafiri, George Nyabuga, Wambui Kiai, Felix K. Ngetich and Christoph Spurk
Soil fertility decline is a significant drawback to food and nutritional security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, information and knowledge barriers seriously impede the adoption, effective use, and scaling up of soil fertility management innovations, es...
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Andrea Bragaglio, Aristide Maggiolino, Elio Romano and Pasquale De Palo
This paper aims to compare the cradle-to-farm gate sustainability of two dairy buffalo systems, according to life cycle assessment guidelines (LCA). Primary data were obtained by five intensive farms with feeding plans based on non-corn silage (NCS) and ...
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Shifa Ma, Haiyan Jiang, Xiwen Zhang, Dixiang Xie, Yunnan Cai, Yabo Zhao and Guanwei Wang
Many countries, including China, have implemented the spatial government policy widely known as urban growth boundary (UGB) for managing future urban growth. However, few studies have asked why we need UGB, especially pre-evaluating the utility of UGB fo...
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Pavithra N. Kulasooriya, Kithsiri B. Jayasekara, Thilini Nisansala, Sajani Kannangara, Ranawaka Karunarathna, Chaminda Karunarathne, Mahinda Wikramarathne and Steven M. Albert
Objective. We examined heat stress symptoms and urine markers of chronic kidney disease (CKDu) in Sri Lanka to assess differences between endemic vs. non-endemic regions and by occupation. Sample and Methods. We assessed a total of 475 villagers. In the ...
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Pedro Fraga-Santiago, Alejandro Gómez-Pazo, Augusto Pérez-Alberti, Pablo Montero and Xose Lois Otero Pérez
Coastal lagoons are habitats of great environmental value. However, they are currently subject to major threats, particularly due to increasing sea levels. This study aims to identify changes?both natural and induced by anthropic activity?and their impac...
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Chacattrai Rayasawath
This research aims to determine the factors affecting the succession of youths from farming households in agricultural occupations within Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand. Primary information was collected from 400 farm households using a structured ...
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Bruna Irene Grimberg, Selena Ahmed, Colter Ellis, Zachariah Miller and Fabian Menalled
This study explored whether Montana agricultural stakeholders? perceptions and observations of climate change vary according to four socio-ecological variables: income, political view, agricultural occupation, and production region. A survey including 27...
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Gloria L. Gallardo Fernández and Fred Saunders
The agri-pastoralist communities of the semi-arid region of Chile, with their unusual common land ownership, have not escaped economic neo-liberalism. The general pattern of insatiable demand of land for agricultural production, mining, energy generation...
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Vinesh Naicker, Brett Cohen
This paper presents the results of a study comparing the life cycle environmental impacts and cumulative energy demands of reading printed books (print system) with those of reading e-books from an Apple Air iPad (digital system), with a specific focus o...
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Robert S. Frazier, Enze Jin and Ajay Kumar
Biomass gasification has the potential to produce renewable fuels, chemicals and power at large utility scale facilities. In these plants catalysts would likely be used to reform and clean the generated biomass syngas. Traditional catalysts are made from...
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