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An effective internal governance structure is a key component of successful organized groups
Cacao and other shade-loving fruit trees are planted in a setting mimicking that of a natural forest. This system addresses food security, as there is a high number of crops being cultivated within the land space where the concession has been granted. Biodiversity conservation is also enhanced since no hunting is allowed and the presence…
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The structural approach follows the original potential yield setting
The result of this exercise is the first successful recovery of the nonlinear yield response to winter chill in commercial pistachio production. I apply my findings to climate predictions in the current growing areas to show the potential impact of climate change on California pistachios in the next 20 years, and predict that a significant…
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This marsh undergoes the most dramatic changes in water chemistry during the year
Our results show that nutrient loading in transported sediments is highest at the beginning of the winter rainy season for N03, NH4, and labile P. We did not collect samples from sediment fans deposited after the initial rain events of the season . But based on these numbers from slightly later in the season, we hypothesize…
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Non-ecotoxicity categories were relatively stable over the past decade
The crops studied are corn, soybean, wheat, and cotton, which together account for around 70% of total harvested area domestically . The main objectives of the study are to understand the extent to which different environmental impacts might have changed and to identify major drivers behind such changes. Following previous LCA studies we analyzed the cradle-to-gate…
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Agricultural imports grew at an average rate of 5.9 percent over the same time period
Prior to the 1978 reforms, almost all of China’s foreign trade was subject to central planning through a small number of foreign trade corporations. For most sectors, the government has since replaced central planning over trade with import licenses and import and export tariffs. The opening of China’s economy involved policies to promote exports and…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture will set wages for agricultural supervisors and animal breeders
We also present a variety of empirical tests that consistently show no evidence of any manipulation behavior that would cause restaurants to cluster just above the thresholds. For example, restaurants leaving fake reviews for themselves should have more 5-star reviews and fewer reviews per reviewer. We find no evidence that restaurants with these types of…
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This may lead to an exaggerated water vapor slope over the downwind field
While the transpiring field will act as hypothesized with the slope and direction of a fitted plane in line with the wind direction, a plane fitted to the fallow field downwind will likely show a slope that is opposite in direction to the wind. The wind carries moist air from the vegetated field onto the…
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It combines spectral vegetation indices with thermal data to evaluate water stress
These studies have shown a link between plant temperatures and canopy conductance, leaf water potential and irrigation regimes, and have shown that thermal imagery can detect even mild stress . However, while highly useful for refined understanding of stress within imaged trees, the methods are not scalable to larger areas due to their crop-specific ground…
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The authors attributed this inhibition to the high levels of available Al observed at this pH
Since annual fluctuations in climate are unlikely to have the same effect on ecosystems as permanent changes, our estimates fail to account for these effects too. Second as its name suggests, global climate change will affect agricultural production around the globe. It may be reasonable to assume that this will alter the long run costs…
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The need for more data is only increasing as new technologies enter the market
Cooperative Extension, which serves the role of application and outreach, is a “successful model for scientific discovery to be transferred to the end user is through the continuum between campus based faculty and cooperative extension specialists”. A number of cooperative extension specialists are researchers within the CAES. Another component of the land grant university is the…