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A set of variables representing farmers’ goals, the perceived barriers in achieving their goals, problems related to soil condition, and the approach for preventing waterway eutrophication were derived from content analyses, as these questions were open-ended. The responses were analysed with conventional content analysis, in which the coding categories were derived from the data . …
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The last argument concerns the welfare of the individual animal. Cows have proved to have high diversity in their learning curve with some animals displaying a consistent need for cues and stimuli even after a long period. The negative sides of VF use include the risk of animal long-term exposure to the electric stimulus, negatively …
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The new queries or complaints can be filtered by selecting the ‘unresolved’ status. Supervisor can read the new query or complaint and based on the content, assigns it to one of the agro-experts with relevant expertise. Upon assignment, the status of the query or complaint is automatically changed to ‘in process’ by the system and …
The inclination to align publications with the values and needs of agribusiness and present new product information as reportage, it suggests, reduced trust and supported the maintenance of the status quo in agricultural practice. Morris et al. compared the framing of antibiotic use in animal agriculture within national and sectoral publications in the UK. This highlighted …
The mine has socio-cultural value, in terms of place identity and the identity of community members . For the policies to be seen as just, these identity-related issues need to be understood and recognized. Studies on farmers’ perceptions of agri-environmental policy implementation highlight the identity and socio-cultural aspects of farming purposes and practices . According …
For example, Long et al. explored the barriers to the adoption and diffusion of technological innovation for climate-related smart agriculture in Europe and specifically in the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and Italy. Carrer et al. investigated the factors influencing the adoption of farm management information systems by Brazilian citrus farmers. Morris et al. , focusing on pastoral farmers …
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The number of participants in the control group should be twice as many as that of the treatment group to ensure a higher number of matched samples. Consequently, the target number of study participants was 1152. Data from the DCP and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development were used during the pilot testing of the …
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As a consequence, farming systems address multiple and sometimes competing objectives like increasing production, improving the quality of farmers’ livelihoods, and enhancing environmental sustainability. In trying to meet these objectives, farming systems in Europe are facing an increasingly broad range of environmental, economic, social and institutional challenges . Operating in this complex environment requires stakeholders …
The large variation in the selling price of guinea fowl observed depended on the region and period of the year. In southern Benin, guinea fowl was more expensive due to the proximity to the urban centers and the low availability of the birds in this region. As for Northern Benin, the reluctance of farmers to …
The concentration of TA was correlated with the CO2 flux in both months , suggesting the impact of CaCO3 dissolution/ precipitation. This situation was complex when we found that the correlations were positive in March but negative in April. The rapid increase in TA and decrease in pH with time in March , along with …