Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Agriculture

  1. Western Ukraine is presented as promising for agricultural development
    Assessment of Western Ukraine's agricultural sector demographics, natural resources, and development potential following 2022 military invasion and population migration.
  2. Co-pyrolysis improved pyro-diesel quality and generator performance
    Co-pyrolysis of palm fruit bunches and polypropylene produces engine-grade diesel fuel suitable for agricultural power generation without modification.
  3. Downscaled projections show stronger rainfall extremes in two Philippine basins
    High-resolution climate projections for Pampanga and Pasig-Marikina-Laguna-Lake basins reveal intensifying rainfall extremes, elevated design rainfall, and increased seasonal variability.
  4. Hometown-return entrepreneurship boosts agricultural resilience
    Study evaluates China's hometown-return entrepreneurship policy impact on agricultural economic resilience using panel data from 2005 counties, finding stronger policy effects in western regions.
  5. GIS maps crop change in nineteenth-century eastern Africa
    GIS analysis of 1857-1876 explorer accounts reveals spatial and temporal patterns in maize, rice, and cassava adoption across inland equatorial eastern Africa along caravan routes.
  6. Chongqing villages show different dominant functions by day
    Mobile phone data reveals how rural villages in Chongqing mountains shift between different functions on weekdays versus weekends, identifying four distinct village development types.
  7. Basilan extension officers face staffing, pay, and coordination problems
    Qualitative study of agricultural extension officers in Basilan Province identifies systemic gaps in staffing, resources, and institutional coordination affecting farm service delivery.
  8. Energy prices are linked to agricultural prices directly and through fertilizers
    Analysis of monthly data from 1990 to 2024 shows energy prices affect wheat, maize, and soybean prices directly through fuel costs and indirectly through fertilizers.
  9. Gender roles in farming and trade differ by region in Nigeria
    Analysis of Nigeria General Household Survey data reveals substantial regional variation in gender participation across farming, wholesale, and retail activities.
  10. Result-based contracts appear more acceptable for dairy methane reduction
    Study integrating farmer preferences into cost-efficient design of agri-environmental contracts for methane mitigation in Polish dairy production.
  11. Blockchain-certified Sicilian grains drew consumer interest
    Explore how blockchain certification enhances market value of Sicilian ancient grains through consumer preferences, supply chain transparency, and integrated marketing strategies for heritage crop.
  12. Danish landowners prefer higher compensation for restrictive agri-environment schemes
    Choice experiment analysis of Danish landowners' preferences for temporary versus permanent agri-environmental schemes, revealing policy design misalignment between implicit discount rates.
  13. Quarrying along River Mutonga changed land cover and affected households
    Spatiotemporal assessment of stone quarrying impacts along River Mutonga, Kenya, using geospatial analysis and household surveys to evaluate environmental degradation and socio-economic trade-offs.
  14. SWAT review links land use, climate, and watershed outcomes
    SWAT modeling synthesizes 143 studies on land use and climate impacts in developing agricultural watersheds, revealing urbanization effects on water quality and effectiveness of combined.
  15. Destination structures and export stability varied across major wheat suppliers
    Analyzing how destination diversification and competitiveness shape wheat export resilience among major suppliers during pandemic, climate, and geopolitical shocks from 2020-2024.
  16. A Critical Analysis of Iran's Rural Development Policies from the Perspective of Social Inclusion and Gender Equity
    Mixed-methods analysis of Iran's rural development policies reveals persistent gender inequalities in resource access, institutional support, and decision-making representation.
  17. CropCare-RAG gave more reliable crop-disease answers
    Agricultural advisory system integrating vision-language models and retrieval-augmented generation for reliable crop disease identification and knowledge-grounded farmer guidance.
  18. Agritourism may help Kosovo smallholders buffer weather-related income risk
    Agritourism adoption patterns among Kosovo smallholders in response to climate variability, examining motivations, enabling conditions, and effects on farm-level stress outcomes.
  19. Employment and Income Generation under MGNREGA in Rural India: Evidence from Belagavi District, Karnataka
    Research assessing MGNREGA's impact on employment and income in rural Belagavi District, Karnataka, identifying implementation challenges and policy implications.
  20. An Assessment on the Projects Carried out by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Agency (ARDSI): The Case of Mardin (2012-2023)
    Analysis of 258 ARDSI projects in Mardin, Turkey (2012-2023) examining sectoral and spatial distribution under IPARD measures for sustainable rural development.