Unleashing the Output Potentials of Scale Farms: Evidence From East China
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DOI: 10.1002/agr.70016
Abstract: China's agricultural sector is undergoing a rapid transformation from traditional smallholder agriculture to family‐based scale farming characterized by intensive, commercialized, and specialized production. However, during the transformation process, these emerging scale farms often face significant… read more here.
Keywords: constraints technical; output; technical inefficiency; scale farms ... See more keywords
Pb, Cd, and Cu Play a Major Role in Health Risk from Contamination in Duck Meat and Offal for Food Production in Thailand
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DOI: 10.1007/s12011-020-02040-y
Abstract: Zinc, Pb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Cr, and Cu levels in duck meat from large-scale farms have been found to be significantly higher than those from free-grazing duck farms. Zinc, Co, Mn, Cr, and Cu contamination… read more here.
Keywords: large scale; free grazing; duck meat; meat ... See more keywords
Competitive or crowding‐out? Estimating spillover effects from large‐scale farms on smallholders in China
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DOI: 10.1111/agec.12861
Abstract: Drawing on data from the Chinese Family Database for 2015, 2017, and 2019, this study employed the difference‐in‐differences method to examine the spillover effects of large‐scale farms (LSFs) on smallholders. The findings confirmed that LSFs… read more here.
Keywords: effects large; spillover effects; competitive crowding; scale farms ... See more keywords
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial susceptibility in Escherichia coli on small- and medium-scale pig farms in north-eastern Thailand
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DOI: 10.1186/s13756-017-0233-9
Abstract: BackgroundIntensification of livestock production seen in many low- and middle-income countries is often believed to be associated with increased use of antimicrobials, and may hence contribute to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. The aim of… read more here.
Keywords: scale farms; resistance; small medium; medium scale ... See more keywords
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Small-Scale Farms in Developed Economies: Challenges and Opportunities
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DOI: 10.3390/insects10060179
Abstract: Small-scale farms are an important component of agricultural production even in developed economies, and have an acknowledged role in providing other biological and societal benefits, including the conservation of agricultural biodiversity and enhancement of local… read more here.
Keywords: ipm; integrated pest; scale farms; developed economies ... See more keywords