Effects of separation of cows and calves on reproductive performance and animal welfare in tropical beef cattle

A Orihuela, CS Galina - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review summarizes knowledge on the separation of cows and calves
and its effect on the onset of ovarian activity and animal welfare, principally in tropical beef …

Smartphone adoption and use in agriculture: empirical evidence from Germany

M Michels, W Fecke, JH Feil, O Musshoff, J Pigisch… - Precision …, 2020 - Springer
Smartphone technology is promising for the future development of agriculture, as it can
facilitate and improve many operational procedures and can also be combined with …

Agricultural land use change in the Brazilian Pampa Biome: The reduction of natural grasslands

TE de Oliveira, DS de Freitas, M Gianezini, CF Ruviaro… - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
This manuscript analyzes the land use changes and its conjectural drivers in the Brazilian
Pampa Biome. Therefore, land use changes in the municipalities of this biome were …

Factors influencing the adoption of Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) by Brazilian citrus farmers

MJ Carrer, HM de Souza Filho, MO Batalha - Computers and Electronics in …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examined the determining factors in decisions of citrus farmers on adoption of
computers and Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS). Primary data were collected …

Adoption of green fertilizer technology among paddy farmers: A possible solution for Malaysian food security

N Adnan, SM Nordin, I Rahman, A Noor - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Fertilizer is one of the critical contributions that is being used in order to improve agricultural
productivity. Whereas, using Green fertilizer technology (GFT) is a means of improving the …

Economic-environmental assessment of silvo-pastoral systems in Colombia: An ecosystem service perspective

DF Sandoval, JF Florez, KJE Valencia, MES Cabrera… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Cattle production in Colombia has an important social and economic role but causes
considerable environmental impacts, such as deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions …

Modeling smallholder livestock herders' intentions to adopt climate smart practices: An extended theory of planned behavior

M Faisal, X Chunping, S Akhtar, MH Raza… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Climate change is persistently causing adverse effects to the agriculture sector of
developing countries, specifically in Asia. Pakistan is no exception to this effect and is …

Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers: Empirical analysis of five selected provinces in China

W Ma, E Owusu-Sekyere, H Zheng… - Information …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The increasing usage of smartphones by practitioners in various fields of expertise is
attracting global attention. However, scanty evidence exists on smartphone usage among …

Insights of innovation and competitiveness in meat supply chains

AM Fernandes… - International Food …, 2019 - wageningenacademic.com
The world demand for food in parallel with environmental concerns is a paradigm for the
competitiveness of agro-industrial production chains. The present study intended to propose …

On (Dis) Connections and transformations: the role of the agricultural innovation system in the adoption of improved forages in Colombia

K Enciso, N Triana, M Díaz, S Burkart - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Feeding improvement strategies are key in increasing cattle productivity and reducing its
environmental footprint. Nevertheless, Colombian tropical cattle systems still feature serious …