Mitigating emerging and reemerging diseases of fruit and vegetable crops in a changing climate

SA Miller, AL Testen, JM Jacobs… - Phytopathology®, 2024 - Am Phytopath Society
Fruit and vegetable crops are important sources of nutrition and income globally. Producing
these high-value crops requires significant investment of often scarce resources, and …

[HTML][HTML] An adoption spectrum for sustainable agriculture practices: A new framework applied to cover crop adoption

G Han, MT Niles - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The adoption of sustainable agriculture practices is critical for future ecological,
food security, and farmer livelihood goals. Traditionally, the adoption of sustainable …

Increasing the adoption intensity of sustainable agricultural practices in Europe: Farm and practice level insights

B Thompson, AP Barnes, L Toma - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding what influences the adoption of multiple sustainable farming practices, a
concept we call adoption intensity, is critical to the sustainable development of our food …

[HTML][HTML] Validity and reliability of the Japanese version of the sustainability consciousness questionnaire

H Ogishima, A Ito, S Kajimura, T Himichi - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The sustainable development goals (SDGs) are required to be achieved by 2030, and
measurement indicators are needed to properly visualize individual efforts toward SDGs …

Water, culture, and adaptation in the High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer region

A Fischer, M Sanderson - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigate how the physical water environment shapes water conservation norms
among farmers in the High Plains-Ogallala Aquifer, the largest source of groundwater in the …

Optimizing tethered UAV deployment for on-demand connectivity in disaster scenarios

B Kirubakaran, J Hosek - 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Natural disasters and other emergencies can disrupt terrestrial communication
infrastructure, leaving first responders and affected people without reliable connectivity …

[HTML][HTML] Meeting the drought information needs of Midwest perennial specialty crop producers

TR Haigh, JA Otkin, M Woloszyn… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Agricultural production in the US Midwest is vulnerable to drought, and specialty crop
producers are an underserved audience for monitoring information and decision-support …

Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio

ED Schoolman, JG Arbuckle - Journal of Soil and Water …, 2022 - jswconline.org
Cover crops—crops grown primarily to protect and improve soil—are widely considered to
be an important component of sustainable agricultural systems because their use can …

Analytic and heuristic process for prudent antimicrobial use in animals: What are triggers and how do they work?

M Wang, S Gong, L Bai, L Liang, Z Weng… - Risk Analysis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The over and misuse of antimicrobials in animal agriculture causes a prevailing crisis for
humans, animals, and the environment. From the One Health approach perspective, the …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting farmers' heterogeneity to enrich climate change adaptation policy design: findings from northern Italy

S Ricart, C Gandolfi, A Castelletti - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
With its scientifically proven effects and widespread acceptance, climate change stands as
one of the most pressing and intricate challenges for society and economies. Farmers are on …