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Previous studies have shown that organically produced food has lower risks of pesticide contamination than food that is not organically produced. However, organically produced food is not entirely free of pesticide residues. A large, high-quality U.S. Department of Agriculture database reports...
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were embedded in a supermarket distribution system and they provided the same amount of comparable vegetables at the …
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cereals and some vegetables. According to the literature, urine fertilised plants may have produced higher, similar or …
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Biodiesel from jatropha has been considered as a promising alternative to fossil fuels for some time. Consequently, China started promoting jatropha as one of the options to meet its ever-increasing energy consumption, and the Chinese biodiesel industry also gained interest. However, the...
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-initiated Jatropha project for smallholders in northeastern Ethiopia from a green economy perspective. Data are based on a 2009 household … maximize Jatropha’s potential, interventions must focus mainly on smallholders and pay more attention to the entire biofuel …
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knowledge, perceptions and adaptations to climate change and variability amongst smallholders of Laikipia district of Kenya. A …Agricultural policies in Kenya aim to improve farmers’ livelihoods. With projected climate change, these policies are … short of mechanisms that promote farmers’ adaptation. As a result, smallholders are confronted with a variety of challenges …
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agricultural goods. In Kenya, large-scale export-oriented horticulture farms, cultivating fruits, flowers and vegetables, were by …Smallholders in the global South are confronted with new opportunities and risks emanating from globalized markets of …, and third constraints smallholders face as out-growers. Addressing these issues can contribute to a more sustainable …
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When the Canadian company Bedford Biofuels (BB) started talks with local ranch owners in Tana Delta district (Kenya …-scale agricultural project. Nor were they the first to explore the possibilities of starting a jatropha plantation in Kenya’s coastal …
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substantial numbers for wage labour opportunities. In the community of Elangata Wuas in Southern Kenya, international migration …
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In the present work, the results are reported of the energy and exergy analyses of three biomass-related processes for electricity generation: the biomass gasification integrated externally fired combined cycle, the biomass gasification integrated dual-fuel combined cycle, and the biomass...
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