The Vietnamese agricultural sector has experienced a dramatic structural change based on increased specialization in rice cultivation. However, small-scale rice-farmers have continued to grow multiple crops, especially less developed provinces. While the literature advocates crop diversification for reasons of both economic and ecological sustainability, there lacks empirical evidence as whethe...

Biocontrol agents are critical for pest management in sustainable agriculture. Generalist arthropod predators may hold a great potential as biocontrol because they ubiquitous and consume pests agroecosystems. However, their diet composition over the entire crop season has rarely been quantified, which hinders our ability to assess real field conditions that foster temporal dynamics of alternati...

Rice farming systems (RFSs) in southern Mozambique are very heterogeneous and diversified, which has implications for smallholders’ adoption of each RFS, as well on rice production productivity the region. In this regard, it is important to understand: (i) RFS typologies can be leveraged improve productivity; (ii) drivers smallholder farmers’ decisions adopt an RFS; (iii) policies/incentives co...

Aquaculture of the geoduck, Panopea generosaGould, 1850, has increased dramatically during the past decade in southern Puget Sound, WA, and the effects of these intertidal aquaculture geoduck beds on local fauna is mostly unknown. This study examined the species composition, relative abundances, and biodiversity indices of mobile benthic fauna in geoduck farm areas of southern Puget Sound. Surv...

Salmonid farming in Ireland is mostly organic, which implies limited disease treatment options. This highlights the importance of biosecurity for preventing the introduction and spread of infectious agents. Similarly, the effect of local network properties on infection spread processes has rarely been evaluated. In this paper, we characterized the biosecurity of salmonid farms in Ireland using ...

This study analyzed factors affecting profit efficiency of rice farms in wet-season lowlands the Champhone District Savannakhet Province Lao People’s Democratic Republic based on a farmer’s decision to maximize profits. The approach has an advantage that it provides insights into both inputs and outputs. To analyze efficiency, stochastic production frontier model with assumptions about time per...

With economic development agricultural systems in the Global South transform from subsistence farming to higher productivity with market integration and increase rural income food security. In Nepal, agriculture continues provide livelihoods for two-thirds of predominantly population, largely at a subsistence-level. Rice is staple covers largest land area but yields are relatively low, an annua...

Water Framework Directive (60/20000/EC), in order to assign an appropriate cost to irrigation water resource, urges member states to introduce the concept of full cost and to adopt economic instruments to improve the efficiency of its allocation. The option to apply a volumetric supply fee promoting the rationalization of the resource, could thus play a role in addressing emerging and future pr...