Corn-peanut intercropping is an important element of China’s agricultural planting model as it confers ecological benefits and increases yield. The aim this study was to explore the productivity differences between monoculture by using 13C isotope tracer labelling method. Corn hybrid Denghai 618 (DH618) peanut variety Huayu 22 (HY22) were used test materials under three methods, single corn, SM...

This paper argues that a focus on the middle groups in a multi-dimensional socioeconomic ordering can provide valuable insights into how different axes of advantage and disadvantage intersect with each other. It develops the elements of a framework to analyse the middle groups through an intersectional analysis, and uses it to explore how such groups leverage economic class or gender advantages...

this paper tries to test the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in former soviet :union: countries after their independence in 1991. it has become an article of faith in most economic and political circles that opening up the economy to international trade will produce substantial benefits in terms of greater consumer choice and higher living standards. higher productivity ...

the experiment was conducted in order to evaluate of competitive and economic indices in canola and pea intercropping at different rates of nitrogen fertilizer at shahrekord university research farm during 1390 - 1391. intercropping and sole cropping treatments (100% canola; 66% canola + 33% pea, 50% canola + 50% pea; 33% canola + 66% pea; 100% pea) were evaluated as the first factor and nitrog...

The effect of socio-economic disadvantage on mortality is well documented and differences exist even at older ages. However, whether this translates into differences in the quality of life lived at older ages is less well studied, and in particular in the proportion of remaining life spent without ill health (healthy life expectancy), a key UK Government target. Although there have been studies...

Regionalism is an integral part of the broader economic policy reforms that have occurred in the Western Hemisphere over the last decade. This chapter examines the dynamic effects of regional integration arrangements in the Western Hemisphere on the U.S. economy, including U.S. agriculture and agricultural trade, by taking into account changes in saving-investment and capital accumulation. Thro...