Browsing by Subject "Agriculture"
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A Farm-to-School Program Review and Implementation Guide for North Carolina Public School Parents Case Study: E.K. Powe Elementary School | Durham, North Carolina
(2010-04-29)Farm to School is a phrase used to describe programs that connect locally-grown foods to schools (Farm to School, 2009). The medium that provides this connection varies, but it is typically made through school gardens, ... -
A multilevel model of field-scale nitrogen export from agricultural areas
(2010-04-27)Agricultural lands contribute significant nitrogen loads to surface waters. Excessive nitrogen input leads to eutrophication, the process by which aquatic ecosystems become nutrient rich. Eutrophication is associated with ... -
A Ripe Future? Coastal Climate Perceptions and Adaptations among the Long Island Wine Industry
(2017-04-28)Coastal climates have distinctive effects on the growth, quality, and quantity produced of wine grapes. A changing coastal climate could alter these interactions and impact regional wine style and variety. There is a need ... -
Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Malawi
(2008-12-05)There is need in Malawi to increase agricultural yields to feed the growing population. Concurrently, conventional agriculture techniques practiced by subsistence farmers steady depletes soil fertility thereby reducing the ... -
American Manna: Religious Responses to the American Industrial Food System
(2016)“American Manna: Religious Responses to the American Industrial Food System” is an investigation of the religious complexity present in religious food reform movements. I conducted ethnographic fieldwork at four field sites. ... -
Analysis of the Feasibility and Efficacy of Sustainable Pollinator Bee Certifications for Almond Producers in California
(2020-04-22)California’s almond pollination period is the largest pollination event in the world due to the vast almond acreage spanning the state and the crop’s dependence on pollination by managed honey bees. Since 1996, almond acreage ... -
Assessing the Diurnal Cycle of Surface Energy and Water Fluxes in an Irrigated Agricultural field using an Hydrological Model
(2007-05)The diurnal variation of water and energy fluxes at the land surface is important to understand the diurnal cycle of photosynthesis, moisture and temperature at surface and deeper soil layers, especially during the growing ... -
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF USDA CIVIL RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS: PIGFORD IN ADVOCACY AND CONTEXT
(2019-04-26)In 1999, a class of African American farmers and landowners led by North Carolinian Timothy Pigford sued the United States Department of Agriculture under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, alleging discrimination in loan-making ... -
Assessment of Smallholder Training Programs in Food Sector Climate Strategies
(2022-04-21)The future outcomes of climate change, the food sector, and supplier land management are codependent. The food sector is responsible for 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions—predominantly due to land use practices—while ... -
Causes and Impacts of Institutional and Structural Variation: Globalization in the Tobacco and Pork Industries
(2010)Among the most significant changes to the agricultural sector in the twentieth century include a sharp decline in employment and the numbers of farms, a decline in the proportion of total value that accrues to agricultural ... -
Clean Water Through Conservation in the Jordan Lake Watershed
(2019-04-25)Watershed management is becoming increasingly holistic. Novel approaches are needed to satisfy the interests of diverse stakeholders – including municipal water users, environmental groups, and agricultural communities. ... -
Culture, Capture, and Disease: Shrimp Production in the Age of Industrial Aquaculture
(2019)This dissertation focuses on the relationship of industrial shrimp aquaculture and shrimp diseases, with an emphasis on the agency of disease in shaping the history of shrimp production. Shrimp aquaculture is concentrated ... -
Earthworms modify plant biomass and nitrogen capture under conditions of soil nutrient heterogeneity and elevated atmospheric CO<inf>2</inf> concentrations
(Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014-01-01)Earthworms modify the way roots respond to soil nutrient patchiness. However, few studies have evaluated the joint effects of earthworms and soil heterogeneity on plant community biomass and species dominance, and none of ... -
Estimates and determinants of stocks of deep soil carbon in Gabon, Central Africa
(Geoderma, 2019-05-01)© 2019 Despite the importance of tropical forest carbon to the global carbon cycle, research on carbon stocks is incomplete in major areas of the tropical world. Nowhere in the tropics is this more the case than in Africa, ... -
Estimation of in-canopy ammonia sources and sinks in a fertilized Zea mays field.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2010-03-01)An analytical model was developed to describe in-canopy vertical distribution of ammonia (NH(3)) sources and sinks and vertical fluxes in a fertilized agricultural setting using measured in-canopy mean NH(3) concentration ... -
Food, Justice, and the Church: How Local Churches Can Better Serve Black Communities Through Food Pantries—and Why They Should
(2022)This thesis seeks to examine how churches might better practice Jesus's command to “love your neighbor” (Matt. 22:37) through food pantries that primarily serve Black communities. Although churches believe they exemplify ... -
Game Changer in Soil Science. The Anthropocene in soil science and pedology.
(Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2020-02-01)© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The venerable science of pedology, initiated in the 19th century as the study of the natural factors of soil formation, is adapting to the demands of the Anthropocene, ... -
Global value chains and agrifood standards: challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012-07-31)The rise of private food standards has brought forth an ongoing debate about whether they work as a barrier for smallholders and hinder poverty reduction in developing countries. This paper uses a global value chain approach ... -
Hidden Loss of Wetlands in China.
(Current biology : CB, 2019-09)To counter their widespread loss, global aspirations are for no net loss of remaining wetlands [1]. We examine whether this goal alone is sufficient for managing China's wetlands, for they constitute 10% of the world's total. ... -
Identifying Strategies for Reducing Food Waste in NC Fresh Produce Supply Chains
(2015-04-24)In recent years, food waste has received an increasing amount of attention from academia, the media and private industry. Realizing that this waste is also destroying value, producers, grocers and other large generators ...
