Causes and Consequences of Increasing Herbicide Use in Mali

Published on September 11, 2017
Steven Haggblade, Melinda Smale, Alpha Kergna, Veronique Theriault and Amidou Assima. The European Journal of Development Research, September 2017

Home lawn questions answered

Published on August 21, 2009
Home lawn questions and answers

Tree, turf and ornamental plant update – June 15, 2017

Published on June 16, 2017
Dry conditions, leaf drop on maple, rose chafer and forest tent caterpillar are active. Scout for scale crawlers. Symptoms of fungal pathogens are showing up.

Transatlantic Wood Pellet Trade Demonstrates Telecoupled Benefits

Published on January 1, 2018
European demand for renewable energy resources has led to rapidly increasing transatlantic exports of wood pellets from the southeastern United States (SE US) since 2009. Disagreements have arisen over the global greenhouse gas reductions associated ...

Long-term monitoring of mediterranean socio-ecological systems

Published on March 1, 2021
The montado (in Portugal) or dehesa (in Spain) is an agrosilvopastoral system found in the Iberian Peninsula. Due to its high environmental value, its protection forms part of European biodiversity strategies, but recent management trends are threate...

Causes and Consequences of Increasing Herbicide Use in Mali

Published on June 2, 2017
Haggblade, S., Smale, M., Kergna, A., Theriault, V. and Assima, A. 2017b. Causes and consequences of increasing herbicide use in Mali. European Journal of Development Research 29:648-674.

The Herbicide Revolution in Developing Countries: Patterns, Causes and Implications

Published on May 29, 2017
Haggblade, S., Minten, B., Pray, C., Reardon, T. and Zilberman, D. 2017a. The herbicide revolution in developing countries: patterns, causes and implications. European Journal of Development Research 29:533-559.

Safeguards for enhancing ecological compensation in Sweden

Published on May 1, 2017
Ecological compensation (EC) is being explored as a policy instrument for the European Union's 'No Net Loss of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' initiative. EC is commonly associated with the Polluter-Pays Principle, but we propose the Developer-P...

Composition and Age Structure of a Degraded Tallgrass Oak Savanna in Central Iowa

Published on January 17, 2006
Prior to European settlement, scattered, fire-tolerant trees, a dense herbaceous understory, and dynamic disturbance patterns, including fire and drought, characterized oak savannas. In the Midwest, only 0.02% remains, mostly as degraded, isolated fr...

Student Research Position (Dilley Mentorship Fellowship Program)

Employment type: Seasonal
Application Due Date: September 20, 2024

Forecasting insect activity by noting plant development and degree days

Published on July 1, 2011
Predict insect activity by watching plant development and checking the accumulation of degree days. Here’s how.

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Core Content, Experience and Enlightenment of CSR in the J-League

Published on November 1, 2022
In comparison with European and American countries, the CSR of professional sports in Asian countries is affected by many factors due to differences in management system, social environment, etc. At present, the research on CSR of professional sports...

Estimating the potential of roadside vegetation for bioenergy production. Journal of Cleaner Production

Published on June 25, 2015
The Netherlands, like other European Union countries, is under intense pressure to increase its national share of energy from renewable sources in accordance with 2020 Kyoto Protocol obligations. Bioenergy in this context is especially interesting be...