Roehlano Briones

For agriculture, market conditions change rapidly, whereas agricultural policies tend to follow with a lag. Debates are prolonged in the absence of sufficient information about the potential impact of policies across different groups and on society in general. When policies do adjust, changing conditions may render them obsolete, repeating the cycle. Models to assess...

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Aimi Fadzirul Kamarubahrin and Asmaddy Haris

This study provides a comprehensive overview of Malaysia’s dairy goat industry from a supply chain perspective, focusing on productivity performance and value chain integration. Despite Malaysia’s favorable agroclimatic conditions, the national goat population remains small, totaling 439,667 heads in 2021, with approximately half being dairy goats. Using a...

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Madhuri

This study answers two questions: (1) How do farmers perceive the economic value of agricultural meteorological (agri-met) advisories in terms of coverage, message relevance, frequency, timing, and language? and (2) To what extent do advisory media influence farm-level economic choices, such as crop selection, use of inputs, and risk protection? The study was...

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Samsuzana Abd Aziz, Idrus Salimi Ismail, Nurul Adilah Abdul Latiff, and Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani

Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies such as long range wide area network (LoRaWAN), which utilize the LoRa physical layer modulation, have become prominent for Internet of Things (IoT) deployments in large agricultural areas. This is due to their low power and long-range transmission. However, data transmission in large farms with diverse landscapes...

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Azmeer Ahmad Shukri, Anas Mohd Mustafah, Nazmi Mat Nawi, Diyana Jamaludin, Nurulhuda Khairudin, and Fatin Nabila Rosli

Spray drift poses a significant challenge in agricultural operations, with substantial implications for the environment, health, and the economy. This literature review synthesizes findings from recent research to address the multifaceted nature of spray drift, focusing on the influence of meteorological factors such as wind speed, direction, temperature, and...

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Lalita Bhattacharjee

Nutrition and Public Health in Asia: Challenges, Interventions, and Policy Responses is a comprehensive book that serves as a valuable reference for policymakers, program planners, and academics. It can serve as a desk review guide for probing further into the complexity of malnutrition in Asia. It also provides a compendium of nutrition-related essays and research...

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