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Agriculture expansion and deforestation in seasonally dry forests of north-west Argentina
(Cambridge University Press, 2005-12)
In Argentina, deforestation due to agriculture expansion is threatening the Semi-arid Chaco, one of the largest forested biomes of South America. This study focuses on the north-west boundary of the Argentine Semi-arid ...
Heterogeneity in agricultural land use decisions in Argentine Rolling Pampas : the effects on environmental and economic indicators
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-09)
Argentine Pampas are one of the major regions in the world for agricultural production. There is a trend towards system simplification in this area, with soybeans being the predominant crop. One major concern of “soybeanization” ...
Studies on the persistence of a commercial formulation of chlorpyrifos on an agricultural soil from provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina
(Springer, 2013-04)
Chlorpyrifos (O, O-diethyl-O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridyl) phosphorothioate) is a broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide and acaricide, widely used in our country. Nowadays, it is the principal insecticide in the market ...
Peri-urban pesticide contamination risk index
(Elsevier, 2020-07)
The massive use of pesticides in the production of food and raw materials generates growing world concern due to the numerous evidences of their negative effects on health and the environment. In countries where detailed ...
The Current and Future Role of Microbial Culture Collections in Food Security Worldwide
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-14)
Food security is the pillar of nutritional wellbeing for food availability, and is necessary to satisfy all physiological needs to thus maintain the general wellbeing of populations. However, global agricultural deficiencies ...
Agriculture influences ammonium and soluble reactive phosphorus retention in South American headwater streams
(John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2019-12)
Agricultural activities can affect the delivery of nutrients to streams, riparian canopy cover, and the capacity of aquatic systems to process nutrients and sediments. There are few measures of nutrient uptake and metabolism ...
Cation nutrient reserves decline markedly under intensive cropping of Pampas Mollisols
(Elsevier, 2023-04)
The availability of exchangeable cationic nutrients in soils, such as calcium (Cae), magnesium (Mge), and potassium (Ke), is vital for crops growth and development. However, the concentration of these nutrients can be ...
Plankton community responses in Pampean lowland streams linked to intensive agricultural pollution
(Elsevier Science, 2021-01)
Lowland lotic ecosystems are under increasing pollution pressure. In this study, we analyzed the plankton community responses to environmental changes, including natural ones and those related to anthropogenic activities, ...
Pesticides in the real world: The consequences of GMO-based intensive agriculture on native amphibians.
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
Pesticide use has been suggested as one of the major drivers of the global amphibian decline. Laboratory andmesocosm studies have addressed several questions to understand the mechanism by which pesticides causedetrimental ...
Natural resource industries as a platform for the development of knowledge intensive industries
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015-04)
In the innovation and development literature, natural resources (NR) are generally viewed as a curse for developing nations and NR-based industries as having little potential to innovate and drive long-term growth. This ...