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Examining factors for the adoption of silvopastoral agroforestry in the Colombian Amazon by Alvarado Sandino, C. O., Barnes, A. P., Sepúlveda, I., Garratt, M. P. D., Thompson, J., Escobar-Tello, M. P.

“…Current land use systems in the Amazon largely consist of extensive conventional productivist livestock operations that drive deforestation. Silvopastoral…”
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Refining perception-based farmer typologies with the analysis of past census data by Guillem, E.E., Barnes, A.P., Rounsevell, M.D.A., Renwick, A.

“…Perception-based typologies have been used to explore the decision making process of farmers and to inform policy design. These typologies have been…”
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Farmer perspectives and practices regarding water pollution control programmes in Scotland by Barnes, A.P., Willock, J., Hall, C., Toma, L.

“…Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) were introduced in response to the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) which states that all EU countries must reduce the nitrate in…”
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Farmer decision-making and risk perceptions towards outwintering cattle by Barnes, A.P., McCalman, H., Buckingham, S., Thomson, S.

“…Increasing financial pressures has led farmers to manage cattle outside for the winter months. In temperate areas the environmental risks of outwintering…”
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Utilising a farmer typology to understand farmer behaviour towards water quality management: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland by Barnes, A. P, Willock, J, Toma, L, Hall, C

“…Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) are employed as compulsory instruments to meet standards on EU water quality. Farmers operating in NVZs face a number of…”
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Measuring household legume cultivation intensity in sub-Saharan Africa by Barnes, A. P., Muoni, T., Öborn, I., Bergkvist, G., Nziguheba, G., Watson, C. A., Vanlauwe, B., Duncan, A. J.

“…Legumes form part of an ecological-based solution to intensification in areas with limited access to external inputs. Despite a number of decades of…”
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Does multi-functionality affect technical efficiency? A non-parametric analysis of the Scottish dairy industry by Barnes, A.P.

“…Recent policy changes within the Common Agricultural Policy have led to a shift from a solely production-led agriculture towards the promotion of…”
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The effect of lameness prevalence on technical efficiency at the dairy farm level: an adjusted data envelopment analysis approach by Barnes, A P, Rutherford, K M D, Langford, F M, Haskell, M J

“…A key indicator of resource use within farming is technical efficiency, which measures the amount of physical output attainable from a given set of inputs. The…”
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Growth and production of California sea cucumbers (Parastichopus californicus Stimpson) co-cultured with suspended Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) by Paltzat, D.L., Pearce, C.M., Barnes, P.A., McKinley, R.S.

“…Growth and production of California sea cucumbers (Parastichopus californicus Stimpson), co-cultured with suspended Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas…”
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Activated carbon from vetiver roots: Gas and liquid adsorption studies by Gaspard, S., Altenor, S., Dawson, E.A., Barnes, P.A., Ouensanga, A.

“…Large quantities of lignocellulosic residues result from the industrial production of essential oil from vetiver grass ( Vetiveria zizanioides) roots. These…”
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The scope for regulatory incentives to encourage increased efficiency of input use by farmers by Barnes, A.P., Moran, D., Topp, K.

“…Managing diffuse water pollution from agricultural land continues to be one of the more intractable challenges for environmental policy. The advent of the…”
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The generation of microwave-induced plasma in granular active carbons under fluidised bed conditions by Dawson, E.A., Parkes, G.M.B., Barnes, P.A., Bond, G., Mao, R.

“…Some of the phenomena associated with the interaction of microwave (MW) radiation with a granular activated carbon (GAC) fluidised bed were studied in a single…”
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Measuring progress towards sustainable intensification: How far can secondary data go? by Barnes, A.P., Thomson, S.G.

“…•A conceptual approach to measuring sustainable intensification (SI) is developed.•We find economic, social and ecosystem based aspects of SI.•Lack of progress…”
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Exploring the adoption of precision agricultural technologies: A cross regional study of EU farmers by Barnes, A.P., Soto, I., Eory, V., Beck, B., Balafoutis, A., Sánchez, B., Vangeyte, J., Fountas, S., van der Wal, T., Gómez-Barbero, M.

“…•Advisors are found to be influencers of PATs adoption.•Increased PAT adoption requires positive belief in a return by the farmer.•Information interventions…”
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Greenhouse gas emissions and the technical efficiency of dairy farmers by Shortall, O.K., Barnes, A.P.

“…► Greenhouse gas emissions from 61 Scottish dairy farms were calculated based on survey data of inputs and outputs. ► DEA modelling was used to estimate the…”
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Preparation and characterisation of carbon-coated ceramic foams for organic vapour adsorption by Dawson, E.A., Barnes, P.A., Chinn, M.J.

“…Ceramic foam substrates of various porosities were coated with novolak resin, which was then subsequently carbonised and activated to develop a pore structure…”
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Farmer intentional pathways for net zero carbon: Exploring the lock-in effects of forestry and renewables by Barnes, A.P., McMillan, J., Sutherland, L.-A., Hopkins, J., Thomson, S.G.

“…Climate smart farming requires food production to sit alongside practices which sequester greenhouse gas emissions. Given the requirement to meet net zero…”
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Comparing a ‘budge’ to a ‘nudge’: Farmer responses to voluntary and compulsory compliance in a water quality management regime by Barnes, A.P., Toma, L., Willock, J., Hall, C.

“…A set of choice related interventions exist for ‘nudging’ individuals towards socially desirable behaviours. Conversely, regulation, which we refer as…”
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Large-scale decline in offshore seagrass meadows in Bermuda by Murdoch, T. J. T., Glasspool, A. F., Outerbridge, M., Ward, J., Manuel, S., Gray, J., Nash, A., Coates, K. A., Pitt, J., Fourqurean, J. W., Barnes, P. A., Vierros, M., Holzer, K., Smith, S. R.

“…Bermuda is an isolated 5560 ha chain of limestone islands on a 150 000 ha seamount located near 32° N, 64° W. Meadows of tropical and subtropical seagrasses,…”
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Impact of information transfer on farmers’ uptake of innovative crop technologies: a structural equation model applied to survey data by Toma, L., Barnes, A. P., Sutherland, L.-A., Thomson, S., Burnett, F., Mathews, K.

“…This study analyses the impact of the transfer of technological information (among other a priori identified factors) on the uptake of innovative crop…”
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