Results 31 to 40 of about 6,727,883 (339)

Are Consumers Aware of Sustainability Aspects Related to Edible Insects? Results from a Study Involving 14 Countries

Sustainability, 2022
In recent years, edible insects have been suggested as an alternative food that is more sustainable compared with other sources of animal protein. However, knowledge about the sustainability aspects associated with this source of food may play a role in ...
R. Guiné, Sofia G. Florença, O. Anjos, N. M. Boustani, C. Chuck‐Hernández, M. Sarić, Manuela Ferreira, C. Costa, E. Bartkienė, A. P. Cardoso, M. Tarcea, Paula Correia, S. Campos, M. Papageorgiou, Daniel Abarquero Camino, M. Korzeniowska, Maša Černelič-Bizjak, Z. Kruma, E. Damarlı, Vanessa Ferreira, I. Djekic   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Avenues for improving farming sustainability assessment with upgraded tools, sustainability framing and indicators. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2021
The sustainability of agriculture is questioned due to major negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. To improve the state of agriculture, various management changes have been proposed.
P. Chopin, C. Mubaya, K. Descheemaeker, I. Öborn, G. Bergkvist   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Antimicrobial Properties of Antidepressants and Antipsychotics—Possibilities and Implications

Pharmaceuticals, 2021
The spreading of antibiotic resistance is responsible annually for over 700,000 deaths worldwide, and the prevision is that this number will increase exponentially.
Marina Caldara, Nelson Marmiroli
doaj   +1 more source

Sabotage at the Powerhouse? Unraveling the Molecular Target of 2-Isopropylbenzaldehyde Thiosemicarbazone, a Specific Inhibitor of Aflatoxin Biosynthesis and Sclerotia Development in Aspergillus flavus, Using Yeast as a Model System

Molecules, 2019
Amongst the various approaches to contain aflatoxin contamination of feed and food commodities, the use of inhibitors of fungal growth and/or toxin biosynthesis is showing great promise for the implementation or the replacement of conventional pesticide ...
Cristina Dallabona, Marianna Pioli, Giorgio Spadola, Nicolò Orsoni, Franco Bisceglie, Tiziana Lodi, Giorgio Pelosi, Francesco Maria Restivo, Francesca Degola   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Application of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment in the Construction Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Processes, 2021
This paper reviews actual sustainability assessments in the construction sector to define whether and how a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is applied and interpreted in this sector today. This industry has large shares in global energy (33%),
Jana Gerta Backes, M. Traverso
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nanomaterials Induced Genotoxicity in Plant: Methods and Strategies

Nanomaterials, 2022
In recent years, plant-nanomaterial interactions have been studied, highlighting their effects at physiological and molecular levels. Transcriptomics and proteomics studies have shown pathways and targets of nanomaterial exposure and plant response, with
Marta Marmiroli, Nelson Marmiroli, Luca Pagano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic responses to sustainability reporting regulation and multiple stakeholder demands: an analysis of the Spanish EU non-financial reporting directive transposition

Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 2022
Purpose This paper aims to study companies’ strategic responses to regulative institutional pressures on sustainability reporting. Particularly, it investigates the role of multiple stakeholder demands in shaping corporate responses to Law 11/2018 that ...
Rosa Esteban-Arrea, Nicolas Garcia‐Torea   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Soil Arthropod Responses in Agroecosystem: Implications of Different Management and Cropping Systems

Agronomy, 2020
The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2014–2020) on soil management points to the combination of sustainable food production with environmental protection, reduction of CO2 emissions, and safeguarding of soil biodiversity.
Cristina Menta, Federica Delia Conti, Carlos Lozano Fondón, Francesca Staffilani, Sara Remelli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pursuing the SDG11 Targets: The Role of the Sustainability Protocols

Sustainability, 2021
This paper is built on the following research questions: (i) What are the direct/indirect relationships between Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) and sustainability protocols?
F. Abastante, I. Lami, Marika Gaballo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Short-Term Effects of the EU Nitrate Directive Reintroduction: Reduced N Loads to River from an Alluvial Aquifer in Northern Italy

Hydrology, 2022
The Po Plain (northern Italy) is one of the largest aquifers in Europe, and 67% of the utilized agricultural land in this area is classified as a nitrate vulnerable zone (NVZ). However, it hosts intensive agriculture and livestock farming.
Edoardo Severini, Marco Bartoli, Monica Pinardi, Fulvio Celico   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source