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Modelling response of Delottococcus aberiae (De lotto) male captures to pheromone emission rates. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
Using increasing doses of the sex pheromone of D. aberiae, our model revealed that the emission levels to maximize the captures of males ranges from 0.4 to 40 μg/day. Abstract BACKGROUND An invasive mealybug from South Africa identified as Delottococcus aberiae (De Lotto) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is causing severe distortions and fruit size ...
Gavara A, Zarzo M, Bargues JM, Vacas S, Fuertes IN, Navarro-Llopis V.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Food inauthenticity: Authority activities, guidance for food operators, and mitigation tools

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 21, Issue 6, Page 4776-4811, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Historically, food fraud was a major public health concern which helped drive the development of early food regulations in many markets including the US and EU market. In the past 10 years, the integrity of food chains with respect to food fraud has again been questioned due to high profile food fraud cases.
Bert Popping, Neil Buck, Diána Bánáti, Paul Brereton, Steven Gendel, Nevena Hristozova, Sandra Mourinha Chaves, Samim Saner, John Spink, Charon Willis, Daniel Wunderlin   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 462-480, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the potential for restoration approaches, such as agroforestry, to provide benefits to smallholder farmers and biodiversity is essential in developing equitable restoration strategies.
Yara Shennan‐Farpón, Morena Mills, Aline Souza, Katherine Homewood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fictitious commodification and agrarian change: Indigenous peoples and land markets in Highland Ecuador

Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 21, Issue 1, Page 3-24, January 2021., 2021
Abstract Creating private property rights and establishing land markets were fundamental to the historical development of capitalism in the Global North and remain at the centre of capitalist development in the Global South. This article contributes to debates about these processes by analysing the relationship between land markets and indigenous ...
Geoff Goodwin
wiley   +1 more source

Conversion of Andean montane forests into plantations: Effects on soil characteristics, microorganisms, and microarthropods

Biotropica, Volume 52, Issue 6, Page 1142-1154, November 2020., 2020
Abstract Tropical montane forests in the Andes are subjected to deforestation and subsequent transformation into pastures. Abandoned pastures are frequently reforested by planting monoculture timber plantations, resulting in reduced aboveground diversity and changes in soil characteristics compared to primary forests.
Franca Marian, Pablo Ramírez Castillo, Carlos Iñiguez Armijos, Sven Günter, Mark Maraun, Stefan Scheu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A trajetória do programa de produção orgânica da Cotrimaio

Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, 2013
Este trabalho procura indicar a necessidade de superar interpretações lineares e visões deterministas predominantes na análise de programas de conversão à agricultura orgânica.
Ivar José Kreutz, Wilson Schmidt
doaj   +2 more sources

Agricultura familiar orgânica e qualidade de vida. Um estudo de caso em Santa Rosa de Lima, SC, Brasi

Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia, 2023
A Agricultura Familiar Orgânica, ao se apresentar como um sistema produtivo que objetiva a auto-sustentação da propriedade agrícola, a oferta de alimentos saudáveis e a preservação da saúde ambiental e social, questiona as repercussões negativas do ...
Elaine de Azevedo, Wilson Schmidt, Karen Folador Karam   +2 more
doaj  

Relações entre agricultura orgânica e agroecologia: desafios atuais em torno dos princípios da agroecologia

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2012
Neste artigo, exploramos a relação entre Agroecologia e Agricultura Orgânica. O debate na comunidade científica em alguns países e a análise das posições ou discursos de pesquisadores e artigos apontam para distintas combinações, trocas e interações ...
Lucimar Santiago Abreu, Stéphane Bellon, Alfio Brandenburg, Guillame Ollivier, Claire Lamine, Moacir Roberto Darolt, Pascal Aventurier   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Convencionalização na Produção de Sementes na Agricultura Orgânica Brasileira

Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
Resumo: O crescimento da produção orgânica em muitos países está associado à adoção, pelos produtores, de práticas, tecnologias e formas de organização e comercialização encontradas na agricultura convencional.
Antonio Carlos Mendes Parra Filho, Luiz Antonio Cabello Norder, Pedro Jovchelevich, Sakae Kinjo   +3 more
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La investigación y su papel en el desarrollo de la agricultura orgánica [PDF]

, 2003
Conclusiones · Hay una serie de desafíos (agroecológicos, agronómicos, económicos, sociales/institucionales, mercado/comercialización) en la agricultura orgánica donde la investigación debe jugar un papel primordial para fomentar su desarrollo.
Garibay, Salvador V.
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