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Using co-constructed mental models to understand stakeholder perspectives on agro-ecology
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020 Agro-ecology has been recognized as a potential route to realizing the multiple economic, social, and environmental benefits increasingly required of agricultural systems.
Freddy van Hulst +3 more
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HeliyonMilk at a normal state has unique physical, chemical, and biological characteristics that are used as quality indicators. The quality of milk is influenced by many factors and the components of milk are very sensitive indicators for milk production ...
Alem Tadesse +5 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 The indigenous chicken production system (ICPS) has several use values and ecosystem services. In the last few years, ICPS has been recognized for its possible contribution to household food security, income generation, wildlife protection, and bettering
Mahak Singh +13 more
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Agro-ecology in action: The environmental oasis projects [PDF]
Environmental Economics, 2019 Agro-ecology is now considered as an alternative model to the industrial agricultural model. Faced with the limitations of conventional production models, agro-ecology is emerging today as a possible response to the challenges of the 21st century: food ...
Emmanuelle Reynaud +2 more
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Agro-ecology science relates to economic development but not global pesticide pollution
Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 Synthetic pesticides are core features of input-intensive agriculture and act as major pollutants driving environmental change. Agroecological science has unveiled the benefits of biodiversity for pest control, but research implementation at the farm ...
Thomas Wanger, Wenwu Zhou, Yanhui Lu
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Analysis of long-term gully dynamics in different agro-ecology settings
Catena, 2019 Gully erosion is one of the main causes of land degradation, particularly in the drought-prone regions of Ethiopia. This study assessed spatio-temporal changes of gully length and density in watershed pairs in Guder, Aba Gerima, and Dibatie sites, which ...
Enyew Adgo +2 more
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American Journal of Climate Change, 2017 Climate change is impacting climate sensitive rural livelihood systems. Exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity of agricultural livelihoods to climate variability and change differ across agro-ecologies and these pose a challenge to climate ...
Paulos Asrat
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2018 Agricultural landscapes offer unique habitats for many species. Because agriculture is a major land use worldwide, changes in farming practices can have major repercussions for biodiversity.
Yanniek Schoonhoven, Hens Runhaar
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Agronomy, 2017 Adaptation can be a key factor that will shape the future severity of climate change impacts on food production. The objective of this study was to assess the suitability of an agro-ecological approach based on various techniques as potential adaptation ...
Mariangela Diácono +2 more
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Transition from conventional to agroecological systems, case study of Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2022 The main objective of the research is to analyze the possibility of introducing the agro-ecological concept through appropriate agro-ecological measures in agricultural policy of Bosnia and Hercegovina. For this purpose, theoretical and empirical studies
Mićić Gvozden +3 more
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