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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
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Cis‐Vaccenic Acid as a Compositional Marker for Detecting High‐Oleic Seed Oil Adulteration in Avocado Oil

Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of the global avocado oil market has intensified concerns about economic adulteration with lower‐cost, high‐oleic seed oils that resemble the fatty acid specifications of avocado oil. Cis‐vaccenic acid C18:1 (n−7) occurs at higher proportions in avocado oil than in common seed oil adulterants, making it a promising ...
Donpon Wannasin, Selina C. Wang
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Evaluating agroecological farming practices

, 2023
There are a range of definitions for agroecologically-related farming systems and practices. In brief, organic farming places strong restrictions on inputs, agroecological analyses often focus on principles, and regenerative farming typically emphasises the enhancement of soil health and the diversity of agricultural and wild species at a farm-scale ...
Burgess, Paul J., Redhead, John, Girkin, Nicholas T., Deeks, Lynda K., Harris, Jim A., Staley, Joanna T.   +5 more
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Integration of Nutrition and Organic Agriculture Framework in Managing Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Ruminants

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Gastrointestinal nematode infections damage the gastrointestinal epithelial tissues of ruminants, affecting nutrient utilization and overall production performance. This review outlines host‐gastrointestinal nematode interactions and discusses integrated control strategies, including nutritional supplementation, grazing management, vaccines, and ...
Wenxun Chen, Xiangfang Tang, Yimin Zhuang, Shengjun Zhao, Ying Ren, Xiaokang Lv   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biochar‐based fertilizers improve nutrient use efficiency in sunflower grown on a subtropical tidal soil

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving fertilizer use efficiency is essential for reducing environmental pollution, sustaining agricultural production, and maximizing the economic profitability of crop production systems. This study tested the hypothesis that the formulation strategy of biochar‐based fertilizers, rather than nutrient addition alone, is associated with ...
Md. Al‐Amin, Miftahul Jannat Mim, S. M. Mahbubul Alam, Shamim Mia, M. M. Masud, Gopal Saha, Md. Abdul Kader, Keiji Jindo   +7 more
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Government Extension, Agroecology, and Sustainable Food Systems in Belize Milpa Communities

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2020
The sustainability of milpa agriculture, a traditional Mayan farming system in southern Belize, is uncertain. For centuries, the milpa has been a sustainable agriculture system.
Kristin Drexler
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Elaborating the Motivations and Attitudes Driving Interest in Voluntary Biodiversity Credits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global biodiversity loss has prompted the search for new sources of conservation finance, such as voluntary biodiversity credits (VBCs). However, despite optimistic market projections, current uptake of VBCs is limited. Adopting an interpretive approach, we analyse 21 semistructured interviews with early market actors (buyers, sellers ...
Gamze Yakar‐Pritchard, Andrew Greenman, Stacia Stetkiewicz, Bouwe Dijkstra, Frances Bowen, Richard Field   +5 more
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Past and Future of Sustainability Indicator Research in Agribusiness: A Bibliometric and Forecasting Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers a forward‐looking assessment of sustainability indicator research in agribusiness by integrating bibliometric mapping with ARIMA‐based forecasting. Analysing 403 Scopus‐indexed articles, bibliographic‐coupling analysis identifies three contemporary thematic domains: Techno‐Managerial Sustainability, Systemic and ...
Marcelo Kratz Mendes, Olga Cam, Aurora Carneiro Zen, Roger de Bem Jaeger, Daniela Callegaro‐de‐Menezes, Juliana Matos de Meira   +5 more
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Identifying critical incentives for scaling out the adoption of agroecological practices–a systematic review of Peruvian cacao value chains

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
The growing global importance of agroecology highlights the pivotal role public and private sectors play in providing incentives and investments to catalyze behavioural changes and transform food systems.
Jonathan Mockshell, Godfrey Omulo, Collins Asante-Addo, Thea Nielsen Ritter, Marcela Quintero, Roseline Remans   +5 more
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Clarifying the socioeconomic dimensions of agroecology: between principles and practices [PDF]

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2015
ABSTRACTThe concept of agroecology is being mobilized increasingly. However, its socioeconomic dimensions receive little attention from academia. This study helps to clarify the socioeconomic principles of agroecology by first identifying a list of principles in popular and scientific literature and, as a second step, by putting the principles to the ...
Dumont, Antoinette, Vanloqueren, Gaëtan, Stassart, Pierre M, Baret, Philippe V.   +3 more
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