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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Agroecological Performance Toward Sustainable Agriculture of Beni Municipality, Myagdi, Nepal

AgroEnvironmental Sustainability
This study assessed the effectiveness of agroecological farming practices in Beni municipality, Myagdi district, Nepal, by surveying 150 households.
Pratima Regmi, Dhurba Banjade, Subodh Khanal, Bandana Paudel, Manisha Khatri, Asmi Poudel, Dipak Khanal, Aman Shrestha, Laxmi Prasad Joshi   +8 more
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Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agroecological practices for climate change mitigation

, 2023
Agroecology can be defined as an integrated approach to agriculture and food systems, combining ecological and social principles to agricultural management and food systems design.
De Notaris, Chiara
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Agroecological practices supporting food production and reducing food insecurity in developing countries [PDF]

, 2020
This report represents the initial effort to structure existing knowledge about agroecology as farming and food system in support of the EC Knowledge Centre on Food and Nutrition Security (https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/global-food-nutrition ...
COLBERT Edd, JUSTES Eric, BEZNER KERR Rachel, MADSEN Sidney, ADU ASIEDUWAA Gladys, ZINGARI Pier Carlo, PARACCHINI Maria-Luisa, HÉRAUT Antonin, SORGE Matt, SCOPEL Eric, BHÉRER-BRETON Paul, KAHANE Remi, KAPALLA Devin, WEZEL Alexander, MAES Olivier, BUCKLEY Ryan, NEGRE Thierry   +16 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

Better safe than sorry? European farmers’ perceptions on agroecological practices: a theory of planned behaviour case study

Frontiers in Agronomy
Adoption rates of agroecological farming practices remain low amongst European farmers and vary from country to country, despite European or national policies aimed at achieving ‘sustainable agriculture’.
Antonio Paparella, Jacques-Aristide Perrin, James Henty Williams, Bettina Wenzel, Massimiliano Borrello, Hella Kehlenbeck, Julian Winkler, Luigi Cembalo, Samantha M. Cook, Velemir Ninkovic, Aurélie Ferrer, Teresa Del Giudice, Alexander Wezel   +12 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Agroecological practices in a context of climate change in Africa

, 2015
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Debray, Valentine
openaire   +2 more sources