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Agroecological transitions, between determinist and open ended transitions.
, 2021 Debates around agroecology most often focus on the depth and radicality of the change and relate to different visions of agroecology, which tends to eclipse the ontological relationships of actors (or researchers) to the very 'change process' itself.\ud\udThis book is an endeavor to explicate relationships to change in agroecological transitions ...
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Exploring the Sustainability Landscape of Nature‐Based Solutions in Food Systems
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) offer a pathway toward more resilient food systems. Although previous studies analysed various sustainability benefits of integrating NbS within food systems, the field remains fragmented, with a significant gap in understanding development patterns, emerging research trends at the intersection of NbS, food systems,
Elaheh Jalilzadehazhari
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the cost behavior in organic versus conventional farming to assess economic resilience. Using Spanish FADN data (2015–2021), results show organic farms exhibit higher cost elasticity during output increases and lower elasticity during decreases.
Josep M. Argilés‐Bosch +6 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Bridging the Divide Between Agricultural Economics and the Sustainability Sciences
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is based on several decades of experience engaging in interdisciplinary research and teaching involving agronomists, climate scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and geographers, focused on ensuring the long run sustainability of local and global food systems.
Thomas W. Hertel
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased vertical integration and coordination are defining features of transforming and modernising agricultural value chains in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with important implications for market efficiency and farm‐level transformation.
Joseph Goeb +4 more
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Triple bottom line determinants of inter‐organizational collaboration in the Spanish social economy
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines determinants of inter‐organizational collaboration in social economy organizations through a triple bottom line framework. Using data from 2002 Spanish organizations participating in REAS social balance sheet (2019–2024), we employ generalized linear mixed models to analyse how economic, social and environmental factors ...
Maria Alejandra Millán‐Franco +3 more
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Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
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Key agroecosystems for the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Europe
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Agricultural expansion and intensification are driving amphibian and reptile declines worldwide. However, sustainably managed agroecosystems can support a high diversity of herpetofauna, which play a key role in pest control, reducing crop damage.
Andrea Dalpasso +4 more
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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
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