Agroecology Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Rural Economy: Obstacles and Strategic Interventions [PDF]
Globally, agroecology entrepreneurial undertakings are crucial in mitigating environmental susceptibility to climate change and fostering economic resilience, particularly in vulnerable regions.
Ishmael Iwara, Beata Kilonzo
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Soil health assessment using buried cotton underpants with the help of 1000 citizen scientists
Soil is a vital resource for life on Earth. Although many soils are degraded, societal awareness of soil‐related issues is limited. To highlight soil as a key resource and fascinating study system, we initiated a citizen science project together with 1000 participants investigating soil health across Switzerland using buried cotton underpants.
S. Franz Bender +258 more
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Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury +35 more
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Handbook on agroecology : farmer’s manual on sustainable practices [PDF]
“This Handbook on Agroecology: Farmers' Manual on Sustainable Practices is third in the series of booklets on Agroecology for small and marginal farmers, brought out by the Focus on the Global South in partnership with the Rosa Luxemberg Stiftung (RLS),
George, P. T., Jafri, Afsar
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Responsible agrivoltaics in temperate Europe: Making systems work for plants, people, and climate
Conceptual framework illustrating the three conditions for responsible AV in temperate regions: sustained plant productivity across rotations, preservation of soil and hydrological integrity, and social license for landscape integration. Multi‐site European evidence highlights how design choices shape trade‐offs among these dimensions.
Maryam Rahimi Jahangirlou +13 more
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Characterizing Agroecology in North Africa, a Review of 88 Sustainable Agriculture Projects
Agroecology refers to the greening of agrosystems with the mobilization of ecosystem services in order to limit exogenous inputs, enhance biodiversity and moderate the exploitation of natural resources.
Mélanie Requier-Desjardins +2 more
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Citizen Science for Individual Identification of Pine Martens Martes martes From Camera Trap Footage
Camera traps generate large volumes of wildlife footage, but identifying animals to the individual level remains challenging and time‐consuming. Using European pine martens in the Forest of Dean as a case study, we assessed whether citizen scientists could identify individuals from camera trap photos and videos.
Sian E. Green +4 more
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina
ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato +2 more
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Social justice in agroecology: co-creating equitable spaces for asylum seekers' participation in Dutch Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms [PDF]
openAgroecology has gained global prominence as a framework for transforming food systems through ecological and social justice practices. Although it originated as an academic approach to applying ecological principles to agriculture, its meanings have ...
DONDIEGO, MARTINA
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ABSTRACT The global food system faces sustainability, safety, and equity challenges. Agroecological practises offer solutions through sustainable production and resource conservation. This study examines apricot producers' willingness to adopt agricultural practises in Malatya, Türkiye, focusing on their attitudes, behaviours and the factors ...
Deniz Sarica, Seydanur Albayrak
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