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Revamping Ecosystem Services through Agroecology—The Case of Cereals

Agriculture, 2021
Globally, farming systems are mostly dominated by monoculture, which has the advantage of profitability at the expense of ecological systems. Recent years have witnessed an increasing momentum in global efforts to deploy sustainable agriculture practices
Gomathy Sethuraman, Nurul Amalina Mohd Zain, Sumiani Yusoff, Yin Mei Ng, Niranjan Baisakh, Acga Cheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Impact of Sustainability in Wine Sector: A Systematic Literature Review

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability has become a key issue in the wine sector, raising questions about its compatibility with firms' economic performance. Despite growing attention to environmental and social practices, evidence on their economic implications remains fragmented.
Valentina Di Chiara, Eugenio Pomarici, Leonardo Cei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indicators used by EU policies do not sufficiently match those needed to expand agroecology

Ecological Indicators
Agroecology is key for developing more sustainable food systems. Yet, the ability of public policies to support agroecology expansion remains uncertain.
Cian Blaix, Cecilia Zagaria, Elizabeth A. Finch, Guy Pe’er, Bertrand Dumont, Clelia Sirami   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

L’agro-écologie au Brésil, un instrument genré de luttes sociales

L'Ordinaire des Amériques, 2016
From the analysis of struggles for land, for agroecology and for the recognition of productive and reproductive work of rural women, we show how agroecology is thought as a movement of gender identities construction and as a precious instrument of ...
Hélène Guétat-Bernard, Heloïse Prévost   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Agroecology

Agroecology represents a paradigm for just transitions in food systems amidst global ecological, economic, and health related crises. It has gained international prominence and legitimacy in the realms of science, practice, and social movements. Based on principles developed through the study of peasant agriculture and indigenous and regional foodways,
Colin R. Anderson, Claire Lamine, Martha Caswell   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Not yet at the table: The absence of food culture and tradition in agroecology literature

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2020
This review of agroecology’s current work on culture and food traditions—a principle of the field and one of the FAO’s 10 Elements of Agroecology—reveals two things.
Caitlin B. Morgan, Amy B. Trubek
doaj   +1 more source

Supply Chain Innovations for Food Waste and Loss: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Food waste and loss (FWL) remains a critical challenge across food supply chains (SCs) globally, with approximately one‐third of all food produced for human consumption discarded or lost each year. This study systematically reviews how supply chain innovation (SCI) can mitigate FWL.
Ilias Vlachos
wiley   +1 more source

Grassroots agroecology advocates challenge funding objectives focused on U.S. Department of Agriculture

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
First paragraphs: In the spring of 2023, members of the organiza­tions in La Via Campesina’s North America region who participate in the Seeds, Agroecology, and Biodiversity Collective became aware of plans for a summit on agroecology to take place in
Mollie Wills, J. Antonio Tovar-Aguilar, Patti Naylor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source