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Agroforestry Practices Prevailing in SAARC Countries: A Review

Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2022
Agroforestry systems have been used from a long time ago. The traditional agroforestry concept and knowledge of integration of the trees in the farm have been passed from one generation to another, especially in the South Asian countries.
Yamuna Paudel, Sujita Shrestha
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Can rewards for environmental services benefit the poor? Lessons from Asia

International Journal of the Commons, 2009
Pro-poor rewards for environmental services (RES) link global priorities on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. Emerging approaches to payment for environmental services vary in mechanism and form of payment.
Beria Leimona, Laxman Joshi, Meine van Noordwijk   +2 more
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Linking agrobiodiversity and culture through the adoption of agroforestry practices: The Agroforestry Indigenous Agents [PDF]

, 2020
Agroforestry is the result of a dialectical relationship between humans and the environment, capable of increasing agricultural biodiversity. In the Brazilian Amazon region, Agroforestry Indigenous Agents have been disseminating these practices through ...
Fajardo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Marcia
core  

Measuring the holistic performance of food and agricultural systems: a systematic review

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Measuring the performance of food and agricultural systems is critical for their transformation towards a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future.
Mary Crossland, Ric Coe, Ric Coe, Christine Lamanna, Brian Chiputwa, Levi Orero, Beatrice Adoyo, Sandhya Kumar, Victor Mutugi Mwangi, Edith Anyango, Lisa Elena Fuchs, Anne Kuria, Matthias Geck   +12 more
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Evolution of community forestry in Cameroon: an innovation ecosystems perspective

Ecology and Society, 2019
Cameroon introduced community forestry (CF) in 1994 as a means of improving community engagement in forest management, enhancing forest conservation, and reducing poverty for forest-dependent people.
Peter A. Minang, Lalisa A. Duguma, Florence Bernard, Divine Foundjem-Tita, Zacharie Tchoundjeu   +4 more
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A quantitative appraisal of selected agroforestry studies in the Sub-Saharan Africa

Heliyon, 2022
The multiple ecosystem services and livelihood assets development challenges facing the world, including climate change, land degradation, and high poverty levels, have necessitated cross-cutting solutions.
Kennedy Muthee, Lalisa Duguma, Christine Majale, Monicah Mucheru-Muna, Priscilla Wainaina, Peter Minang   +5 more
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Generative Artificial Intelligence Shaping the Future of Agri‐Food Innovation

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Emerging use cases of generative artificial intelligence in agri‐food innovation. ABSTRACT The recent surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI), typified by models such as GPT, diffusion models, and large vision‐language architectures, has begun to influence the agri‐food sector.
Jun‐Li Xu, Dimitrios Argyropoulos, Tamíris da Costa   +2 more
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A review of agroforestry, precision agriculture, and precision livestock farming—The case for a data-driven agroforestry strategy

Frontiers in Sensors, 2022
Agroforestry can be defined as an agroecosystem whereby soil is used holistically and synergistically by various stakeholders including farmers, livestock, and plants.
Elisa S. Ramil Brick, John Holland, Dimitris E. Anagnostou, Keith Brown, Marc P. Y. Desmulliez   +4 more
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Soil organic carbon and root distribution in a temperate arable agroforestry system [PDF]

, 2013
Aim To determine, for arable land in a temperate area, the effect of tree establishment and intercropping treatments, on the distribution of roots and soil organic carbon to a depth of 1.5 m.
Burgess, Paul J., Upson, Matthew A.
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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source