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Measuring the holistic performance of food and agricultural systems: a systematic review
Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsMeasuring the performance of food and agricultural systems is critical for their transformation towards a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future.
Mary Crossland +12 more
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MAPPING TREES ON FARMLANDS USING OBIA METHOD AND HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATA: A CASE STUDY OF KORAPUT DISTRICT, ODISHA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 Agroforestry is an integrated self-sustainable land use management system that is not only capable of producing food from marginal agricultural land but also capable of maintaining and improving the quality of environment. Accurate assessment of trees on
R. H. Rizvi +3 more
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Crop Yields in European Agroforestry Systems: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Agroforestry is the practice of integrating woody vegetation with crops and/or livestock production in order to strengthen ecological services on farmland and achieve a more multi-functional agricultural system.
V. Ivezić, Yang Yu, W. Werf
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Tree rows in temperate agroforestry croplands alter the composition of soil bacterial communities.
PLoS ONE, 2021 BACKGROUND Tree-based intercropping (agroforestry) has been advocated to reduce adverse environmental impacts of conventional arable cropping. Modern agroforestry systems in the temperate zone are alley-cropping systems that combine rows of fast-growing ...
Lukas Beule, P. Karlovsky
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Smallholder agriculture remains a cornerstone for economic development and poverty reduction in Latin America. Their transition to sustainable agricultural production is critical in the face of the environmental challenges posed by conventional farming practices and is a key pathway to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development ...
Gabriela Carbajo‐Alvarez +2 more
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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 +4 more
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Agroforestery: a profitable land use. Outlines of the 12th North American Agroforestry Conference, Athens, USA, June 4-9, 2011 [PDF]
, 2011 The 12th North American Agroforestry Conference, Agroforestry: A Profitable Land Use, was held June 4-9, 2011 with the Association of Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA). The conference was hosted by the University of Georgia, in Athens.
Sibelet, Nicole
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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 +3 more
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Agroforestry: Design And Management Of Temperate Agroforestry Systems
, 2013 Presentation giving an overview of the key considerations to take into account when designing northern temperate agroforestry systems.
1. Smith, Jo.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural soils offer great potential for carbon sequestration through humus formation. One way to motivate farmers to build up humus is through humus programs. These are still at an early stage of development, poorly explored, and the number of participating farmers is low. Our aim is to explain the heterogeneity of farmers' willingness to
Julia B. Block +2 more
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