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Nitrogen fixing shade trees in coffee agroforestry: Quantification of nitrogen transfer to the coffee plant [PDF]

, 2019
Nitrogen-fixing shade trees in coffee agroforestry systems are assumed to provide an alternative nitrogen source for the coffee crop when fertilizer applications are low, but the transfer of nitrogen from shade trees to the coffee crop has not yet been ...
Blanchart, Eric, Harmand, Jean-Michel, Van Den Meersche, Karel, Zeller, Bernd   +3 more
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State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
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Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo, Cuthbert Taguta, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tinashe Dirwai, Stanley Liphadzi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +5 more
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Proteomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Quercus ilex–Phytophthora cinnamomi Pathosystem Reveals a Population-Specific Response, Independent of Co-Occurrence of Drought

Biomolecules
Holm oak (Quercus ilex) is considered to be one of the major structural elements of Mediterranean forests and the agrosilvopastoral Spanish “dehesa”, making it an outstanding example of ecological and socioeconomic sustainability in forest ecosystems ...
Tamara Hernández-Lao, Marta Tienda-Parrilla, Mónica Labella-Ortega, Victor M. Guerrero-Sánchez, María-Dolores Rey, Jesús V. Jorrín-Novo, María Ángeles Castillejo-Sánchez   +6 more
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The Art of Reception: Field Visits as Microcosms for Development Interventions of Non‐Governmental Organisations in Uganda

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
wiley   +1 more source

Agroforestry: a key land use system for sustainable food production and public health

Trees, Forests and People
Agroforestry is a climate resilient agricultural land use system that includes trees and woody shrubs. The environmental benefits of agroforestry systems are well known, but their broader contributions to global public health have been understudied. This
Micaela K. Roy, Meredith P. Fort, Rebecca Kanter, Florencia Montagnini   +3 more
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Intensifying Inequality? Gendered Trends in Commercializing and Diversifying Smallholder Farming Systems in East Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019
While the commercialization and diversification of agricultural and livestock systems have been identified as key global strategies for climate change adaptation and mitigation, less is known as to the large-scale gendered impacts that are implicated in ...
Katie Tavenner, Mark van Wijk, Simon Fraval, James Hammond, Isabelle Baltenweck, Nils Teufel, Esther Kihoro, Nicoline de Haan, Jacob van Etten, Jonathan Steinke, David Baines, Pietro Carpena, Tom Skirrow, Todd Rosenstock, Christine Lamanna, Mary Ng'endo, Sabrina Chesterman, Nictor Namoi, Lucas Manda   +18 more
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Oil Palm Agroforestry Can Achieve Economic and Environmental Gains as Indicated by Multifunctional Land Equivalent Ratios

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Driven by increased global demand for vegetable oil in the food and biofuel sectors, oil palm plantations based on monoculture technology have expanded into lowland tropical forests.
Nikmatul Khasanah, Meine van Noordwijk, Meine van Noordwijk, Maja Slingerland, Mohammad Sofiyudin, Dienke Stomph, Adrien F. Migeon, Kurniatun Hairiah   +7 more
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Twenty Years of Working Towards a Sustainable Southeast Asia: 1993 -- 2013 [PDF]

, 2013
The Southeast Asia program first set about testing hypotheses applicable to each of the three ecosystem zones. On the forest margins, the hypothesis was that complex agroforests provided a superior alternative for small-scale farmers to either food-crop ...

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Perennial Legumes Pueraria phaseoloides and Leucaena leucocephala Exhibit High Potential for Fertility Restoration of Degraded Mined Soils in Ghana

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
Revegetating the subsoil layer of abandoned gold mined sites with the perennial legumes Leucaena Leucocephala, Pueraria phaseoloides and Gliricidia sepium without any soil amendments increases the content of soil organic carbon and important macro‐nutrients, which are crucial for restoring soil health and productivity. These improvements in soil health
Enoch Opoku, Beloved Mensah Dzomeku, John Opata, Adam Muhammad Adam, Frank Rasche   +4 more
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