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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globalization and growing concerns about sustainability have led to improvements in product traceability, quality, and sustainability. Traceability contributes to environmental protection and supports sustainable development by fostering transparency in agricultural practices and encouraging the responsible use of resources.
Scarlett Queen Almeida Bispo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

State of Perception and Knowledge of Bioeconomy in Selected European Universities

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2023
Sustainable bioeconomy is one of the concepts that makes it possible to achieve the European Green Deal. A similar understanding of the term bioeconomy gives the opportunity to simultaneously take proportionate actions leading to the implementation of ...
Niewiadomski Michał   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Assessment of the Bioeconomy and Biomass Sectors in Central and Eastern European Countries

open access: yesAgronomy, 2022
Since the enlargement of the European Union, the CEE (Central and Eastern European) countries have brought a larger share of agricultural and forest land with high potential for biomass and bioenergy.
Ionela Mițuko Vlad, Elena Toma
doaj   +1 more source

What Makes Farmers Aware in Adopting Circular Bioeconomy Practices? Evidence from a Greek Rural Region

open access: yesLand, 2023
Action 2 of the European Union’s Updated Bioeconomy Strategy, i.e., “Deploy local bioeconomies rapidly across Europe”, promotes education and training in all member states.
Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioeconomy in Latin America

open access: yesNew Biotechnology, 2018
This article provides the authors' view on how Latin America has embraced bioeconomy principles in the last two decades with different levels of socio-economic impact. Examples of biodiversity resource valorization in medicine, eco-intensification of agriculture, biotechnology applications in mature sectors such as mining, food and beverage production,
Albert, Sasson, Carlos, Malpica
openaire   +2 more sources

The Evaluation of Factors Affecting Bioeconomy Development Using Transdisciplinary Approach

open access: yesEnvironmental and Climate Technologies, 2019
Bioeconomy is a target that European Union has set to be achieved; however, despite the planning documents, strategies and the financial support already given to promote it, the development of bioeconomy is slow and has not shown any significant ...
Indzere Zane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Bioeconomy–Biodiversity Nexus: Enhancing or Undermining Nature’s Contributions to People?

open access: yesConservation, 2021
Bioeconomy has become fundamental for a post-fossil-resources society, in line with climate change mitigation ambitions. Although it does not have a single, consensual definition, the bioeconomy encompasses various bio-based value chains and economic ...
Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Ulrika Palme
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Palm Oil Extraction and Trends in the Use of Green Technologies: State‐of‐the‐Art and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Palm oil, which is extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of the Elaeis guineensis Jacq. palm tree, is the most widely produced vegetable oil in the world. The extraction of this substance typically utilizes the conventional pressing method, a technique that is advantageous due to its low operating cost and simplified process.
Constantino Lucas Queta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Knowledge Based Agricultural Bioeconomy: A Bibliometric Network Analysis

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
The last ten years have witnessed an increase in publications focusing on bioeconomy as a proposal to confront the global challenges of climate change, depletion of non-renewable resources and ecosystem degradation. This paper investigates the scientific
Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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