Growing green money? Mapping community currencies for sustainable development [PDF]
, 2013 Parallel sustainable monetary systems are being developed by civil society groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), informed by ecological economics perspectives on development, value, economic scale and growth, and responding to the ...
Longhurst, Noel, Seyfang, Gill
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 Organic agriculture is one of the most widely known alternative production systems advocated for its benefits to soil, environment, health and economic well-being of farming communities. Rapid increase in the market demand for organic products presents a
A. Riar +4 more
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Environmental Science and Technology, 2020 Cropping system diversification can reduce the negative environmental impacts of agricultural production, including soil erosion and nutrient discharge.
N. Hunt +3 more
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Economic sustainability and risk efficiency of organic versus conventional cropping systems [PDF]
, 2006 Environmental, social and economic attributes are important for the sustainability of a farming system. Resilience is also important yet has seldom been directly considered in evaluations of economic sustainability.
Flaten, O, Hardaker, J B, Lein, G
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Fuel supply chain analysis of Turkey [PDF]
, 2007 In spite of its natural sources, Turkey depends on other countries in terms of energy production, and a transfer from conventional fossil sources to sustainable energy sources is strongly necessary.
Dumanli, Ahu Gumrah +5 more
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Active targeting schemes for nano-drug delivery systems in osteosarcoma therapeutics
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2023 Osteosarcoma, the most common malignant tumor of the bone, seriously influences people’s lives and increases their economic burden. Conventional chemotherapy drugs achieve limited therapeutic effects owing to poor targeting and severe systemic toxicity ...
Pengzhi Shi +6 more
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Productivity and Profitability of a Cotton-based Production System under Organic and Conventional Management in India [PDF]
, 2013 The debate on the relative benefits of conventional and organic farming systems is more topical than ever. The achievements of conventional high-input agriculture were largely brought about at the cost of deteriorating soil fertility; furthermore, they ...
Andres, Christian +5 more
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Assessment of a satellite power system and six alternative technologies [PDF]
, 1981 The satellite power system is assessed in comparison to six alternative technologies. The alternatives are: central-station terrestrial photovoltaic systems, conventional coal-fired power plants, coal-gasification/combined-cycle power plants, light water
Habegger, L. S. +5 more
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The use of gross and net margins in the economic analysis of organic farms [PDF]
, 2002 This paper was presented at the UK organic research 2002 of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). In order to assess the technical and economic efficiency of conventional farm businesses a variety of management techniques have been developed ...
Firth, Chris
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Sustainability of conventional agriculture and conservation agriculture in small-scale cotton-based regions in west and central Africa : lessons from northern Cameroon [PDF]
, 2010 Sustainability of agricultural practices is a suitable concept to evaluate both agronomic and economic performances of conventional agriculture and conservation agriculture.
Balarabe, Oumarou +2 more
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