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Integrated farming system-A means of improving farmers’ well-being in the wetland ecosystem of Bangladesh

Farming System
The wetland ecosystem (Haor) experiences recurrent flooding, which disrupts agricultural activities and impacts farmers' livelihoods annually. Addressing these challenges through integrated farming systems (IFSs) such as Crop ​+ ​Livestock ​+ ​Homestead ...
Saifun Akter, Jasim Uddin Ahmed, Ismat Ara Begum, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Kanij Fatema, Asif Mahmud, Shijun Ding, Mohammad Jahangir Alam   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

ADVANCING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN INTEGRATED CROP LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS: PATHWAYS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) represent a holistic framework for achieving sustainable agricultural production by improving nutrient cycling, enhancing soil fertility, and mitigating environmental degradation. This review synthesizes current
Nazir Khan Mohammadi*, Arabzai Gul Mohammad**, Niaz Mohammad Inqilabi***   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How farming and forestry converge: enhancing the interface between agricultural production, and tree biomass/bioenergy systems to improve farm-scale productivity in Western Australia

, 2013
Shifting government policies and degrading terms of trade are leading to a range of tree biomass related options competing with food production on agricultural lands, including bioenergy, forestry, conservation legislation, and carbon biosequestration ...
McHenry, M.P.
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Revealing the Bacteriome in Crop–Livestock–Forest Integration Systems in the Cerrado of MATOPIBA, Brazil

Sustainable agriculture relies on effective soil management, making it crucial to assess soil health, especially in areas of agricultural expansion, such as the Cerrado in the MATOPIBA region. Sustainable strategies, such as integrated production systems
Michelli Inácio Gonçalves Funnicelli, Natália Sarmanho Monteiro Lima, Henrique Antunes de Souza, Edvaldo Sagrilo, Camila Cesário Fernandes Sartini, Flavio Favaro Blanco, Maria Laiane do Nascimento Silva, Raimundo Bezerra de Araújo Neto, Hosana Aguiar de Freitas Andrade, Luiz Fernando Carvalho Leite, Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos, José Oscar Lustosa de Oliveira Junior, Paulo Sarmanho da Costa Lima, Daniel Guariz Pinheiro, Daiane Conceição de Sousa   +14 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of livestock into conservation agriculture systems in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa

African Journal of Range & Forage Science
Within the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa, the livestock sector constitutes a substantial contributor to the regional economy. Livestock integration is prevalent in conservation agriculture systems in this region.
P. Swanepoel, Hendrik P. J. Smit
semanticscholar   +1 more source

DOES CROP-LIVESTOCK INTEGRATION LEAD TO IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTION IN THE SAVANNA OF WEST AFRICA?

, 2010
SUMMARYIntegrated crop-livestock farming in the Guinea savanna of West Africa is often assumed to lead to synergies between crop and livestock production, thereby improving the overall productivity and resilience of agricultural production. Whether these
E. D. BERKHOUT, G. NZIGUHEBA, A. C. FRANKE, J. DIELS, E. N. O. IWUAFOR, G. DERCON, I. VANDEPLAS   +6 more
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When Do Robots Go Green? Unveiling Mechanisms, Thresholds, and Spillovers of Industrial Robotics on Global Ecological Capacity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between industrial robotics adoption and ecological capacity, measured by biocapacity, using panel data from 50 countries over the period 2000–2024. We investigate the transmission mechanisms, non‐linearities, spatial spillovers, and heterogeneity characterizing this relationship.
Brahim Bergougui, Hamid Ghazi H. Sulimany   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Productivity and Emissions in Italian Agriculture: A Farm‐Level Efficiency Analysis

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving the European Union climate‐neutrality objectives requires metrics that jointly assess farm productivity and greenhouse gas emissions at a granular level. However, harmonized evidence for benchmarking the productivity–emissions nexus of Italian farms remains limited.
Giulio Fusco, Yari Vecchio, Margherita Masi, Michele Borgia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source