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Farmers’ perceived pathways for further intensification of push-pull systems in Western Kenya

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Push-pull technology provides farmers in East Africa with an eco-friendly strategy that increases crop yield and household income in smallholder cereal systems by controlling pests and improving soil health. Though promising for a sustainably intensified
Sylvia Imbuhila Buleti, Shem Kuyah, Adewole Olagoke, Adewole Olagoke, Moses Gichua, Samuel Were, Frank Chidawanyika, Frank Chidawanyika, Emily A. Martin   +8 more
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Mapping tree species distribution in support of China's integrated tree-livestock-crop system

Circular Agricultural Systems, 2021
The primary challenge of the contemporary world is to meet accelerating requirements for food. Limited land, competition between crop and livestock farming and climate change are major challenges.
Sailesh Ranjitkar, Dengpan Bu, Nani Maiya Sujakhu, Marius Gilbert, Timothy P. Robinson, Roeland Kindt, Jianchu Xu   +6 more
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Ecological and economic benefits of integrating sheep into viticulture production [PDF]

, 2017
The integration of crop and livestock systems has been recognized for its potential to reduce the environmental impacts associated with agriculture and improve farmer livelihoods.
Garrett, Rachael, Niles, Meredith T, Walsh, Drew   +2 more
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Inter-linkages among various components of dairy based farming systems in Mizoram State

The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Farming system approach has been widely recognized and advocated as one of the tools for harmonious use of inputs and their compounded response to make the production system sustainable.
Lalrinsangpuii Lalrinsangpuii, Malhotra R   +1 more
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Dataset for describing the diversity of household farming systems and the degree of crop-livestock diversification and integration in the Western part of Nile valley (Egypt)

Data in Brief, 2020
The CLIMED household farm dataset comes from a data collection conducted from 2013 to 2014 in five zones of the New Reclaimed Lands in the western part of the Nile Delta (Egypt). The main objective was to describe the diversity of household farms’ assets
Xavier Juanes, Véronique Alary, Mona A. Osman, Adel Aboul-Naga   +3 more
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GREEN AGRICULTURE AND BLUE WATER IN CHINA: REINTEGRATING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION FOR CLEAN WATER [PDF]

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2021
<List> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>• AGD aims for a green environment, sustainable agriculture and clean water.</p></ItemContent></ListItem> <ListItem><ItemContent><p>• Presenting ...
Maryna STROKAL, Annette B.G. JANSSEN, Xinping CHEN, Carolien KROEZE, Fan LI, Lin MA, Huirong YU, Fusuo ZHANG, Mengru WANG
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Biomass yield of oat cultivars under different cutting management systems

Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical, 2012
In the crop-livestock integration system, improper oat management can result in low biomass yield. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cutting management systems on the biomass yield of five oat cultivars with potential use in the crop-livestock ...
José Valdir Demétrio, Antonio Carlos Torres da Costa, Paulo Sérgio Rabello de Oliveira   +2 more
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Reconsidering Integrated Crop–Livestock Systems in North America [PDF]

Agronomy Journal, 2007
Although integrated crop–livestock systems have been employed globally for millennia, in the past century, farmers in North America have tended toward increased specialization. There is renewed interest in reintegrating crops and livestock because of concerns about natural resource degradation, the profitability and stability of farm income, long‐term ...
Michael P. Russelle, Martin H. Entz, Alan J. Franzluebbers   +2 more
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Resilience of an Integrated Crop–Livestock System to Climate Change: A Simulation Analysis of Cover Crop Grazing in Southern Brazil

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Integrated crop–livestock systems are a form of sustainable intensification of agriculture that rely on synergistic relationships between plant and animal system elements to bolster critical agroecosystem processes, with potential impacts on resilience ...
Caitlin A. Peterson, Lindsay W. Bell, Paulo C. de F. Carvalho, Amélie C. M. Gaudin   +3 more
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A dataset for sustainability assessment of agroecological practices in a crop-livestock farming system

Data in Brief, 2021
This article presents data designed by European researchers who performed a literature review and interpreted the results to determine impact factors of many agroecological practices on a wide variety of sustainability indicators.
Julia Jouan, Matthieu Carof, Rim Baccar, Nathalie Bareille, Suzanne Bastian, Delphine Brogna, Giovanni Burgio, Sébastien Couvreur, Michał Cupiał, Marc Dufrêne, Benjamin Dumont, Philippe Gontier, Anne-Lise Jacquot, Jarosław Kański, Serena Magagnoli, Joanna Makulska, Guénola Pérès, Aude Ridier, Thibault Salou, Fabio Sgolastra, Anna Szeląg-Sikora, Sylwester Tabor, Barbara Tombarkiewicz, Andrzej Węglarz, Olivier Godinot   +24 more
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