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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on the Application of Natural Computing in Environmental Informatics [PDF]

, 2018
Natural computing offers new opportunities to understand, model and analyze the complexity of the physical and human-created environment. This paper examines the application of natural computing in environmental informatics, by investigating related work
Kamilaris, Andreas
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How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialized questioning techniques [PDF]

, 2014
Tools for social research are critical for developing an understanding of conservation problems and assessing the feasibility of conservation actions.
Acquisti, Adams, Agrawal, Ana Nuno, Aquilino, Bao, Barber-Meyer, Barton, Blair, Blank, Brace, Bullock, Bunnefeld, Böckenholt, Catania, Chaudhuri, Corstange, Coutts, Cruyff, de Silva, Droitcour, Droitcour, Dykema, Eichhorn, Esponda, Fisher, Freya A.V. St. John, GAO, GAO, Gavin, Glynn, Groenitz, Groves, Holbrook, Hox, Hubbard, Imai, Jackson, Jann, Javeline, Jepson, Jones, Keane, Knapp, Lande, Landsheer, Langhaug, Langhaug, Larson, Lau, Lee, Lensvelt-Mulders, Lindstrom, Linkie, Makkai, Martín-López, Milner-Gulland, Moro, Newing, Nielsen, Nuno, Nuno, Näher, Peeters, Petróczi, Pollock, Pomeroy, Raymond, Razafimanahaka, Roberts, Sandbrook, Sheppard, Simon, Sirken, Sirén, Solomon, St. John, St. John, St. John, Sudman, Thomas, Tian, Tian, Tourangeau, Trappmann, Treves, Treves, Tsuchiya, Underwood, Vakilian, Van den Hout, Vitos, Warner, White, Xie, Yu, Zigerell, Zink   +97 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating the forest - farmland interface in northern Thailand with companion modelling [PDF]

, 2010
The debate about the expansion of agriculture in forest areas and the conservation or reforestation of head watersheds is still going on in montane Southeast Asia but in a rapidly changing context.
Dumrongrojwatthana, Pongchai, Trébuil, Guy   +1 more
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Geospatial Narratives and their Spatio-Temporal Dynamics: Commonsense Reasoning for High-level Analyses in Geographic Information Systems

, 2013
The modelling, analysis, and visualisation of dynamic geospatial phenomena has been identified as a key developmental challenge for next-generation Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Bhatt, Mehul, Wallgruen, Jan Oliver
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Needed Computations Shortcutting Needed Steps [PDF]

, 2015
We define a compilation scheme for a constructor-based, strongly-sequential, graph rewriting system which shortcuts some needed steps. The object code is another constructor-based graph rewriting system. This system is normalizing for the original system
Antoy, Sergio, Johannsen, Jacob, Libby, Steven   +2 more
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Traceability of Agri‐Food Products: The Key to Conscious Trade

Agribusiness, 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, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Michelle Márcia Viana Martins, Marcelo José Braga Nonnenberg, Ruan da Silva Vianna, Carla Cristina Passos Cruz   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing Sustainability Label Effectiveness Through Logo Design Modification: An Analysis of the EU Green Leaf Logo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann, Ching‐Hua Yeh, Matthew Gorton, Barbara Tocco, Áron Török   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source