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Ecological Intensification of Food Production by Integrating Forages [PDF]

Agronomy, 2021
Forage crops have the potential to serve multiple functions, providing an ecological framework to sustainably intensify food production, i.e., ecological intensification.
John Hendrickson, John Grabber, Marisol Berti   +2 more
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Sustainability transition pathways through ecological intensification: an assessment of vegetable food systems in Chile

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
Ecological intensification has been proposed as a promising lever for a transition towards more sustainable food systems. Various food systems exist that are based on ecological intensification and may have potential for a sustainability transition ...
Santiago Dogliotti, Daniel Gaitan Cremaschi, Laurens Klerkx   +2 more
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Institutional Context of Pest Management Science in the Global South

Plants, 2023
The natural sciences are receiving increasing attention in the Global South. This timely development may help mitigate global change and quicken an envisioned food system transformation.
Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Buyung A. R. Hadi
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Agronomic performance of soybean crops under integrated production systems in the Southwestern Brazilian Amazon biome [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2020
Soybean is an alternative crop to be used in intensified land use systems and recovery of degraded areas in Brazil. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic performance of soybean crops under integrated production systems in the ...
Rodrigo da S. Ribeiro, Alexandre M. A. dos Passos, Andreia M. Aker   +2 more
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Farmers in the transition toward sustainability: what is the role of their entrepreneurial identity?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionThe European Union has recently prompted a shift toward Ecological Intensification (EI) practices, aiming to harmonize agricultural productivity and environmental conservation.
Eleonora Sofia Rossi, Valentina C. Materia, Francesco Caracciolo, Emanuele Blasi, Stefano Pascucci   +4 more
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Cover Crops and Manure Combined with Commercial Fertilizers Differently Affect Yield and Quality of Processing Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Organically Grown in Puglia

Agriculture, 2021
Nitrogen is crucial for the productivity of agricultural systems, although there is a growing demand for alternative cultural practices that reduce the off-farm inputs of this fertilizer.
Mariano Fracchiolla, Massimiliano Renna, Miriana Durante, Giovanni Mita, Francesco Serio, Eugenio Cazzato   +5 more
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Study on physical properties of Al2O3-based slags used for the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) – metallurgy method

High Temperature Materials and Processes, 2022
The Al2O3-based slags are playing important roles in the preparation of Cu–Cr alloy through self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) – Metallurgy method.
Shi Guan-yong, Zhang Ting-an, Niu Li-ping, Dou Zhi-he   +3 more
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Species Enriched Grass–Clover Pastures Show Distinct Carabid Assemblages and Enhance Endangered Species of Carabid Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Compared to Continuous Maize

Land, 2023
There is an urgent global need for the ecological intensification of agricultural systems to reduce negative impacts on the environment while meeting the rising demand for agricultural products.
Henriette Beye, Friedhelm Taube, Tobias W. Donath, Jan Schulz, Mario Hasler, Tim Diekötter   +5 more
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Landscape Structure Is a Major Driver of Bee Functional Diversity in Crops

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Land-use change is having a negative effect on pollinator communities, and these changes in community structure may have unexpected impacts on the functional composition of those communities. Such changes in functional composition may impact the capacity
Jeferson G. E. Coutinho, Jeferson G. E. Coutinho, Juliana Hipólito, Juliana Hipólito, Juliana Hipólito, Rafaela L. S. Santos, Rafaela L. S. Santos, Eduardo F. Moreira, Danilo Boscolo, Danilo Boscolo, Blandina F. Viana, Blandina F. Viana   +11 more
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Case study of innovations in commercial West African family fish farming that led to an ecological intensification

Aquatic Living Resources, 2022
Original fish-farming developments occur in west-central and south-western Côte d’Ivoire and in the forest area of the Republic of Guinea. Oreochromis niloticus and Heterotis niloticus are the main species produced in dam ponds with little or no feeding.
Lethimonnier Delphine, Bentz Barbara, Mikolasek Olivier, Oswald Marc   +3 more
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