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Agroforestry and ecological intensification [PDF]

Forest@, 2019
The agricultural and forestry sectors are currently facing the dramatic trilemma of producing food, energy and wood for a growing world population, while preserving the environment at the same time.
Paris P, Consalvo C, Rosati A, Mele M, Franca A, Camilli F, Marchetti M   +6 more
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Managing biotic interactions for ecological intensification of agroecosystem [PDF]

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014
Agriculture faces the challenge of increasing food production while simultaneously reducing the use of inputs and delivering other ecosystem services. Ecological intensification of agriculture is a paradigm shift, which has recently been proposed to meet
Sabrina eGaba, François eBretagnolle, François eBretagnolle, Thierry eRigaud, Laurent ePHILIPPOT   +4 more
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Ecological Intensification of Food Production by Integrating Forages

Agronomy, 2021
Forage crops have the potential to serve multiple functions, providing an ecological framework to sustainably intensify food production, i.e., ecological intensification.
José G. Franco, Marisol T. Berti, John H. Grabber, John R. Hendrickson, Christine C. Nieman, Priscila Pinto, David Van Tassel, Valentín D. Picasso   +7 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 ...
Daniel Gaitán-Cremaschi, Laurens Klerkx, Jessica Duncan, Jacques H. Trienekens, Carlos Huenchuleo, Santiago Dogliotti, María E. Contesse, Francisco J. Benitez-Altuna, Walter A.H. Rossing   +8 more
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Wildlife-friendly farming increases crop yield: evidence for ecological intensification [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015
Richard F Pywell, Matthew S Heard, Ben A Woodcock   +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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