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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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Forest ecological intensification

Trends in Plant Science, 2019
Ecological intensification aims to counter-balance the negative impacts of agriculture intensification by promoting management interventions that maximize ecosystem services. However, the application of these principles to forestry is still pending.
Montesinos, Daniel
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Social-Ecological Outcomes of Agricultural Intensification [PDF]

Nature Sustainability, 2018
Sustainable land use intensification is now one of the main agendas shaping global development efforts and appears in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a key strategy for ending hunger (SDG2) and achieving sustainable use of ...
Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network, Coolsaet, Brendan   +1 more
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Ecological intensification: bridging the gap between science and practice [PDF]

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2018
There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming can safeguard food production, with accompanying environmental ...
Potts, Simon, n/a, Fijen, Thijs P., Bommarco, Riccardo, Kleijn, David, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, D., Fijen, Thijs P.M., van der Putten, W.H., van der Putten, Wim H., Putten, W.H., van der, Potts, Simon G., Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro, Fijen, Thijs P. M., Fijen, T.P.M.   +14 more
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Enabling ecological intensification of agriculture through policy

Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology, 2018
Ecological intensification is an innovative, knowledge-based approach to agriculture. It combines emerging understanding of how agro-ecosystems function with agronomic knowledge, to manage agricultural ecosystems in a way that secures high yields with ...
Dicks, Lynn, Lynn Dicks
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Prospects for ecological intensification of Australian agriculture

European Journal of Agronomy, 2013
World population growth, changing diets and limited opportunities to expand agricultural lands will drive agricultural intensification in the decades ahead.
McIntosh, PC (15482237), Robertson, MJ (15515357), Bell, LW (15511577), Carberry, PS (15486140), Hochman, Z (15603674), Gaydon, DS (15540782)   +5 more
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A Methodological Approach to Process Intensification [PDF]

, 2000
A methodological approach to process intensification (PI) has been developed to aid in the design of intensified chemical processes. Current process development procedures fail to consider if, and how, a chemical process can be intensified, resulting ...
Wood, Mark D.
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Dissolution Behavior of Al₂O₃ Inclusions in CaO-Al₂O₃ Based Slag Representing Aluminothermic Reduction Slag

Crystals, 2020
In the preparation of CuCr alloy using the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS)-metallurgy method, the dissolution of alumina in molten slag has an important influence in two key steps: aluminum thermal reduction and slag refining.
Guan-Yong Shi, Ting-An Zhang, Zhi-He Dou, Li-Ping Niu   +3 more
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Rural livelihood diversity and its influence on the ecological intensification potential of smallholder farms in Kenya [PDF]

, 2021
Smallholder farmers represent the majority of food producers around the world, yet they are often the most at risk of suffering yield gaps and not achieving their production potential.
George Oduor, Ouvrard, David, Wanja Kinuthia, Odour, George, Oduor, George, Monica K. Kansiime, Garratt, Michael, Kinuthia, Wanja, David Ouvrard, Kansime, Monica K., Idah Mugambi, Joseph Mulema, Duncan Chacha, Mulema, Joseph, Chacha, Duncan, Girling, Robbie D., Garratt, Michael P. D., Mugambi, Idah, Michael P. D. Garratt, Robbie D. Girling, Kansiime, Monica K.   +20 more
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