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Agriculture, 2021 Due to the growth of the “urban shadow”, farming systems in metropolitan areas (MAs) are characterized by specific environmental, economic, and social pressures. Urbanization pressure and its related threats, as well as the opportunities resulting from a
Wojciech Sroka, Dariusz Żmija
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Modeling the effects of local climate change on crop acreage
California Agriculture, 2016 The impacts of climate change on agriculture depend on local conditions and crops grown. For instance, warmer winter temperatures in a given area would reduce chill hours, potentially cutting yields for some crops but extending the growing season for ...
Hyunok Lee, Daniel A. Sumner
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020 Aim of study: To characterize and analyse the extensive livestock farming systems in environmental protected area and propose strategies for their sustainable improvement.
Francisco A. Ruiz +4 more
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Technical efficiency and productivity of farms: a periurban case study analysis
Agricultural and Food Economics, 2021 Periurban farming systems are characterized by the need to adapt the farming practices coping with a modified natural and social environment. Questions are thus posed on the efficient use of the inputs.
Anna Gaviglio +4 more
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Scientific Opinion on the assessment of dairy cow welfare in small‐scale farming systems
EFSA Journal, 2015 This opinion reviews information on small‐scale dairy cow farming systems in Europe, including the impact of production diseases on welfare of cows, and proposes a methodology for welfare assessment in those systems.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Animal Welfare (AHAW)
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California Agriculture, 2016 The spotted wing drosophila, first detected in California in 2008, has become a major insect pest in caneberries and sweet cherries, causing commercial crop losses.
David R. Haviland +4 more
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To what extent does organic farming rely on nutrient inflows from conventional farming?
Environmental Research Letters, 2013 Organic farming is increasingly recognized as a prototype for sustainable agriculture. Its guidelines ban the use of artificial fertilizers. However, organic farms may import nutrients from conventional farming through material exchanges.
Benjamin Nowak +3 more
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Plant molecular farming: systems and products [PDF]
Plant Cell Reports, 2004 Plant molecular farming is a new and promising industry involving plant biotechnology. In this review, we describe several diverse plant systems that have been developed to produce commercially useful proteins for pharmaceutical and industrial uses. The advantages and disadvantages of each system are discussed. The first plant-derived molecular farming
Horn, M. E. +2 more
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Mixed crop-livestock systems: an economic and environmental-friendly way of farming?
Animal, 2012 Intensification and specialisation of agriculture in developed countries enabled productivity to be improved but had detrimental impacts on the environment and threatened the economic viability of a huge number of farms.
J. Ryschawy +4 more
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2023 Diversification is widely considered to positively influence the environmental sustainability of livestock farming. Multiple options exist to diversify cattle farms, but few have been examined at a systems level for grass-based livestock farms.
D. O’Brien +2 more
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