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Is Circular Also Sustainable? Assessing Circularity and Sustainability to Enhance Legitimacy in Agri‐Food Industry

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agri‐food industry faces major sustainability challenges, requiring a shift in companies' approach. Circular economy principles offer a promising path by enhancing resource efficiency, reducing waste, and valorizing by‐products. However, the integration of sustainability and circularity practices remains limited, especially in developing ...
Maria Elena Latino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal Mudflat Saline Soil Amendment by Dairy Manure and Green Manuring

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agronomy, 2017
Dairy manure or green manuring has been considered as popular organic amendment to cropland in many countries. However, whether dairy manure combined with green manuring can effectively amend mudflat saline soil remains unclear.
Yanchao Bai   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

By‐product of heparin extraction as a sustainable alternative to enhance the use of nitrogen in agriculture

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, EarlyView.
Abstract This study evaluates the potential of a new organic fertilizer derived from porcine intestinal mucosa (designated BHE), a by‐product of the heparin extraction process, as a sustainable nitrogen (N) source for agriculture. The work was conducted in two stages: (i) chemical and spectroscopic characterization of BHE compared with poultry litter ...
Aline Zanquetti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weed suppression by green manure in an agroecological system

open access: yesRevista Ceres, 2015
Green manure promotes efficient suppression of weeds, but green manure species can exhibit distinct behaviors, depending on the environmental conditions.
Katia Maria Garicoix Recalde   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key soil health indicators under humid grazing lands

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
Soil health can be described using a few key soil health indicators that target a diversity of soil functions. This perspective article highlights how forage management affects these soil health indicators in humid‐zone grazing lands. Abstract Background Soil health describes critical soil functions influenced by land management. Although some key soil
Alan J. Franzluebbers
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanistic Insights into Farmland Soil Carbon Sequestration: A Review of Substituting Green Manure for Nitrogen Fertilizer

open access: yesAgronomy
Sustainable agricultural intensification requires innovative approaches to simultaneously enhance productivity and mitigate environmental impacts—a challenge critical to global food security and climate change mitigation.
Pengfei Wang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of nitrogen fertilization and green manure on the economic feasibility of no-tilled wheat in the Cerrado

open access: yesRevista Ceres, 2012
The search for higher profitability in wheat crop with cost reduction technologies that may promote sustainability is an important matter in Brazilian agriculture.
Douglas de Castilho Gitti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evolutionary patterns and structural divergence of CENH3 in legumes: Implications for haploid induction breeding

open access: yesGrassland Research, EarlyView.
From structure to application: evolutionary insights and genome editing strategies for CENH3‐mediated haploid induction in legumes. Abstract Background The centromeric histone variant CENH3 is crucial for chromosome segregation and haploid induction in plants, yet its evolutionary patterns in legumes remain poorly characterized. Methods We investigated
Jialiang Zhou, Kai Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of crop rotation on soil fertility and yield of spring wheat in forest-steppe zone of the Tuva Republic

open access: yesАграрная наука Евро-Северо-Востока, 2016
The results of the study on the effects of crop rotation with different kinds of fallows on spring wheat yield on dark brown soils in forest-steppes of Republic of Tuva are presented.
T. F. Zharova
doaj  

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

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