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Labor-saving agricultural mechanization services and the technical efficiency in agricultural production: evidence from Chinese rural households

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
IntroductionIn the context of accelerating industrialization and urbanization, China’s agricultural production faces challenges such as labor shortages and fragmented land supply.
Danny Cyra Yangchen, Qisong Yang, Mingyong Hong   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soil erodibility in Europe: a high-resolution dataset based on LUCAS [PDF]

, 2014
The greatest obstacle to soil erosion modelling at larger spatial scales is the lack of data on soil characteristics. One key parameter for modelling soil erosion is the soil erodibility, expressed as the K-factor in the widely used soil erosion model ...
Borrelli, P., Panagos, P., Ballabio, C., BALLABIO Cristiano, Panagos P., PANAGOS Panagiotis, Alewell, Christine, Meusburger K., Panagos, Panos, Meusburger, K., Alewell, C., Meusburger, Katrin, Borrelli, Pasqualle, BORRELLI Pasquale, Ballabio, Cristiano, Ballabio C., Borrelli P., MEUSBURGER Katrin, Alewell C., ALEWELL Christine   +19 more
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‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Assessment of Rural Counties Under the Production–Living–Ecological Framework: Evidence from Guangdong, China

Land
This study focuses on 67 counties in Guangdong Province, China, and investigates the spatial distribution patterns, regional differentiation characteristics, and functional zoning of rural areas based on the “Production–Living–Ecological” (PLE ...
Hongping Lian, Yuedong Zhang, Xuezhen Xiong, Wenjing Han   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon sequestration effects of agricultural high-quality development: evidence from China’s high-standard farmland construction

Environmental Research Communications
Based on the perspective of carbon sequestration, this paper selects county-level panel data from China from 2000 to 2017 and uses a Difference-in-Differences (DID) Model to examine the impact of the high-standard basic farmland construction (HSFC) on ...
Yufei Zhou, Qiuguang Hu, Shuqin Li, Minglan Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah, Emmanuel Baffour Gyau, Genanew Bekele Worku, Simplice A. Asongu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital tools for soil stewardship: how Internet access drives farmland conservation in rural China? [PDF]

With the popularization of Internet technology in rural areas, its impact on sustainable agricultural development has become a hot research topic. Based on 1,728 farm household data from 14 provinces (districts), this paper employed the propensity score ...
Xizi Zhai, Yangyang Zheng, Xinrui Gao
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Digital Technologies for Transparent and Sustainable Supply Chain Management: A Resource Orchestration‐Based View in the Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Implementing digital technologies is touted as the next big step for the firms aiming to improve sustainability in their supply chains. These technologies are often credited with the potential to improve transparency and achieve sustainability.
Amna Farrukh, Aqeel Ahmed, Sadaat Yawar
wiley   +1 more source