The response of wheat yield, water productivity, and partial factor productivity of nitrogen to straw return and biochar application: a global meta-analysis. [PDF]
Yang Z +7 more
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel +2 more
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ABSTRACT The last five years of research on sustainability labelling, reported in 175 journal articles, documents its effectiveness in increasing consumer choices of more sustainable food products. Some sustainability labels come out as stronger than others and their impact varies across products, countries, and individual consumers, depending on label
John Thøgersen +2 more
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Alternate partial root zone subsurface drip irrigation increases alfalfa water production function by increasing hay yield, rather than actual crop evapotranspiration. [PDF]
Wang Y, Li Y, Zhang Q, Gao K, Su D.
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Profits, Image, and Sustainability in Plastic Waste Recycling Behavior
ABSTRACT Plastic waste is an environmental and public health concern. In the agricultural sector, plastic waste handling is largely unregulated. Using survey data from horticultural firms, we investigate a previously unexplored relationship between a firm's decision to voluntarily discard recyclable plastic containers and the firm's perception about ...
Yawotse Nouve, Wojciech J. Florkowski
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Gel-immersion cholangioscopy-guided laser lithotripsy for difficult common bile duct stones. [PDF]
Inoue T +5 more
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ABSTRACT Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services, yet it continues to decline due to intensive agriculture, pollution, habitat loss and climate change. Although ecolabels are increasingly used to communicate sustainability attributes and influence consumer choices, their role in addressing biodiversity ...
Marzieh Aminravan +4 more
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Analysis of salt change and desalination effect of saline soil in Xinjiang under the influence of multiple measures. [PDF]
Du L +5 more
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African Twist of Circular Economy: Insights, Policies and Recommendations
ABSTRACT While the circular economy (CE) has gained traction, this paper argues that mainstream CE approaches risk being misaligned in the African context. Drawing on a mixed‐methods synthesis of empirical studies, policy documents and cross‐country examples, the study shows that Africa's CE transition is fragmented and uneven, leaving the continent at
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie +4 more
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Quantifying vegetation canopy interception drivers and runoff effects using a coupled RS-Gash-WEP model. [PDF]
Zhang X, Gong B, Yan S, Wu Z, Zhang W.
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