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The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Potential of legume-cereal intercropping for increasing yields and yield stability for self-sufficiency with animal fodder in organic farming

Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2014
Intercropping of grain legumes and cereals is a promising theme in organic farming for its potential for increasing and stabilizing yields, reducing weed pressure and sustaining plant health.
Igor HUŇADY, Miroslav HOCHMAN
doaj   +1 more source

Economic and environmental analysis of the introduction of legumes in livestock farming systems [PDF]

, 2006
Legumes in low input systems are becoming increasingly important. The socioeconomic implication of the adoption of novel legumes species has been assessed in sheep and dairy cattle grazing systems in Europe using a biological model which has been linked ...
Reveredo Giha, C, Toma, L, Topp, C F E, Wu, L   +3 more
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A comparison between legume technologies and fallow, and their effects on maize and soil traits, in two distinct environments of the West African savannah [PDF]

, 2008
Legume¿maize rotation and maize nitrogen (N)-response trials were carried out simultaneously from 1998 to 2004 in two distinct agro-ecological environments of West Africa: the humid derived savannah (Ibadan) and the drier northern Guinea savannah (Zaria).
Franke, A.C., Laberge, G., Oyewole, B.D., Schulz, S., Tobe, O.   +4 more
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Plant growth-promoting actinobacteria: a new strategy for enhancing sustainable production and protection of grain legumes

3 Biotech, 2017
Grain legumes are a cost-effective alternative for the animal protein in improving the diets of the poor in South-East Asia and Africa. Legumes, through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, meet a major part of their own N demand and partially benefit the ...
A. Sathya, R. Vijayabharathi, S. Gopalakrishnan   +2 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ovaries with different heterozygosity levels of their genotypes have equal chances to reach maturity on a buckwheat plant: Is it the main condition for the start of the evolution toward selfing?

Труды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции
Background. Inbreeding depression (ID) usually reduces the competitive ability of an individual compared to one of outbred origin. Such competition could be especially clear between different ovaries developing on the same plant.
A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko
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Agronomical techniques to improve technological and sanitary quality [PDF]

, 2012
In spite of variable grain protein contents, baking quality of organic wheat was found to be acceptable to good. Mycotoxin (DON) infestation was generally low on tested grain samples.
Abecassis, J., Carcea, M., Celette, F., David, C., Dubois, D., Friedel, J.K., Hellou, G., Jeuffroy, M.H., Mäder, P., Thomsen, I.K.   +9 more
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Impacts of heterogeneity in soil fertility on legume-finger millet productivity, farmers ' targeting and economic benefits [PDF]

Targeting of integrated management practices for smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is necessary due to the great heterogeneity in soil fertility.
Bekunda, M., Delve, R.J., Ebanyat, P., Giller, K.E., Jager, A., de, Ridder, N., de   +5 more
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Determination of mycotoxins in nuts, cereals, legumes, and coffee beans and effectiveness of a selenium‐based decontamination treatment [PDF]

, 2023
Sana Gammoh, Muhammad H. Alu’datt, Mohammad N. Alhamad, Carole C. Tranchant, Taha Rababah, Khaled Kanakri, Zaid Ammari, Dania Malkawi, Mohammad Alrosan, Thuan‐Chew Tan, Haya Alzoubi   +10 more
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