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Global beef production: Trends, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable development

open access: yesAgricultural &Environmental Letters, Volume 11, Issue 2, December 2026.
Abstract Sustainable livestock systems require managing trade‐offs and synergies across productive, socioeconomic, and environmental dimensions to meet rising global beef demand. We present a biophysical framework to analyze how management‐driven energy allocation is manifested through herd size and total and per‐head beef productivity.
Nicolas Caram   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clean Cooking in the Global South: A Critical Synthesis of Causal Evidence and a Future Research Agenda

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper synthesizes causal evidence on the transition from traditional biomass to improved cookstoves and modern fuels like LPG and electricity. Although literature identifies liquidity, gender and information as primary barriers to adoption, uncertainty remains regarding usage intensity and technological persistence.
Yonas Alem
wiley   +1 more source

A Spatial Clustering Approach of Economic Activities: An Application to the Agribusiness Sector in Brazil's Midwest Region

open access: yesGeographical Analysis, Volume 58, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The spatial distribution of economic activities is central to regional economics. However, empirical tools for comparing industries based on the similarity of their spatial distributions remain limited. Traditional cluster analysis typically ignores geographical distance and connectivity, while spatial methods focus on clustering places rather
Gilvan Santos do Rosario Junior   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relational and Institutional Embeddedness of Migration Brokerage: The Case of ‘Run‐Away’ Migrants

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper contextualises migration brokerage within specific social and institutional settings and shifts our attention to aspects that enable or constrain brokerage practices in the contemporary migration landscape. Focussing on the relational and institutional fabric underlying brokerage, this paper sheds light on the unique positionality ...
Sandhya A. S.
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Polymer Biocomposites for Food Packaging: Green Nanotechnology, Circular Plastic Upcycling and Smart Functional Materials

open access: yesPackaging Technology and Science, Volume 39, Issue 9, Page 1141-1178, September 2026.
Graphical abstract showing the development of biodegradable polymer biocomposites reinforced with natural fibres, green nanoparticles and waste‐plastic upcycling pathways toward sustainable smart food packaging materials ABSTRACT The fundamental hypothesis behind this review is that the combination of biodegradable polymer‐based biocomposites, which ...
Chandra Sekhar Espenti, Jaewoong Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Farm‐Level Sustainability Assessment: Australian Farmers' Perceptions of Environmental, Social and Governance Impacts in Agriculture

open access: yesJournal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT There is growing global interest in sustainable agriculture and in environmental, social and governance (ESG) accounting. While primary producers' interaction with traditional environmental management are well‐documented, relatively little is known about how farmers perceive and adapt to integrated corporate ESG assessment frameworks at the ...
Bhola Paudel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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