Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA and local ecological knowledge reveal two lineages of leatherback turtle on the beaches of Oaxaca, Mexico. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Castillo-Morales CA +3 more
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Cross-Cultural Research [PDF]
, 2015 The initiatives outlined in this article are intended to advance our understanding of cultural processes as they occur in diverse community contexts, as well as contribute to the further conceptualization, critique and development of indigenous knowledge
Barnhardt, Ray
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Integrating local social-ecological knowledge to prioritise invasive species management
, 2018 There is a lot of uncertainty about how we pick the best invasive species management strategies to improve the environment, local economy, and human well-being, as invasive species management involves complex and multidimensional challenges. Invasive species management on inhabited islands is especially challenging, often due to perceived socio ...
Cáceres-Escobar, Hernán +4 more
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Predicing Ecological Effects of Watershed-Wide Rain Garden Implementation Using a Low-Cost Methodology [PDF]
, 2015 Stormwater control measures (SCMs) have been employed to mitigate peak flows and pollutants ssociated with watershed urbanization. Downstream ecological effects caused by the implementation of SCMs are largely unknown, especially at the watershed scale ...
Andrea L. Welker +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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A case study of local ecological knowledge of shellfishers about edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon, Western Iberia. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2022 Braga HO, Azeiteiro UM, Magalhães L.
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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
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LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ON BYCATCH MITIGATION IN CROATIA
HydroMediT 2024 : 5th International Congress on Applied Ichthyology, Oceanography & Aquatic Environment : Book of ProceedingsLocal traditional and ecological knowledge of fishers on bycatch and bycatch mitigation in Croatia was collected using the survey method to support the identification of existing, acceptable and applicable solutions for bycatch mitigation. In total, 30 responses were received.Fishers reported that it is possible to accidentally catch all targeted ...
Matić Skoko, Sanja +2 more
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Tuna behaviour at anchored FADs inferred from Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) of pole-and-line tuna fishers in the Maldives. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Jauharee AR +5 more
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