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Right to Food in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Challenges, Policies, and Sustainable Strategies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the multifaceted issue of food security in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the critical importance of upholding rights to food in the region. It explores the challenges posed by food insecurity, analyzes existing policies and interventions, and proposes sustainable strategies to enhance food security.
Helen Onyeaka, Adenike A. Akinsemolu, Phemelo Tamasiga, Ogueri Nwaiwu, Elijah Kolawole Oladipo, Kehinde Abolade Aderibigbe, Taghi Miri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-term combined organic and inorganic fertilization enhances soil quality and crop yield by regulating bacterial diversity and soil physicochemical properties. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Mi W, Zhang J, Wang S, Fan T, Zhao G, Dang Y, Wang L, Zhou G, Zhou X, Hu J, Li S.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cost Behavior of Organic Versus Conventional Farms: Assessing Economic Resilience and the Ecological Dividend

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the cost behavior in organic versus conventional farming to assess economic resilience. Using Spanish FADN data (2015–2021), results show organic farms exhibit higher cost elasticity during output increases and lower elasticity during decreases.
Josep M. Argilés‐Bosch, Josep Garcia‐Blandon, Diego Ravenda, Enric Tello, Manuel González de Molina, Noelia Parajuá, Doriana Nicoara‐Popescu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gross Agricultural Emissions and Unequal Mitigation Pathways in the Brazilian Legal Amazon: Implications for Climate Justice and the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate mitigation policies in the Brazilian Legal Amazon have largely focused on aggregate or net emissions, providing limited evidence on how gross agricultural emissions reveal the intensity of productive emission sources independently of carbon removals.
Jorge Eduardo Macedo Simões, Marcelo Bentes Diniz, Márcia Jucá Texeira Diniz, Vanessa da Paixão Alves, Cynthia Simmons   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A lignocellulose-degrading synthetic microbial community alters physicochemical properties, microbial community structure, and functional gene potential during green waste-cattle manure co-vermicomposting. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Cai L, Pang S, Hao D, Sun X, Zhang X, Muneer MA, Wu H.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Symbols of Climate Action: Audit Labor and the Production of Carbon Credits

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) are promoted as tools for financing climate mitigation, yet their effectiveness and credibility remain contested. This article examines how carbon credits are produced and destabilized as symbols of climate action, emphasizing the forms of ecological and audit labor that sustain their legitimacy.
Diego Silva Garzón
wiley   +1 more source

Simple and efficient HPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous extraction and quantification of anthelmintics in equine manure. [PDF]

MethodsX
Holzer K, Bertsche U, Meyer M, Schilling T, Pfannstiel J, Hoelzle LE.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Benzimidazole Anthelmintic Compounds Albendazole and Fenbendazole Show Distinct Toxicity on the Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti and Its Symbiosis With Lotus japonicus

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Veterinary medicines, which reach the soil mostly through the application of contaminated manures, can affect beneficial soil microorganisms, such as nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia bacteria, which engage in important symbiotic associations with plants.
Polyxeni Gorgia, Stathis Lagos, Christina N. Nikolaou, Nikoleta Basdeki, Christos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas, Daniela Tsikou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material Flow Cost Accounting: A decision-support framework for integrating economic and environmental dimensions in livestock manure management. [PDF]

J Environ Qual
Keshavarz Afshar R, Dekamin M.
europepmc   +1 more source