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Could Lavender Farming Go from a Niche Crop to a Suitable Solution for Romanian Small Farms?
Land, 2022 Lavender crops have had an impressive continuous development in recent years, being currently a suitable alternative to other traditional crops because they can yield a high profit per hectare.
Mihaela Preda +2 more
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Foraging and farming as niche construction: stable and unstable adaptations [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011 All forager (or hunter–gatherer) societies construct niches, many of them actively by the concentration of wild plants into useful stands, small-scale cultivation, burning of natural vegetation to encourage useful species, and various forms of hunting, collectively termed ‘low-level food production’.
Peter Rowley-Conwy, Robert Layton
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Trophic niche but not abundance of Collembola and Oribatida changes with drought and farming system [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Higher frequencies of summer droughts are predicted to change soil conditions in the future affecting soil fauna communities and their biotic interactions. In agroecosystems drought effects on soil biota may be modulated by different management practices
Svenja Meyer +4 more
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The diffusion of sustainable family farming practices in Colombia: an emerging sociotechnical niche? [PDF]
Sustainability Science, 2017 There is significant potential for family farming to contribute to several dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Our research aims to provide insights to help strengthen sustainable family farming.
Ulli Vilsmaier, Alvaro Acevedo Osório
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Pond Niche Based Integrated Farming: A Case Study in Tripura, India [PDF]
International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2018 The article is based on a study conducted during December, 2016 to February, 2017 in West Tripura district of Tripura (India) to examine the status of pond niche based integrated farming and identify perceived constraints associated with systematic ...
Nongthombam Dorendo Singh +4 more
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The Goat Farming Sector: Niche Opportunities for Romanian Farmers in Europe [PDF]
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development StudiesThe paper proposes an analysis of the goat farming sector in Romania within the broader European context. The research is based on open access articles and data from Eurostat, the National Institute of Statistics, the International Goat Association, and ...
Petre Adrian Liptac +2 more
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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2006 There are numerous examples of technologies with great potential that have not been accepted by smallholder farmers. Quite often, these technologies do not fit well into smallholder systems due to the inherent high level of heterogeneity of these systems. For example, despite their great potential, the adoption of legumes by smallholder farmers in many
Bernard Vanlauwe +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 For centuries, humans occupying arid regions of North America have maintained an intricate relationship with Agave (Agavoideae, Asparagaceae). Today Agave cultivation, primarily for beverage production, provides an economic engine for rural communities ...
Hector G Ortiz Cano +12 more
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AgricultureAgroecology is increasingly used to study the evolution of farms and food systems, in which livestock plays a significant part. While large-scale specialized livestock farms are sometimes criticized for their contribution to climate change and nutrient ...
Pascal Genest-Richard +3 more
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Soil Nitrogen Treatment Alters Microbiome Networks Across Farm Niches [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Agriculture is fundamental for food production, and microbiomes support agriculture through multiple essential ecosystem services. Despite the importance of individual (i.e., niche specific) agricultural microbiomes, microbiome interactions across niches are not well-understood.
Wang, XinYue +11 more
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