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Older Is Not Necessarily Better: Decolonizing Ifugao History through the Archaeology of the Rice Terraces

open access: yesLand
This study examines the intersection of archaeological data and community narratives in interpreting the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Long regarded as 2000-year-old symbols of an uncolonized cultural past, recent
Stephen B. Acabado, Marlon M. Martin
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Sustainability Landscape of Nature‐Based Solutions in Food Systems

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nature‐based solutions (NbS) offer a pathway toward more resilient food systems. Although previous studies analysed various sustainability benefits of integrating NbS within food systems, the field remains fragmented, with a significant gap in understanding development patterns, emerging research trends at the intersection of NbS, food systems,
Elaheh Jalilzadehazhari
wiley   +1 more source

REDD+ Implementation in Community-Based Muyong Forest Management in Ifugao, Philippines

open access: yesLand, 2019
Ifugao province of the Philippines has a traditional muyong forest system that supplies water and prevents soil erosion of the world-famous Ifugao rice terraces. The socio-political structure of Ifugao has been the key to the maintenance and communal use
Ram Avtar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Coloniality of Data: Police Databases and the Rationalization of Surveillance from Colonial Vietnam to the Modern Carceral State

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of land use change on ecosystem service degradation within a traditional circular agroecosystem: a case study of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces

open access: yesCircular Agricultural Systems
Amid ongoing socio–economic development and natural environmental changes, the paddy rice area within the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces has undergone substantial decline, resulting in significant imbalances within the agroecosystem.
Li Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO DEL MANEJO DE AGUA EN DOS SISTEMAS DE RIEGO Y SU EFECTO EN LA CONDUCTIVIDAD ELÉCTRICA DEL EXTRACTO DE SATURACIÓN DEL SUELO Y EL RENDIMIENTO DEL CULTIVO DE ARROZ (Oryza sativa L.)

open access: yesCultivos Tropicales, 2004
A comparative study of water management in two irrigation systems and its effect on the electric conductivity of soil saturation extract and rice yield was conducted at "Cubanacán" farm, pertaining to "Los Palacios" Rice Agroindustrial Complex, for three
R. Polón   +4 more
doaj  

Bund flora in the traditional rice paddy terraces in some foothill landscapes of Guilan Province, N. Iran, towards conservation of phytodiversity in agroecosystems [PDF]

open access: yesCaspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
One of the most important drivers of floristic biodiversity in the agricultural landscapes is semi-natural edge habitats. Rice paddy terraces are mostly found in the foothills and sub-montane parts of Iran's northern provinces, whereas rice is mostly ...
Maryam Ashouri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agroecology and Transformative Adaptation to Climate Change

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines transformative adaptation to climate change through the EFICAS Project (Eco‐Friendly Intensification and Climate‐resilient Agricultural Systems) implemented across 12 upland communities in northern Laos from 2014 to 2020.
Jean‐Christophe Castella
wiley   +1 more source

Facsimile of testimonial

open access: yes, 1920
Presented by the Trustees of the Rice Institute to Mr.
Rice University
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