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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Tourism and Amenity-Based Development in Rural Communities [PDF]
, 2006 The natural amenities that often characterize the rural landscape, whether lakes and mountains or ruggedness and small-town charm, can offer struggling communities an option for economic development and can inject population and money into an area ...
Peggy Petrzelk, Richard Krannich
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Modeling Roman Rural Landscapes
, 2016 Poster *** With a research project starting at the end of 2016 and as part of a master's thesis (Alarich Langendorf), the Department of Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna uses noninvasive survey methods to investigate settlement processes and material culture in rural areas of the Roman province of Noricum.
Hagmann, Dominik, Langendorf, Alarich
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Efficacy of European Policies on Rural Landscape: the Case Study of Sardinia (ITALY) [PDF]
Over the last decades, a large number of developed countries have explicitly recognized the importance of benefits generated from agricultural and rural landscape into their legislation.
Idda, Lorenzo +4 more
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Multi-functional roles of grassland in organic farming systems [PDF]
, 2002 This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Grassland supports commodity production and maintenance of soil fertility, as well as environmental, economic and social functions beyond the farm.
Hopkins, Alan, Morris, Carol
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Modelling the distribution of the invasive Roesel’s bushcricket (Metrioptera roeselii) in a fragmented landscape [PDF]
, 2011 The development of conservation strategies to mitigate the impact of invasive species requires knowledge of the species ecology and distribution. This is, however, often lacking as collecting biological data may be both time-consuming and resource ...
Berggren, Åsa +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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Resilience in rural common-pool resource management systems: towards enhancing landscape amenities using a multi-agent approach [PDF]
Rural areas are continuously subject to changing circumstances, varying from changes in ecosystem conditions to socio-economic changes like food- and financial crises.
Polman, N.B.P. +3 more
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Urban population looking for rural landscapes: Different appreciation patterns identified in Southern Europe [PDF]
, 2015 In the context of the peripheral European rural landscapes, the role of the urban population, generally referred to as the ‘outsiders’, has shown to be influential in the dynamics of rural space.
Almeida, M. +5 more
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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