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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Food systems have a significant impact on environmental sustainability, underscoring the need for innovative technologies to support more sustainable agricultural methods. However, the adoption of these technologies hinges on consumer acceptance, making the analysis of consumer perceptions essential.
Greta Castellini, Guendalina Graffigna
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Colombia Internacional, 2018 The socio-environmental conflict around the mining project Pascua-Lama motivated a revision of the glacier protection policy in Chile. In order to explain this unusual impact of the policy on the national political agenda, this article traces back the ...
Mauricio Cortez, Antoine Maillet
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Climate change and socio-environmental conflicts
América Latina Hoy, 2018 This article contributes to the conceptual and policy debates on the relationship between climate change, security and conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that is experiencing a growing environmental and social vulnerability as a result of recurring extreme weather events and high levels of citizen insecurity.
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The Global Risks Report 2016, 11th Edition [PDF]
, 2016 Now in its 11th edition, The Global Risks Report 2016 draws attention to ways that global risks could evolve and interact in the next decade. The year 2016 marks a forceful departure from past findings, as the risks about which the Report has been ...
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT European agriculture is increasingly exposed to economic instability driven by extreme weather events, market volatility, and geopolitical tensions. To manage these growing risks, farmers are encouraged to adopt innovative risk management strategies such as the Income Stabilization Tool (IST), which offers protection against severe income ...
Alice Stiletto +5 more
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Desenvolvimento e Meio AmbienteLos páramos son espacios únicos de la alta montaña del neotrópico. Traslapan con el hotspot de los Andes y conforman ecorregiones de alta biodiversidad regional y endemismos de fauna y flora. Son importantes en la regulación hídrica y su grado de amenaza
Natalie Diaz-Ballesteros +1 more
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Causes and Trajectories of Local Conflict among Pastoral Peoples in North East Africa
Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2007 Pastorilaist (herding) societies in Africa are claimed to be prone to violence due to structural conditions of environmental vulnerability, scarcity of resources and decentralized socio-political organization.
Jon Abbink
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Knowledge production in socio-environmental conflicts
, 2020 This paper aims to reflect on different types of knowledge production in socio-environmental conflicts. The scientific mode refers to the type of knowledge produced by the scientific institution. The local / community mode refers to the type of knowledge produced from the experience and local practice of subjects in interrelation with a specific area ...
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The Theory and Practice of Corporate Citizenship in Nigeria: A Petroleum Industry Beneficiary Analysis [PDF]
, 2006 With the aid of ethnographic data obtained in Nigeria's oil and gas region (the Niger Delta), and relevant secondary data, this article makes a case for a beneficiary-centred approach to corporate citizenship analysis, and thus urges a shift from the ...
Wilson Akpan
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.Soft robotic arms are promising for gentle grasping but often rely on bulky actuation systems. This work presents a computational design framework that optimizes tendon number and routing to achieve target grasps with fewer actuators. Validated on an octopus‐inspired underwater arm, the approach enables efficient, underactuated soft manipulators for ...
Michele Martini +6 more
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