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Climate-Smart Tillage Practices with Straw Return to Sustain Crop Productivity

, 2022
Climate change seriously threatens global crop production. However, there are few reports on field crop yield and yield components based on long-term different climate conditions.
Jinling Lü, Zhen Liu, Geng Li, Lan Wang, Ning Wang, Tangyuan Ning   +5 more
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Applying a Systems Thinking Approach to Circular Economy Transitions: Insights From the Use of a Sociotechnical Systems Approach Within the UK Hospitality Sector

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite more than 20 years of research into sustainable tourism, the environmental impact of the UK hospitality sector remains high. A growing body of research into the concept of a circular economy (CE) demonstrates that transitioning to this way of working has significant benefits both for the environment and business outcomes.
Danielle Farrow, Hannah Collis, Fiona Charnley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Apple Growers’ Adoption of Straw Returning Technology

Sustainability
This study investigates the economic and ecological impacts of straw returning technology among apple growers in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, China. Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) and survey data, the findings reveal that straw returning significantly increases farmers’ incomes by 20.33% compared to those who do not adopt the technology ...
Xin Huang, Jiaqi He, Dangchen Sui, Liuyang Yao   +3 more
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Tensions of Sustainability Logics: Performance of a Company Utilizing a Sustainable Business Model

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, companies have used sustainable business models to gain a competitive advantage. However, there are tensions due to the inconsistency between social, environmental, and economic logic in sustainable business models, making it difficult for companies to change. To understand the existing tensions and interactions between logics,
Ann‐Kristin Thienemann
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining Circular Innovation Under Volatile Market Conditions: The Critical Role of Industry Platforms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While industry platforms are widely recognized as enablers of circular innovation, we still know little about how they evolve to scale and sustain innovation as economic conditions tighten and circular economy funding schemes become more selective.
Eva Qi Wang, Julia A. Fehrer, Jonathan J. Baker, Roderick J. Brodie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Earthworms on Fungal Diversity and Community Structure in Farmland Soil With Returned Straw

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
BackgroundTo promote the decomposition of returned straw, reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases caused by returned straw, and accelerate the conversion of straw carbon into soil carbon, we inoculated earthworms into fields with returned straw.
Ke Song, Yafei Sun, Qin Qin, Lijuan Sun, Xianqing Zheng, William Terzaghi, Weiguang Lv, Yong Xue   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Long-Term Straw Return and Environmental Factors on the Spatiotemporal Variability of Soil Organic Matter in the Black Soil Region: A Case Study

Agronomy, 2022
Exploring the effects of straw return and environmental factors on the spatiotemporal variation of soil organic matter (SOM) in black soil regions is essential for soil carbon sequestration research. However, studies seldom quantified the effects of long-
Yang Yan, Wenjun Ji, Baoguo Li, Guiman Wang, Bifeng Hu, Chao Zhang, Abdul Mounem Mouazen   +6 more
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Maize Straw Returning Approaches Affected Straw Decomposition and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Storage in Northeast China [PDF]

Agronomy, 2019
The characterization of straw decomposition and the resulting carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) release is crucial for understanding the effects of different straw returning methods on the immobilization and cycling of soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil total nitrogen (STN). In 2017–2018, a field micro-plot experiment was carried out in northeastern China to
Ping Tian, Pengxiang Sui, Hongli Lian, Zhengyu Wang, Guangxin Meng, Yue Sun, Yingyan Wang, Yehan Su, Ziqi Ma, Hua Qi, Ying Jiang   +10 more
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Increasing soil organic carbon content: The key roles of straw return duration and maize growth stages in driving microbial community shifts

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Long-term straw return is a key measure for enhancing soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the mechanisms by which prolonged straw return influences SOC accumulation through soil microbial community regulation according to maize growth stage remain ...
Yuhan Yang, Pengyu Zhang, Yuan Qi, Yuhao Meng, Yan Wu, Liqiang Zhang, Hongyu Wang, Jinhu Cui, Qiuzhu Li   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source