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AGRICULTURE BETWEEN IDENTITY AND VULNERABILITY. THE CASE OF ŢARA BEIUŞULUI (BEIUŞ LAND) [PDF]

Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie, 2014
Most of the rural communities are dependant on the results of the agricultural activities. They have ensured the existence and survival of the rural activities, thus becoming in time, very deep identity elements. The present global economical context,
Claudiu FILIMON, Luminiţa FILIMON, Valentin NEMEŞ   +2 more
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Agriculture versus climate change – A narrow staple-based rural livelihood of Papua New Guinea is a threat to survival under climate change

Sains Tanah: Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, 2020
This paper presents a synthesis related to the assessment of climate change and its impacts on productivity of staple crops in Papua New Guinea (PNG), paying close attention to the change in population in the next 80 years.
Patrick S. Michael
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Sustainable Rural Development through Promoting Non-Agricultural Activities [PDF]

Risk in Contemporary Economy, 2017
In rural Romania the main activity is agriculture, so much of the rural population is occupied in agriculture and earns income from this activity [35].
Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU, Luxita RISNOVEANU   +1 more
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Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Using phenomenology, narrative inquiry and autoethnographic approaches, this study analyses a program of faculty development conducted alongside the delivery of an international field school. Through this study, we explore the value and benefits of inter‐cultural field programming and how these might serve to complement or to redress ...
David Zandvliet, Wiske Rotinsulu
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development in rural Southwestern Nigeria: evidence from smallholder cassava farmers

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2022
This study assessed agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development of smallholder cassava farmers in rural Southwestern Nigeria.
Olutosin Ademola OTEKUNRIN
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Subsistence Agriculture in Melanesia.

Tropics, 1994
The inhabitants in Melanesia which contains the largest island of the tropics, New Guinea, and other larger ones than those in Polynesia and Micronesia, seem more active for agricultural production than in the other regions mentioned above. When we analyze the structure of the agricultural system in Melanesia, it is convenient, just as in the cases of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Agriculture urbaine et subsistance des ménages dans une zone de post-conflit en Afrique centrale [PDF]

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2006
Urban agriculture and household subsistence in a post-confl ict zone in Central Africa. This study presents an analysis of the technical and socio-economic specifi cities of urban agriculture in a post confl ict region in Central Africa, based on a ...
Thys E., Van Huylenbroeck G., Speybroeck N., Bitémo M., Mfoukou-Ntsakala A.   +4 more
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Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
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