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Impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on vegetable production systems and livelihoods: Smallholder farmer experiences in Burkina Faso

Food and Energy Security, 2022
At the onset of COVID‐19, researchers quickly recognized the need for research on the consequences of the pandemic for agricultural and food systems, both in terms of immediate impacts on access to inputs and labor, disruptions in transportation and ...
B. Jan Middendorf, Hamidou Traoré, Gerad Middendorf, Prakash K. Jha, Djibril Yonli, Siébou Palé, P.V. Vara Prasad   +6 more
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Evaluating the Sustainable Intensification of arable farms [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Management, 2015
Sustainable Intensification (SI) of agriculture has recently received widespread political attention, in both the UK and internationally. The concept recognises the need to simultaneously raise yields, increase input use efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of farming systems to secure future food production and to sustainably use ...
Yiorgos Gadanakis, Richard Bennett, Julian Park, Francisco Jose Areal   +3 more
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Understanding Landscape Multifunctionality in a Post-forest Frontier: Supply and Demand of Ecosystem Services in Eastern Amazonia

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020
Sustainable food production requires approaches that reconcile agricultural production with the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.
Daniel Pinillos, Daniel Pinillos, Felix J. J. A. Bianchi, Rene Poccard-Chapuis, Marc Corbeels, Marc Corbeels, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Pablo Tittonell, Rogier P. O. Schulte   +10 more
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Describing food safety perceptions among growers and vendors in Cambodian informal vegetable markets

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Improving food safety often requires individuals or groups to adopt new food safety behaviors. Understanding individuals’ perceptions of food safety is an important step in creating programs that enable the adoption of such behaviors.
Sabrina Mosimann, Keorimy Ouk, Nora M. Bello, Malyheng Chhoeun, Leah Thompson, Jessie Vipham, Lyda Hok, Lyda Hok, Paul Ebner   +8 more
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Case Study: Finance for sustainable agricultural intensification [PDF]

, 2021
To meet the growing demand for food in the Global South in a sustainable manner, current funding in innovation for sustainable agriculture intensification will need to be increased exponentially.
Dalberg Asia
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Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2017
For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and efficient use are necessary.
Cathy Rozel Farnworth, Clare Stirling, Tek B. Sapkota, M. L. Jat, Michael Misiko, Simon Attwood   +5 more
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The next steps : an independent review of sustainable development in the English regions [PDF]

, 2012
Summarised in 'The next steps : an independent review of sustainable development in the English regions : executive summary'.The Sustainable Development Commission's independent review of the progress of sustainable development in the English regions ...
Sustainable Development Commission
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Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth, reproduction, milk production and milk composition traits of Awassi sheep

Animal, 2019
Genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth, reproduction, milk production and composition traits were estimated for Syrian (S) and Turkish (T) Awassi sheep and their crosses maintained at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the ...
A. Haile, M. Hilali, H. Hassen, R.N.B. Lobo, B. Rischkowsky   +4 more
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Equipment Development for Small and Urban Conservation Farming Systems

Agriculture, 2020
The number of local small farms in the USA is on the rise due to a consumer demand for locally grown produce such as tomatoes. These farms often use small walk-behind tractors, but most field activities are still performed by hand requiring heavy ...
Ted S. Kornecki, Manuel R. Reyes
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Food security and climate-smart agriculture in the lower Mekong basin of Southeast Asia: evaluating impacts of system of rice intensification with special reference to rainfed agriculture

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021
Given the challenges presented by climate change, water shortages, and land degradation, sustainable agriculture approaches that increase farming systems’ yield and resilience are required more than eve, particularly in rainfed areas.The findings ...
Abha Mishra, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Norman Uphoff, Max Whitten   +3 more
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