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Ecological and Technological Insights to Enhance Rice Production: A Machine Learning Approach for Sustainable Agriculture in Granma, Cuba

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid the quest for sustainable agriculture, this study explores key ecological and technological factors influencing crop production under climate change. We conduct a comprehensive assessment of temperature, biomass, farmer education, renewable energy devices, greenhouse gas emissions and their effects on rice yields in Granma, Cuba, from ...
Afzal Ahmed Dar, Zhi Chen, Sergio RodrIguez‐Rodríguez, Fariborz Haghighat, Chunjiang An, Roberto Alejandro García Reyes, Beatriz González‐Rosales   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reciprocal frame design for large-scale timber construction. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Xu P, Zhao P, Xia B, Zhao Z, Liu N, Zhang S, Du J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong, Lukas Kornher, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, Aslihan Arslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wind-induced vibration serviceability of ten multi-storey timber buildings. [PDF]

Open Res Eur
Kurent B, Brank B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou, Christian P. Schneider   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Flexural Behavior of CFRP-Strengthened Timber Beams. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Muhaxheri M, Krasniqi E, Kabashi N, Murati Y, Mahmuti R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How Program‐ and Community‐Led Design Settings Affect Resilience Approaches to Sustainable Development Projects

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development interventions must deal with rapid and novel changes affecting complex social‐ecological systems, calling for design based on a resilience approach. However, limited analytical attention has been paid to the design settings in which such approaches are deployed.
Yiheyis Maru, Deborah O'Connell, Nicola Grigg, Annette Cowie, Million Belay, Alice Ruhweza, Mark Stafford Smith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Augmentation of Wood Microscopic Image Dataset Based on Generative Adversarial Networks. [PDF]

J Imaging
Xu S, Su H, Zhao L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Open letter: A call to integrate plant regeneration into sustainability science and policy

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Fernando A. O. Silveira, Angelino Carta, Roberta L. C. Dayrell, Eduardo Fernández‐Pascual, Magda Garbowski, Thomas Hornick, Jitka Klimešová, Lotte Korell, Emma Ladouceur, Julie Larson, Alexandra N. Muellner‐Riehl, Ana Prohaska, Sergey Rosbakh, Christoph Rosche, Christiane Roscher, Mandy Slate, Jeronimo Vazquez‐Ramirez   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Utilization and Fire Protection of Wood‐Based Composites in Buildings: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing use of wood and wood‐based composites in construction reflects a global shift toward renewable materials that support sustainable development objectives, including carbon reduction and responsible resource use. While wood offers substantial environmental benefits compared to conventional materials such as concrete and steel, its
Qaisar Munir, Marko Hyvärinen, Timo Kärki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source