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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne, Adis Dzebo, Zoha Shawoo, Mario Cardenas, Pierrick Chalaye, Alexia Faus Onbargi, Cassilde Muhoza, Patricia Nicdao, Nokwethaba Makhanya, Navam Niles, Priyatma Singh   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Growing Opportunities: Considering a Thriving Agroforestry Industry in Appalachia, USA

Agricultural & Rural Studies
The Appalachian region of the United States of America, known for its extensive forests and rich cultural heritage, faces significant socioeconomic and environmental challenges, including high poverty rates, food insecurity, and the decline of ...
Jason A. Hubbart, Fabricio Comacho, Kathryn Gazal, Larissa Martins, Kirsten Stephan, Kristi Wood-Turner   +5 more
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ECONOMICS OF AGROFORESTRY PRODUCTION IN IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE [PDF]

A dynamic optimization model for agroforestry management is developed where tree biomass and soil salinity evolve over time in response to harvests and irrigation water quantity and quality.
Knapp, Keith C., Sadorsky, Perry A.
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen, Verónica Ramírez Cortés, Larissa Paola Gabriel Macedo Castro, Raquel Santiago Romo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From shifting agriculture to sustainable rubber agroforestry systems (jungle rubber) in Indonesia: a history of innovations processes. [PDF]

The aim of this chapter is to describe changes in the Indonesian jungle rubber system from the angle of the production of innovation by farmers themselves (indigenous knowledge) and the process of integration of external technical innovations in an ...
Eric Penot
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ICRAF-ISRIC Soil VNIR Spectral Library

The ICRAF-ISRIC Soil VNIR Spectral Library contains visible near infrared spectra of 785 soil profiles (4,438 samples) soils selected from the Soil Information System of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC). The samples consist
World Agroforestry (ICRAF), International Soil Reference and Information Centre (ISRIC)   +1 more
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Biodiversity and key ecosystem services in agroforestry coffee systems in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Biome [PDF]

, 2012
The thesis reports the results of long-term experimentation (since 1993) of family farmers with agroforestry (AF) coffee systems in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest region, a highly fragmented and threatened biodiversity hotspot.
Souza, H.N., de, de Souza, H.N.
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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐Resilient Agri‐Food Systems (CRAFS): A Review of Approaches and Outcomes of Agri‐Food Systems

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is increasingly destabilizing agri‐food systems globally, with complex disruptions extending across production, distribution, and consumption. In response, climate‐resilient agri‐food system (CRAFS) approaches have gained prominence as a means to sustain food security under escalating climatic stressors.
M Manjurul Islam, Evan D. G. Fraser
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Feasibility of Simultaneous Production of Pine Sawlogs, Forage, and Meat Goats on Small Farms in Alabama: A Preliminary Analysis [PDF]

Small and limited resource farmers and landowners in the Alabama Black Belt region face many challenges as they seek to make their farms and forestlands profitable, productive and environmentally sustainable.
Broughton, Brandi, Bukenya, James O.
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