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Bigger Edible Pods, Smaller Gene Pools? Exploring Trade-Offs Across Inga edulis Mart. Cultivation Systems

Biology and Life Sciences Forum
Inga edulis Mart. (Fabaceae) is a multipurpose fruit tree widely cultivated in Ecuador. We explored how contrasting cultivation systems are associated with variation in fruit traits and genetic diversity by comparing agroforestry plantations and ...
David Draper, Fani Tinitana, Ángel Benítez, Isabel Marques   +3 more
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Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo, Cuthbert Taguta, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tinashe Dirwai, Stanley Liphadzi, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +5 more
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The extent of adoption of agroforestry systems and practices and conservation implications in Kilombero district, Tanzania

, 2022
Journal ArticleAgroforestry systems and practices are perceived to improve livelihood and sustainable management of natural resources. However, factors influencing their adoption in various regions require further investigation as they differ in ...
Munishi, Pantaleo, Nyemo, Chilagane, Lyimo, Paul John, Nnko, Lazaro Elibariki, Kashaigili, Japhet Joel, Monela, Gerald Cladius   +5 more
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Agroforestry Knowledge and Practices: Strategies of Resistance by Peasant and Quilombola Women in Brazil

Conservation
This article addresses agroforestry knowledge and practices of peasant and quilombola women. It draws from research using ethnographic methods, conducted in two different Brazilian communities: with peasant women in the municipality of Pinhão, Paraná ...
Renata Borges Kempf, Josiane Carine Wedig, Carolina Dos Anjos Borba   +2 more
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Impact of Agroforestry Practice on Soil Conservation- Initial Assessment in Northwest Vietnam

Proceedings, 2020
In the Northwest Vietnam, traditional maize (Zea mays) cultivation practices of farmers mainly based on sole cropping, intensive tillage combined with burning crop residues on steep slopes.
Hung Do, Thach Nguyen, Nguyen La
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Transforming Agricultural Water Management for Healthy People and Planet: Thinking Beyond Water

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of Thinking Beyond Water, a transdisciplinary paradigm that reframes agricultural water management (AWM) as a systems catalyst for planetary health, equity, justice and resilience. Moving beyond conventional irrigation‐centric models, we reimagine AWM through integrative frameworks such as the planetary ...
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Cuthbert Taguta, Luxon Nhamo, Sylvester Mpandeli, Aidan Senzanje, Kaveh Madani, Tinashe Lindel Dirwai   +6 more
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Economic and Environmental Assessment of Olive Agroforestry Practices in Northern Greece

Agriculture, 2022
Preservation and promotion of agroforestry systems entails the ideology for more ecosystem services, additional biodiversity benefits and climate change mitigation.
Emmanouil Tziolas, Stefanos Ispikoudis, Konstantinos Mantzanas, Dimitrios Koutsoulis, Anastasia Pantera   +4 more
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
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The potential of agroforestry to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases in Canada: Insight from pairwise comparisons with traditional agriculture, data gaps and future research

The Forestry Chronicle, 2017
Canadian agriculture is a source of greenhouse gases (GHG) and agroforestry has the potential to sequester carbon (C), and mitigate agricultural GHG emissions.
Mark Baah-Acheamfour, Scott X. Chang, Edward W. Bork, Cameron N. Carlyle   +3 more
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Resilience Pathways for Land Degradation Neutrality: How Informal Institutions Shape Community Land Governance Across the Global South

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A decade after Land Degradation Neutrality was incorporated into Sustainable Development Goal 15.3, implementation outcomes across the Global South remain uneven. Mainstream commons research identifies recurring institutional features, whereas critical institutionalism emphasizes their adaptive assembly; both traditions increasingly recognize ...
Tengyuan Yang, Senbao Lu, Jiapeng Dai
wiley   +1 more source