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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Ecophilosophy and African traditional ecological knowledge [PDF]

Idea. Studia nad strukturą i rozwojem pojęć filozoficznych, 2018
Ecophilosophy is concerned with the critical study of ecological issues. It critiques the human- earth relationship advocating for friendly treatment of the environment. Philosophy’s interests in the environmental crisis dates back to the late 1960s. Among those who were at the forefront are Holmes Rolston III, Thomas Berry, and Richard Routley.
openaire   +1 more source

Green BPM as a business-oriented discipline : a systematic mapping study and research agenda [PDF]

, 2019
Green Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on the ecological impact of business processes. This article provides a systematic mapping study of Green BPM literature to evaluate five attributes of the Green BPM research area: (1) scope, (2 ...
Couckuyt, Dries, Van Looy, Amy
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
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Re-establishing an Ecological Discourse in the Debate over the Value of Ecosystems and Biodiversity [PDF]

, 2012
The approach of conceptualizing biodiversity and ecosystems as goods and services to be represented by monetary values in policy is being championed not just by economists, but also by ecologists and conservation biologists.
Aslaksen, Iulie, Spash, Clive L.
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Modelling and simulating change in reforesting mountain landscapes using a social-ecological framework [PDF]

, 2010
Natural reforestation of European mountain landscapes raises major environmental and societal issues. With local stakeholders in the Pyrenees National Park area (France), we studied agricultural landscape colonisation by ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to ...
A Gibon, A Gibon, A Gibon, A Mottet, A Otte, Annick Gibon, BJ Fu, BL Turner II, C Fontaine, C Lundstrom, C Monteil, Claude Monteil, CS Holling, D Valbuena, David Sheeren, DC Parker, DC Parker, DG Brown, E Moreira, E Tasser, EJJ Rykiel, F Berkes, F Berkes, F Bousquet, F Bousquet, G Augustins, G Balent, Gérard Balent, J Brandt, J Kolasa, J Wu, JB Dent, JC Castella, JG Wu, JP Deffontaines, K Helming, L An, M Antrop, M Burgi, M Duru, M Duru, M Gellrich, M Muraz, MG Turner, MP Julien, N Andrieu, P Wardle, PH Verburg, QB Le, R Matthews, R Soliva, RB Matthews, RH Økland, RW Kates, S Wagner, SM Manson, Sylvie Ladet, T Berger, T Plieninger, T Streifeneder, TFH Allen, TJ Bontkes, TR Robinson, V Grimm, Z Naveh   +64 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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Indigenous aspirations and ecological integrity: Restoring and protecting the health and wellbeing of an ancestral river for future generations in Aotearoa New Zealand [PDF]

, 2011
This paper seeks to provide a domestic example of the application of the environmental ethic of the indigenous Māori which ensures that humans are kaitiaki (guardians) of their surrounding environment by virtue of shared genealogy and how this ethic is ...
Te Aho, Linda
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Affordances of Historic Urban Landscapes: an Ecological Understanding of Human Interaction with the Past [PDF]

, 2014
Heritage has been defined differently in European contexts. Despite differences, a common challenge for historic urban landscape management is the integration of tangible and intangible heritage. Integration demands an active view of perception and human-
Alves, Susana
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source