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Soil structural degradation and nutrient limitations across land use categories and climatic zones in Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2019
Although soil degradation is a major threat to food security and carbon sequestration, our knowledge of the spatial extent of the problem and its drivers is very limited in Southern Africa.
Kihara, Job, Mponela, Powell, Ndengu, Gift, Sila, Andrew M., Sileshi, Gudeta W., Tamene, Lulseged, Tondoh, Jérôme E.   +6 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tannin with sodium carbonate: A single additive for poured earth concrete with tropical soils

Results in Engineering
Building sustainable earth construction to replace cement concrete is a major challenge in fast-developing tropical regions. Poured earth, shaped like concrete, offers a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative.
Lily Walter, Gildas Medjigbodo, Yannick Estevez, Laurent Linguet, Ouahcène Nait-Rabah   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspective d'utilisation des termitières dans l'amélioration de la fertilité des sols tropicaux : cas d'une expérimentation en pots de végétation [PDF]

Tropicultura, 1992
Perspective of termitary mounds utilization in improvement of tropical soil fertility : case of a pot vegetation experiment. The fertilizing power offive termitary mounds of Yakonde soil serie (Y2) in Yangambi has been tested by rice growing in ...
Endubu, M., Kombele, BM., Litucha, BM., Mambani, B.   +3 more
doaj  

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Pedological and taxonomical research of Indian tropical soils for fulfilling the UN SDGs: Current status and the future scope

Soil Security
The tropical soils of the world including India have hardly been considered as a viable substrate for successful agriculture. Although ample research in India has been conducted but sustaining their productivity is a challenge for the land managers.
D.K. Pal, Ashim Datta, D. Vasu, Ranjan Paul, K. Karthikeyan, Pramod Tiwary   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential net primary productivity in South America: application of a global model [PDF]

, 1991
We use a mechanistically based ecosystem simulation model to describe and analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP) in South America.
Kicklighter, David W., Melillo, Jerry M., Moore, Berrien, III, Peterson, B. J., Raich, J. W., Rastetter, E. B., Schloss, Annette L., Steudler, P. A., Vorosmarty, Charles J.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Anaerobic Decomposition of Switchgrass by Tropical Soil-Derived Feedstock-Adapted Consortia

mBio, 2012
Tropical forest soils decompose litter rapidly with frequent episodes of anoxic conditions, making it likely that bacteria using alternate terminal electron acceptors (TEAs) play a large role in decomposition.
Kristen M. DeAngelis, Julian L. Fortney, Sharon Borglin, Whendee L. Silver, Blake A. Simmons, Terry C. Hazen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple environmental controls explain global patterns in soil animal communities [PDF]

, 2020
Soil animals play important roles in ecosystem functioning and stability, but the environmental controls on their communities are not fully understood. In this study, we compiled a dataset of soil animal communities for which the abundance and body mass ...
Johnston, Alice S. A., Sibly, Richard M.
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‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie, Patricia Taylor, Hayley McKenzie, Norma Barrett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source