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Livestock wastes from family-operated farms are potential important sources of potentially toxic elements, antibiotics, and estrogens in rural areas in North China
The open-air storage and disposal of livestock waste from family-operated livestock farms can be a potential health threat to rural residents. In...
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Occurrence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in the Yellow River basin: focused on family farms
As an emerging contaminant, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have attracted growing attention, owing to their widespread dissemination and...
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Changes in diversity and species composition in the assemblage of live and dead bats at wind farms in a highly diverse region
Besides direct mortality, wind farms also affect aerial fauna by modifying their communities, reducing species diversity and richness through...
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Diffusion of renewable energy technology on Spanish farms: drivers and barriers
The aim of this paper is to identify the drivers and barriers of on-farm adoption of renewable energy systems (RES) in Spain and to determine how the...
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Reforming smallholder farms to mitigate agricultural pollution
China’s agriculture is dominated by smallholder farms, which have become major sources of negative environmental impacts including eutrophication,...
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Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms
Small farms constitute most of the world’s farms and are a central focus of sustainable agricultural development. However, the relationship between...
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Methane emissions from dairy farms: case study from a coastal district in South India
India has the largest dairy industry in the world and accounts for a significant share of the global emission of livestock methane (
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Urban agriculture in walkable neighborhoods bore fruit for health and food system resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
Urban agriculture is the key to creating healthy cities and develo** resilient urban food systems in uncertain times. However, relevant empirical...
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Sustainable Crop** Intensification and Its Role on Profitability of Cassava-Based Farms in a Changing Climate: Evidence from Rivers State, Nigeria
The paper evaluated the level of crop** intensification (a sustainable development strategy in staple crops farming) and assessed its effect on...
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Building Climate Resilience of Smallholder Family Farms by Implementing Integrated Soil and Water Management Strategies in Trinidad and Tobago
Smallholder farmers produce 80% of the develo** world’s food on marginal soils, which are also constrained by climate-related factors. These...
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Sustainable groundwater management and its implications for agricultural land repurposing
In this paper, we examine the implications of groundwater sustainability policies on agricultural land retirement and how retired land can be...
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Role of Agricultural Cooperation in the Development of Regional Food Markets
The paper aims to justify the role and place of agricultural consumer and production cooperation in develo** regional food markets. The authors use...
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Does agricultural cooperative membership help reduce the overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides? Evidence from rural China
The overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides (CFPs) has negatively impacted the environment and human health. It is an urgent issue that should...
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Case study: reducing heating energy consumption in a high tunnel greenhouse with renewable energy and microclimate control by bench-top root-zone heating, bench covers, and under-bench insulation
Appalachian State University's Nexus project designed an efficient greenhouse heating system that integrated renewable energy and root zone heating...
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Sustainability assessment of coffee production in Brazil
This paper aims to assess the sustainability of coffee production in Brazil by a framework at the farm level. The framework developed comprises four...
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Survival now, sustainability later: the emerging artisanal mining and the dying agricultural livelihoods in the Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana
In many mining communities in the develo** world, agricultural livelihoods are gradually being lost. These livelihood changes are fueled by...
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A Facilitating Machine for Silkworm Rearing
The Silkworm breeding is an activity that was formerly practiced in China and began in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy) between 1400 and 1500 AD. In the...
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Mainstreaming local organic foods: organic food provision in a fresh market to promote organic production–consumption system in emerging economy
Local organic food production and consumption are one of the central parts for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and promoting...
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Perennial Crop** System Development and Economic Performance of Perennial Crop** System in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam
The paper deals with the perennial crop development in Dak Lak Province by using the mixed data collection of quantity and quality. At the same time,...
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Willingness to pay for adopting conservation tillage technologies in wheat cultivation: policy options for small-scale farmers
Traditional farming involves intensive tillage causing soil degradation and erosion. On the contrary, conservation tillage technologies are expensive...
