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Different Sources of Vermicompost: Vermicomposting from Household Waste—Vermicomposting from Farm Waste
Vermicomposting is an eco-friendly and sustainable method for producing nutrient-rich compost using earthworms. This chapter provides an overview of...
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Planning [for Urban Agriculture] as Public Nurturance
This concluding chapter of a book honoring the late Jerome Kaufman, an urban planning scholar who drew attention to food systems, highlights the...
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Investigating pigeon circovirus infection in a pigeon farm: molecular detection, phylogenetic analysis and complete genome analysis
BackgroundPigeon circovirus infections in pigeons ( Columba livia domestica ) have been reported worldwide. Pigeons should be PiCV-free when utilized...
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Practical Ethics: Urban Agriculture in US Cities
Urban agriculture provides the opportunity to challenge the status quo within our current urban and food systems. The increased number and density of...
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Environmental Conservation for Rural and Urban Development
In terms of economy, society, and the environment, both urban and rural regions are interconnected. One of the main sectors where there are strong...
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Integrating Equity as a Central Theme in Urban Agriculture: The Case of the City of Seattle, Washington
Local food is not a new topic in Seattle and surrounding region. Nestled in an agriculturally rich region, Seattle has a long and robust history of...
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Effects of urban land-use types on avifauna assemblage in a rapidly develo** urban settlement in Ghana
Given that rates of urbanization are rising globally, the need to maintain and enhance urban biodiversity has become important. This study examines...
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Urban Agriculture as a Tool for Adapting Future Cities
Urbanization, industrialization, and improvements in transportation have meant that most produce (fruits and vegetables) no longer needs to be...
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Relationships between population characteristics and nonresponse in urban forest inventories
Urban forest inventories are conducted to obtain important information regarding trees and the ecosystem services they provide in the urban...
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Urban Foraging in a Changing World: An Introduction
Foraging by humans is an activity that is increasingly being observed in urban areas. This book presents a collection of scientific research and...
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Urban Food Production Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices in Africa
With the world population estimated to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, of which 68% are expected to live in urban areas, there is an urgent need to...
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A review of on-farm recording tools for smallholder dairy farming in develo** countries
The dairy industry has been expanding significantly recently, which has prompted the improvement and adoption of increasingly digital dairy recording...
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Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and their pathogen hosts in duck farm environments in south-east coastal China
AbstractLivestock farms are major reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) that are discharged into the environment. However, the abundance,...
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The Practical Ethics of Urban Agriculture in Public Housing
Urban agriculture planning encompasses ethical dimensions. In this paper, two cases of housing authority-led farming and gardening projects are...
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A participatory ecodesign framework to address both environmental and economic dimensions in viticulture at farm scale
There is an urgent need for agriculture in general, and for viticulture in particular, to reduce their impacts on the environment. Doing so requires...
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Seasonal habitat selection and ranging of domestic cats (Felis catus) in rural and urban environments
Domestic cats ( Felis catus ) thrive at high densities alongside humans in urban and rural environments and are responsible for excessive wildlife...
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Intra- and interspecific interactions in the Indian urban ecosystem with special reference to street cattle as the pivot
In the urban landscape of develo** countries like India, three species, i.e., humans, cattle, and dogs coexist and interact regularly. In the...
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Mushroom-bioreactor biomass as bioactive protein source: synergy of mushroom rural and urban cultivation
Mushroom rural cultivation consumes an average 6-month period, while urban cultivation takes only 10 days or less. In this study, mushroom biomass...
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A Polycentric Vision for Governing the Urban Food Commons
This chapter uses polycentric governance as a lens for examining alternative governance visions for urban agriculture, or what I refer to as the...
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Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Quandaries
Urban agriculture initiatives have rekindled the imagination of city residents and advocates across the United States for various reasons....