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Transforming Chinese Food Systems for Both Human and Planetary Health
Over the past four decades, China’s food security and nutritional status have improved significantly, as witnessed in the elimination of hunger and...
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Impact evaluation of rice integrated pest management dissemination programs on adoption and pesticide use in Punjab, India
In the mid-1990s, work on development, validation, and dissemination of integrated pest management (IPM) technologies was intensified with the...
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Living with Predators: A 20-Year Case Study in the Blackfoot River Watershed of Montana
This chapter describes 20 years of efforts to live with large carnivores in the Blackfoot watershed located in western Montana with a focus on the...
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Arid Fruits
After independence, the focus of Indian agriculture was more toward food grain production to feed our citizens, and with the sincere efforts of...
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Association of gender-related factors and household food security in southwest Oromia, Ethiopia: evidence from a cross-sectional study
BackgroundFood insecurity is a major concern across Ethiopia and a long-standing public health problem. Vulnerability to food insecurity varies by...
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Introduction, Types, and History of Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management in India
Rainfed agriculture is a type of farming that relies on rainfall for water. It provides much of the food consumed by poor communities in develo**...
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The new Malthusian challenge in the Sahel: prospects for improving food security in Niger
The world economy has largely overcome the Malthusian challenge, but there are regions such as the Sahel where this challenge remains formidable and...
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Modeling trade-offs among ecosystem services for agriculture in the “sisal belt” of Kilosa, central Tanzania
ContextExploring ways to maintain a biophysically functioning environment while improving human welfare based on competing stakeholder land uses is...
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Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) occurrence in carp aquacultural ponds: a case study from the South Bohemia (Czech Republic) pond region
The impact of piscivorous predatory species is an important factor negatively influencing the prosperity of inland aquacultural facilities. In this...
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Growth and productivity of Eucalyptus benthamii in integrated crop–livestock systems in southern Brazil
Integrated crop–livestock systems (ICLS) are production models that promote sustainable intensification and integrate agricultural and forestry...
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Present Scenario: Status of the Biofertilizer Industry in India
Agriculture today is facing the challenge of increasing productivity from decreasing arable land to feed the growing population. It must improvise...
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How financially viable is smallholder forestry? A case study with a high-value tropical forestry species
This paper evaluates the financial performance and risk of high-value tropical forestry under the challenges faced by smallholders, using Vanuatu...
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Biomass and Carbon Stock Capacity of Wacho Forest, Southwestern Ethiopia, and its Implication for Climate Change Mitigation
The carbon stock capacity of forest is deteriorated by anthropogenic factors, which causes for aggravation of climate change. Therefore, the study...
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History and Current Status of Sugarcane Breeding, Germplasm Development and Molecular Genetics in Brazil
Brazil is the world’s largest producer of sugarcane and one of the leading suppliers of sugar and ethanol worldwide. In the 2019–2020 crop season,...
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Evaluating the Effect of External Conditions on the Quality Attributes of Potatoes
The rapidly growing global population emphasises the need for high-yielding, sustainable, yet nutritious food crops, which produce consistent yields...
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Silvopastoral Systems: A Pathway to Scale-Up Restoration in Colombia
In Colombia, vast areas of rich natural ecosystems have been transformed for extensive cattle grazing, a production system whose ecological footprint...
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Oilseeds and Oil Palm
Oilseed self-sufficiency achieved during the Yellow Revolution in the early 1990s could not be maintained for more than a few years. Despite being...
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South Africa’s private wildlife ranches protect globally significant populations of wild ungulates
Reversing biodiversity loss is a global imperative that requires setting aside sufficient space for species. In South Africa, an estimated area of 20...
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Map** varieties of farmers’ experience in the digital transformation: a new perspective on transformative dynamics
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabilities of the global food system, underscoring the need for a sustainable transformation of the...
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A Decade of Agronomic Research Impact on Commercializing Traditional Homestead Production of Amadumbe in Umbumbulu KwaZulu-Natal
Severe environmental problems result from unsustainable farming practices leading to natural resource degradation, particularly in rural areas. In...