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Urban Agriculture as a Public Good: Valuing Farming and Gardening in Philadelphia and Chicago
Cities in the United States have developed urban agriculture support systems with different priorities. These reflect the often-competing values...
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“Farming Inside Cities” – A Look Back After Two Decades
Farming Inside Cities: Entrepreneurial Urban Agriculture in the United States (2000) by Jerry Kaufman and Martin Bailkey, was one of three concurrent...
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Urban Agriculture: A New Dimension in Alternative Farming Systems for Achieving the Target of Food for All
With the increasing population and urbanization comes massive competition for food, resources, and space. Food security, which refers to the...
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Integrated Farming Approach
Integrated farming system is a system where a variety of crops and animals are kept together in order to minimize the investment and efforts. At the...
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Factors associated with food security among small-holder farming households in Lesotho
BackgroundFood insecurity and malnutrition are persistent challenges worldwide and Lesotho is not an exception. Hunger and poverty have worsened with...
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Trait Improvement of Solanaceae Fruit Crops for Vertical Farming by Genome Editing
Currently, science and technology are continuously evolving by convergence with each other. In agriculture, new concepts such as smart farm, vertical...
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The utilisation of domestic goats in rural and peri-urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Goats are a common ruminant in livestock husbandry systems in communal areas of southern Africa, but less so in peri-urban areas. While dynamics of...
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Strategies for Sustainable Climate Smart Livestock Farming
Climate Smart Farming (CSF) emphasize on sustaining the farming by creating resilience in the practices through reorientation or transformation in...
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The Owita agroecosystem: a promising traditional land management system for sustainable farming in Sri Lanka
The Owita agroecosystem is a unique peri-urban land-use system. Typically it is a narrow strip of land with vegetation located between lowland paddy...
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Intelligent Nutrient Controlling System for Precision Urban Agriculture
Urban agriculture has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential to address various challenges, such as food security,...
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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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Influence of Crop Heterogeneity on Avian Diversity and Trait Composition in Urban Agro-Ecosystems
Environmental heterogeneity has a significant role in configuring native species diversity. Studies have shown that agricultural crops impact bird...
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The role of organic farming in creating food security and sustainable livelihoods for India’s smallholder farmers: a systematic review using PRISMA
Achieving food security and sustainable livelihood of smallholder farmers is a critical concern in many of the develo** countries including in...
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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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Selective effect of fish farming management on freshwater diversity
In some European regions, ponds are the dominant freshwater habitat type. The ecological value of ponds is decreasing owing to human activities,...
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Subsistence swine farming: seroprevalence and risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis infection in the state of Minas Gerais Brazil in 2016
Although it is considered an economically relevant and prevalent disease, little information is available on the epidemiology and risk factors of...
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Habitat preferences and similarities of Grey Partridges and Common Pheasants in agricultural landscapes under organic and conventional farming
Agricultural landscapes had been inhabited by a vast number of bird species in the past; however, especially in the last decades, agricultural...
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Sustainable growth of organic farming in the EU requires a rethink of nutrient supply
The European Commission recently set a target of increasing the area of organic agriculture to 25% by 2030. To achieve this, it is imperative to...
