Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Jan. 23, 2025
Language: Английский
Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 365, P. 121579 - 121579
Published: June 26, 2024
Language: Английский
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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(6), P. 2425 - 2425
Published: March 14, 2024
In the modern era, imperative of digitalisation to enhance competitiveness spans various sectors, with agriculture being no exception. Agriculture 4.0, strategically positioned address challenges like climate change, food security, and resource preservation, holds potential increase productivity, profitability, sustainability in agriculture. Despite global accessibility digital technologies, their adoption within sector, especially among small medium-sized farms, encounters obstacles. Realising full 4.0 requires understanding factors influencing technology adoption. To this, study conducts a systematic literature review using PRISMA method, focusing on identifying primary drivers barriers associated implementation technologies. The is complemented by network analysis identified barriers. A total 42 articles from 2011 2023, sourced Scopus database, are examined. Individual farm-related play crucial role driving smart farming along social trust influence. Economic constraints lack infrastructure, such as internet access, emerge significant can inform development strategies promote transition 4.0. Farmers stand benefit insights into advantages, required skills, challenges, aiding informed decision-making
Language: Английский
Citations
17
Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 219, P. 104037 - 104037
Published: June 20, 2024
Language: Английский
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Finance research letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 66, P. 105679 - 105679
Published: June 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
13
Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 156, P. 103748 - 103748
Published: April 10, 2024
The paper discusses the increasing use of term agroecology in scientific literature and how its meanings vary different contexts. However, key issue is not understandings per se, but whether various interpretations align with intrinsic systemic transformative meaning. To address this, presents an integrative framework to assess approaches that agroecology, distinguish between enabling disabling interpretations. applied yield- non-yield-oriented (sustainable intensification, conservation agriculture, organic farming regenerative farming), revealing concerns hijacking or co-opting through (1) simplification, (2) false equivalence (3) confusion. prevent and/or respond – necessarily intentional - process neutralization potential we propose a combination accountability regulatory efforts, education collaboration protect integrity principles it represents as well ensure just contribution for (re-)shaping agri-food systems.
Language: Английский
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Agricultural Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 217, P. 103950 - 103950
Published: April 13, 2024
Intensive food and feed production in sole-cropped, large fields with high fertilizer pesticide inputs to achieve yields, has contributed detrimental environmental impacts. To move towards more sustainable agricultural landscapes, cropping system diversification been suggested as a promising practice for which the use of digital technologies could be potentially beneficial. Understanding impact diversified, newly arranged systems their management requires long-term experimental data at landscape scale practical experiences using are hardly available. Experimental platforms an setup farmers' involvement meet such demands but have not set up many regions nor process designing described systematically. The overall objective this study was describe how platform can co-designed jointly by researchers practitioners understand practices compared current Eastern Brandenburg, Germany. Specifically, we aimed re-design intensively managed field into smaller segments that called patches assess potential co-created experiment focussing on both, practitioners´ scientists´ perspective. We used DEED research cycle (Describe, Explain, Explore Design) conceptual framework co-design patchCROP within commercial farm. Patches were implemented 0.5 ha original based yield soil maps advanced cluster analysis considered heterogeneity. narrow crop sequence diversified integrating new crops, cover crops flower strips five-year rotation. cultivate patches, machinery during first years will replaced over time autonomous robots. Workshops various methods SWOT adjust reduction. revealed opportunities drawbacks develop participative manner from both scientific farming found farmer-centric position focused mainly economic return feasibility future operations field. perspective other hand needs potentials about evaluating dynamic, interdependent or opposing natural processes interactions like productivity, biodiversity ecosystem service changes context. Co-designed experiments simultaneously developed services beyond level, performance quality multiple scales, implications actors. This is step forward extend systems-based single plot on-farm environment, allowing exploration measures long run.
Language: Английский
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Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 75(2), P. 524 - 545
Published: March 5, 2024
Abstract Farmers' preferences toward practice‐ and results‐based agri‐environmental schemes (AES) are analysed using a labelled choice experiment. The analysis focuses on involving an innovative satellite‐based monitoring system, with different environmental objectives. Olive groves in southern Spain used as case study. Results show no statistically significant differences farmers' willingness to accept (WTA) payment for participating versus AES when the scheme targets carbon sequestration. By contrast, farmers require significantly higher WTA targeting biodiversity (using bird species indicator), mostly due uncertainties related its provision monitoring. increases level remote sensing monitoring, regardless of type scheme. Significant preference heterogeneity is observed, partly explained by attitudes risk their beliefs about service capacity. results suggest useful policy implications, including potential making use joint services design accompanying them uncertainty mitigating measures.
Language: Английский
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Global Food Security, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 44, P. 100827 - 100827
Published: Jan. 26, 2025
Language: Английский
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1
Heliyon, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. e42346 - e42346
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
The agri-food systems face many global and local challenges, including climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity. As the population continues to rise, demand for food other ecosystem services also increases, escalating pressure on systems. There is an urgent need transition systems' goals from production efficiency sustainability address these challenges. Within systems, niche marketing has gained prominence in achieving sustainability. Using PRISMA framework, this study performs a systematic literature review up November 2024 gather existing evidence how markets can promote sustainable while identifying challenges policy options. To end, two databases were employed: Web Sciences Scopus. Findings selected (58 articles) indicate that developing deliver agriculture subject various related risk exposure, entry barriers, changing consumer preferences, institutional context. In general, three main ways through which support identified. Firstly, provide financial incentives encourage farmers adopt environmentally friendly practices by increasing price premiums limiting competitors' market access. Secondly, facilitate partnerships networks enable sharing know-how best practices, reducing high cost transitioning Thirdly, radical innovations technologies increased economic performance. terms implications, public initiatives fostering expansion should increase support, access credit, legal recognition certifications products. Other measures include knowledge transfer networking between consumers.
Language: Английский
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Heliyon, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(6), P. e27541 - e27541
Published: March 1, 2024
With the government's pursuit of a digitalization agenda, Ghana is at forefront, championing digital transformation in Africa. However, people rural areas are being left behind harnessing immense benefits for their livelihoods. This study contributes to policy efforts aimed bridging that gap by investigating drivers agricultural (AD) as well its effects on livelihoods smallholder farmers Ghana. Data from cross-sectional survey 525 across northern, middle and southern was employed. Using probit tobit estimators analyze intensity adoption technologies agriculture, results show while female trail male applying technologies, higher educational attainment, better perception digitalization, group/cooperative membership, number economically active household members, access reliable electricity, internet mobile money services significantly promote use activities. inverse probability weighting regression adjustment estimator mitigate endogeneity concerns, also AD associated with perceived improvements livelihood assets, ultimately outcomes These findings highlight importance investing infrastructure, policymakers, private sector other stakeholders, expand uptake agriculture bolster development
Language: Английский
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