Mitigating the Technological Challenges of Regenerative Farming with an Integrated Framework Merging IoT, Ontologies, and GIS

Communications in computer and information science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 95 - 106

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Beyond the buzz: analysing actors promoting regenerative agriculture in Europe

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 25, 2025

Regenerative agriculture is advocated as a response to environmental and socio-economic challenges, yet little research systematically examines its key proponents. We analysed 849 actor websites interviewed 131 self-identified regenerative farmers across Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal. It mapped types, locations, sizes, promoted themes (e.g. biodiversity) practices no-tillage). Our findings suggest originated grassroots approach farming that was co-opted by non-farming actors around 2020. Actors were mainly based in cities, particularly like NGOs. The most soil health biodiversity, nearly 10% of mentioned no themes. Among 5,000 identified practices, cover cropping crop diversification cited. conclude, reflecting on from multiple perspectives, burden proof for be sustainable lies ability regenerate environment - until then, impact remains uncertain.

Language: Английский

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Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Human Health: The Interconnection Between Soil, Food Quality, and Nutrition

Antioxidants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 530 - 530

Published: April 29, 2025

Regenerative organic agriculture (ROA) combines ecological and principles to promote soil health, biodiversity, long-term sustainability. This narrative review explores the connection between quality, food nutritional value, human highlighting how ROA can enhance phytochemical content reduce harmful residues in plant-based foods. Empirical studies report increases vitamin C, zinc, polyphenols crops such as leafy greens, grapes, carrots grown under regenerative systems, along with reductions nitrates pesticide residues. We summarize recent literature (2000–2025) that links soil-driven improvements composition antioxidant activity potential health benefits. By addressing current research gaps, this supports role of building resilient systems preventing chronic disease.

Language: Английский

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Pots to Plots: Microshock Weed Control Is an Effective and Energy Efficient Option in the Field

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(11), P. 4324 - 4324

Published: May 21, 2024

Seeking low environmental impact alternatives to chemical herbicides that can be integrated into a regenerative agriculture system, we developed and tested flat-plate electrode weeding equipment applying ultra-low-energy electric shocks seedlings in the field. Better than 90% control was achieved for all species, with energy treat 5 weeds m−2 equivalent 15 kJ ha−1 L. didymum A. powellii, 363 (leaf contact only) 555kJ (plants pressed soil) in-ground multiflorum, well below our 1 MJ target fraction of required by any other system. We compared applications leaves only or against soil surface, growing outside ground plants bags filled same soil. No previous studies have made such direct comparisons. Our research indicated greenhouse in-field results are comparable, factors remaining constant. The in-ground, outdoor treatments were as effective efficient previously published in-bag, trials. system supports sustainable farming providing weed suitable manual, robotic, conventional deployment without recourse tillage herbicides.

Language: Английский

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From Sustainable Agriculture to Sustainable Agrifood Systems: A Comparative Review of Alternative Models

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(22), P. 9675 - 9675

Published: Nov. 6, 2024

This paper reviews, compares, and critically evaluates two broad groups of sustainable agriculture models: “sustainable agriculture” agrifood systems”. The models—comprising organic farming, regenerative agriculture, climate-smart carbon-capture nature-based solutions—focus primarily on improving ecological sustainability through farm-level practices. These models emphasize reducing external, industrial inputs, enhancing biodiversity, promoting climate resilience, relying technological market-based solutions to address environmental concerns. On the other hand, systems” models—agroecology, alternative food networks, permaculture—offer more ambitious visions systemic transformation. approaches not only seek implement environmentally sound practices but also aim reconfigure broader system by challenging corporate power, local governance, fostering sovereignty, prioritizing social justice. Grounded in grassroots movements, these justice economic viability addition sustainability. paper’s contribution lies its comparative analysis wide array alternatives, highlighting both their strengths limitations. Adopting an agrarian political economy perspective, it critiques former camp for limited engagement with structural issues inherent capitalist latter underplaying importance national development Global South.

Language: Английский

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Importance of regenerative agriculture: climate, soil health, biodiversity and its socioecological impact

Discover Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(1)

Published: Dec. 4, 2024

Agriculture is facing a severe threat to its sustainability due the growing demands for food, feed, and other renewable nonfood raw materials in face of global warming. Regenerative agriculture increasingly recognized as vital solution range ecological social issues. It actively revitalizes ecosystems, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, mitigating climate change, going beyond sustainable practices. Governments organizations at all levels, from regional, are exploring how regenerative can be integrated into change initiatives sustain ecosystem. This powerful benefit achieved without reducing yields or farmer profits. Soil, living dynamic environment, home diverse micro- macro biota that contribute characteristics. Healthy characterized by favorable physical properties (texture, water-holding capacity), chemical (pH, organic matter; SOM), biological (microbial diversity, respiration), which essential nurturing nutritious profitable crops improve human health. farming attracting interest public, private, nonprofit sectors health ecology. Several academics non-governmental have attempted explain scope significance agriculture. review outlines practices mitigate warming, boost socioecological impacts. For future prospects, further scientific research required examine effects both livestock order promote healthier community.

Language: Английский

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Regenerative Agriculture: A Multifaceted Approach to One Health and Soil Restoration

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Inclusive Experiential Learning for STEM Students in Sustainable Robotic Agriculture

Published: Aug. 4, 2024

Abstract As the world grapples with challenges like climate change, population growth, and food security, sustainable agriculture has become a critical area of focus. Robotic agriculture, its potential to improve efficiency sustainability, is at forefront this transformation. STEM students, as future innovators leaders, need be well-equipped knowledge skills in domain. However, key effective learning lies inclusivity hands-on experience. This paper aims elucidate strategies for integrating inclusive experiential robotic education. The student participants from science engineering explored benefits technologies such Farmbots (an open-source farming technology that combines robotics, automation, software facilitate precision small-scale agricultural settings) while considering equitable distribution resources, three P's (People, Planet, Profit) well-being communities workers involved agriculture. One important aspect project was growing peanuts hemp FarmBots. Growing provided unique opportunity not only explore contributions George Washington Carver, an African American scientist early 20th century, but also helped shedding light on his remarkable achievements context social justice. By cultivation FarmBot platform, investigators created engaging space highlighted crop addressing historical contemporary faced by marginalized communities. students honed their content importance economic development, environmental stewardship, accessible healthcare, criminal justice reform, education crucial components socially just approach cultivation. Besides receiving hands-on-experiences, majors working projects how these can made farmers, disadvantaged communities, regions limited resources. activities addressed barriers access promoting equity adoption, use technologies. primary co-authors are collaborating community-based organizations design implement leverage FarmBots address those needs. Some initiatives community-led urban projects, training programs, or cooperative models empower benefit community taken into consideration enhance collaborations large.

Language: Английский

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Regenerative Agriculture: Potential, Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Producers

Springer texts in business and economics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 15 - 42

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

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