Communications Earth & Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
4(1)
Опубликована: Окт. 13, 2023
The
role
of
law
and
policy
in
encouraging
a
sustainable
global
diet
is
often
underestimated.
I
argue
that
targeted
laws
environmental
are
key
to
bring
the
agricultural
sector
on
path
towards
sustainability.
Agricultural Systems,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
217, С. 103950 - 103950
Опубликована: Апрель 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.
Agriculture
must
become
more
climate
resilient
to
handle
the
difficulties
posed
by
change.
This
bibliometric
review
examines
significant
fields,
worldwide
collaborations,
and
research
trends
from
2004
2024
using
Dimensions
platform.
With
a
25.77%
yearly
growth
rate
an
average
of
10.15
citations
per
document,
involving
2,605
authors,
it
discovers
477
sources
contributing
1,000
papers.
In
support
integrated
approach
concerns,
theme
map
emphasizes
crucial
role
"climate
change"
its
connections
"resilience,"
"policy,"
"sustainable
development."
strong
positive
connection
(R2
=
0.7097)
linear
growth,
annual
publication
trend
indicates
noteworthy
rise
in
interest
adaptive
techniques.
Important
terms
like
"adaptation"
have
significantly
increased,
reflecting
changing
conversation.
Three
primary
clusters,
headed
researchers
David
D.
Woods,
Andrea
Nowak,
Zilberman,
are
visible
co-authorship
network.
Prominent
works
demonstrate
local
global
effects,
as
their
Local
Citation
Scores
indicate.
The
word
cloud
visualization
historical
citation
network
highlight
between
important
ideas
explain
collaborative
cumulative
character
this
field's
study.
offers
thorough
picture
that
will
direct
future
research,
advise
policy,
promote
cooperation
improve
agriculture's
resilience.
By
these
insights,
decision-makers
may
create
successful,
fact-based
policies
eventually
food
security
sustainable
development.
Based
on
results,
investigations
can
develop
long-lasting
efficient
solutions.
Sustainable Development,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
32(5), С. 4844 - 4865
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024
Abstract
Studies
have
explored
social
capital
(SC)
in
diverse
ways.
Still,
little
is
known
the
literature
about
how
its
functional
areas,
including
bonding,
bridging
and
linking
relationships,
interact
to
facilitate
sustainable
development,
particularly
agricultural
diversification.
We
address
this
gap
by
using
rural
web
frameworks
(1)
analyse
factors
influencing
SC
(2)
assess
relationship
between
Drawing
on
a
survey
of
600
households
60
interviews
with
key
stakeholders
from
Upper
West
Ashanti
regions
Ghana,
we
found
that
socioeconomic
factors,
farm
size,
remittance,
household
size
education,
significantly
influence
SC.
The
findings
also
show
farmers
depend
strongly
improve
their
livelihoods
through
These
implications
for
achieving
SDG
targets,
poverty
reduction
(SDG
1)
food
security
2),
regarding
accessibility
resources,
market
participation,
empowerment,
contract
farming.
Therefore,
policies
sub‐Saharan
Africa
should
incorporate
as
critical
indicator
diversification
initiatives
development
objectives.
Abstract
Context
Both
crop
rotational
diversity
and
landscape
are
important
for
ensuring
resilient
agricultural
production
supporting
biodiversity
ecosystem
services
in
landscapes.
However,
the
relationship
between
is
largely
understudied.
Objectives
We
aim
to
assess
how
spatially
organised
relation
soil,
climate,
at
a
regional
scale
Brandenburg,
Germany.
Methods
used
richness,
Shannon’s
evenness
indices
per
field
decade
(i.e.,
diversity)
as
proxy
land
use
cover
types
habitat
proxies
diversity.
Soil
climate
characteristics
geographical
positions
were
identify
potential
drivers
of
facets.
All
spatial
information
was
aggregated
10
×
km
resolution,
statistical
associations
explored
with
interpretable
machine
learning
methods.
Results
Crop
associated
negatively
metrics
positively
soil
quality
proportion
area,
even
after
accounting
other
variables.
Conclusion
Our
study
indicates
trade-off
(competition
space),
rotations
more
diverse
simplified
landscapes
that
agriculture
good
conditions.
The
respective
strategies
targets
should
be
tailored
corresponding
local
conditions
maintaining
or
enhancing
both
jointly
gain
their
synergistic
positive
impacts
on
management.
Research Square (Research Square),
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 7, 2025
Abstract
To
increase
the
profitability
and
sustainability
of
rice-based
cropping
systems
in
Bangladesh,
sustainable
intensification
through
diversifying
high-value
climate-smart
crops/varieties
is
required.
Therefore,
a
multi-location
farmer’s
participatory
trial
was
conducted
two
consecutive
years
south-west
Bangladesh
aimed
at
profitable
evaluation.
The
on-farm
included
five
such
as
(i)
rice-fallow-rice
(R-F-R),
(ii)
rice-mustard-rice
(R-M-R),
(iii)
rice-lentil-mungbean
(R-L-M)
(iv)
rice-wheat-mungbean
(R-W-M)
(v)
rice-relay
mustard-rice
(R-RM-R).
60
farmers’
fields
adjacent
districts
with
similar
weather
conditions
premium
quality
rice
variety/es
tested
R-M-R
R-RM-R
systems.
We
evaluated
equivalent
yield
(REY),
profitability,
index
(SYI),
production
land
use
efficiency,
protein
energy
outputs.
highest
system
REY
(14.1–14.4
t
ha-1)
recorded
from
which
to
2015/16.
had
20–25%
higher
than
R-F-R
lowest
(11.2–11.4
ha-1).
net
return
(1610–1879
USD
CS
R-M-R;
however,
(1.83–1.99)
benefit-cost
ratio
involved
R-L-M
it
due
lower
cost
involvement
this
system.
SYI
(0.84–0.85),
followed
by
R-L-M,
value
R-W-M
(0.75–0.77).
protein,
energy,
were
land-use
efficiency
R-RM-R.
study
revealed
that
planting
mustard
between
crops
(premium
varieties
short
duration
aman),
either
sole
crop
or
relay
aman
rice,
one
most
options
for