Search Results - "environmental economics"

Sustainability of neglected and underutilised species (NUS): Towards an assessment matrix for crop species by El Bilali, Hamid, Cardone, Gianluigi, Rokka, Susanna, Naino Jika, Abdel Kader, Falcis, Eleonora de, Diawara, Ali Badara, Nouhou, Bassirou, Ghione, Andrea

“…In this context, the present article aims to suggest a matrix for the assessment of the environmental, economic and social sustainability of NUS. …”
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An analysis of the investment climate for promoting circular bioeconomy: a cross-country analysis of some emerging economies by Taron, Avinandan, Bhandarkar, S., Rajeev, M., Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.

“…Emerging economies face pressing environmental, economic, and health challenges from rapid urbanization, population growth, and resource scarcity. …”
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Insight to Ecosystem Based Approach (EBA) at landscape level using a geospatial medium by Nagabhatla, N., Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali, Bobba, A.G., Finlayson, C. Max, Wickramasuriya, R., Brakel, Martin L. van, Prasad, S.N., Pattanaik, C.

“…In this paper, the EBA concept is closely linked with the emerging concept of multiple use systems (MUS) while taking account of environmental, economic, and social factors that govern the ecosystems services and benefits. …”
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Relevance of farm-scale indicators and tools for farmers to assess sustainability of their mixed crop-ruminant livestock systems by Leite, Fernanda Figueiredo Granja Dorilêo, Faverin, Claudia, Ciganda, Verónica, Cristobal Carballo, Omar, dos Reis, Julio Cesar, Eugène, Maguy, Fariña, Santiago, Hercher Pasteur, Jean, Monteiro, Alyce, Pastell, Matti, Recavarren, Paulo Mario, Romera, Alvaro, Rosanowski, Sarah, Tieri, Maria Paz, Aubry, Aurélie, Veysset, Patrick, Kenny, David, Vibart, Ronaldo

“…The objectives of this study were to select indicators in the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability of crop-livestock systems, to assess if these indicators are relevant in the operational schedule of farmers, and to score the indicators in these farm systems. …”
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Embedding food system education into Swedish public schools – teachers’ perspectives by Weiss, Hanna

“…This study used food literacy as a concept, which if applied, can help children to make personal decisions that are beneficial for themselves in terms of health, but also on a social, environmental, economic and cultural level. Through seven, in-depth interviews with teachers from the compulsory school level in Sweden, the study aimed to explore how teachers perceive, practice, and wish to educate about food systems. …”

A systematic literature review on the relationships between land tenure, cattle farming, and climate change by Díaz Baca, Manuel Francisco, Moreno Lerma, Leonardo, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan

“…Climate change is a pressing global issue with profound environmental, economic, and social ramifications. Our research delves into the intricate relationship between land tenure, exemplified by agrarian reforms, and traditional cattle farming practices, with a focus on mitigating climate change impacts through sustainable production practices and technologies, such as silvopastoral systems. …”
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Resource management domains in forestry research by Booth, T.H., Turnbull, J.W.

“…To manage tree plantations or natural forests effectively requires close attention to interactive aspects of environmental, economic social and management factors. Extrapolation of results is crucial to the adoption of research findings and it is important to estimate the extent to which results from specific research sites can be applied to other areas. …”
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Developing climate-smart agriculture to face climate variability in West Africa: challenges and lessons learnt by Partey, Samuel T., Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Campbell, Bruce M.

“…The prospects of CSA in West Africa hinge on the capacities of farming households and the region’s national institutions to understand the environmental, economic and social challenges in the context of climate change, and consequently self-mobilize to develop and implement responsive policies at appropriate scales.…”
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Responding to future regime shifts with agrobiodiversity: A multi-level perspective on small-scale farming in Uganda by Kozicka, Marta, Gotor, Elisabetta, Ocimati, Walter, Jager, Tamar de, Kikulwe, Enoch Mutebi, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…We further explore trade-offs and synergies between environmental, economic and nutritional outcomes faced by the farmers in their decision making when a regime shift occurs. …”
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Profitability analysis of a silvo-pastoral system in Colombia: Economic and environmental benefits by Sandoval, Danny, Florez, Fernando, Enciso, Karen, Sotelo, Mauricio E., Burkart, Stefan

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the environmental-economic benefits of implementing two SPS in Colombia, namely (i) Urochloa brizantha cv. …”
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Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations by Crona, Beatrice I., Wassénius, Emmy, Jonell, Malin, Koehn, J. Zachary, Short, Rebecca, Tigchelaar, Michelle, Daw, Tim A., Golden, Christopher D., Gephart, Jessica A., Allison, Edward H., Bush, Simon R., Cao, Ling, Cheung, William W. L., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Fanzo, Jessica, Gelcich, Stefan, Kishore, Avinash, Halpern, Benjamin S., Hicks, Christina C., Leape, James P., Little, David C., Micheli, Fiorenza, Naylor, Rosamond L., Phillips, Michael, Selig, Elizabeth R., Springmann, Marco, Sumaila, U. Rashid, Troell, Max, Thilsted, Shakuntala H., Wabnitz, Colette C.C.

“…The Blue Food Assessment recently evaluated nutritional, environmental, economic and justice dimensions of blue foods globally. …”
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Modeling economic-environmental decision making for agricultural land use in Argentinean Pampas by Cabrini, Silvina Marí­a, Calcaterra, Carlos Pablo

“…Results indicate that it is important to consider not only the environmental-economic tradeoff in farming, but also the conflict across different environmental criteria in order to determine whether it is reasonable to stimulate activities which improve some environmental indicators at the expense of getting less desirable values in others. …”
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Good practices for agrobiodiversity management by Joshi, Bal Krishna, Gauchan, Devendra, Bhandari, Bharat, Jarvis, Devra I.

“…A good practice is a process or methodology or action that is effective and successful; environmentally, economically and socially sustainable; technically feasible; inherently participatory; replicable and adaptable, that has been proven to work well and produce good results. …”
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Is voluntary certification of tropical agricultural commodities achieving sustainability goals for small-scale producers? A review of the evidence by DeFries, Ruth S., Fanzo, J., Mondal, P., Remans, R., Wood, S.A.

“…No significant differences were observed for different categories of responses (environmental, economic and social) or for different commodities (banana, coffee and tea), except negative outcomes were significantly less for environmental than other outcome categories (p = 0.01). …”
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Women's collective action and its impact on their resilience in agri-food systems: a rapid evidence review by Booker, Francesca, Duffy, Janine, Nicolini, Giulia, Núñez del Prado Nieto, Isabela, Wagner, Kata, Verma, Benu, Anbacha, Abiyot, Puskur, Ranjitha, Kori, Pooja

“…The research question was: What are the differential impacts of women’s collective action on their resilience to climate, environmental, economic, health and/or political shocks and stressors in the context of agri-food systems in low-or middle-income countries? …”
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Samhällsekonomisk analys av ett djupförvar för använt kärnbränsle i Forsmark by Lagerquist, Malin

“…This thesis investigates the socio- and environmental economic effects of a deep repository for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark in the municipality of Östhammar. …”
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Farm level analysis of smallholder farmers implementing Sustainable Intensification technologies in Malawi by Cossu, Alessandra

“…The assessment of performances focused on 10 indicators and included the 5 domains identified by the Sustainable Intensification Assessment Framework (SIAF) : productivity, environmental, economic, human and social. The main objective was to identify significant differences in performances by comparing the results of such indicators by Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) and by farmer group. …”
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Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaragua by Burkart, Stefan, Enciso, Karen, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, van der Hoek, Rein

“…This information will help cattle producers, extensionists and policymakers to make more holistic and informed land-use decisions that include productive, environmental, economic, and social benefits, and by this contributes to the broader adoption of more sustainable production systems.…”
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Feasibility of vermicompost production and business models for sustainable agriculture in the Rift Valley System of Ethiopia by Mekuria, Wolde, Gebreab, Y. T., Teshale, T., Feyisa, G. L., Kamanda, Josey, Haileslassie, Amare

“…This study assessed the technical, environmental, economic, and institutional feasibility of expanding vermicompost production and business models in Ethiopia’s Rift Valley Basin, with a focus on the Wondo Genet, Misraq Mesqan, Wera, and Atote Ulo districts. …”
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Analysing costs for bio-based materials in agriculture : an application of activity based costing on crop coverage by Johansson, Emma

“…The transition to a sustainable economy is a major challenge of our time that concerns most sectors in our society. Environmental, economic and social aspects are all important dimensions of sustainability, and agriculture is one of the most essential industries for the transition. …”