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Baseline assessment report for Resilient Nature-based Water Solutions pilot in Izbat Al-Hamra, Egypt by Belhaj Fraj, Makram, Fragaszy, Stephen, Abdelwahab, Noura, Maowod, G., AbdelMegeed, A., Elhariry, R. T., Samarasekara, Vidhisha

“…The findings and recommendations will support agricultural communities in adopting innovative, practical, and inclusive solutions that strengthen livelihoods, improve access to credit and markets, and enhance long-term financial and environmental sustainability.…”
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Brief: the water-energy-food-environment nexus by Dankens, Sarah, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte

“…Water, energy, food, and the environment are deeply interconnected and essential for economic development, environmental sustainability, and human well-being. Energy is required to manage water resources and to support the growth, processing, and distribution of food. …”
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Ấn phẩm hệ thống lương thực thực phẩm: Khu vực Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long, Việt Nam by Duong, Thanh Thi, Hoang, The Ky, Huynh, Tuyen Thi Thanh, Tuan, Thi Mai Phuong, Pham Thi, Huong Mai, Nguyen, Quoc Minh, Truong, Tuyet Mai, Tran, Van The, Dang, Van Pham, Bui, Thi Viet Anh, Pham, Thi Hanh Tho, Manh, Cuong Nguyen

“…It details outcomes related to residents’ diets, nutrition and health, socio-economic conditions, and environmental sustainability. Using a robust, publicly available set of quantitative indicators across all food system components, the profile highlights key notable features, trends, accomplishments, and challenges specific to the Mekong River Delta’s unique regional context. …”
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Food system profile: Mekong Delta, Vietnam by Duong, Thanh Thi, Hoang, The Ky, Huynh, Tuyen Thi Thanh, Pham Thi, Huong Mai, Nguyen, Quoc Minh, Truong, Tuyet Mai, Dang, Van Pham, Tran, Van The, Bui Thi, Viet Anh, Tuan, Thi Mai Phuong, Pham, Thi Hanh Tho, Manh, Cuong Nguyen

“…It details outcomes related to residents’ diets, nutrition and health, socio-economic conditions, and environmental sustainability. Using a robust, publicly available set of quantitative indicators across all food system components, the profile highlights key notable features, trends, accomplishments, and challenges specific to the Mekong River Delta’s unique regional context. …”
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Cultivating progress: Greenhouse and nursery innovations for vegetable production in Guinayangan, Quezon by del Rio, Susan P., Anunciado, Ma. Shiela S., Oro, Emilita M., Gonsalves, Julian F., Laco, Jonalyn O., Borelli, Teresa

“…It also provides recommendations for improving farmers’ livelihood, enhancing food security, and promoting environmental sustainability. Through partnerships with local government units, farmer groups, and the Municipal Agriculture Office, these efforts have improved market access, supported sustainable farming practices, and encouraged community involvement. …”
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Economic assessment of sustainable management approaches and technologies in agriculture: A systematic literature review by Hettiarachchi, Upeksha, Zhang, Wei, Suh, Neville, Lan, Grace

“…Against this backdrop, a transition to sustainable agricultural farming systems is urgently needed to ensure global food security and environmental sustainability. Conventional farming systems generate considerable environmental impacts, including biodiversity loss and pollution of the ecosystem. …”
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The Role of Latin America’s Land and Water Resources for Global Food Security: Environmental Trade-Offs of Future Food Production Pathways. by Flachsbarth, I., Willaarts, B., Xie, Hua, Pitois, G., Mueller, N.D., Ringler, Claudia, Garrido, A.

“…Special emphasis is given to the role of LAC’s agriculture for (a) global food security and (b) environmental sustainability. We use the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT)—a global dynamic partial equilibrium model of the agricultural sector—to run different future production scenarios, and agricultural trade regimes out to 2050, and assess changes in related environmental indicators. …”
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Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability? by DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Jones, S.K., Attwood, S., Bossio, Deborah A., Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Enfors, E., Fremier, Alexander K., Gordon, LJ, Kizito, Fred, López Noriega, Isabel, Matthews, Nathaniel, McCartney, Matthew P., Meacham, M., Noble, A.D., Quintero, Marcela, Remans, Roseline, Soppe, Richard, Willemen, L., Wood, SLR, Zhang, Wei

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Conversion of finished leather waste incorporated with plant fibers into value added consumer products – An effort to minimize solid waste in Ethiopia by Teklay, A., Gebeyehu, G., Getachew, T., Yaynshet, T., Sastry, T.P.

“…By preparing such value added products, we can reduce solid waste; minimize environmental pollution and thereby securing environmental sustainability.…”
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Wastewater: the untapped resource by United Nations World Water Assessment Programme

“…In the context of a circular economy, whereby economic development is balanced with the protection of natural resources and environmental sustainability, wastewater represents a widely available and valuable resource. …”
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How Have Markets Affected the Governance of Agrobiodiversity? by Jager, Matthias, Loosen, Irene van, Giuliani, Alessandra

“…Farmers who continue to conserve on-farm agrobiodiversity are providing the global public goods of food security and environmental sustainability insurance for the world’s population, nowadays and for future times. …”
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Plant growth-promoting microorganisms as natural stimulators of nitrogen uptake in citrus by Pérez-Piqueres, Ana, Martínez-Alcatára, Belén, Canet, Rodolfo, del Val, Raquel, Quinones, Ana

“…Improving nitrogen uptake efficiency by citrus in Mediterranean areas, where this crop predominates, is crucial for reducing ground-water pollution and enhancing environmental sustainability. This aligns with the Farm to Fork Strategy (European Green Deal) objectives, which aim to reduce the use of mineral fertilizers by up to 20% and to eliminate soil contamination from nitrogen entirely. …”
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Disclosure of firms’ environmental performance by Hising, Jannike

“…The study shows, based on empirical and theoretical findings, that the SV approach should not be considered as a fully relevant method for assessing the corporates environmental sustainability performance as it could increase the efficiency losses of asymmetric information if used by socially responsible investors. …”
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Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same by Herforth, Anna, Johns, Timothy, Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M., Jones, Andrew D., Khoury, Colin K., Lang, Timothy, Maundu, Patrick, Powell, Bronwen, Reyes García, Victoria

“…If the same processes and priorities continue, we can expect more of the same results: the last fifty years of a productionist paradigm have resulted in increased production of a small set of calorie-dense crops, increased calorie availability, and increased global homogeneity of diets, while environmental sustainability, human health, and equity issues remain unresolved. …”
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Cali’s food systems: A diagnostic synthesis to determine priority action areas for sustainable food systems by Aronson, Sandra

“…The production, consumption, and disposal of food has profound effects on economic development, environmental sustainability, and public health. Among food systems, these three domains have important linkages and synergies which are conveyed through public goods and public policy. …”
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Growth performance of Calophyllum inophyllum at a bioenergy trial plot in Bukit Soeharto Research and Education Forest, East Kalimantan by Leksono, B., Windyarini, E., Adinugraha, H.A., Artati, Y., Kwon, J., Baral, H.

“…The Indonesian government has committed to providing its entire population with energy through the National Energy Policy, which highlights the importance of diversification, environmental sustainability, and enhanced deployment of domestic energy resources. …”
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Sustainable food systems and nutrition in the 21st century: A report from the 22nd Annual Harvard Nutrition Obesity Symposium by Fanzo, J., Rudie, C., Sigman, I., Grinspoon, S., Benton, Tim G., Brown, M.E., Covic, Namukolo M., Fitch, K., Golden, Christopher D., Grace, Delia, Hivert, M.-F., Huybers, P., Jaacks, L.M., Masters, W.A., Nisbett, N., Richardson, R.A., Singleton, C.R., Webb, P., Willett, W.C.

“…At the same time, there are vast opportunities to ensure that food systems produce healthy and safe food in equitable ways that promote environmental sustainability, especially if the world can come together at the UN Food Systems Summit in late 2021 and make strong and binding commitments towards food system transformation. …”
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Growth performance of Calophyllum inophyllum in bioenergy trial plots in Bukit Soeharto Forest, East Kalimantan by Leksono, B., Sukartiningsih, Windyarini, E., Adinugraha, H.A., Artati, Y., Kwon, J., Baral, H.

“…The Indonesian government has committed to providing its entire population with energy through the National Energy Policy, which highlights the importance of diversification, environmental sustainability, and enhanced deployment of domestic energy resources. …”
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COVID-19 and beef consumption in Colombia: Effects on consumer preferences and beliefs by Mejía Tejada, Daniela, Charry, Andrés, Díaz, Manuel Francisco, Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan

“…In this study, we estimate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on changes in food consumer preferences in Colombia, applying a logit model approach for seven attributes, namely animal welfare, environmental sustainability, information on the origin and manufacturing of food, food appearance, food price, fair payment to the producer, and food packaging. …”
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Adoption of dairy technologies in smallholder dairy farms in Ethiopia by Korir, L., Manning, L., Moore, H.L., Lindahl, Johanna F., Gemechu, G., Mihret, A., Berg, S., Wood, J.L.N., Nyokabi, N.S.

“…The adoption of modern agricultural technologies in Ethiopia’s dairy production system remains underutilized and under-researched yet it is a promising sector to aid in reducing poverty, improving the food security situation and the welfare of rural households, and in ensuring environmental sustainability. This paper uses the Negative Binomial regression model to examine determinants of multiple agricultural technology adoption in the Addis Ababa and Oromia regions of Ethiopia. …”
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