Search Results - "environmental sustainability"

  1. The true costs of food production in Kenya and Viet Nam by Benfica, Rui, Hossain, Marup, Davis, Kristin E., Boukaka, Sedi Anne, Azzarri, Carlo

    Published 2024
    “…Because external costs represent a significant part of the total cost of food production, policy and investments to minimize these costs are essential to a nature-positive AFS that is environmentally sustainable and socially equitable. Strategies to reach this goal include regulatory adjustments, investments in resource efficient infrastructure and technologies that minimize costs, and the prudent management of environmentally impactful production inputs and factors.…”
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  2. Feed resources vis-à-vis livestock and fish productivity in a changing climate by Blümmel, Michael, Haileslassie, Amare, Herrero, Mario, Beveridge, Malcolm C.M., Phillips, M., Havlík, Petr

    Published 2015
    “…Competition for feed among livestock and fish species will increase, in addition to competition with human food production and biomass needs for biofuels and soil health, unless we see significant levels of intensification of ASF production, and in ways that are environmentally sustainable. Animal source food production globally already faces increasing pressure because of negative environmental implications, particularly because of greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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  3. Communicating ethical sourcing by Anderson, Ingrid, Bæcklund, Johanna

    Published 2015
    “…The initiatives for creating an ethical, social and environmentally sustainable production are not sufficient for the Swedish industrial users of palm oil. …”
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    Second cycle, A2E
  4. Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and aerobic rice fields in the Philippines by Alberto, Ma. Carmelita R., Wassmann, Reiner, Hirano, Takashi, Miyata, Akira, Hatano R, Kumar, Arvind, Tirol-Padre, Agnes, Amante, Modesto

    Published 2011
    “…This information should be taken into consideration in evaluating alternative water-saving technologies for environmentally sustainable rice production systems.…”
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    Journal Article
  5. Implications of increased urbanization and consumer awareness on future food supplies in Tanzania by Marivoet, Wim, Alphonce, Roselyne

    Published 2025
    “…In conclusion, achieving healthy diets for all Tanzanians by 2050 will require, in addition to raising nutrition awareness and improving economic affordability among the population: • A more than doubling of total food supplies with major shifts toward nutrient-rich foods, • Substantial agricultural productivity and efficiency gains, • A stronger emphasis on reducing PHL and strengthening urban food systems, and • A coordinated policy focus on nutrition-sensitive and environmentally sustainable production.…”
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  6. Vermicompost for reduction of vegetable waste - and a possible means to produce fish feed in aquaponic systems? by Sandell, Lisa

    Published 2014
    “…The aquaponic system can be made environmentally sustainable and self-supporting if supplemented with a vermicompost/vermiculture for the production of worm protein as a fish feed. …”
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    First cycle, G2E
  7. An assessment of public procurement of timber buildings by Ingmar, Erik

    Published 2015
    “…It highlights barriers, drivers and pathways of a deep structural transition towards more environmentally sustainable timber based building.…”
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    Second cycle, A2E
  8. Gender, nature and small-scale farming : women’s narratives about gender and view of nature in relation to its impact on organic farming by Andersson, Kajsa

    Published 2018
    “…The conviction of choosing a lifestyle that includes environmentally sustainable principles compensates for the backside of the profession such as poor profitability and long working days. …”
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