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Sustainable business practices : a review of eco-efficiency by Muyingo, Ronald

“…In view of the above findings, the study proposes that more needs to be done to find sustainable and affordable democratic indicators, tools and concepts that capture all the aspects of sustainable development. …”

Optimum plant density and harvest age for maximizing productivity and minimizing competition in a Calliandra short-rotation-coppice plantation in West Java, Indonesia by Widyati, E., Sutiyono, Darwo, Mindawati, N., Yulianti, M., Prameswari, D., Abdulah, L., Yuniarti, K., Baral, H.

“…To produce large volumes of biomass for implementing its green energy policy, the Government of Indonesia has issued a short rotation energy plantation program for a number of tree species including Calliandra calothyrsus (Meissn.). …”
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The challenge of a just transition in northern Sweden : uncovering environmental justice related frames of actors actively involved in wind energy development in northern Sweden by Kneifel, Rebecca

“…Since 2010, wind power in Sweden is a fast-growing industry, promoted as one solution to reach climate goals and ensure more sustainability. Nevertheless, wind power is also criticised and the cause of several land-use conflicts all over Sweden. …”

What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper by Garnett, Tara, Appleby, M.C., Balmford, A., Bateman, I.J., Benton, Tim G., Bloomer, P., Burlingame, B., Dawkins, M., Dolan, L., Fraser, D., Herrero, Mario, Hoffmann, I., Smith, Pete, Thornton, Philip K., Toulmin, C., Vermeulen, Sonja J., Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…While the food system generates enough food energy for our population of over 7 billion it does not deliver adequate and affordable nutrition for all. …”
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Circular bioeconomy for sustainable resource management and livelihood improvement in Ethiopia by Bodach, Susanne, Alegbeleye, Oluwadara, Taron, Avinandan, Hagos, Fitsum

“…Government support, business networks, and support services can empower CBE ventures and contribute to sustainable resource management. By focusing on policy interventions that combine sustainable waste management and livelihood creation, CBE can significantly contribute to achieving a more sustainable development path for all Ethiopians.…”
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Sustainable school feeding innovations in Kigali: Baseline survey report by Munyangeri, Yvonne, Mutua, Mercy, Rurangwa, Edouard, Ngabire, Sam, Dusabimana, Emmanuel, Tuyishime, Omar, Rubyogo, Jean Claude, Birachi, Eliud A

“…This report presents the findings of a baseline survey conducted for the Sustainable School Feeding Innovations in Kigali (SSFI) project. …”
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Assessment of food retail business sustainability : the case of Konsum Värmland by Bekele, Addis

“…It has incorporated the sustainability issues into its mission and values. It practically has been implementing sustainability programs in all the three dimensions of sustainable development. …”

Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals: Threats and potential remedies. by Vlek, Paul L.G., Tamene, Lulseged D., Martius, Christopher, Lamers, John P.A., Drechsel, Pay, Ziadat, Feras M., Le, Quang Bao, Mirzabaev, Alisher, Nkonya, Ephraim M., Lynden, Godert van, Whitbread, Anthony M., Akhtar-Schuster, Mariam, Kizito, Fred, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…Land degradation is a complicating factor in reaching many of the SDGs, not only SDG 15 but many of the others such as the elimination of hunger, the provision of biodiversity, clean water and renewable energy, climate change mitigation and sustainable urban environments that all depend on healthy land resources. …”
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The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus as a tool to develop climate change adaptation strategies: a case study of the Buffalo River Catchment, South Africa by Dlamini, N., Senzanje, A., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…The water system's reliability in meeting projected domestic, agricultural, and energy water demands under climate change conditions was used for gauging the sustainability of the development plans. …”
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Natural migration barriers for fish by hydropower plants by Anders, Johansson

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The impact of a carbon tax on fossil fuels on the WEF nexus by Ringler, Claudia, Willenbockel, Dirk, Pérez, Nicostrato D., Rosegrant, Mark W., Zhu, Tingju

“…Key among these are SDG 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”; SDG 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; and SDG 7: “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all”. …”
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Emergy synthesis on the initial phase of a sustainable urban food garden by Marádi, Attila

“…In case of our model, labor represented the highest emergy contribution, an overwhelming 96 % of all input emergies. And even though labor was done voluntarily, considering its supporting energy flows it is a non-renewable input resource. …”
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Challenges and opportunities in the operationalization of the Water-Environment-Energy-Food (WE2F) Nexus: Case study of the upper Niger basin and inner Niger delta, West Africa by Seidou, O., Maiga, F., Ringler, Claudia, Kalcic, S., Ferrini, L.

“…The recognition of the complex interlinkages between multiple sectors has led to the creation of various holistic approaches to environmental decision making such as Integrated Natural Resources Management (INRM), Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Virtual Water (VW), Water Footprint (WF) and lately the Food-EnergyEnvironment-Water nexus (WE2F). All these approaches aim to increase resource use efficiency and promote sustainability by increasing the cooperation between traditionally disjoint sectors, and mainly differ by the number and relative weights of the sectors included in their framework. …”
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What do we require from water biotechnologies in Africa? by Weissenbacher, N., Nikiema, Josiane, Garfi, M., Figoli, A.

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A semi-qualitative approach to the operationalization of the Food–Environment–Energy–Water (FE2W) Nexus concept for infrastructure planning: A case study of the Niger Basin by Seidou, Ousmane, Ringler, Claudia, Kalcic, Spela, Ferrini, Luca, Ramani, Traoré Abdou, Guero, Abdou

“…The countries sharing the Niger River suffer from poor access to clean water and energy as well as food insecurity. The Niger River Basin Authority is tasked with advancing progress in all these areas while also reducing environmental degradation. …”
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Design and sustainability assessment of bioenergy double cropping system in southern Sweden by Lama, Sbatie

“…A literature search was conducted to collect preliminary data to assess sustainability of double cropping system using Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture systems (SAFA) as a concept. …”
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Agroforestry: An effective multi-dimensional mechanism for achieving Sustainable Development Goals by Goparaju, L., Ahmad, F., Uddin, M., Rizvi, J.

“…The outcome of the evaluation highlights that agroforestry can contribute very significantly and can play a vital role in SDG-1, SDG-2, SDG-11, SDG-13, and SDG-15 directly in mitigating poverty, contributing towards food security, improving in creating a viable healthy city and in providing a sustainable overall prosperous environment in the prevailing climate change setup whereas indirectly it can serve others SDGs goals simultaneously that aim to provide better health and education, women empowerment, effective contribution towards clean water and energy for all sections of the society/citizen. …”
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Agrobiodiversity solution hotspot tool: IPSR Innovation Profile by Jones, Sarah K., Estrada-Carmona, Natalia, Sharma, Sunaya

“…An agrobiodiversity solution hotspot tool will improve understanding of relationships across the food system and help identify priority interventions to restore and enhance ecosystem functions and services for sustainable social and economic benefits. A spatially explicit water, energy, food, and environment (WEFE) threat analysis will be conducted for the focal landscape of the Ganges Basin. …”
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Brachiaria grass for sustainable livestock production in Rwanda under climate change by Mutimura, Mupenzi, Ghimire, Sita R.

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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA): Environment and Social Management Plan (ESMP) to guide the Establishment of Solar-Powered Storage Facilities in... by Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

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