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Characterization of Pollinators Associated with Cocoa Cultivation and Their Relationship with Natural Effective Pollination by Ríos Moyano, Diana Katherinne, Rodríguez Cruz, Fredy Alexander, Hormaza Martínez, Paola Andrea, Ramírez Godoy, Augusto

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Challenges, barriers, and determinants of farmers’ adoption of agroecological practices in Tunisia: A Case study of Hamam biadha and Elles by Khader, Amina

“…In the empirical analysis, qualitative and quantitative approaches were used, including factor and bivariate analysis (i.e., Kendall’s test). Farm typologies, predominantly mixed systems combining cereal-tree-small ruminant components, were identified. …”
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Escenarios convencionales (BAU-Business as Usual) y Escenarios de Intensificación – TESAC-Sistemas Ganaderos by Hoek, Rein van der, Mena, Martín

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Uptake of agroforestry-based crop management in the semi-arid Sahel – Analysis of joint decisions and adoption determinants by Grovermann, C., Rees, C., Beye, A., Assfaw Wossen, T., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Cicek, H.

“…Introduction: Agroforestry plays a vital role in maintaining and developing the resilience and productivity of farms and landscapes. Scientific evidence from the Sahel region suggests that integration of trees and shrubs has the potential to improve temperature and moisture levels whilst providing bio-based fertilizer that contributes to increased yields of annual crops. …”
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Caracterización morfológica del cacao Nacional Boliviano, Alto Beni, Bolivia by Villegas Cáceres, Romina, Astorga Domian, Carlos

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Turnos óptimos de renovación de cafetales con sombra de poró (Erythrina poeppigiana) y a pleno sol by López, Dimas Manuel, Somarriba, Eduardo, Ramírez, Octavio A.

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Agroforestry Matches the Evolving Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Agenda in Asia and Africa by Noordwijk, M. van, Catacutan, D.C., Duguma, L.A., Pham, T.T., Leimona, B., Dewi, S., Bayala, J., Minang, Peter A.

“…Mitigadaptation, tree-based synergy between the global climate change mitigation and adaptation agendas, has been slowly emerging in the 30 years of climate science–policy interaction with its various ups and downs, false starts and ever-increasing urgency of bending the climate curve. …”
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Best practices for agroecology & climate change resilience in the dry corridor: Views from five regions in Honduras by Siles, Pablo, Guillen, Jose Francisco, Obando, Diego, Wollenberg, Eva

“… - Women’s groups favoured practices focused on food safety and security, biodiversity of cultivars, community-level resources, and farm and landscape system interventions. - Economic resilience, due to farm- and crop-level diversification, may be as or more important for resilience of a specific crop like coffee or maize and beans…”
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Bruka utan att förbruka - när andra intressen än ekonomin får styra by Sandström, Elin

“…The goal is to develop a forest with a variation of tree species and ground vegetation that will appeal to the human senses and different animal species such as birds, insects etc. …”
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Insects Associated with Severe Defoliation of Salmwood (Cordia alliodora (Ruiz and Pav.) Cham.) (Boraginaceae) in Colombia by Montes Rodríguez, Jose M., Hernández Pérez, Pablo E., Vega, Fabio Nelson, Guarín, Arnulfo

“…Oken) (Boraginaceae) is used as a shade plant for cacao and coffee agroforestry systems in Colombia. In 2016 these trees were severely defoliated by insects on a farm in northeastern Colombia. …”
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Economic analysis of tropical forages in livestock systems in the eastern plains of Colombia by Enciso, Karen, Burkart, Stefan, Gutiérrez Solís, Jhon Freddy, Arango, Jacobo, Peters, Michael

“…The technologies evaluated in this study showed to be an alternative to improve production efficiency and profitability of livestock farms. However, strategies and / or incentives need to be developed that aim at reducing the high initial costs of systems in association with scattered trees.…”
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Situational analysis of the Doma-Rutu socio-ecological landscape in Nasarawa State, Nigeria by Igbadun, H. E., Ojeleye, O. A., Oke, Adebayo, Atampugre, Gerald, Tilahun, Seifu A., Ismail, H., Cofie, Olufunke O., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…Attention should also be given to raising native tree seedlings to reforest marginal lands exposed to degradation, and technology transfer on floodplain management should be actively pursued. …”
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Cross-scale trade-off analysis for sustainable development: Linking future demand for animal source foods and ecosystem services provision to the SDGs by Kozicka, Marta, Jones, Sarah K., Gotor, Elisabetta, Enahoro, Dolapo K.

“…We find that higher crop productivity and redesign of agro-ecosystems to increase on-farm tree cover could significantly limit these losses. …”
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Land use mapping of selected sites in the Cambodia, Mekong Mega-Delta using high resolution satellite imagery by Villano, Lorena, Garcia, Cornelia, Rala, Arnel, Raviz, Jeny, Laborte, Alice

“…In Cambodia, where rice farming dominates the landscape, understanding spatial variations in land use and cropping patterns is essential for improving agricultural productivity and sustainability. …”
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Determination of eligible lands for A/R CDM project activities and of priority Districts for project development support in Indonesia by Murdiyarso, Daniel, Puntodewo, A., Widayati, A., Noordwijk, Meine van

“…Priorities for assistance in the development of A/R CDM project activities may use criteria based on (i) the Human Development Index (HDI), which is focused on districts with below-average HDI; (ii) population density, which is in the range where the land/labour ratio is conducive to profi table tree-based farming systems; and (iii) Fire Risk Index (FRI). …”
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Toward greater sustainability: How investing in soil health may enhance maize productivity in Southern Africa by Thierfelder, Christian L., Paterson, E., Mwafulirwa, L., Daniell, T., Cairns, Jill E., Mhlanga, Blessing, Baggs, Elizabeth M.

“…This will require a holistic management approach and input of C in various forms (e.g., biomass from cover crops and tree components, crop residues, in combination with mineral fertilizers). …”
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Participatory analysis of the sweet cherry sector in Argentinian South Patagonia by Mundet, CA, Córdoba, Diana M., Álvarez, S., Cittadini, ED

“…The first step was a problem tree analysis where participants identified the main problems of the sector and suggested main changes and outcomes as well as the vision expected from the project intervention. …”
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Contribution of systems thinking and complex adaptive system attributes to sustainable food production: Example from a climate-smart village by Jagustović, Renata, Zougmoré, Robert B., Kessler, Aad, Ritsema, Coen J., Keesstra, Saskia, Reynolds, Matthew P.

“…As such it could aid horizontal and vertical scaling-up by informing policy developoment and selection of a context-specific portfolio of technologies and practices at landscape and farm levels to achieve synergies between goals. In this study, systems thinking enabled women farmers in the CSV to identify income-generating and tree planting activities, with desirable simultaneous system-wide impact. …”
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Evaluación del estado y crecimiento inicial de cuatro especies prioritarias (Pinus maximinoi H.E. Moore; Pinus caribaea Morelet; Pinus oocarpa Schiede y Tectona grandis L.F.) del P... by Avila Folgar, Ricardo I.

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Modelaje participativo del impacto de los árboles en la productividad de las fincas y la biodiversidad regional en paisajes fragmentados en América Central by Gormley, Lorraine H.L., Sinclair, Fergus L.

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