Agroecology as a transformative approach to tackle climatic, food, and ecosystemic crises

RB Kerr, JC Postigo, P Smith, A Cowie… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agroecology (AE) has been proposed as a transformative approach to climate change
mitigation and adaptation that reduces climate risk while supporting long-term productivity …

Why understanding food choice is crucial to transform food systems for human and planetary health

KK Rampalli, CE Blake, EA Frongillo, J Montoya - BMJ Global Health, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
What, how and why people eat has long been understood to be important for human health,
but until recently, has not been recognised as an essential facet of climate change and its …

Mapping potential conflicts between global agriculture and terrestrial conservation

NT Hoang, O Taherzadeh, H Ohashi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Demand for food products, often from international trade, has brought agricultural land use
into direct competition with biodiversity. Where these potential conflicts occur and which …

Plant diversity drives positive microbial associations in the rhizosphere enhancing carbon use efficiency in agricultural soils

LA Domeignoz-Horta, SL Cappelli, R Shrestha… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Expanding and intensifying agriculture has led to a loss of soil carbon. As agroecosystems
cover over 40% of Earth's land surface, they must be part of the solution put in action to …

The role of agricultural systems in teaching kitchens: an integrative review and thoughts for the future

A Cole, J Pethan, J Evans - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diet-related chronic disease is a public health epidemic in the United States. Concurrently,
conventional agricultural and food production methods deplete the nutritional content of …

[HTML][HTML] Bright spots of agroecology in the Netherlands: A spatial analysis of agroecological practices and income stability

LA Verkuil, PH Verburg, C Levers, AE Stratton… - Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
Context Agroecological practices are known to reduce environmental pressure of farming
systems and increase food system resilience in tropical regions. In contrast, in the temperate …

[HTML][HTML] Can we estimate farm size from field size? An empirical investigation of the field size to farm size relationship

C Jänicke, M Wesemeyer, C Chiarella, T Lakes… - Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Farm size is a key indicator associated with environmental, economic, and social
contexts and outcomes of agriculture. Farm size data is typically obtained from agricultural …

Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity

C Chiarella, P Meyfroidt, D Abeygunawardane… - Ambio, 2023 - Springer
Agricultural intensification, through increased yields, and raising incomes, through
enhanced labor productivity, are two dimensions prioritized for sustainable agricultural …

Evidence for the efficacy of pre-harvest agricultural practices in mitigating food-safety risks to fresh produce in North America

N Devarajan, DL Weller, M Jones, AD Adell… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Consumption of contaminated produce remains a leading cause of foodborne illness.
Increasingly, growers are altering agricultural practices and farm environments to manage …

Aprender del pasado para afrontar el futuro. Desafíos ambientales de la agricultura española en el siglo XXI: una mirada desde el legado de Fernando González …

JJ Oñate, P Acebes, PP Olea - Ecosistemas, 2023 - revistaecosistemas.net
Partiendo de las pioneras reflexiones de González Bernáldez a finales de los años 1980
sobre las consecuencias ambientales de la intensificación y el abandono agrarios …