Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review

JP Deguine, JN Aubertot, RJ Flor, F Lescourret… - Agronomy for …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection
has (or has not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM has …

Nitrogen Fixing Azotobacter Species as Potential Soil Biological Enhancers for Crop Nutrition and Yield Stability

A Aasfar, A Bargaz, K Yaakoubi, A Hilali… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) refers to a microbial mediated process based upon an
enzymatic “Nitrogenase” conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into ammonium readily …

A functional overview of conservation biological control

GS Begg, SM Cook, R Dye, M Ferrante, P Franck… - Crop Protection, 2017 - Elsevier
Conservation biological control (CBC) is a sustainable approach to pest management that
can contribute to a reduction in pesticide use as part of an Integrated Pest Management …

The ecosystem services of marine aquaculture: valuing benefits to people and nature

HK Alleway, CL Gillies, MJ Bishop, RR Gentry… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
As the world's population continues to grow, the way in which ocean industries interact with
ecosystems will be key to supporting the longevity of food and social securities. Aquaculture …

A review of agroforestry ecosystem services and its enlightenment on the ecosystem improvement of rocky desertification control

J Xiao, K Xiong - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Agroforestry (AF) has become an important strategy in reconciling the contradictory
requirements of environmental protection and economic development in ecologically fragile …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of genetically engineered maize on agronomic, environmental and toxicological traits: a meta-analysis of 21 years of field data

E Pellegrino, S Bedini, M Nuti, L Ercoli - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the extensive cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) maize and considerable
number of scientific reports on its agro-environmental impact, the risks and benefits of GE …

Disentangling the pathways and effects of ecosystem service co-production

I Palomo, MR Felipe-Lucia, EM Bennett… - Advances in ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Research on ecosystem services has become a dominant field within environmental
management, framing the way in which human–nature relationships are understood and …

Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action

C Barnaud, E Corbera, R Muradian, N Salliou… - Ecology and society, 2018 - JSTOR
The governance of ecosystem services (ES) has been predominantly thought of in terms of
market or state-based instruments. Comparatively, collective action mechanisms have rarely …

Agroforestry for sustainable landscape management

T Plieninger, J Muñoz-Rojas, LE Buck, SJ Scherr - Sustainability Science, 2020 - Springer
Agroforestry and sustainable landscape management are key strategies for implementing
the UN-Sustainable Development Goals across the world's production landscapes …

Relational values in locally adaptive farmer-to-farmer extension: how important?

E Martini, T Pagella, E Mollee… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Farmer-to-farmer extension prioritizes rural livelihoods over yield
increase.•Relevance, trust, and place attachment strengthen farmer-to-farmer …