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Agriculture and Eutrophication: Where Do We Go from Here?

Withers, Paul J. A.; Neal, Colin; Jarvie, Helen P.; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 9, pp. 5853-5875

may be sufficient to sustain algal blooms and murky waters for decades to come and more innovation is needed to drawdown …

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Monitor Soil Degradation or Triage for Soil Security? An Australian Challenge

Koch, Andrea; Chappell, Adrian; Eyres, Michael; Scott, … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 5, pp. 4870-4892

The Australian National Soil Research, Development and Extension Strategy identifies soil security as a foundation for the current and future productivity and profitability of Australian agriculture. Current agricultural production is attenuated by soil degradation. Future production is highly...

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Comparing Carbon and Water Footprints for Beef Cattle Production in Southern Australia

Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Sanguansri, Peerasak; Harper, … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 12, pp. 2443-2455

Stand-alone environmental indicators based on life cycle assessment (LCA), such as the carbon footprint and water footprint, are becoming increasingly popular as a means of directing sustainable production and consumption. However, individually, these metrics violate the principle of LCA known...

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Export-Oriented Horticultural Production in Laikipia, Kenya: Assessing the Implications for Rural Livelihoods

Ulrich, Anne - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 1, pp. 336-347

Smallholders in the global South are confronted with new opportunities and risks emanating from globalized markets of agricultural goods. In Kenya, large-scale export-oriented horticulture farms, cultivating fruits, flowers and vegetables, were by and large established in the 1980s. In Laikipia...

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What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System

Dicks, Lynn V.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Bell, Jenny; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 7, pp. 3095-3115

Increasing concerns about global environmental change and food security have focused attention on the need for environmentally sustainable agriculture. This is agriculture that makes efficient use of natural resources and does not degrade the environmental systems that underpin it, or deplete...

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Transnational Comparison of Sustainability Assessment Programs for Viticulture and a Case-Study on Programs’ Engagement Processes

Santiago-Brown, Irina; Metcalfe, Andrew; Jerram, Cate; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 4, pp. 2031-2066

This article documents and compares the most prominent sustainability assessment programs for individual organisations in viticulture worldwide. Certification and engagement processes for membership uptake; benefits; motives; inhibiting factors; and desirable reporting system features of...

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Responding to Crop Failure: Understanding Farmers’ Coping Strategies in Southern Malawi

Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.; Gbetibouo, Glwadys A.; … - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1620-1636

Malawi is a country in southern Africa facing high climate variability and many agricultural challenges. This paper examines farmers’ coping strategies for crop failure and the determinants of their choices using household level data from rural southern Malawi. The results highlight that...

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Barriers to Business Model Innovation in Swedish Agriculture

Sivertsson, Olof; Tell, Joakim - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1957-1969

, supports the view that through business model innovation, farms can increase their competitive advantage. This paper identifies … and describes some of the barriers Swedish small farms encounter when they consider business model innovation. A … researchers, farmers discussed business model innovation, including the exogenous and endogenous barriers to such innovation. The …

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A Scale-Explicit Framework for Conceptualizing the Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Land Use Changes

Hale, Iago Lowe; Wollheim, Wilfred M.; Smith, Richard G.; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 8432-8451

Demand for locally-produced food is growing in areas outside traditionally dominant agricultural regions due to concerns over food safety, quality, and sovereignty; rural livelihoods; and environmental integrity. Strategies for meeting this demand rely upon agricultural land use change, in...

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