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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
The eutrophication of surface waters has become an endemic global problem. Nutrient loadings from agriculture are a … ecosystems and a viable agriculture. Our analysis shows that nutrient loss from agriculture is a challenging issue if farm … and recover these nutrients. Agriculture’s impact on eutrophication risk may also be overestimated in many catchments, and …
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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 current and future productivity and profitability of Australian agriculture. Current agricultural production is … susceptibility to erosion and thus limit the ability of agriculture to advance without further improving soil management practices … plans that engage science and agriculture to develop practices that simultaneously increase productivity and improve soil …
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Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
Hirel, Bertrand; Tétu, Thierry; Lea, Peter J.; Dubois, … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 9, pp. 1452-1485
In this review, we present the recent developments and future prospects of improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in crops using various complementary approaches. These include conventional breeding and molecular genetics, in addition to alternative farming techniques based on no-till...
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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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Continuum of Risk Analysis Methods to Assess Tillage System Sustainability at the Experimental Plot Level
Fathelrahman, Eihab M.; II, James C. Ascough; Hoag, Dana L. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1035-1063
This study applied a broad continuum of risk analysis methods including mean-variance and coefficient of variation (CV) statistical criteria, second-degree stochastic dominance (SSD), stochastic dominance with respect to a function (SDRF), and stochastic efficiency with respect to a function...
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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
environmentally sustainable agriculture. This is agriculture that makes efficient use of natural resources and does not degrade the … environmental scientists with direct involvement or expertise in the environmental sustainability of agriculture. The practitioners … long list of 264 knowledge needs to help enhance the environmental sustainability of agriculture within the UK or for the …
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A Life-Cycle Approach to Characterising Environmental and Economic Impacts of Multifunctional Land-Use Systems: An Integrated Assessment in the UK
Brandão, Miguel; Clift, Roland; Canals, Llorenç Milà i; … - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 12, pp. 3747-3776
An integrated environmental and economic assessment of land use for food, energy and timber in the UK has been performed using environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and economic Life Cycle Costing (LCC), to explore complementary sustainability aspects of alternative land uses. The...
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The Century Ahead: Searching for Sustainability
Raskin, Paul D.; Electris, Christi; Rosen, Richard A. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 8, pp. 2626-2651
The global future lies before us as a highly uncertain and contested landscape with numerous perils along the way. This study explores possible pathways to sustainability by considering in quantitative detail four contrasting scenarios for the twenty-first century. The analysis reveals vividly...
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Drought, Sustainability, and the Law
Adler, Robert W. - In: Sustainability 2 (2010) 7, pp. 2176-2196
policy—should be evaluated more comprehensively to enhance incentives for more ―water sustainable‖ practices in agriculture …
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