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The Rise, Fall and Potential Resilience Benefits of Jatropha in Southern Africa
Maltitz, Graham von; Gasparatos, Alexandros; Fabricius, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3615-3643
Jatropha is the latest in a list of “miracle crops” that have been promoted in southern Africa for their perceived development benefits. This was based on promises of high yields, low water requirement, ability to grow on marginal land and lack of competition with food. In less than 10...
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Ecosystem Management: Tomorrow’s Approach to Enhancing Food Security under a Changing Climate
Munang, Richard Tingem; Thiaw, Ibrahim; Rivington, Mike - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 937-954
in poverty around the world live in rural areas and depend directly on the productivity of ecosystems for their … financial investment for integrating ecosystem management with food security and poverty alleviation priorities. As the world … food security portfolios. We will not be able to feed the world and eradicate extreme poverty, if we do not protect our …
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Towards an Integrated Framework for SDGs: Ultimate and Enabling Goals for the Case of Energy
Nilsson, Måns; Lucas, Paul; Yoshida, Tetsuro - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 10, pp. 4124-4151
Discussions on how to define, design, and implement sustainable development goals (SDG) have taken center stage in the United Nations since the Rio+20 summit. Energy is one of the issues that enjoyed consensus, before and after Rio, as an important area for SDGs to address. Many proposals have...
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Leveraging Fuel Subsidy Reform for Transition in Yemen
Breisinger, Clemens; Engelke, Wilfried; Ecker, Olivier - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 11, pp. 2862-2887
in general, but poverty can increase or decrease depending on reform design. A promising strategy for a successful reform …
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Focal Areas for Measuring the Human Well-Being Impacts of a Conservation Initiative
Leisher, Craig; Samberg, Leah H.; Buekering, Pieter Van; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 3, pp. 997-1010
Within conservation, the need to measure the impacts on people from conservation initiatives such as projects and programs is growing, but understanding and measuring the multidimensional impacts on human well-being from conservation initiatives is complex. To understand the constituent...
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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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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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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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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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