Critical analysis of life cycle inventory datasets for organic crop production systems

E Montemayor, EP Andrade, A Bonmatí… - The International Journal …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Organic agriculture (OA) has gained widespread popularity due to its view as a
more sustainable method of farming. Yet OA and conventional agriculture (CA) can be found …

Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review

F Cozim-Melges, R Ripoll-Bosch, GF Veen, P Oggiano… - npj Biodiversity, 2024 - nature.com
Intensive agriculture for food and feed production is a key driver of global biodiversity loss. It
is generally assumed that more extensive practices are needed to reconcile food production …

Diversity of plant and soil microbes mediates the response of ecosystem multifunctionality to grazing disturbance

R Zhang, Z Wang, S Niu, D Tian, Q Wu, X Gao… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiversity drives ecosystem functioning across grassland ecosystems. However, few
studies have examined how grazing intensity affects ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) via …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Ni) in insect-based products for human consumption sold by e-commerce in the EU market: Occurrence and potential health risk …

A Gori, A Armani, F Pedonese, O Benini, S Mancini… - Food Control, 2025 - Elsevier
Ensuring the safety of insect-based products (IBPs) is essential considering their potential as
food source in the future. Among food contaminants, heavy metals represent a concern for …

[HTML][HTML] Backing biodiversity? German consumers' views on a multi-level biodiversity-labeling scheme for beef from grazing-based production systems

E Stampa, K Zander - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiversity loss driven by intensive livestock farming constitutes a major threat to the
resilience of food systems. Grazing-based beef production, by contrast, supports ecosystem …

Environmental sustainability assessment of pig farms in selected European countries: combining LCA and key performance indicators for biodiversity assessment

AK Ruckli, S Dippel, N Durec, M Gebska, J Guy… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to combine Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with a Key Performance
Indicator (KPI) assessment focusing on biodiversity in order to examine the environmental …

Modelling mixed crop-livestock farms for supporting farmers' strategic reflections: the CLIFS approach

PY Le Gal, N Andrieu, G Bruelle, P Dugué… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Integrated mixed crop-livestock farming systems help improve farm sustainability by
securing agricultural incomes through the diversification of productions and by enhancing …

Ecosystem services provided by semi‐natural and intensified grasslands: Synergies, trade‐offs and linkages to plant traits and functional richness

R Lindborg, T Hartel, A Helm, E Prangel… - Applied Vegetation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Question Semi‐natural grasslands (SNG) are important for maintaining biodiversity and
ecological processes in farmland. Current pasture‐based livestock production mainly occurs …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing biodiversity and agriculture: Conservation scenarios for the Dutch dairy sector

A Kok, VJ Oostvogels, EM de Olde… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is declining and current strategies to halt biodiversity loss have not succeeded.
In preparing the EU's Biodiversity Strategy 2030, it is essential to unravel different visions …

Biodiversity–livestock interface: a case study

P Barroso, S Zanet - Animal Frontiers, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Livestock grazing is an important and widespread practice which covers 25% of
the global land surface encompassing a wide variety of habitats from semiarid and arid …