Over the past 50 years, crop protection has relied heavily on synthetic chemical pesticides,
but their availability is now declining as a result of new legislation and the evolution of …

Against the background of rising food demand, decreasing productivity growth, and
environmental degradation, natural resource management technologies, such as the system …

In recent years, the effects of climate change on agriculture in northern Ghana have attracted
the attention of researcher and policy makers. Stakeholders including research institutions …

Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production
per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous …

Background The adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is expected to
improve farmers' adaptation to climate change and also increase yields while …

There is limited data regarding the specific problems faced by organic fruit growers when
dealing with plant protection, particularly at a European Union level, though some general …

We propose a flexible conceptual and methodological framework to model the dynamics of
agricultural intensification in the rural–urban interfaces of large cities. We focus particularly …

This paper examines the intensity of technology adoption and integrated pest management
strategies employed by UK farmers, using both parametric and nonparametric methods. We …

Integrated fruit production (IFP) has been practiced in Switzerland on a large scale basis
since the late 1980s, with the aim of improving sustainable farming. The guidelines of IFP …

Soil and water conservation practices are being promoted in Ghana as a way of sustainably
managing the environment to support agricultural production. Despite the important role the …