Social sustainability in agriculture–A system-based framework

J Janker, S Mann, S Rist - Journal of rural studies, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainability has become a key term for linking environmental, economic and social issues,
in both the sciences and politics. Conceptions and frameworks of sustainability have thus …

[PDF][PDF] Commercialization of smallholder agriculture in Ghana: A Tobit regression analysis

E Martey, RM Al-Hassan… - African Journal of …, 2012 - academicjournals.org
The agricultural component of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) programme in
Ghana, consistent with the country's Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy …

Comparing the determinants of cropland abandonment in Albania and Romania using boosted regression trees

D Müller, PJ Leitão, T Sikor - Agricultural systems, 2013 - Elsevier
The collapse of socialist governance structures in Central and Eastern Europe led to the
widespread abandonment of agricultural land. We estimated and compared the …

Impact of urbanization on the eco-efficiency of cultivated land utilization: A case study on the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

X Hou, J Liu, D Zhang, M Zhao, C Xia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Today, scholars and governments focus on the loss of cultivated land resources as a result
of urbanization, but ignore urbanization's impact on the eco-efficiency of cultivated land …

Agrobiodiversity, farm profits and land fragmentation: Evidence from Bulgaria

S Di Falco, I Penov, A Aleksiev, TM Van Rensburg - Land use policy, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents an empirical analysis of the role of land fragmentation, crop biodiversity
and their interplay with farm profitability. Original primary data are drawn from a survey …

[HTML][HTML] Land fragmentation and production diversification: A case study from rural Albania

P Ciaian, F Guri, M Rajcaniova, D Drabik, SG y Paloma - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
We analyze the impact of land fragmentation on production diversification in rural Albania.
Albania represents a particularly interesting case for studying land fragmentation as the …

[图书][B] Geographies of agriculture: globalisation, restructuring and sustainability

G Robinson - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Agricultural Geography has changed dramatically in recent decades, reflecting the
transformation of the farming industry itself. Geographies of Agriculture embraces these …

Vegetable trade flows and chain competitiveness linkage analysis based on spatial panel econometric Modelling and Porter's diamond Model

M Constantin, MD Sacală, M Dinu, M Piștalu… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vegetable sector plays an important role in ensuring food security. Vegetable trade
flows in Romania have become a major concern due to constant trade balance deficits …

Enough to feed ourselves!—Food plants in Bulgarian rural home gardens

T Ivanova, Y Bosseva, M Chervenkov, D Dimitrova - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The home garden is a unique human-nature interspace that accommodates a diverse
spectrum of plant species and provides multiple services to households. One of the most …

Subsistence agriculture in transition economies: Its roles and determinants

P Kostov, J Lingard - Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses some beneficial effects of subsistence agriculture with emphasis on
transition countries. Micro‐economic models of subsistence agriculture are reviewed and a …