Phosphorus is essential to life on Earth and frequently limits the productivity of ecosystems,
including agroecosystems. Currently, a substantial portion of the global human population …

Despite huge gains in productivity, environmental impacts of industrial agriculture based on
a few high-yielding crop cultivars and the massive use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides …

La mayoría de las estadísticas disponibles que predicen impactos climáticos sobre la
agricultura campesina son aproximaciones muy burdas que no toman en cuenta la …

The United Nations heralded 2021–2030 as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. A
socioecological approach to restoration has been proposed that honors the diversity in …

Agroecology has been criticized for being more labor-intensive than other more
industrialized forms of agriculture. We challenge the assertion that labor input in agriculture …

Cementitious composites are widely used in the construction industry around the globe.
Nevertheless, these are prone to cracking because of their low tensile strength. The …

Although the unsustainability of the human civilization has been recognized long ago, little
has ever been done to change it. During the last century, materials use increased 8-fold and …

Conservation biological control (CBC), often described as the field of biological control with
the greatest potential for use in developing world agriculture, has received only marginal …

Abstract Agricultural landscapes in North America have developed through complex
interactions of biophysical, socioeconomic and technological forces. While they can be …

The deterioration of reinforced concrete structures is a very common problem due to the fact
that this material has a high permeability which allows water and other aggressive media to …