Indicators and recommendations for assessing sustainable healthy diets

MM Aldaya, FC Ibañez, P Domínguez-Lacueva… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research coupling human nutrition and sustainability concerns is a rapidly developing field,
which is essential to guide governments' policies. This critical and comprehensive review …

Soil acidity challenges and the significance of liming and organic amendments in tropical agricultural lands with reference to Ethiopia

B Gurmessa - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2021 - Springer
Globally, about 30% of the ice-free land, comprising large proportion of agricultural land, is
affected by soil acidity which is potentially limiting agricultural productivity and causing …

Determinants of adoption and continued use of stone terraces for soil and water conservation in an Ethiopian highland watershed

A Amsalu, J De Graaff - Ecological economics, 2007 - Elsevier
In the Ethiopian highlands, land degradation resulting from soil erosion and nutrient
depletion is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem. Although soil and water …

Barriers to adoption of sustainable agriculture practices: Change agent perspectives

JM Rodriguez, JJ Molnar, RA Fazio… - … agriculture and food …, 2009 - cambridge.org
Conventional agriculture systems of production often lead to environmental degradation,
economic problems and even social conflict. The efficacy of agriculture systems conducive …

[图书][B] Caring for the land: best practice in soil and water conservation in Beressa watershed, highlands of Ethiopia

AA Taye - 2006 - search.proquest.com
Land degradation in the form of soil erosion and nutrient loss is a major constraint to farming
activities and agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia. Though large-scale …

Environmental risk perception, environmental concern and propensity to participate in organic farming programmes

L Toma, E Mathijs - Journal of Environmental Management, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper aims to identify the factors underlying farmers' propensity to participate in organic
farming programmes in a Romanian rural region that confronts non-point source pollution …

An integrative review of innovations in the agricultural sector: The roles of agency, structure, and their dynamic interplay

MC Annosi, RMO Ráez, FP Appio… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to improve our understanding of the roles of individuals and the
importance of their social contexts in shaping the dynamics of technological diffusion in the …

Farmers' adaptation to heavy metal pollution in farmland in mining areas: The effects of farmers' perceptions, knowledge and characteristics

H Zhou, Y Chen, Y Liu, Q Wang, Y Liang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution (HMP) from mining has caused serious threats to farmland, such as
land degradation and contamination of produce. Current research on HMP in farmland …

What motivates farmers to participate in the Nova Scotia environmental farm plan program? Evidence and environmental policy implications

DOA Atari, EK Yiridoe, S Smale, PN Duinker - Journal of Environmental …, 2009 - Elsevier
Program stakeholders are interested in better understanding farmers' experience, and
factors that affect farmer participation in the relatively new Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) …

The adoption of farm level soil conservation practices in developed countries: A meta-analytic review

E Wauters, E Mathijs - International journal of agricultural …, 2014 - inderscienceonline.com
Many researchers have been investigating factors that influence farmers' adoption of soil
conservation practices. This paper presents an exhaustive review of the empirical literature …