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Tillage is one of the agricultural management practices that significantly impacts agroecosystems, crop production, and the environment. Conventional tillage (CT) practices alter the soil environment and induce organic...

Highlights: Novel approach for understanding the land, labour, energy and food quality nexus. Agroforests are more productive in the use of land, labour, energy and food quality...

Highlights: The text emphasizes the urgent need for a transformation of food systems, highlighting the economic, environmental, and social benefits of such a transformation. It outlines the negative impacts of current...

Rice is a staple food for half of the human population, but the effects of diversification on yields, economy, biodiversity and ecosystem services have not been synthesized. Here we quantify...

Highlights: Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) is a state-wide agro-ecological transformation of the farming practices of its 6 million farmers over 6 million hectares...

Highlights: Part II of the report focuses on agricultural subsidies. Chapter 6 analyses their size, scope and composition. Chapter 7 documents their economic and...

This webinar on "Tracking top biodiversity impact sectors with footprinting tool collaboration" held on April 13th 14:00 - 15:00 CET brings the results of the collaborative efforts...

Highlights: This paper explores how the agricultural sector in the European Union (EU) might be affected by partial shifts in European consumers’ diets towards the EAT-Lancet reference...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (the Lao PDR) economy has been growing fast in recent decades. Between 1990 and 2019 gross domestic product...