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Efficiency of agricultural systems in Morocco: A meta-frontier analysis of resource use and water management

Highlights: Drip irrigation fails to improve water efficiency in intensive farms without proper regulation. Intensive farming is profitable but vulnerable due to high input dependency...

Tracking agricultural transformation: fertilizer efficiency and crop production trends worldwide (1961–2022)

Highlights: This study examines global trends in fertilizer efficiency and crop production from 1961 to 2022, revealing a 30 % increase in fertilizer use efficiency across major...

Farmers’ perception and adoption of intensification-related practices in rice production of coastal Bangladesh

Rice-based production systems in coastal Bangladesh face increasing challenges, which influence farmers' decision-making and adoption of intensification practices. Farmers’ aspirations (desire for change) and adaptive...

Planting for a changing climate: Smallholders’ tree species selection for agroforestry-based intensification and diversification

Highlights: Sahelian crop farmers can use agroforestry to adapt to climate change effects. Planting fertilizer or fruit trees can intensify or diversify food production...

Integrated Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Food Security: Evidence From Cameroon

The application of organic and mineral soil fertility amendments is widely promoted by agricultural practitioners to cope with land degradation and declining soil fertility, which pose serious threats...

What do we know about the future of maize value chains in a changing climate and agrifood system?

Crop pests and diseases (P&D) can cause substantial yield losses and pose a threat to global food security. Losses at a regional level can even exceed...

Agricultural intensification through multiple-season farming: Effects on resiliency, food security and nutrition

Highlights: Multiple season farmers consume one more food group weekly and have a higher Food Consumption Score. Multiple season farmers cultivate 1–2...

Agriculture industrielle, agriculture biologique et agroécologie: regards croisés Europe-Inde

L'Union européenne et l'Union indienne ont industrialisé leur agriculture et leur alimentation depuis les années 1960. Elles mesurent aujourd'hui l'insoutenabilité...

Intégration de l'agroécologie dans les stratégies et les pratiques des acteurs au Mali : Cas des communes de Baguineda, Cinzana et Klela

Ce rapport présente la synthèse des diagnostics réalisés au niveau national et dans trois communes du Mali insérées dans leur...

Effects of profit-driven cropland expansion and conservation policies

Biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation require understanding of the potential trade-offs from possible future cropland expansion. Here we apply an interdisciplinary coupled modelling approach...
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