Testing the niche reduction hypothesis for a fossorial rodent (Geomys bursarius) experiencing agricultural intensification
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9559
Abstract: Abstract Habitat loss and fragmentation from conversion to agriculture are known threats to grassland species. However, continued agricultural intensification may further reduce a species distribution and realized niche. Here, we create species distribution models (SDMs)… read more here.
Keywords: agricultural intensification; niche reduction; niche; reduction hypothesis ... See more keywords
The role of agricultural intensification in Brazil's Nationally Determined Contribution on emissions mitigation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.01.003
Abstract: Abstract Brazil is the first developing country to provide an absolute emissions cut as its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), seeking to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37% below 2005 levels by 2025 and 43%… read more here.
Keywords: contribution; mitigation; brazil; intensification ... See more keywords
Squaring the circle: Agricultural intensification vs. water conservation in Morocco
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.07.009
Abstract: Drip irrigation is widely promoted as a means of saving water. In Morocco, where the current annual overdraft of aquifers is around 1 billion m3, drip has been promoted, with subsidies as high as 100%,… read more here.
Keywords: intensification water; water; morocco; squaring circle ... See more keywords
Agricultural intensification can no longer ignore water conservation – A systemic modelling approach to the case of tomato producers in Morocco
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107082
Abstract: Abstract Agricultural-food production systems are facing the challenging task to provide food and socio-economic welfare while preserving natural resources in the long-term. In Morocco, the Green Moroccan Plan steered the promotion of groundwater-based drip irrigation.… read more here.
Keywords: water; production; tomato; long term ... See more keywords
Payments for ecosystem services and agricultural intensification: Evidence from a choice experiment on deforestation in Zambia
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.024
Abstract: Agriculture is considered to be one of the major drivers of deforestation worldwide. In developing countries in particular this process is driven by small-scale agriculture. At the same time, many African governments aim to increase… read more here.
Keywords: agriculture; evidence; choice experiment; ecosystem services ... See more keywords
Landholders' perceptions on legal reserves and agricultural intensification: Diversity and implications for forest conservation in the eastern Brazilian Amazon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102504
Abstract: Abstract Forest conservation on privately owned lands is a cornerstone of the Brazilian environmental policy framework. Brazilian legislation requires that all farms in the country maintain and protect forest areas known as Legal Reserves. Since… read more here.
Keywords: legal reserves; landholders perceptions; conservation; forest conservation ... See more keywords
Phosphorous, farms, and families: Institutional narratives about agricultural intensification and water quality in northeastern Wisconsin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.018
Abstract: Abstract Institutional narratives are a discursive form of power where people engage in the development and promulgation of narratives that connect descriptions of how institutions work with arguments for particular courses of action. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: institutional narratives; water; water quality; agricultural intensification ... See more keywords
Gender- and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification
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DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2020.1817656
Abstract: To achieve equitable sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI), it is essential to understand differential access and control over agricultural resources by women and youth, and to assess how ... read more here.
Keywords: youth sensitive; sustainable agricultural; sensitive data; gender youth ... See more keywords
Lessons on enabling African smallholder farmers, especially women and youth, to benefit from sustainable agricultural intensification
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DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2021.1898179
Abstract: ABSTRACT The papers in this Special Issue on what works and what is unlikely to work to enable poorer smallholders, especially women and youth, to benefit from Sustainable Agricultural Intensification (SAI) come from the Sustainable… read more here.
Keywords: agricultural intensification; sustainable agricultural; women youth; youth benefit ... See more keywords
Nonfarm employment, agricultural intensification, and productivity change: empirical findings from Uganda.
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DOI: 10.1111/agec.12386
Abstract: This article uses panel data from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture for Uganda to assess the farm-level effects of nonfarm employment on agricultural intensification and productivity change. A sample selection model is… read more here.
Keywords: farm; productivity; nonfarm employment; employment agricultural ... See more keywords
Influence of agricultural intensification on prey availability and nestling diet in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0229
Abstract: Over the last decades, aerial insectivorous birds have been declining in both North America and Europe. Those declines have been hypothetically attributed to a decrease in prey availability caused by agricultural intensification but empirical evidence… read more here.
Keywords: prey; prey availability; swallows tachycineta; tree swallows ... See more keywords