How can sustainable agriculture increase climate resilience? A systematic review

D El Chami, A Daccache, M El Moujabber - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, a great deal has been written on the use of sustainable agriculture
to improve the resilience of ecosystem services to climate change. However, no tangible and …

Sustainability considerations in water–energy–food nexus research in irrigated agriculture

A Hamidov, K Helming - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Irrigated agriculture is essential to satisfying the globally increasing demand for food and bio-
based products. Yet, in water scarce regions, water-use for irrigation aggravates the …

[PDF][PDF] Poverty, livelihoods and sustainable development

J Birkmann, E Liwenga, R Pandey, E Boyd, R Djalante… - 2022 - orbi.uliege.be
Adverse impacts of climate change, development deficits and inequality exacerbate each
other. Existing vulnerabilities and inequalities intensify with adverse impacts of climate …

Comparing infiltration rates in soils managed with conventional and alternative farming methods: A meta-analysis

AD Basche, MS DeLonge - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Identifying agricultural practices that enhance water cycling is critical, particularly with
increased rainfall variability and greater risks of droughts and floods. Soil infiltration rates …

Bridging the gap between the agroecological ideal and its implementation into practice. A review

AM Dumont, AC Wartenberg, PV Baret - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the increasingly widespread use of the term agroecology by farmers, scientists,
agrarian social movements, and lawmakers, the definition of the concept is still the object of …

Securing the future of US agriculture: The case for investing in new entry sustainable farmers

L Carlisle, MM De Wit, MS DeLonge, A Calo… - Elem Sci …, 2019 - online.ucpress.edu
Sustainable agriculture is among the most urgently needed work in the United States, for at
least three reasons: we face an environmental crisis, a health crisis, and a rural economic …

The state of US farm operator livelihoods

EK Burchfield, BL Schumacher, K Spangler… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In nine of the last 10 years, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reported
that the average funds generated on-farm for farm operators to meet living expenses and …

Agroecological practices of legume residue management and crop diversification for improved smallholder food security, dietary diversity and sustainable land use in …

S Madsen, R Bezner Kerr, L Shumba… - … and Sustainable Food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The role of agroecological practices in addressing food security has had limited
investigation, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Quasi-experimental methods were used to …

Sustainable irrigation technologies: a water-energy-food (WEF) nexus perspective towards achieving more crop per drop per joule per hectare

C Taguta, TL Dirwai, A Senzanje, A Sikka… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Sustainable agricultural intensification requires irrigation methods and strategies to
minimize yield penalties while optimizing water, land and energy use efficiencies. We …

Implications of US agricultural data practices for sustainable food systems research

A Rissing, EK Burchfield, KA Spangler, BL Schumacher - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Using the tenets of data feminism, we analyse the National Agricultural Statistics Service
Quick Stats database—the primary repository of United States agricultural data. We identify …