[HTML][HTML] Urbanisation and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of pathways and impacts

TG Sakketa - Research in Globalization, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews the current state of literature on the impacts of urbanisation on rural
development in the context of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with special emphasis to the …

A framework for assessing sustainable agriculture and rural development: A case study of the Bei**g-Tian**-Hebei region, China

S Hu, Y Yang, H Zheng, C Mi, T Ma, R Shi - … Impact Assessment Review, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The deterioration of the eco-environment and low well-being of farmers in rural areas have
posed great challenges to the realization of sustainable development goals (SDGs) …

Cost-effective mitigation of nitrogen pollution from global croplands

B Gu, X Zhang, SK Lam, Y Yu, HJM Van Grinsven… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Cropland is a main source of global nitrogen pollution,. Mitigating nitrogen pollution from
global croplands is a grand challenge because of the nature of non-point-source pollution …

Ageing threatens sustainability of smallholder farming in China

C Ren, X Zhou, C Wang, Y Guo, Y Diao, S Shen… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Rapid demographic ageing substantially affects socioeconomic development,,–and
presents considerable challenges for food security and agricultural sustainability,,–, which …

Urbanization can benefit agricultural production with large-scale farming in China

S Wang, X Bai, X Zhang, S Reis, D Chen, J Xu, B Gu - Nature Food, 2021‏ - nature.com
Urbanization has often been considered a threat to food security since it is likely to reduce
the availability of croplands. Using spatial statistics and scenario analysis, we show that an …

Consolidation of agricultural land can contribute to agricultural sustainability in China

J Duan, C Ren, S Wang, X Zhang, S Reis, J Xu, B Gu - Nature Food, 2021‏ - nature.com
China's agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder farms, which mostly exhibit relatively
low nutrient use efficiency, low agricultural income and substantial non-point-source …

Agricultural management practices in China enhance nitrogen sustainability and benefit human health

J Duan, H Liu, X Zhang, C Ren, C Wang, L Cheng, J Xu… - Nature Food, 2024‏ - nature.com
The potential of enhanced agricultural management practices to drive sustainability is rarely
quantified at grassroots level. Here we analyse nitrogen use and loss in Chinese cropland …

Variations in technical efficiency of farmers with distinct land size across agro-climatic zones: Evidence from India

V Dagar, MK Khan, R Alvarado, M Usman… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This paper attempts to analyze the variations in technical efficiency of the individual farmers
of distinct (small, medium and large) size of land holdings and different types (family and …

Time Preferences and green agricultural technology adoption: Field evidence from rice farmers in China

H Mao, L Zhou, RY Ying, D Pan - Land use policy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Green agricultural technology has the potential to not only alleviate the degradation of soil
fertility, but also to improve the agricultural productivity of smallholders. In this paper, taking …

How does agricultural specialization affect carbon emissions in China?

R Wang, Y Zhang, C Zou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Agricultural carbon emissions have long attracted scholars' interest. In recent decades,
China has gradually explored the path of agricultural specialization without large-scale …