Agricultural systems support societies in various ways but also cause substantial
sustainability challenges. Sustainable agricultural practices are key to achieving …

Genetically modified (GM) crops have been used commercially for more than 10 years.
Available impact studies of insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant crops show that these …

Sustainable agriculture in response to increasing demands for food depends on
development of high-yielding crops with high nutritional value that require minimal …

This paper explores farmers' prospective responses to the “greening” of the Common
Agricultural Policy. The analysis is based on discrete choice experiments with 128 German …

Significant shares of harvests are lost to pests and diseases, therefore, minimizing these
losses could solve part of the supply constraints to feed the world. Cisgenesis is defined as …

Organic farming is based on the concept of working 'with nature'instead of against it;
however, compared with conventional farming, organic farming reportedly has lower …

Despite substantial policy efforts made by the French government to reduce dependence on
pesticides, farming practices are only changing slowly. This paper analyses the socio …

New food technologies, such as genetic modification, food fortification, and processing
technologies, are of growing interest for future food security and safety. For ensuring …

Cultural landscapes in Austria are multifunctional through their simultaneous support of
productive, habitat, regulatory, social, and economic functions. This study investigates, if …

The present study adapts the choice experiment (CE) method for an analysis of how
Swedish farmers assess the relative value of the characteristics associated with growing …