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Urban agriculture in a changing world: a thematic review of global trends,...
Urban agriculture (UA) has emerged as a key strategy to address food insecurity, climate change, and urban sustainability. This review synthesizes global evidence on the... -
What regulates decomposition in agroecosystems? Insights from reading the tea leaves
Litter decomposition is a critical Earth process, recycling nutrients and setting a portion of plant tissue on a path toward soil organic matter. Despite this importance, we... -
Microplastic abundance and characterization in the anaerobic co-digestion of...
Microplastics (MP) are an emerging contaminant in organic waste recycling, yet their occurrence and fate in anaerobic digestion (AD) systems remain poorly understood due to... -
High-shade dryland agrivoltaic conditions enhanced carbon uptake and...
The increasing global demand for food and energy is intensifying land-use competition. Agrivoltaic systems are a multifunctional land-use approach that vertically integrates the... -
Applying mulch and manure in smallholder cropping systems: challenges,...
Soil fertility plays an important role in crop production. However, continuous cropping with minimal fertilizer application has resulted in declining soil fertility and... -
Long-term regenerative practices enhance in-field biodiversity and soil...
Agricultural intensification has resulted in arable systems dominated by monocultures that are reliant on agrochemical inputs and frequent tillage to maintain high crop yields.... -
Incorporating biodiversity into the sustainability assessment of livestock...
Livestock significantly contribute to biodiversity loss, primarily due to changes in land use, overexploitation of natural resources, pollution, and climate change. Intensive... -
Heterogeneous mitigation effects of adaptation initiatives on grain yield...
Introduction: The increasing frequency of extreme weather events has posed significant challenges to global food security. While it is well established that such events can... -
The availability, price, and marketing characteristics of organic foods and...
Background: Demand for organic foods remains low, despite the potential of organic products to contribute to sustainable food systems. Food purchasing decisions are influenced... -
Impact of agriculture, industry, food production, renewable energy...
This study investigates how industry, agriculture, food production, renewable energy consumption, consumer price index, and urbanization influence the ecological footprint... -
A critical review of food waste and poultry manure anaerobic co-digestion:...
Anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) has emerged as an effective technology for treating poultry manure (PM) and food waste (FW), converting these organic materials into valuable... -
Agroecological Transitions: A Systematic Review of Research Approaches and...
There have been many calls for an agroecological transition to respond to food shocks and crises stemming from conventional food systems. Participatory action research and... -
Agricultural low-carbon transformation driven by the integration of...
Agricultural carbon emissions are a major source of global climate change. The new form of agricultural economy resulting from the deep integration of agriculture and tourism... -
Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A...
During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these...