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Capturing farm diversity with hypothesisbased typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development
(Plos ONE, 2018-05-15)
Creating typologies is a way to summarize the large heterogeneity of smallholder farming systems into a few farm types. Various methods exist, commonly using statistical analysis, to create these typologies. We demonstrate ...
CLASSIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FARMING SYSTEMS: CASE STUDY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ANCUD, CHILOÉ ISLANDTIPIFICACIÓN Y CARACTERIZACIÓN DE SISTEMAS PREDIALES: CASO DE ESTUDIO EN ANCUD, ISLA DE CHILOÉ
(Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Universidad Austral de Chile, 2009)
Organic farming does not increase soil organic carbon compared to conventional farming if there is no carbon transfer from other agroecosystems: A meta-analysis
(Csiro Publishing, 2021-11)
Context: Organic farming is based on the non-use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides. Nitrogen inputs are derived from symbiotic fixation and organic fertilisers, which also contribute carbon to the agroecosystem. Soil ...
Helminth community from Azara's grass mouse (Akodon azarae) in three habitats with different land use in farming systems of Argentina
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-03)
In the Pampa region of Argentina, farming activities have been performed since the beginning of the 20th century, but in the 1990s, land-use patterns rapidly changed towards intensive agriculture and poultry breeding. This ...
Identification of beef production farms in the Pampas and Campos area that stand out in economic and environmental performance
(Elsevier, 2018-06)
Worldwide, native grasslands are being converted to non-native pastures and cropland. This process threatens local grassland biomes as well as the livelihoods of farm families that utilize these grasslands.
In the Río ...
Phenotypic variability and developmental instability in rodents from different agricultural farming systems: Organic vs. conventional
(Springer, 2021-12)
Contrary to conventional agriculture, organic farming, where agrochemicals are entirely avoided, is considered more environmentally friendly. Numerous studies undertaken in agroecosystems have found that the intensification ...
Commuting Women Farm Labourers: Multiple Loads And The Marginalisation Of Minangkabau Women In Rural Areas
(Universidad del Zulia, 2019)
The application of ecologically intensive principles to the systemic redesign of livestock farms on native grasslands: A case of co-innovation in Rocha, Uruguay
(Elsevier, 2021-06)
CONTEXT: Family-run cow-calf farms based on native grasslands exhibit low economic and social sustainability, as reflected in low family incomes and high workloads. Experimental results have shown that pasture–herd interaction ...
From farm scale to village scale trade-offs : cereal crop residues use in an agro-pastoral system of the Sudanian zone of Burkina Faso
(2015-03)
Traditionally, cereal crop harvest residues are communally grazed by the ruminant herds of villagers and transhumant pastoralists in the agro-pastoral systems which predominate in the savannah zone of West Africa. We ...
Vitamin and mineral supplementation for Macrobrachium rosenbergii in biofloc systemVitamin and mineral supplementation for Macrobrachium rosenbergii in biofloc system
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2018)