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What skills do agricultural professionals need in the transition towards a sustainable agriculture? a qualitative literature review
(MDPI, 2021)
Agriculture is facing mounting challenges across the globe and must move towards
more sustainable practices to combat climate change and meet changed production requirements.
Education has been acknowledged as highly ...
Agricultural production and sustainable development in a Brazilian region (Southwest, Sao Paulo State): motivations and barriers to adopting sustainable and ecologically friendly practices
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2014-09-03)
The objective of this study is to identify the adoption level of practices associated with more sustainable agriculture and environmentally friendly practices. Additionally, the motivations for and barriers to the adoption ...
Sustainable Agriculture: Unifying Concepts
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, 2009)
Innovation for Sustainability: Overcoming the Productivity of the Sugar-and-Ethanol Industry's Conventional System
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2010)
Recent Developments and Challenges for Nanoscale Formulation of Botanical Pesticides for Use in Sustainable Agriculture
(2018-08-29)
In recent years, the use of substances of natural origin, such as botanical pesticides, has emerged as a preferred alternative to the use of synthetic pesticides, the excessive use of which has raised a lot of concern over ...
Neem Oil and Crop Protection: From Now to the Future
(Frontiers Media Sa, 2016-10-13)
A major challenge of agriculture is to increase food production to meet the needs of the growing world population, without damaging the environment. In current agricultural practices, the control of pests is often accomplished ...
Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Which Innovation Potential Does It Have?
(Frontiers Media Sa, 2016-01-01)
Recent scientific data indicate that nanotechnology has the potential to positively impact the agrifood sector, minimizing adverse problems of agricultural practices on environment and human health, improving food security ...
Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives
(2018-01-01)
Recent decades have witnessed major growth in the use of agrochemicals worldwide, – for maximizing the food production for a rapidly growing human population. However, the indiscriminate use of these substances especially ...