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Farming Approaches for Greater Biodiversity, Livelihoods, and Food Security
(Elsevier Science London, 2017-01)
Scientists and policy-makers globally are calling for alternative approaches to conventional intensification of agriculture that enhance ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. The evidence reviewed here suggests that ...
Organic farming fosters agroecosystem functioning in Argentinian temperate soils: Evidence from litter decomposition and soil fauna
(Elsevier Science, 2014-01)
Benefits of organic farming on soil fauna have been widely observed and this has led to consider organic farming as a potential approach to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agriculture. However, there is ...
Mortality, production and quality of eggs of different rearing systems
(2018-07-01)
The conventional production of eggs in cage systems is intense and compromises the laying hens welfare. More demanding consumer markets have been pushing to abolish the use of cages and thus provide better welfare in poultry ...
El Niño resilience farming on the north coast of Peru
(National Academy of Sciences, 2020)
El Niño-Southern Oscillation has been treated as a disruptor of environmental and socioeconomic equilibrium both in ancient times and in modern-day Peru. Recent work in the coastal desert plain, known as the Pampa de Mocan, ...
IICA en Acción. Episodio 11
(2022-10-28)
Un episodio más, en el que te contamos interesantes detalles sobre “El alma de la Ruralidad”, , el flamante libro del IICA en el marco de su 80 aniversario. Además, la presencia del Instituto en la extensa agenda del Diálogo ...
Small mammal responses to farming practices in central Argentinian agroecosystems: The use of hierarchical occupancy models
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-11)
Organic farming is more environmentally friendly than conventional agriculture, promoting greater levels of habitat heterogeneity. Field borders could be more suitable for biodiversity in agricultural anthromes. Small ...