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...Shadman Zafar; Haroon Rasool; Md. Tarique Purpose The main objective of the present study is to figure out the effect of agricultural development on environmental pollution in the Indian context over the period 1970 to 2018. The study also tests the applicability of pollution haven hypothesis...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Agriculture Adaptation strategy Climate change Co-production Food security Intervention research Resilience Sustainable policy integration Tanzania According to Adger et al. (2009) and IPCC (2014) , adaptation can explicitly...

... Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Africa Agriculture Impact Climate Water Climate change adaptation Today the world is confronted with a challenge of mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. This has become important because...

...Shikha Sharma; Divya Pandey; Madhoolika Agrawal Purpose – Varanasi, an ancient city has witnessed the conversion of forest into agricultural lands. The high urbanization rate along with affluent lifestyle is adding another category of land use, i.e. landfill. Such land use changes significantly...

... was used to determine a strategy related to policy control toward agricultural land conversion. Findings – The results indicated priorities which are recommended to include in the policy toward the function of the land conversion in Central Java. They are: first, the application of laws that regulate...

... practices related to an IMS in an organisation that belongs to the sugar cane and ethanol agricultural industrial sector in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A review of mainstream literature on IMS is conducted followed by case‐based research used as the methodological approach. Data were gathered...

...Jummai Othniel Yila; Bernadette P. Resurreccion Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors determining smallholder farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change, in the semi‐arid region of Nguru, Nigeria and toward sustainable management of their agricultural production...

...Wahid Murad; Janek Ratnatunga Purpose The key purpose of this paper is to examine the causality and long‐run relationship between CO2 emission and agricultural output for an agriculture‐dependent developing country, namely Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach In order to attain...

... for the experiment. The chemical composition of substrates is shown in Table I . In December the plants were transplanted to 1,000 cc. containers which were placed outside the greenhouse. During cultivation, periodic watering was performed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Agriculture...

...Rob Burdock; John Crawford Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore challenges to be incorporated when modelling the relationship between the natural environment and agriculture at the whole‐of‐system level. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a systematic approach to build...

...Jessica Brown; Ashish Kothari; Jessica Brown; Ashish Kothari Purpose This paper seeks to offer an overview on the theme of “Traditional agricultural landscapes and indigenous and community conserved areas.” It aims to explore questions related to the special values of these landscapes, the threats...

...Emili Bassols Isamat; Bernat Perramon Ramos; Josep M. Mallarach Carrera; Jordi Falgarona Bosch Purpose This paper aims to describe the situation of the agrobiodiversity in La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park, a protected area in which the agricultural and animal husbandry sectors play...

.... 23). Conservation areas Agriculture Ecology The recent shift toward the inclusion of local communities in nature conservation signals a broadening perspective among conservationists. Earlier practices of fencing off pieces of nature as a way of “mitigating” human impact proved costly...

...E. Ianni; I. Ortolan; M. Scimone; E. Feoli Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an application of spatial decision support system tools (SDSS) for assessing management option to reduce the nitrogen load from agricultural sources. The SDSS has been developed within a case study...

...Khalil Abu Rabia; Elaine Solowey; Stefan Leu Purpose The purpose of the paper is to show that land degradation and desertification are threatening the livelihood of more than a billion dryland inhabitants. The paper aims to present traditional and novel approaches for sustainable agricultural...

...Dean A. Bangsund; F. Larry Leistritz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe key economic and policy‐related issues with regard to terrestrial C sequestration and provide an overview of the economics of C sequestration on agricultural soils in the USA. Design/methodology...

... application and adoption of biogas digesters at the village level – offer the potential to promote sustainable, cost‐effective growth in agriculture with concurrent positive environmental impacts. Practical implications Based on the relative success of ongoing efforts to promote the adoption of biomass...

... and education; media and communication; environmental activism and citizenship; local activities; sustainable agriculture and tourism; economics and sustainability; communication; evaluation techniques; teacher training and general aspects of research. The papers offer an up‐dated overview of various trends...

.... Finally, the analysis findings are applied to an investigation into the potential effectiveness of agricultural policies in promoting sustainable rural development in Sicily. In order to evaluate possible paths as a frame of reference for sustainable agricultural policies and to identify its impact...