Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a valuable perspective to face the sustainability challenges of contemporary foods systems. Yet case-comparisons based on holistic assessment actual farmer practices have been lacking. In this paper, we seek identify different farming models underlying sets Flemish beef farmers (Belgium). For this, rely 37 accounts diverse group farmers. Their were gath...

Abstract Poor nutrient management has unwelcome consequences from both a production and an environmental perspective. Public perception is that incorrect use of fertilizers can damage the environment, and that it is the responsibility of the fertilizer industry to provide information about responsible use to farmers. Internationally, some governments have responded by bringing fertilizer use un...

household food security remains a challenge in south africa. the national government instituted the integrated food security strategy (ifss) programme which identifies household agricultural production as an important element of improving household-level food security. agricultural extension is well positioned to help achieve this aim, but its current contribution is unknown. this study identif...

An unexpected human-wildlife conflict between vultures and livestock has emerged in Europe during the last two decades. Farmers attributed changes vulture behavior, due to food shortages caused by sanitary regulations, increasing interactions (‘vulture attacks’). To disentangle this conflict, we analyzed 683 farmer complaints 1996 2020 Catalonia (northeastern Spain) investigated eco-anthropolog...

China is a large agricultural country, so the issue of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" has always been regarded as key issue. With development modern science technology, revitalization construction pushed onto historical stage. This paper studies specific plan for farmers' Vocational education training system from perspective revitalization. Through "macro design at upper level, detailed...

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is unusual among eukaryotes in having both unicellular and multicellular stages. In the multicellular stage, some cells, called sentinels, ingest toxins, waste and bacteria. The sentinel cells ultimately fall away from the back of the migrating slug, thus removing these substances from the slug. However, some D. discoideum clones (called farmers) carry...

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