Over the last 300 years, plant science research has provided important knowledge and technologies for advancing the sustainability of agriculture. In this Essay, I describe how basic research advances have been translated into crop improvement, explore some lessons learned, and discuss the potential for current and future contribution of plant genetic improvement technologies to continue to enh...

in recent century, sustainability has been the most important feature especially in economic, social and environmental issues. so that it has always been the main concern of regional, national and even international planners as the consequent challenges were the main threat to achieving sustainable development of human society. in this study, all aspects of sustainability including environmenta...

this paper examines factors that predispose pastoralist women to social and environmental vulnerability and how the women cope with their livelihoods when their husbands relocate with cattle during dry season. the paper adopts a case study research design to select kwara state of nigeria where focus groups discussions and interviews were held to elicit information. it was found that food insecu...

Electronic knowledge repositories (EKR) are the most common form of knowledge management system implemented by organizations. After inception, some EKRs become self-sustaining successes but others atrophy from lack of use. The literature has identified multiple factors that contribute to the success or ultimate demise of EKRs, such as incentives, system capability, and management promotion. How...

Sustainability is a wide concept that contains other concepts such as social responsibility and has been investigated with concepts such as competition sustainability, reporting sustainability, and social sustainability. The present study aims to investigate the role of social interest rate risk management (SIRRM) in the relationship between sustainability performance and investment ef...

Management studies on corporate sustainability practices have grown considerably. The field now has significant knowledge of sustainability issues that are firm and industry focused. However, complex ecological problems are increasing, not decreasing. In this paper, we argue that it is time for corporate sustainability scholars to reconsider the ecological and systemic foundations for sustainab...

International mobility programmes embed higher education (HE) students in a learning process which they gain key knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs), some of them crucial pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We propose an innovative theoretical framework that links such KSAs to UNESCO’s Key Competences for Sustainability specific SDGs. Moreover, we analysed are addressed by in...