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Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Agriculture is facing daunting challenges. Not only are farmers expected to produce ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Toward Sustainable Agricultural Systems in the 21st Century

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. In addition to following up with those case-study farms, the committee selected nine ...
Frontiers

Increasing Resilience through Multi-Species Intercropping, Agroforestry and Mixed Grazing ...

Agricultural systems are complex and dynamic, and their resilience can be affected by a range of factors, including changes ...
EurekAlert!

Effects of integrated rice-crayfish farming on soil biodiversity and functions

This study is led by Prof. Wenfeng Tan (Huazhong Agricultural University, China) and Prof. Yu-Rong Liu (Huazhong Agricultural University, China). Global food security is currently challenged by global ...
Inhabitat

Is vertical farming the future of food production?

Estimates show that the agriculture industry produces over 6.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually. This amounts to approximately 8.5% of the world’s yearly emissions. With the continuously ...
The Conversation

There’s a place for big and small farms in securing South Africa’s food supply

The constitutional right to food puts food systems and agricultural development firmly on the national development agenda. By subman/GettyImages South Africa’s history shaped farming into a two-part ...