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Synergism between production and soil health through crop diversification, organic amendments and crop protection in wheat-based systems.

Published online: 19 Feb 2024

Authors: Walder, F. & Büchi, L. & Wagg, C. & Colombi, T. & Banerjee, S. & Hirte, J. & Mayer, J. & Six, J. & Keller, T. & Charles, R. & Heijden, M. G. A. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One of the critical challenges in agriculture is enhancing yield without compromising its foundation, a healthy environment and, particularly, soils. ...

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Opportunities for support to system of rice intensification in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Aune, J. B. & Sekhar, N. U. & Esser, K. & Tesfai, M.

Content type: Bulletin

There is a great potential for increasing the production of rice in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Many of the constraints on rice production are simila...

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Evaluating the economic benefits and costs of antimicrobial use in food-producing animals.

Published online: 03 Oct 2019

Authors: Ryan, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Antimicrobial drugs are used in food animal production for several purposes: to treat a disease outbreak, to prevent disease, and to enhance feed effi...

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Mapping of actors and agroclimatic information needs of corn and bean crops in pilot sites.

Published online: 16 Mar 2016

Authors: Blundo Canto, G. & Giraldo Mendez, D. & Gärtner Vargas, C. & Alvarez-Toro, P. & Perez Marulanda, L.

Content type: Bulletin

This working paper presents the results of the mapping of actors and of agroclimatic information needs in pilot sites in Colombia for two annual crops...

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The economic cost of losing native pollinator species for orchard production.

Published online: 28 Aug 2020

Authors: Pérez-Méndez, N. & Andersson, G. K. S. & Requier, F. & Hipólito, J. & Aizen, M. A. & Morales, C. L. & García, N. & Gennari, G. P. & Garibaldi, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The alarming loss of pollinator diversity world-wide can reduce the productivity of pollinator-dependent crops, which could have economic impacts. How...

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How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Pérez, C. & Jones, E. & Kristjanson, P. & Cramer, L. & Thornton, P. & Förch, W. & Barahona, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Social, economic and institutional factors and driving forces enhance or hinder the adaptation capacity of agricultural and pastoral households and co...

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Citizen science involving farmers as a means to document temporal trends in farmland biodiversity and relate them to agricultural practices.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Billaud, O. & Vermeersch, R. L. & Porcher, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural intensification is often recognized as a major driver of the decline of wild biodiversity in farmland. However, few studies have managed ...

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Relationships of plant traits and soil biota to soil functions change as nitrogen fertiliser rates increase in an intensively managed agricultural system.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: Orwin, K. H. & Mason, N. W. H. & Aalders, L. & Bell, N. L. & Schon, N. & Mudge, P. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Because plant and soil systems are strongly inter-linked, manipulating plant traits in intensively managed agricultural systems could be used to impro...

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Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use by birds in lowland England.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: Atkinson, P. W. & Fuller, R. J. & Vickery, J. A. & Conway, G. J. & Tallowin, J. R. B. & Smith, R. E. N. & Haysom, K. A. & Ings, T. C. & Asteraki, E. J. & Brown, V. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agricultural management of grassland in lowland Britain has changed fundamentally in the last 50 years, resulting in spatial and structural uniformity...

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Strip intercropping of wheat and oilseed rape enhances biodiversity and biological pest control in a conventionally managed farm scenario.

Published online: 24 Jun 2022

Authors: Alarcón-Segura, V. & Grass, I. & Breustedt, G. & Rohlfs, M. & Tscharntke, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conventional agriculture in the global north is typically characterized by large monocultures, commonly managed with high levels of pesticide or ferti...

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