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Alick B. Burger,Susanna L. Middelberg
AbstractResearch purpose: The aim of this article was to evaluate the relevance of Global Management Accounting Principles (GMAPs) in the sustainability of a mechanised piggery in a South African context.Motivation for the study: Considering th...
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Efflam Guillou, Carole Cyr, Jean-François Laplante, François Bourque, Nicolas Toupoint and Réjean Tremblay
Bivalve aquaculture is an important component of the economy in eastern Canada. Because of current social, environmental, economic, and resource constraints, offshore mussel cultivation seems to be a promising strategy. With the objective of optimizing f...
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Håkan Berg, Deogratias Mulokozi and Lars Udikas
Aquaculture production in Tanzania has increased in recent years, responding to an increased demand for fish, but the scale and productivity of smallholder aquaculture remains below the level needed to support significant sector growth in Tanzania. This ...
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Mads V. Markussen and Hanne Østergård
Modern food production depends on limited natural resources for providing energy and fertilisers. We assess the fossil fuel dependency for the Danish food production system by means of Food Energy Returned on fossil Energy Invested (Food-EROI) and by the...
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Marcela Claudia Pagano, Eduardo J. Azevedo Correa, Neimar F. Duarte, Bakhytzhan Yelikbayev, Anthonia O?Donovan and Vijai Kumar Gupta
In order to achieve a desirable ecological and sustainable agriculture a thorough understanding of the plant-soil mycobiome is imperative. Commercial industrial agriculture alters greenhouse gas emissions, promotes loss of plant and soil biodiversity, in...
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Clinton Beckford, Donovan Campbell and David Barker
Members of the genus Dioscorea, food yams, were introduced to Jamaica from Africa during the slave era and have remained a staple in local diets and national cuisine. Yam cultivation has also been an important economic activity providing employm...
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Mariastela Vrontaki, Christina Adamaki-Sotiraki, Christos I. Rumbos, Anastasios Anastasiadis and Christos G. Athanassiou
Amidst the escalating global demand for protein-rich livestock feed, there?s an urgent call to explore innovative alternatives. Insects, renowned for their rich protein, lipid, and nutrient profiles, offer a sustainable solution. Integrating agricultural...
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Tihana Marceta, Maria Gabriella Marin, Valentina Francesca Codognotto and Monica Bressan
Among aquaculture activities, shellfish culture is considered more sustainable and beneficial in terms of food security. Currently, only a few bivalve species are reared and there is a need to explore the possibility to introduce new candidates for shell...
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Faith K. Muriithi and Danlin Yu
Rapid expansion of commercial horticulture production and related activities contribute to declining surface water quality. The study sought to understand the impacts on select rivers in Laikipia and Meru, production hotspots. The specific aims were (1) ...
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Saker Ben Abdallah, Belén Gallego-Elvira, Dana Catalina Popa, José Francisco Maestre-Valero, Alberto Imbernón-Mulero, Razvan Alexandru Popa and Mihaela Balanescu
Agricultural specialization has increased considerably in Europe over the last decades, leading to the separation of crop and livestock production at both farm and regional levels. Such a transformation is often associated with higher environmental burde...
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Donata Arena, Hajer Ben Ammar, Victor Manuel Rodriguez, Pablo Velasco, Gresheen Garcia, Riccardo Calì and Ferdinando Branca
Nowadays, there is a global surge in interest surrounding novel foods, particularly sprouts, microgreens, and baby leaves, attributed to their rich content of bioactive compounds, such as phenolic derivatives, glucosinolates, and vitamins. This study del...
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Shuangshuang Lai, Hailin Ming, Qiuyan Huang, Zhihao Qin, Lian Duan, Fei Cheng and Guangping Han
The efficient management of commercial orchards strongly requires accurate information on plant growing status for the implementation of necessary farming activities such as irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. Crown planar area and plant number ...
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Camelia Teodorescu, Marin Burcea, Ana-Irina Lequeux-Dinca, Florentina-Cristina Merciu, Adrian-Nicolae Jipa and Laurentiu-Stefan Szemkovics
Food supply has been a constant source of concern for mankind. In the present context, with food security a priority of European and national policies, an analysis of pig farming in a representative NUTS2 administrative level of Romania that emphasizes t...
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Edileno Tiago de Sousa Nascimento, Raimundo Formento Pereira Junior, Valéria Silva dos Reis, Bianca de Jesus Figueiredo Gomes, Marco Shizuo Owatari, Ronald Kennedy Luz, Nuno Filipe Alves Correia de Melo, Maria de Lourdes Souza Santos, Glauber David Almeida Palheta and Fabio Carneiro Sterzelecki
Over the years, aquaponics has become a powerful technological tool that allows the sustainable production of food, integrating conventional fish farming with vegetable production. The present study evaluated the production of late seedlings of açai Eute...
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Lin Ru, Luyu Ding, Shuhui Deng, Qifeng Li, Wanying Zhao, Rong Wang, Jiawei Li, Yujian Lu and Chunxia Yao
Studying the distribution characteristics of bioaerosols and their interaction with the environment is crucial for dairy farms. The distribution of aerosols differs in dairy farming from farming of other livestock, and their sensitivity to environmental ...
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Teresa Rodríguez-Espinosa, Jose Navarro-Pedreño, Ignacio Gómez Lucas, María Belén Almendro Candel, Ana Pérez Gimeno and Antonis A. Zorpas
Member States of the European Union must ban burning arable stubble by 2023 and improve the recycling of organic waste into fertilizers and organic farming practices by 2030. The current lack of nutrients from soils and crops leads to food insecurity, hu...
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Xinyue Yang, Xianglai Zeng, Carlo Gualtieri, Alan Cuthbertson, Ruo-Qian Wang and Dongdong Shao
With the rapid development of commercial aquaculture in recent decades, large numbers of submerged cages or pens are clustered in fish farms that are commonly located within inland lakes, reservoirs, and coastal embayments around the world. The submerged...
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Elina Apine, Madhu K. Mani, Praveen Rai, Indrani Karunasagar and Lucy M. Turner
Research characterising the effects of future climate change on the marine environment remains heavily focussed on that of temperate regions and organisms. Furthermore, little is known of these effects on the early life stages of many marine species. Tro...
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Sophie Steinhagen, Swantje Enge, Karin Larsson, Joakim Olsson, Göran M. Nylund, Eva Albers, Henrik Pavia, Ingrid Undeland and Gunilla B. Toth
The growing world population demands an increase in sustainable resources for biorefining. The opening of new farm grounds and the cultivation of extractive species, such as marine seaweeds, increases worldwide, aiming to provide renewable biomass for fo...
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Leigh Whittinghill and Sait Sarr
As urban populations increase, there is growing interest in developing innovative technologies, sustainable urban farming practices, policy measures, and other strategies to address key barriers in urban agriculture that impede improved food security and...
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