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Drivers Impacting the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Management Practices and Production Systems of the Northeast and Southeast United States.

Sassenrath, G.F.; Halloran, J.M.; Archer, D.; Raper, R.L.; … - 2010

Agricultural production responds to social, political, economic, environmental, and technological drivers that influence producers' decisions and shape the individual systems through modification of management practices, crop and livestock mix, and marketing strategy. We use an interview and...

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Environmentalism in the light of Behavioral Economics

Halkos, George; Gkargkavouzi, Anastasia - 2024

, broader reforms are also needed to achieve sustainability. New trends derived from interdisciplinary research combining …

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O agricultura diferita este posibila, dar si necesara. Grupurile de producatori in contextul dezvoltarii durabile si rezilientei zonei montane privind crizele actuale

Catuna, Carmen - 2023

, organisation and technology. The crises facing agriculture today – the energy crisis, the food insecurity crisis, the harsh … realities and their impact are strongly felt everywhere and affect not only local, regional agriculture and food systems, but …

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The Great Reversal

Chrimes, Tommy; Gootjes, Bram; Kose, Ayhan; Wheeler, … - 2024

The shock of the pandemic and subsequent overlapping crises has led to a reversal in development by exacerbating the challenges facing the most vulnerable 75 economies eligible for concessional loans and grants from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). Over 2020-24,...

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Applying a systems thinking approach to tourism

Ekonomou, George; Halkos, George - 2024

Tourism is a complex system with multifaceted characteristics that concern a wide range of stakeholders. Furthermore, it uses multiple natural resources as a core element of its products and services. Moreover, in recent decades, we have been experiencing tourism growth in many countries across...

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Digital management of irrigation water and agriculture: Transparency and accountability towards resilience and sustainable development

Alamanos, Angelos; Koundouri, Phoebe; Papadaki, Lydia; … - 2022

This research reflects the outcomes from an ongoing project based on continuous collaboration (stakeholder engagement … so far, a commonly acceptable measure, refers to the digital agriculture-irrigation water management, which has multiple …, research, and policy agendas: Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and interactive maps have been used successfully for …

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Evidence of Climate Change Impact on Quantity of Rice-Planted Areas in Panama

Suarez, Ronny - 2024

This paper provides statistical evidence of a positive correlation between anomaly precipitation and the variation of planted hectares of rice. Panamanian farmers reduce planted areas of rice when they experience lower levels of rain.

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Towards a Cyber-Physical System for Sustainable and Smart Economic Building: A Use Case for Optimizing Water and Energy Consumption

Baziar, Aliasghar; Askari, Mohammadreza; Taherianfard, Elahe - 2024

Optimizing energy and water consumption in smart buildings is a critical challenge for enhancing sustainability and reducing operational costs. This paper presents a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) framework that integrates Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) and Genetic Algorithms (GA) for real-time...

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Theories of Sustainable Development

Ozili, Peterson K - 2025

This article presents new theories of sustainable development. The need for new theories of sustainable development arises from the need to explain the attitudes and various dispositions towards the sustainable development agenda. Five theories of sustainable development are presented, namely,...

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Women’s Contribution to Local Economic Development: A Study of Women in Cassava Production and Processing in Central Tongu District of Ghana

Forson, Joseph Ato; Baah-Ennumh, Theresa Yaaba; Mensah, … - 2014

The agriculture sector is the predominant employer of the active workforce in Ghana. Among this workforce, women …

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