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Roberta Ascrizzi, Guido Flamini, Alessandro Rossi, Andrea Santini, Luciana G. Angelini and Silvia Tavarini
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), being a multiharvest crop, can increase farm profitability and cropping system diversification, including in marginal areas. Since inflorescence essential oil (EO) represents a valuable co-product for cosmetics and p...
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Marius-Ionu? Gordan, Cosmin Alin Popescu, Jenica Calina, Tabita Cornelia Adamov, Camelia Maria Manescu and Tiberiu Iancu
Seasonal variations in the tourism industry consist of alternating patterns of overuse and underuse of touristic potential and resources, which correspond to overexertion in the peak periods and to reduced income levels in the trough periods. We analyze ...
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Daniel Paredes, Sara Mendes and José Paulo Sousa
Chrysoperla carnea s.l., a vital predator in olive groves, plays a key role in reducing the reliance on pesticides. Despite its efficacy, habitat diversification at the landscape level can compromise its effectiveness as a generalist natural enemy, diver...
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Madara Darguza and Zinta Gaile
Crop diversification in rotations is an important part of sustainable crop production. The aim of this research was to analyse soil tillage and crop rotation influence on the yield (t ha-1) of different field crops, their energy yield (GJ ha-1) and the e...
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Kexiao Xie, Dongkai Lin, Weihan Zhu, Yongqiang Ma, Jiaxiong Qiu, Youcheng Chen and Zhidan Chen
Tea is a global economic crop. In the traditional sales model, the quality of tea is difficult to judge via external clues, and it basically relies on consumers to taste and experience it firsthand. However, currently, most e-commerce platforms can only ...
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Silvio Franco, Barbara Pancino, Angelo Martella and Tommaso De Gregorio
The term monoculture is widely used in the scientific literature concerning the agricultural sector. However, it is very difficult to find a clear and shared definition of this term. This study investigates the concept of monoculture in agricultural area...
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Matthew C. LaFevor
Crop species diversity is a key component of agroecosystem resilience, food system stability, ecosystem services production, and sustainable development. Despite its importance, quantitative understanding of crop species diversity is often lacking. This ...
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Sabine Andert and Andrea Ziesemer
We present an on-farm approach to measure the effect of crop diversification on farmers? field economic values. Eleven years of data (2010?2020) on the chemical herbicide use, tillage practices and crop yields of 17 farms in north-eastern Germany were ex...
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Johannes Timaeus, Ties Ruigrok, Torsten Siegmeier and Maria Renate Finckh
Many agronomic studies have shown the advantages of species mixtures (SM), but for food grain production, they represent only a small niche. Empirical studies that investigate reasons for SM adoption in food grain production are scarce. Here we present a...
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Thi Tam Duong, Tom Brewer, Jo Luck and Kerstin Zander
Farmers around the world face and manage a wide range of enterprise-related risks. These risks are increasing due to a range of factors including globalisation, increased trade in agricultural products, and climate change, jeopardising agricultural enter...
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