Oil palm (OP) plantations are gradually replacing tropical rainforest in Malaysia, one of the largest palm oil producers globally. Conversion of lands to OP plantations has been associated with compositional shifts of the ...

The purpose of this Paper is to assess and select the preferable and optimum biomass energy source using Analytic Network Process (ANP) for making an efficient Policy in Iran electricity generation industry. There are four ...

Many countries in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are battling with fundamental sustainable development challenges such as widespread poverty, hunger, food and nutrition insecurity and limited access to ...

Agricultural lands make up approximately 37% of the global land surface, and agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). ...

The cycloaspeptides are bioactive pentapeptides produced by various filamentous fungi, which have garnered interest from the agricultural industry due to the reported insecticidal activity of the minor metabolite, ...

Agricultural production of high value crops in Chile's Central Valley is highly dependent on surface and groundwater resources. They are connected and together form an integrated hydrological system, the individual components ...

Drainage turns peatlands from natural carbon sinks into hotspots of greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions from soils due to alterations in hydrological and biogeochemical processes. As a consequence of drainage-induced mineralisation ...

Functioning ecosystems offer multiple services for human well-being (e.g., food, freshwater, fiber). Agriculture provides several of these services but also can cause negative impacts. Thus, it is essential to derive ...

Climate change, natural resource degradation, and poverty are major challenges of this century. Especially the livelihoods of poor rural households in low- and middle-income countries are at risk. At the same time, these ...

Feeding the growing world population is a scientific and economic challenge. The target variables to be optimised are the yield that can be produced on a given area and the reduction of the resources used for this purpose. ...