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Decades matter: Agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services over time
Estelle RaveloaritianaSustainable Agricultural Systems & Engineering Laboratory, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, Thomas Cherico Wanger1,2 and,3 and,4,5

Decades matter: Agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services over time
Sustainable agriculture in the 21st century requires the production of sufficient food while reducing the environmental impact and safeguarding human livelihoods. Many studies have confirmed agricultural diversification practices such as intercropping, organic farming and soil inoculations as a suitable pathway to achieve these goals, but long-term viability of socioeconomic and ecological benefits is uncertain. Here, we quantified the long-term effects of agricultural diversification practices…

"EU Policy. Commission backs use of farmland for aviation fuel production"
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Commission backs use of farmland for aviation fuel production
In a bid to cut the climate impact of flying, the European Commission says agricultural land can be used for aviation biofuel production, providng it does not interfere with food and feed production or damage soils. But questions have been raised over whether sufficient safeguards are in place.

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The use of trade data in the analysis of global phosphate flows
In this paper we present a new method to trace the flows of phosphate from the countries where it is mined to the countries where it is used in agricultural production. We achieve this by combining data on phosphate rock mining with data on fertilizer use and data on international trade of phosphate-related products. We show that by making adjustments to data on net exports and by estimating weighting factors we can derive the matrix of phosphate flows on the country level to a large degree and…

Joint Liability Model with Adaptation to Climate Change
Jiayue Zhang, Ken Seng Tan, Tony S. Wirjanto, Lysa Porth
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Joint Liability Model with Adaptation to Climate Change
This paper extends the application of ESG score assessment methodologies from large corporations to individual farmers' production, within the context of climate change. Our proposal involves the integration of crucial agricultural sustainability variables into conventional personal credit evaluation frameworks, culminating in the formulation of a holistic sustainable credit rating referred to as the Environmental, Social, Economics (ESE) score. This ESE score is integrated into theoretical joi…