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International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
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ISSN 1747-762X · Taylor & Francis Group · 500 articles in the index
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Spillovers from foreign land-based investments in agriculture: evidence from a nucleus-outgrower scheme in Zambia
Nucleus-outgrower schemes (NOSs) are considered particularly effective private-sector mechanisms for supporting smallholder farmers and mitigating problematic aspects of large-scale agricultural investments. Using two rounds of panel household surveys from approximately 780 households in Zambia…
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How do the voluntary sustainability standards contribute to enhancing smallholder farmers’ livelihoods and progress towards SDGs? A systematic review of crop-based food commodities in Ghana and Vietnam
This research investigates the effects of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs) on smallholder farmers’ livelihoods within crop-based food commodity value chains in Ghana and Vietnam. Using the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF), the study examines how VSSs (e.g. Fairtrade, GlobalGAP…
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Fostering sustainability: an analysis of urban agriculture dynamics in two sub-Saharan cities – motivations, land access, and legislative challenges
Urban agriculture (UA) is increasingly acknowledged as a critical component in enhancing food security, sustaining livelihoods, and fostering sustainable urban development across African cities. This paper adopts a qualitative case-study approach to examine the motivations, operational dynamics…
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Multifunctional zoning optimization of agricultural land use by coupling Bayesian belief network with density peaks clustering – a case study in Guangdong, China
Agricultural sustainable development for food and environmental security relies largely upon our understanding of the functions of an agricultural ecosystem and their relationships. This study aims to define functional zones by identifying the relationships among the individual functions of the…
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Farmers' perceptions and management of bacterial wilt disease: the case of gboma eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon L.) in Benin
Leafy eggplant (Solanum macrocarpon L.), locally known as gboma, is an important vegetable in West Africa, but its production is constrained by bacterial wilt (BW) disease caused by Ralstonia spp. Understanding farmers' awareness and perceptions of the disease, as well as their current management…
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The various face(t)s of urban agriculture: evidence from secondary towns in Ethiopia
Urban agriculture (UA) is often proposed as a solution to feed cities sustainably and nutritiously. Yet, research on secondary towns is limited, despite their central role in Africa's urbanization, and studies on the entire supply chain are scarce. This study uses a qualitative approach to explore…
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Imprinted in the mind and on the land: identity and farming practices among conventional and regenerative farmers in Kansas
Regenerative agriculture (RA) is a soil-centric, systems-based approach to farming that has been shown to increase biodiversity, sequester carbon, increase water infiltration rates, and improve resiliency to environmental change. However, while there is growing evidence supporting the potential of…
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Cultivating acceleration: the interconnected dynamics of agricultural mechanization, innovation, and China's economic growth
Agricultural technology innovation was pivotal to achieving economic transformation, and agricultural mechanization worked synergistically with technological innovation to play a critical role.Employing the vector autoregression (VAR) model, impulse response function (IRF), and variance…
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Thirty years of agroecology research trends in Africa: a bibliometric analysis using the scopus database
Agroecology emerged as a distinct scientific field in the 1970s, when agronomists and ecologists integrated ecological processes into agricultural practices, evolving from a focus on production systems to a holistic approach encompassing environmental, social, economic, and cultural dimensions. In…
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Configuring the green sustainability balanced scorecard of net-zero emissions for agriculture sector
Currently, industries worldwide are committed to Net-Zero emissions (NZE) for sustainability. Various fields have adopted the guidelines proposed by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which in 2021 set industry guidelines specifically for agriculture. However, efforts to achieve NZE in Taiwan…
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Assessing farmers' prioritization and adoption drivers of sustainable soil and land management practices in two-contrasting agro-ecologies in india: need for extension services
Given that soil degradation, water scarcity, and resource depletion pose challenges in smallholder-dominated agroecological zones, understanding SLMP adoption is crucial. However, farmers’ perceptions and adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMPs) in developing countries remain…
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Economic and environmental impacts of sustainable wheat intensification: insights from the eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains
Sustainable intensification is a promising way to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability. However, limited studies to date have focused on its impacts on productivity, profitability, and environmental outcomes. Using survey data from 1179 households in the eastern…
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Cost effect or innovation effect? how climate physical risk works on the pressure of agricultural carbon footprint?
Climate physical risk exerts complex nonlinear effects on agricultural carbon footprint pressure (ACFP), yet the underlying cost and innovation mechanisms remain insufficiently examined. Using balanced panel data from 30 Chinese provinces over the period 2000–2023, this study empirically…
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Understanding youth engagement in cocoa farming: motivations, challenges, access to support services and farm performance in central Cameroon
We investigated the motivations of youth in Cameroon to engage in cocoa farming, their challenges, their participation in agricultural programmes, their access to services and their performance, and the factors influencing these. A quantitative approach focused on young cocoa farmers, beneficiaries…
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Does agricultural mechanization promote green development? evidence from an entropy-weighted provincial panel in China (2011–2023)
While agricultural mechanization is central to rural transformation in China, its ecological implications remain unclear. This study examines whether mechanization promotes agricultural green development or induces input-intensive ecological trade-offs. Using a balanced panel of 31 Chinese…
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The impact of climate change on food security: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
The impact of climate change has gained extensive attention over the past few decades, while its impact on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region where agriculture is particularly vulnerable to climate variability, still requires more in-depth and focused research, including its effects on food…
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Can strengthening farmland property rights promote cooperation? Evidence from China's irrigation system
The cooperation dilemma resulting from strengthening the farmland property rights of farmers has gradually emerged, challenging certain developing countries. In this paper, the social ecosystem framework is used, and irrigation governance in rural China is taken as an example. Based on 1619…
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Imposing a carbon tax on dairy production in nature constrained areas: a SEEA-based analysis
The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Agriculture and Social Accounting Matrix multiplier model was applied to analyze the effects of a carbon tax imposed on dairy production and exports. By combining economic and environmental effects, this study evaluates the expediency and…
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Scaling climate-smart agriculture through multi-channel advisory services: economic evaluation of weather information systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa is 95% rain-fed and exposed to climate variability. This post-implementation evaluation applies activity-based costing to weather advisory services delivered by PlantVillage in Kenya and Burkina Faso from 2022 to 2024 across television, radio, short…
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The progress in pursuing sustainability through agricultural revitalization in China's ecological functional zones
The National Key Ecological Functional Zones (NKEFZs) are responsible for the supply of agricultural products and ecological protection. This study analyzes the interplay between agricultural entrepreneurship (EN) and agricultural economic scale (AS) using county-level panel data (2010–2022). To…