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Moving conservation agriculture from principles to a performance-based production system Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Stéphane Cordeau
Conservation agriculture (CA) is an approach to farming that is defined by three principles: (1) minimal soil disturbance (no-till), (2) crop diversity in time and space, and (3) soil coverage by crop residues and/or cover crops. These principles provide a roadmap to protect and improve soil. However, the narrow criteria for defining CA may fail to account for tradeoffs between soil health and other
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Integrating pastured meat chickens into organic vegetable production increased nitrogen and microbial biomass with variability in presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Moriah T. Bilenky, Ajay Nair, Marshall D. McDaniel, Angela M. Shaw, Elizabeth A. Bobeck, Kathleen Delate
Integrating animals into a farm supports a closed or semi-closed production system where nutrients are recycled and off-farm inputs are reduced. In comparison to other livestock, chickens can be a low-investment option for animal-crop integration of small-scale, diversified, vegetable farms. Although crop-animal integration poses many potential benefits to farms, soils, and the environment, there are
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Understanding sustained adoption of conservation agriculture among smallholder farmers: insights from a sentinel site in Malawi Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri, Hambulo Ngoma, Christian Thierfelder
Smallholder farming systems need climate-proofing and sustainable intensification practices such as conservation agriculture (CA), are promising options. However, there is a general perception that the adoption of CA systems in southern Africa is low. Sentinel sites, where CA has been promoted for a long time, offer forward-looking new insights. This paper, thus, takes a deep dive at Nkhotakota district
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Assessing forage research and education needs of organic dairy farms in the United States Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Eric Hatungimana, Heather M. Darby, Kathy J. Soder, Sara E. Ziegler, Andre F. Brito, Lisa Kissing Kucek, Heathcliffe Riday, E. Charles Brummer
The viability of organic dairy operations in the United States (US) relies on forage production. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess producer and farm information regarding current forage production practices and producer knowledge gaps and (2) identify forage research and educational needs of organic dairy producers across the US. A survey was distributed to 643 organic dairy producers
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Motivating organic farmers to adopt practices that support the pest-suppressive microbiome relies on understanding their beliefs Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Elias H. Bloom, Shady S. Atallah, Clare L. Casteel
Certified organic farming is a suite of regulated practices that can support social, economic, and ecological sustainability in agriculture. Despite the standardization and regulation of certifying bodies, practices adopted by organic farmers vary with potential heterogeneous effects on environmental outcomes. While it is accepted that beliefs can enable or constrain the adoption of farming practices
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Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Christian Thierfelder, Blessing Mhlanga, Hambulo Ngoma, Paswel Marenya, Abdul Matin, Adane Tufa, Arega Alene, David Chikoye
Production and utilization of crop residues as mulch and effective weed management are two central elements in the successful implementation of Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems in southern Africa. Yet, the challenges of crop residue availability for mulch or the difficulties in managing weed proliferation in CA systems are bigger than a micro-level focus on weeds and crop residues themselves.
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What would it look like? Visualizing a future US Corn Belt landscape with more table food production Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Tiffanie F. Stone, Janette R. Thompson, Emily Zimmerman, Tassia M. Brighenti, Matt Liebman
Most farmland in the US Corn Belt is used to grow row crops at large scales (e.g., corn, soybean) that are highly processed before entering the human food stream rather than specialty crops grown in smaller areas and meant for direct human consumption (table food). Bolstering local table food production close to urban populations in this region through peri-urban agriculture (PUA) could enhance sustainability
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Who's near the local food? A regional proximity analysis of short food supply chain types in southern New England Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Shawn Trivette, Shannon McCarragher
This paper examines three types of locally oriented Short Food Supply Chains in southern New England and their spatial alignment with a variety of demographic factors. We find that pay-as-you-go operations are particularly likely in predominantly White areas, and to some extent in higher income areas, but box share arrangements (i.e., community-supported agricultures) show stronger associations with
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Productive function of urban gardening: estimate of the yield and nutritional value of social gardens in Prato (Italy) Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Ada Baldi, Nicolas Lucio Gallo, Anna Lenzi
The impact of urban gardens on food production and nutrient supply is widely recognized in the literature but seldom quantified. In this paper, we present the results of a semi-structured interview conducted in the ‘social gardens’ of Prato (Italy), i.e. areas of land assigned by the Municipality to individual pensioners or unemployed people for the cultivation of vegetables intended for domestic consumption
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Cover crop management strategies affect weeds and profitability of organic no-till soybean Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Madhav Dhakal, Yichao Rui, Annie R. Benson, Philip O. Hinson, Kathleen Delate, Reza K. Afshar, Brian Luck, Andrew Smith
Cover crop residue retention on the soil surface can suppress weeds and improve organic no-till soybean (Glycine max) yield and profitability compared to a tilled system. Appropriate cereal rye (Secale cereale) fall planting date and termination methods in the spring are critical to achieve these benefits. A plot-scale agronomic experiment was carried out from September 2018 to October 2021 in Kutztown
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Functionally diverse cover crops support ecological weed management in orchard cropping systems Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Steven Haring, Amélie C. M. Gaudin, Bradley D. Hanson
Diverse agricultural management practices are critical for agroecosystem sustainability, and cover crops provide opportunity for varied management and increased biodiversity. Understanding how cover crops fill open ecological niches underneath the trees, interact with weeds, and potentially provide ecosystem services to decrease pest pressure is essential for ecological agricultural management. The
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Tarping and mulching effects on crop yields, profitability, and soil nutrients in a continuous no-till organic vegetable production system Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Ryan M. Maher, Anusuya Rangarajan, Brian A. Caldwell, Shuay-Tsyr Ho, Mark G. Hutton, Peyton Ginakes
Small-scale organic vegetable farms need strategies to overcome yield, labor, and economic challenges in transitioning to reduced and no-till practices. However, the production tradeoffs associated with different scale-appropriate management practices are not well documented for these operations. We evaluated crop yields, labor, profitability, and soil nutrients over four continuous years of management
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‘Never cry for food’: food security, poverty, and recurring themes in news media regarding rabbit farming in East Africa Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Kimberly E. Johnson, Julia Hayes, Patricia Davidson, Chiwoneso B. Tinago, Geoffrey Anguyo
Rabbit farming is a form of low input agriculture that has potential to address food security and poverty in East Africa and beyond. For low input agriculture, farmers utilize local and affordable farm resources making it accessible across income levels. Understanding barriers and facilitators to rabbit farming could increase effectiveness of this form of low input agriculture in communities struggling
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Farm productivity and social sustainability in formalized value chain governance: the case of the potato industry in Pakistan Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Azhar Rasool, Hammad Badar, Trent D Blare, Abdul Ghafoor, Khalid Mushtaq
Farm productivity and social sustainability are essential to realizing agro-based value chains’ full potential. This paper aims to empirically conduct an analysis of the impact of formal value chain governance practices on farm productivity and social sustainability in Pakistan's potato industry. A multi-stage sampling method was employed from 10 villages to examine growers’ motivations to adopt the
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Profiling the consumers of farmers' markets: a systematic review of survey-based empirical evidence Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Zalán Márk Maró, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Péter Czine, Áron Török
Although research on the consumers of farmers' markets spans four decades, no prior study has reviewed the most important characteristics of this consumer segment. Our study collects all the survey-based empirical information available in academic journals listed by WoS and Scopus. Based on the outcomes of 103 studies from 21 countries, consumers are described according to their sociographic characteristics
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Pre-harvest food safety and conservation challenges facing US produce growers: results from a national survey Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Aaron Adalja, Patrick Baur, Martin Wiedmann, Elissa Olimpi, Daniel Weller
Fruit and vegetable growers in the US face tradeoffs and synergies between on-farm conservation and pre-harvest food safety as a result of economic considerations, regulatory concerns, and external pressure from other stakeholders. However, detailed data on the frequency and extent of these tradeoffs across US regions remain sparse. We designed and implemented a national grower survey for the 2018
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Consumer preferences for produce grown with reduced pesticides: a choice experiment in Missouri Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Lan Tran, Laura McCann, Ye Su
There have been growing concerns about exposure to chemical pesticides in fresh fruits and vegetables, which are an important part of a healthy diet. This study investigates consumer preferences for reduced pesticide, organic, local, and Missouri Grown produce using a discrete choice experiment. An online survey of fresh tomato consumers was conducted in Missouri to collect choice data, demographic
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Grit effects on grass weeds and grit-weeding in aronia berry (Aronia melanocarpa) Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Frank Forcella, Nathan Dalman, Steve Poppe, Emily Hoover
Two sequential experiments examined the effects of abrasive grit on seedlings of grass weeds and young shoots of perennial weeds. First, four types of grit derived from agricultural residues (bone meal, eggshell, hazelnut shell, and sugar beet pulp) were tested under high air pressure in a controlled environment for their abilities to abrade seedlings of an annual grass, Setaria faberi Herrm., and
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A scientometric review of the peer-reviewed research on high tunnels in the United States Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Megan Donovan, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar, Timothy Coolong, Marilyn E. Swisher
This study assessed the extant literature related to the use of high tunnels (HTs) in agricultural systems in the United States since the 2009 launch of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) High Tunnel Initiative. This NRCS program led to an increase in HT adoption nationwide. The literature searches were conducted using the Web of Science (WoS) database. The final sample was 133 peer-reviewed
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The potential for using wood mulch for agricultural production Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Matthew L. Richardson, Caitlin G. Arlotta, Francis B. Lopez
Making woody mulch (WM) from organic waste is one solution for repurposing waste. Our work had two primary objectives. First, we wanted to destermine the current use of WM as a soil cover, barriers to use, benefits, and possible motivations for adopting the use of WM by home and commercial growers for cultivating crops in Barbados and the Baltimore-Washington, DC metropolitan region in the USA. To
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Geospatial characteristics of allotment garden provision in Tokyo Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Keidai Kishimoto, Wanglin Yan
Allotment gardens (AGs), one of the most popular forms of urban agriculture (UA), have attracted social attention because of the ecosystem services they provide to citizens. However, the services and availability of AGs may be unevenly distributed, owing to their geographic location. The patterns underlying the provision of AG plots and facilities to users in Tokyo are unclear. Thus, this study quantitatively
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Does grazing winter cereal rye in Iowa, USA, make it profitable? Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 A. Plastina, J. Acharya, F. M. Marcos, M. R. Parvej, M. A. Licht, A. E. Robertson
Unproven economic returns at the farm level are a major barrier to large-scale adoption of cover crops. The objective of this study was to evaluate the short-run private net returns to producers implementing a cereal rye (Secale cereale L.) cover crop preceding the no-till corn (Zea mays L.) phase of a US Midwest corn–soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) rotation in an integrated crop and cow–calf operation
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Using three consecutive years of farmer survey data to identify prevailing conservation practices in four Midwestern US states Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Tian Guo, Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt, G. Philip Robertson
Granular temporal and spatial scale observations of conservation practices are essential for identifying changes in the production systems that improve soil health and water quality and inform long-term agricultural research and adaptive policy development. In this study, we demonstrate an innovative use of farmer practice survey data and what can be uniquely known from a detailed survey that targets
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Pollination practices and grower perceptions of managed bumble bees (Bombus spp.) as pollinators of cranberry in Quebec and Wisconsin Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Nolan D. Amon, Monica Quezada, Didier Labarre, Christelle Guédot
Globally, honey bees are the most utilized animal pollinator in agriculture. However, fluctuations in honey bee colony availability have led to a demand for diversification among crop pollinators. Managed bumble bees are commercially available and highly efficient at pollinating many crops, including cranberries, yet utilization of these managed bees has remained relatively low in North America, with
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Intensifying a crop–fallow system: impacts on soil properties, crop yields, and economics Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 S. J. Ruis, S. Stepanovic, H. Blanco-Canqui
Intensifying crop–fallow systems could address increased weed control costs, increased land or rental costs, reduced crop diversity, and degraded soil properties in water-limited environments. One strategy to intensify such systems could be the insertion of a short-season crop during fallow. But, how this strategy affects soils, crop production, and farm economics needs further research. Thus, we studied
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Probabilistic simulation of phosphorus loss using the Vermont P-index: a bottom-up field to watershed approach Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Benjamin Dube, Jon D. Erickson
Anthropogenic nutrient loading from land use, especially agriculture, is a major threat to waterbodies worldwide. Efforts to govern nutrient pollution are increasingly based on simulation modeling for research, evaluation, and regulation. This study develops a novel approach to simulate nutrient losses from agriculture applied to the Lake Champlain basin in the US state of Vermont. The Vermont Phosphorus-Index—a
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Effects of cover crop, N and residue management on the financial sustainability of processing tomatoes in Southwestern Ontario Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Jamison Kerr, Aaron De Laporte, Alfons Weersink, Richard Vyn, Laura L. Van Eerd
Given the potential environmental and economic sustainability consequences of cover crop adoption, N fertilizer application, and residue management, this study focuses on the yield and financial effects of these on processing tomato production in Ontario, Canada. The study employs financial modeling using field data from a long-term cover crop experiment (oat, cereal rye, radish, and a radish-rye mixture)
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Use of narratives to communicate organics with commodity grain farmers Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Wesley Zebrowski, James Farmer, Analena Bruce, Stacey Giroux, Stephanie Dickinson, Xiwei Chen, Michael O'Donnell, Tamara Benjamin
While grain farming has seen a major shift toward organic production in recent years, the USA continues to lag behind with domestic demand continuing to outpace domestic supply, making the USA an all-around net importer. The Midwestern USA is poised to help remedy this imbalance; however, farmers continue to slowly transition to organic production systems. Existing literature has identified three prevalent
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First steps toward developing Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) as an agronomic crop Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Zachary A. Pull, Greta Gramig, Brent S. Hulke, André Gossweiler, Burton Johnson
Perennial Lewis flax (Linum lewisii Pursh) has the potential to be grown as a new oilseed crop that could simultaneously meet commodity production, ecosystem service provisioning, and farm resiliency goals. Despite many potential benefits, Lewis flax remains minimally explored as an agronomic crop. Determining agronomic best practices for producing economically relevant stands of Lewis flax is critical
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Water footprint of representative agricultural crops on volcanic islands: the case of the Canary Islands Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Noelia Cruz-Pérez, Juan C. Santamarta, Carlos Álvarez-Acosta
The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago, where the greatest water demand comes from agriculture. Being an outermost European region that receives a large number of tourists per year, the need for greater food sovereignty becomes more important. It is vital to undertake studies on the water footprint (WF) of the main crops, in order to identify the irrigation practices of local farmers and establish
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Habitat associations and conservation opportunities for priority birds on small, diversified farms in the northeastern USA Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Isabel R. Brofsky, David I. King, Kimberly Peters
Although the impacts of intensive agriculture on biodiversity and strategies for mitigating these effects have been widely described, small-scale, diversified farms and the opportunities they present for bird conservation have been less thoroughly examined. This omission is potentially significant, because this form of agriculture represents a growing sector of the industry in the populous northeastern
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Effect of zinc and protein content in different barley cultivars: use of controlled release matrices Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Mercedes Jiménez-Rosado, Michele Di Foggia, Serena Rosignoli, Antonio Guerrero, Adamo Domenico Rombolà, Alberto Romero
Barley is one of the most consumed cereals, with many different cultivars available worldwide. Like other crops, its yield has been affected by climate change and soil degradation. This work proposes controlled-release protein-based matrices with incorporated zinc to improve barley seed germination and zinc content in the plant. Thus, the main objective of this study was to investigate the use of controlled-release
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Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Paswel P. Marenya, Josephine G. Gatua, Dil B. Rahut
To reduce agriculture's carbon, land and water footprint, the diffusion of conservation farming methods is one commonly cited proposition. Yet the process of translating available information on new conservation farming methods into farmers' practices is often a black box in many studies. This understanding is critical to inform strategies for scaling these complex, knowledge-intensive, but necessary
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Collaborating to reduce food waste: building collaborative advantage in local food systems Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Nikki Nadeau, Elizabeth A. Koebele
Food loss and waste throughout the food supply chain is a growing issue with significant economic, social and environmental implications. Wasted food represents lost profits for the food industry, increased food insecurity in communities and the unnecessary production of greenhouse gas emissions, among many other detrimental consequences. Due to the large number of stakeholders involved in the food
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Strip cropping in organically managed vegetable systems: agronomic and environmental effects Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Gabriele Campanelli, Ileana Iocola, Fabrizio Leteo, Francesco Montemurro, Cristiano Platani, Elena Testani, Stefano Canali
This study evaluated the agro-environmental and economic effectiveness of strips introduced in a diversified organic vegetable system. Two experiments of three experimental years (2018, 2019, 2020) were carried out within the 4-year rotation of MOnsampolo VEgetable organic Long-Term Experiment (MOVE LTE) in Central Italy to test strip cropping vs pure stand. The crop combinations in the two experiments
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Occurrence and diversity of poisonous plants in urban community gardens Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Veronica Sebald, Julia Schmack, Monika Egerer
Urban community gardens promote human health, offer recreational space and support urban biodiversity. Urban gardens are situated in diverse landscape contexts and have diverse social contexts with gardeners of various horticultural experiences and backgrounds, both of which results in the wide plant species variety of urban garden habitats. These plants represent a range of traits, one of which may
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Organic information: influential authors and organizations in the Midwestern and Northeastern United States organic and sustainable agriculture community Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Anneliese Abbott
As organic food increases in popularity, there has been increased interest in the history of organic farming. Previous scholarship has done excellent work documenting the social and political aspects of organic and sustainable agriculture, but less research has been done on the history of organic farming methods. The purpose of this study was to address this deficiency by surveying the organic and
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Financial feasibility of selling frozen produce in local and regional markets Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Jill Ann Fitzsimmons, Daniel Lass, Kate Minifie, Amanda J. Kinchla
Farmers and food entrepreneurs are encouraged to enter direct and intermediated markets for value-added food products, but do not have information that they need to determine whether the markets are financially feasible for their operations. We conduct timed trials in a state-of-the-art regional shared-use food processing facility in the Northeast, and test production costs for two high-quality, safe
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Pollinators and policy: the intersecting path of various actors across an evolving CAP Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Manuela Giovanetti, Laura Bortolotti
Pollinators are a crucial group of organisms due to their role in the maintenance of environmental biodiversity and crop production. Pollinators may be very diverse; however, in temperate areas they are mainly insects, and the most active and important are certainly the bees. Not only the well-known honeybee: there are almost 2000 species of wild bees in Europe, and about 1000 just in Italy. There
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Cool-season cover crop effects on forage productivity and short-term soil health in a semi-arid environment Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Anuoluwapo M. Ogunleye, Akwasi Opoku, Juan K.Q. Solomon, William Payne
There have been no systematic experiments conducted in Nevada's water-limited environment that examined the simultaneous benefits of soil health and feed value derived from cool-season cover cropping systems. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of different annual cool-season cover crop systems on above and belowground biomass production, plant tissue carbon and nitrogen, forage
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Characterizing food systems to better understand their vulnerabilities: a case study in Québec and São Paulo Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-26 R. P. Sabio, P. Lehoux, J. L. Rastoin
Characterizing food systems, i.e., describing their organizational features, can help to generate a better understanding of the structural vulnerabilities that constrain transitions towards sustainable food security. However, their characterization across different economic contexts remains challenging. In this paper, by linking key concepts from research on food regimes, food system vulnerabilities
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A critical review of on-farm food loss and waste: future research and policy recommendations Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Jessica O'Connor, Sheila Skeaff, Phil Bremer, Gina Lucci, Miranda Mirosa
On-farm food loss and waste is estimated to be 16% of the total agricultural-related greenhouse gas emissions globally, and reductions in these emissions have the potential to make a significant impact on climate change. There is a plethora of research being undertaken in this area across countries, food supply chains and stakeholders. However, differences in definitions, quantification methods, understanding
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Preliminary findings of northeast organic and conventional dairy farmers' perception of benefits and challenges in feeding algae Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Michelle K. Tynan, Marie Claire Bryant, Rick Welsh, Sabrina L. Greenwood
Enteric fermentation from livestock accounts for over a quarter of the United States' methane emissions. A potent greenhouse gas, methane has 80 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. An emerging focus of research is the incorporation of algae (e.g., kelp, seaweed or microalgae) into livestock feed, with several studies documenting dramatic suppression of enteric
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Producers marketing a novel crop: a field-level view of hemp market channels Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Rebecca Hill, Becca B.R. Jablonski, Laney Van, Ming Wang, Buddhika Patalee, Jonathan Shepherd, Matt LeRoux, Tyler Mark, Daniel F. Mooney, Dawn Thilmany
We assess emerging relationships between production decisions and market channel selection among a small sample of hemp growers (22) in Colorado and Kentucky using qualitative interviews. We found producers differences by market channel, product and state. For instance, producers who relied on intermediated marketing strategies cultivated more acres on average and used fewer distinct market channels
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Estimation of short- and long-term floor and ceiling prices for manure in a crop and livestock farms exchange Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Eglantine Thiery, Gilles Brunschwig, Patrick Veysset, Claire Mosnier
Organic matter is a key element of soil fertility. However, in-soil stocks of organic matter are in decline in specialized crop farms. Reintroducing organic fertilizers could be a way to increase or at least maintain organic matter stocks in these soils. Straw/manure exchanges between crop farms and livestock farms could improve overall land fertility and thus the long-term income of farmers. Here
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In search of a sustainable alternative for meat production: understanding the purchase intention of meat from transhumance origin Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Laura Martínez-Carrasco Martínez, Margarita Brugarolas Mollá-Bauzá, José Antonio Sánchez-Zapata
In recent years, meat production and consumption has become a topic of intense debate for environmental, animal welfare and health reasons. Research on more sustainable alternatives to meat production has increased. Our goal is to gain insight into the purchase of meat from transhumance livestock and to explore the main factors driving this process. This type of meat is more respectful towards the
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A bibliometric analysis on the agricultural use of biochar in Brazil from 2003 to 2021: research status and promising raw materials Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Candela Mariel Arias, Laura Fernanda Simões da Silva, Marcio Roberto Soares, Victor Augusto Forti
Biochar is considered a promising option for the development of sustainable agroecosystems, due to its diverse agronomic and environmental benefits. In this context, the aim of this study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis on biochar research in Brazil within an agricultural context, including investigating the raw materials most employed for its production in the country. The analysis was conducted
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Missouri natural resource professionals share key insights for supporting agroforestry practices through cost-share funding available from USDA conservation programs Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Raelin Kronenberg, Sarah Lovell, Damon Hall, Alexandra Harmon-Threatt
Agroforestry plantings offer a promising ecologically based solution to address agricultural resource concerns while simultaneously achieving conservation goals, because they provide multiple benefits including reduced soil erosion, decreased nutrient runoff, increased biodiversity and greater farm income stability. Despite these benefits, the adoption of agroforestry practices remains low throughout
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System-wide nexus analyses: water distribution rules, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in flood-based livelihood systems Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Mara Zenebe, Luuk Fleskens, Karim Newaz, Coen Ritsema
Water management and distribution rules in flood-based livelihood systems (FBLS) have a key role in enhancing system-wide productivity and livelihoods. While such potential has to a certain extent been harnessed in DG Khan FBLS in Pakistan, it has not yet been fulfilled in the Tana River and Fogera FBLS in Kenya and Ethiopia, respectively. These three systems are considered among the major sources
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Locally available compost application in organic farms: 2-year effect on biological soil properties Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 A. Assirelli, F. Fornasier, F. Caputo, L. M. Manici
Composting technologies have progressed parallel to the growing interest in recycling organic waste over recent decades, whilst in-field compost application requires technical improvement and more experience in order to optimize their effect according to the agro-environment and the type of crop which follow their incorporation into the soil. In response to compost application, biological soil features
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The effects of farming system and soil management on floristic diversity in sloping olive groves Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 María Noelia Jiménez, Juan Castro-Rodríguez, Francisco Bruno Navarro
The effects of the farming system (conventional-organic-abandoned) and soil management (native cover crop vs tillage) on vascular plant species were analyzed in sloping olive groves (>20%) in 20 different locations in Andalusia, SE Spain. The soil management techniques included Organic Tillage (OT), Organic Cover Crops (OC), Conventional Tillage (CT), Conventional Non-Tillage (CNT), Abandoned Cover
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Farmer perceived challenges toward conservation practice usage in the margins of the Corn Belt, USA Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-21 Ram Kumar Adhikari, Tong Wang, Hailong Jin, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Heidi L. Sieverding, David Clay
While conservation practices promote soil health and reduce the negative environmental effects from agricultural production, their adoption rates are generally low. To facilitate farmer adoption, we carried out a survey to identify potential challenges faced by farmers regarding conservation tillage and cover crop adoption in the western margin of the US Corn Belt. We found farmers' top two concerns
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Environmental factors influencing the growth and pathogenicity of microgreens bound for the market: a review Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Asomiba Rita Abaajeh, Caroline Elliott Kingston, Mary Harty
The world is experiencing a global push toward smart agriculture to help feed the burgeoning population by increasing food security while reducing the carbon footprint of food production. The guidelines for healthy eating have increased globally from five to seven servings of vegetables a day and this had led to the quest for a sustainable form of vegetable production that will reduce the carbon footprint
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Contextual realities and poverty traps: why South Asian smallholder farmers negatively evaluate conservation agriculture Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 A. Chaudhary, P. Timsina, E. Karki, A. Sharma, B. Suri, R. Sharma, B. Brown
Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) is gaining prominence as an agricultural pathway to poverty reduction and enhancement of sustainable food systems among government and development actors in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (EGP) of South Asia. Despite substantial investment in research and extension programs and a growing understanding of the agronomic, economic and labor-saving
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‘They convert, I also convert’: the neighborhood effects and tea farmers' intention to convert to organic farming Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Vu Hong Van, Yoon Heo, Nguyen Khanh Doanh
This study aims to analyze the influence of neighborhood effects (NE) on tea farmers' intention to convert from traditional to organic farming in the mountainous areas of northern Vietnam. It differs from previous studies in two aspects. First, we combine the theory of planned behavior and the theory of herd behavior to explain farmers' intention to convert from traditional to organic farming, focusing
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Economic trade-offs: analysis of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) cover crop use in organic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) high tunnel systems across multiple regions Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Gigi DiGiacomo, Miriam Gieske, Julie Grossman, Krista Jacobsen, Hikaru Peterson, Cary Rivard
High-tunnel (HT) systems have been shown to effectively improve yields, fruit quality and profitability. In order to maximize returns on investment, HTs are frequently planted successively with both winter and summer cash crops and may include >2 crop cycles per year in some climates. The intense cultivation strategies used in HT systems necessitate increased tillage and nutrient demands posing challenges
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A nonparametric analysis of climate change nexus on agricultural productivity in Africa: implications on food security Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-02-08 Boima M. Bernard, Yanping Song, Mulinga Narcisse, Sehresh Hena, Xin Wang
Earlier research largely ignored the effects of climate change on the growth of agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in Africa. This study shows how climate inputs impact TFP growth in addition to other productivity growth indicators and metrics, as well as how they can impact overall input efficiency as productivity drivers. We use a panel of 42 African nations from 1999 to 2019 and a nonparametric
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The other way around: the utility of a plant invader Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Marina Briones-Rizo, M. Esther Pérez-Corona, Silvia Medina-Villar
Invasive species control management involves a large amount of plant material. The present work evaluated the allelopathic potential of the invasive species Ulex europaeus L. (Fabaceae) or ‘Gorse’ and its possible use as a bioherbicide, taking advantage of the extracted plant material after control measures, particularly needed in invaded areas. Specifically, we investigated the efficacy of dried plant
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Perceptions of genetically modified and bioengineered organisms and corresponding food labels among undergraduate students at Binghamton University Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-12-22 Rachel D. Marcus, Sara H. Velardi
In January 2020, the United States implemented a federal bioengineered labeling standard for food products that contain genetically modified material set to go into effect in January 2022. This bioengineered label indicates which products contain detectable levels of genetic material that have been modified through lab techniques that cannot be achieved in nature. An already existing alternative to
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How about choosing environmentally friendly beef? Exploring purchase intentions among Italian consumers Renew. Agric. Food Syst. (IF 2.7) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Stefanella Stranieri, Elena Claire Ricci, Alice Stiletto, Samuele Trestini
The increasing global demand for livestock products and its large environmental impact ask for urgent policy and managerial strategies. With regard to meat consumption, feasible actions relate to its reduction and orienting consumers toward more sustainable meat choices. The aim of the study is to investigate the determinants affecting meat consumers in their intention to buy beef whose label clearly