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Continuum of Risk Analysis Methods to Assess Tillage System Sustainability at the Experimental Plot Level
Fathelrahman, Eihab M.; II, James C. Ascough; Hoag, Dana L. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 1035-1063
stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF) for comparing income-risk efficiency sustainability of conventional and … sustainability rankings, <em>i.e</em>., corn/soybean gross margin and net return showed that different tillage system alternatives …, experimental researchers, and potentially policy makers and advisers on problems involving agricultural risk and sustainability. …
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Enhancing Sustainability of Cotton Production Systems in West Africa: A Summary of Empirical Evidence from Burkina Faso
Vitale, Jeffrey; Ouattarra, Marc; Vognan, Gaspard - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 8, pp. 1136-1169
serve as a working example of how African countries can enhance sustainability using modern, science-driven technology to … cotton can have on sustainability in Burkina Faso’s cotton sector based by summarizing empirical evidence from previously …
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Environmental Innovation and Sustainability in Small Handicraft Businesses in Mexico
Sánchez-Medina, Patricia S.; Corbett, Jack; … - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 7, pp. 984-1002
In this study, the relationship between environmental innovation and sustainability is analyzed in 168 handicraft … environmental innovation and sustainability in three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. In terms of determination, the … variables that best explain sustainability are: organization type, product innovation, and process innovation. The age of the …
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Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research
Stock, Paul; Burton, Rob J.F. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 8, pp. 1090-1113
) of integrated research and offer reflections on how sustainability researchers can categorize their research to improve …
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What Do We Need to Know to Enhance the Environmental Sustainability of Agricultural Production? A Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs for the UK Food System
Dicks, Lynn V.; Bardgett, Richard D.; Bell, Jenny; … - In: Sustainability 5 (2013) 7, pp. 3095-3115
environmental scientists with direct involvement or expertise in the environmental sustainability of agriculture. The practitioners … long list of 264 knowledge needs to help enhance the environmental sustainability of agriculture within the UK or for the … are about sustainability of livestock feed, trade-offs between ecosystem services at farm or landscape scale, phosphorus …
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The Geological Characterization of Landscape in Major TV Series: A Suggested Approach to Involve the Public in the Geological Heritage Promotion
Lugeri, Francesca Romana; Farabollini, Piero; Greco, Roberto - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 4100-4119
The characterization of natural and cultural heritage using popular entertainment, such as TV movies and series, can become an effective and original way to involve society in protecting territory and enhancing local development, thanks to the dissemination of knowledge. The aim is to make the...
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Food Waste Auditing at Three Florida Schools
Wilkie, Ann C.; Graunke, Ryan E.; Cornejo, Camilo - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1370-1387
School cafeterias are a significant source of food waste and represent an ideal opportunity for diverting food waste from landfills. In this study, cafeteria waste audits were conducted at three Florida schools. Food waste comprised the largest fraction of school cafeteria waste streams, ranging...
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Does E-Commerce Provide a Sustained Competitive Advantage? An Investigation of Survival and Sustainability in Growth-Oriented Enterprises
Chen, Qingyi; Zhang, Ning - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1411-1428
Enterprises should find a new business model for their development, so as to make better use of their own advantages. At the same time, with rapid development of the economy and of science technology, the competition between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises is...
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Modeling Factors with Influence on Sustainable University Management
Dumitrascu, Oana; Ciudin, Rodica - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 2, pp. 1483-1502
’ participation in extracurricular activities, have a positive influence on the sustainability of university management. The results … of the study have shown that the university sustainability may be influenced by a number of factors, such as students … implicitly also the sustainability of university management. The originality of the paper consists in the relationships study …
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Conceptual Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Fuel Reduction Treatments and Their Adaptation to Climate Change
Prato, Tony - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 4, pp. 3571-3591
across planning periods, adapting FRTs to future climate change, assessing the sustainability of adaptive responses to … climate change, and evaluating the validity of the two premises motivating this issue of <i>Sustainability</i>. The conceptual … landscape sustainability when using the preferred FRTs. The framework is demonstrated with constructed examples for adapting …
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