Agroecological crop protection for sustainable agriculture
Crop losses from pests threaten global food security and safety. In the last six decades, pest control using chemical pesticides has resulted in important yield gains per unit area, worldwide. However, the long-term sustainability of chemical pest control has been increasingly thrown into doubt due to the negative impact on human health, biodiversity, and the […]
Basis for monitoring the performance of Sustainable Development Goals in Organic Food Systems – A first approximation
In: Sustainable Food System, Vol. 2 Series of publications by Department of Organic Food Quality and Food Culture of the University of Kassel One way to approach the food systems transformation is through the prism of food system outcomes. The present PhD study employed a mixed methods research design and actor-oriented approach to investigate the […]
Lezione: “The global food system, nitrogen and the metabolic rift:Farming – and eating -within planetary boundaries”
On Tuesday January 30, 2018 at 4:00PM, Colin Sage, visiting professor at AUR and Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University College Cork will speak at the Italian Geography Society. Attendance is free and open to all: Palazzetto Mattei in Villa Celimontana, Via della Navicella, 12, 00184 Roma. In his talk entitled The global food system, nitrogen […]
