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Abandonment of agricultural land: an overview of drivers and consequences.
Agricultural activities and their complex effects on nature conservation, and the services that ecosystems deliver to humans are controversial. We pre...
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Nitrate from agriculture: a hazard to health and the environment?
The inconvenient truth that the world cannot now feed itself without synthetic nitrogen fertilizer counterpoints the widespread concern about nitrat...
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Extent and implications of agricultural reuse of untreated, partly treated and diluted wastewater in
The agricultural reuse of untreated, partially treated and diluted wastewater is a common reality in and around three out of four cities in low-income...
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Bt cotton in KwaZulu Natal: technological triumph but institutional failure
In the1998/1999 season, Bt cotton was commercially released to Zulu smallholders in Makhatini Flats, KwaZulu Natal and by 2001/2 over 90% of the app...
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The use of chitosan in antimicrobial films for food protection.
Despite the large number of publications related to chitosan and its derivates, there is still a great controversy regarding the phenomenology and mec...
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Plants as reservoirs for human enteric pathogens.
Outbreaks of enteric pathogens associated with fresh produce, in the form of raw or minimally processed fruit and vegetables, have increased over rece...
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The role of zinc in the treatment and prevention of diarrhoea.
Zinc is an essential micronutrient involved in many metabolic processes, cell growth, neurological, intestinal and immune functions. Zinc deficiency...
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Market-based payments for ecosystem services: current status, challenges and the way forward.
Human society relies on a vast array of services provided by ecosystems, such as climate stabilization (i.e. carbon sequestration), the benefits of bi...
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Managing farmland flora to promote biodiversity in Europe.
Modern agriculture has increased food production, improved food security and reduced poverty, but farming has also caused a considerable decrease in b...
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Environmental impacts of transgenic herbicide-resistant crops.
Transgenic glufosinate- and glyphosate-resistant crops are currently commercialized, and bromoxynil-resistant crops have been removed from the market ...
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