Browsing Environment, Resources and Sustainability by Subject "agriculture"
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A Broad-Scale Characterization of Corn (Zea mays)-Soybean (Glycine max) Intercropping as a Sustainable-Intensive Cropping Practice
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-22)Sustainable-intensification (SI) is known as a strategy to enhance agriculture productivity, while minimizing negative impacts on the environment, and promoting social benefits. The SI concept broadened over the years to ... -
A Digital Agricultural Revolution: Ontario Grain Farmer Perceptions of Digital Farming and Big Data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Digital technologies and big data are revolutionizing agriculture, but the implications for equity and sustainability are uncertain. From big data climate forecasts and massive robotic tractors, to satellite pest control ... -
The Effects of Nitrogen-Enriched Biochar on Maize (Zea mays) Productivity and Soil Organic Carbon
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-28)Loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) resulting from intensive agriculture practices has impacts on both climate change, through emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as food security because of declines in soil fertility. A ... -
The impact of biobased residues on soil health and greenhouse gas emissions under a changing climate
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-12)The disposal of organic wastes in landfills and applying nitrogen fertilizers to agricultural land cause multiple environmental issues. However, recycling organic wastes, e.g., biobased residues for agricultural use, is ... -
Perception and Evaluation of Land Management Strategies in Borneo for Novelty and Sustainability
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-10)This thesis examines subsistence production and state-level government forestry land management strategies as practiced in Sarawak, Malaysia. Subsistence farmers in Rumah Siba Perdu and Sarawak Forestry officials practice ... -
Reintegrating Canadian Agriculture and Ecological Land Management
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)There are three distinct motivating factors behind this research: 1) ecosystems are threatened across Canada and require locations within which to establish or re-establish natural features to support native species; 2) ... -
Remedial agriculture: Reconciling ecological restoration and agriculture in the design of a wetland complex
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Reconciling human landscapes with wildlife needs can demand innovative solutions. Enhancing wildlife conservation in agricultural landscapes requires habitat restoration; returning marginal farmlands to wetlands in a way ... -
Responsibility to the rescue? Governing private financial investment in global agriculture
(Springer, 2017-03)This paper examines the recent rise of initiatives for responsible agricultural investment and provides a preliminary assessment of their likely success in curbing the ecological and social costs associated with the growth ... -
Situating Sino-African agricultural demonstrations in the global food order: Case studies from Rwanda and Uganda
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-21)This thesis explores two Sino-African agricultural centres in Rwanda and Uganda that demonstrate Chinese agricultural technologies, and examines them as they relate to the changing global food order. When Sino-African ... -
Yes but No: Havana Peace Agreement’s Ambiguous Sway on Colombia’s Rural Development Policy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)On 24 November 2016, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace accord to end a six-decade war. One of the items included in the accord was the Comprehensive Rural Reform ...