There is an emerging consensus that the well-being of rural households improve with the blending of farm activities with non-farm economic activities. The diversification of rural livelihood positively impacts the well-being of the rural households. Eastern states however remained laggard in rural transformation due to myriad of endogenous as well as exogenous factors. With uneven distribution ...

Over 22,000 species of biotically pollinated flowering plants, including some major agricultural crops, depend primarily on bees capable of floral sonication for pollination services. The ability to sonicate ("buzz") flowers is widespread in bees but not ubiquitous. Despite the prevalence of this pollinator behavior and its importance to natural and agricultural systems, the evolutionary histor...

Whilst current policies recognize the impacts that changes in climates and markets have imposed on Italian food system, less attention is given to development of systematic approaches identify alternative cropping systems across Italy European continent. In this article, a novel evidence-based crop shortlisting method was developed address diversification needs for as an example whole Europe. o...