Construction is a resource-intensive industry where circular economy (CE) essential to minimize global impacts and conserve natural resources. A CE achieves long-term sustainability by enabling materials circulate along the critical supply chains. Accordingly, recent research has proposed paradigm shift towards CE-based sustainability. However, uncertainties caused fluctuating raw material pric...

Identifying role of extension system in adoption of new technologies have important role to developing favorable extension systems. For supporting sustainable agriculture in Iran needs extension systems to be carefully thought and accurately implemented. The purpose of this is analyzing role of extension activities in adoption of sustainable agriculture. Based on the results the attending agric...

BACKGROUND The use of highly hazardous pesticides by smallholder farmers constitutes a classic trans-sectoral 'wicked problem'. We share our program of research in potato and vegetable farming communities in the Andean highlands, working with partners from multiple sectors to confront this problem over several projects. METHODS We engaged in iterative cycles of mixed methods research around p...

in recent years sustainable development has been one of the concerns of man. to address this concern farming sustainable development will be one of the most important issues which must be dealt with. it seems that one of the necessary elements to further this goal is to have a serious look at indigenous knowledge of farming and particularly women’s knowledge. women and above all nomad women hav...

Introduction Much of the early development and diffusion of sustainable agriculture information has occurred outside of traditional avenues for agricultural information exchange. Studies have shown that farmers engaged in sustainable agriculture obtain most of their information on sustainable practices predominately from other farmers, followed by private non-profits, other educational organiza...

recently organic agriculture as a most popular alternative production system has increasingly been considered by scientists, people and policymakers and governments in the world, and many research programs are directed to this sustainable production system. in organic agriculture it is hardly recommended to integrate plant with animal husbandry in agroecosystem. various animal products such as ...

world population has already exceeded 6.5 billion, out of which about 850 million (13 percent) are undernourished. with the current growth rate, the world community faces even a greater challenge of hunger and food security as the estimated the population will catch 9 billion by the year 2050 with doubled needs for food. at the same time, preservation of biodiversity, stopping deforestation and...

Research is key element of sustainable development and long term development is impossible without integrated research system . The most important step in creating useful and efficient research platform will be strengthen motivation of researchers in universities particularly medical sciences universities to researc

This Special Issue on Diversified Farming Systems is motivated by a desire to understand how agriculture designed according to whole systems, agroecological principles can contribute to creating a more sustainable, socially just, and secure global food system. We first define Diversified Farming Systems (DFS) as farming practices and landscapes that intentionally include functional biodiversity...