⏰In 1 hour, we will be sharing some of our work on why we need to integrate #Water and #Aquaticfoods into #Agroecology, and how we can do this.
"Incorporating inclusive water management and aquatic food in agroecological transitions"
It is free to register and participate!
bit.ly/3wkgRnB
Engaged in the debates linking #farming , #sustainability , #development & #justice ?
You may be interested by our paper entitled "Balancing the trade-offs between land productivity, labor productivity and labor intensity", led by Cristina Chiarella. We explore the large-scale vs smallholder farming debate on #agricultural #intensification, raising incomes & farm #Labor
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01887-4
W. Dilini Abeygunawardane, Piero Conforti, and myself.
Thread based on Cristina's summary
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Agricultural intensification, through increased yields, and raising incomes, through enhanced labor productivity, are two dimensions prioritized for sustainable agricultural development. Prioritizing these two outcomes leaves labor intensity as a hidden adjustment variable. Yet, when agriculture is mainstay and the prospects of labor absorption in other sectors are scarce, the density of agricultural employment is central for livelihoods. We revise relationships of land and labor productivity and labor intensity with farm size, using standardized data for 32 developing countries. We show that labor productivity increases with farm size, while land productivity and labor intensity decrease with farm size nonlinearly. Technical efficiency increases with farm size. We further systematize the evidence on how, beyond the farm level, local contexts can be pivotal in choosing how to prioritize the dimensions of the trade-off space. Our findings contribute to debates on the fate of small-scale farmers, and call for contextualized decisions.
This study reveals that non-native English speakers, especially early in their careers, spend more effort than native English speakers in conducting scientific activities, from reading and writing papers and preparing presentations in English, to disseminating research in multiple languages.
RT @UNBiodiversity
What are the perspectives through which people relate to nature? Why are they important?🌿🙏
@ipbes #ValuesAssessment presents 4 general perspectives to make new typology of values useful for decision-making. These are: living from, with, in & as nature.
Via @ipbes
Absolutely wonderful data-driven story on the role of rubber in British colonial #Malaya (#Singapore #Malaysia) from the amazing team at #Kontinentalist.
https://kontinentalist.com/stories/rubber-race-and-colonial-exploitation
Can see some direct links between this, and tensions between various ethnic groups in the region today.
The Pathways Initiative
PatrickMeyfroidt
Tobias Plieninger
PLOS Biology
Nithin Coca నితిన్
IPBES
Ariaa 
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