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Agribusiness
No full textThe objective of this entry is to provide noneconomists with an analytical tool with which to understand various aspects of contemporary agriculture and food and fiber systems. The first part of the entry will provide an overview of the concept of agribusiness from its conception to current times. It will then present the main challenges facing the agribusiness system in the arena of recent global competition by illustrating key critical aspects, which are related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Particular reference will be made to SDG2 which focuses explicitly on food by seeking to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” Agribusiness can contribute to solving these challenges by constructing a secure and sustainable food and agriculture system. Implementing sustainable practices and working in partnership with governments and other stakeholders throughout the agricultural value chain will be key to achieving the targets pertaining to SDG2
Energy Use in the Building Sector and Climate Change: Modeling, Developments, and Future Trends
No full textClimate change is going to have significant impacts among a wide range of areas and domains, including the building sector, characterized by constructions which may not be designed to be resilient to the evolutions in the warming climate that will occur in the next decades.
The chapter investigates methodologies and approaches connected to the assessment of the effects of climate change to the energy use within the building sector. Methodologies are compared and the most relevant future trends expected are traced for the current century
Diálogos e modos de actuação colectiva com vista à sustentabilidade do sobreiro em Portugal
No full textNeste texto procura-se caracterizar o sobreiro e o montado de sobro em Portugal, numa perspectiva de analisar as inter-relações entre os agentes ecológicos, económicos, sociais e ambientais, incluindo-se uma breve síntese histórica, com vista a identificar quais as condições associadas à vulnerabilidade e à sustentabilidade ecológica do sobreiro. A propósito do declínio, morta súbita, e desenvolvimento do sobreiro em Portugal, procura-se, também, reflectir sobre o valor da biodiversidade do montado, e analisar em que medida a conservação da biodiversidade associada ao sobreiro congrega o diálogo entre ciência e outros saberes, e a construção de modos de actuação colectiva, entre conhecimento, agentes e sociedade, no sentido de uma sustentabilidade plural
Impact of Innovation Activities on Employment and Inequality at Micro- and Macro Level
Full text linkEconomic inequality primarily refers to differences across individuals, social groups, and/or countries in terms of income distribution. Early studies in the wake of the First Industrial Revolution focused mainly on the functional distribution of income and the extent to which each production factor was relatively more or less rewarded. On the other hand, the current debate focuses primarily on inequality across individuals and/or countries, on the basis of the Kuznets’ approach that postulates an inverted U-shape relation between economic growth and income inequality. However, a growing secular trend of inequality between countries that started in the early nineteenth century was reversed in the last two decades while, as far as inequality within countries is concerned, highly differentiated paths took place in the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Natural and Sociolegal Dimensions of Soil for Ecosystems Sustainability and Human Health
No full textEarly effects of fire on herbaceous vegetation and mycorrhizal symbiosis in high altitude grasslands of Natural Park of Estrela Mountain (PNSE)
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Equitable Food Distribution and Sustainable Development
Full text linkEquitable Food Distribution (EFD) means producing, processing, and distributing food in a timely way to ensure food security for the entire population by the safe and healthy food access to all segments of the population on sustainable conditions from production to the global distribution. This phenomenon could occur in situation of crisis and emergency and also in poor regions with a strong deficit to access to secure and health foods. In both situations contributes to the malnutrition and/or hunger with strong negative impacts in the health of populations where vulnerable people are
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