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    Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic...

    Densely populated floodplains downstream of Asia’s mountain ranges depend heavily on mountain water resources, in particular for irrigation. An intensive and complex...
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    From principles to practice in paying for nature's services

    Payments for Environmental Services (PES) constitute an innovative economic intervention to counteract the global loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. In theory, some...
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    Changes in crop rotations would impact food production in an organically farm...

    The debate about organic farming productivity has often focused on its relative crop yields compared with conventional farming. However, conversion to organic farming not only...
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    Water shortages worsened by reservoir effects

    The expansion of reservoirs to cope with droughts and water shortages is hotly debated in many places around the world. We argue that there are two counterintuitive dynamics...
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    Evidence that organic farming promotes pest control

    International audience; Ecological intensification of agro-ecosystems, based on the optimization of ecological functions such as biological pest control, to replace agrochemical...
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    Sustainability in global agriculture driven by organic farming

    Agricultural practices need to change to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. How to achieve the SDGs is heavily contested. Here we propose a policy...
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    The water footprint of water conservation using shade balls in California

    The interest in quick technologic fixes to complex water problems increases during extreme hydroclimatic events. However, past evidence shows that such fixes might be associated...