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A new food security approach? Continuity and novelty in the European Union’s turn to preparedness 一种新的粮食安全方法？欧盟转向备战的连续性和新颖性

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10633-9

Luigi Pellizzoni, Laura Centemeri, Maura Benegiamo, Carla Panico

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Transitioning practices of vegetable small-scale actors in Vietnam: an interplay of food safety, labor demand, and soil environment 越南蔬菜小规模行动者的转型实践：食品安全、劳动力需求和土壤环境的相互作用

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10636-6

Quoc Nguyen-Minh, Raffaele Vignola, Inge D. Brouwer, Peter Oosterveer

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Zied Haj-Amor, Dong-Gill Kim, and Salem Bouri: Sustainable agriculture adaptation strategies to address climate change by 2050 Zied Haj-Amor， Dong-Gill Kim和Salem Bouri：到2050年应对气候变化的可持续农业适应战略

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10635-7

Lailan Aulia Nadhiroh, Eka Fitriastuti

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Daniel N. Warshawsky: Food waste, food insecurity, and the globalization of food banks Daniel N. Warshawsky：食物浪费，食物不安全，以及食物银行的全球化

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10658-0

Frank Yeboah Adusei

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NGOisation and food sovereignty: unearthing the intricacies of NGO-driven food sovereignty efforts. Insights from Uganda 非政府组织与粮食主权：揭示非政府组织推动的粮食主权努力的复杂性。来自乌干达的启示

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10645-5

Ronald Byaruhanga

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Q fever as an anthropological prism for revealing how farmers live with microbes Q热作为揭示农民如何与微生物共存的人类学棱镜

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10640-w

Émilie Ramillien, Patrice Cayre, Xavier Fourt, Élodie Rousset, Elsa Jourdain

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A century of biodynamic farming development: implications for sustainability transformations 一个世纪的生物动力农业发展：对可持续转型的影响

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10653-5

C. Rigolot, C. I. Roquebert

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Julie Guthman: The problem with solutions Julie Guthman：问题的解决方案

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10644-6

Alison Hope Alkon

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Unpacking “the surprise chain”: the governance of food security during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia 解开“意外链”：澳大利亚墨尔本2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的粮食安全治理

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Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10629-5

Rachel Carey, Maureen Murphy

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Bipartisan creation of US Land Access Policy Incentives: states’ efforts to support beginning farmers and resist farm consolidation and loss 两党共同制定的美国土地获取政策激励：各州努力支持新农民，抵制农场整合和损失

IF 3.5 2区社会学

Agriculture and Human Values Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10460-024-10619-7

Julia C. D. Valliant, Marie T. O’Neill, Julia Freedgood

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