عنوان

Promoting Ecosystem and Human Health under Climate Change: An Integrated Analysis of Sustainable Olive Cultivation in Cyprus

شماره

TL52768

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Promoting Ecosystem and Human Health under Climate Change: An Integrated Analysis of Sustainable Olive Cultivation in Cyprus

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Wang, Ningjing

نام ساير پديدآوران

Vasiliou, Vasilis

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Yale University

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2020

متن يادداشت

80 p.

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

M.P.H.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

Yale University

امتياز متن

2020

متن يادداشت

Achieving agricultural sustainability has become a high priority to ensure society's current and future food needs without compromising ecosystem health, economic profitability, and human well-being. Organic agriculture has been proposed as an alternative to conventional farming for meeting sustainable goals. However, empirical evidence linking organic farming, human health, and sustainability in the context of climate change is scarce. In addition, previous studies comparing organic and conventional agriculture have not considered the variation in farming practices within the same management regime. In this study, a multi-criteria sustainability assessment framework with ten indicators has been developed and proposed for sustainable olive cultivation and applied to a case study in Cyprus to evaluate the economic, ecological, and human health implications of ten organic and conventional olive orchards using different management practices. Our results indicate advantages of organic olive cultivation for higher market price, soil biodiversity maintenance, less intensive pesticide application, and higher content of polyphenols in the olive oil. However, there is a large variation in sustainability performance within the same management system. In general, we suggest organic agriculture is more beneficial for ecosystem and human health compared to conventional farming, and recommend conservation practices such as no-till, intercropping, and cover cropping, as well as optimal irrigation decisions to achieve sustainable olive cultivation under semi-arid Mediterranean climate.

اصطلاح موضوعی

Agriculture

اصطلاح موضوعی

Climate change

اصطلاح موضوعی

Environmental health

اصطلاح موضوعی

Public health

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sustainability

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Wang, Ningjing

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Vasiliou, Vasilis

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

Yale University

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y