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Resource-Conserving Agriculture Increases Yields in Developing Countries by Pretty, J. N, Noble, A. D, Bossio, D, Dixon, J, Hine, R. E, Penning de Vries, F. W. T, Morison, J. I. L

“…Despite great recent progress, hunger and poverty remain widespread and agriculturally driven environmental damage is widely prevalent. The idea of…”
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Reducing food poverty by increasing agricultural sustainability in developing countries by Pretty, J.N, Morison, J.I.L, Hine, R.E

“…We examined the extent to which farmers have improved food production in recent years with low cost, locally available and environmentally sensitive practices…”
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Soil Microbial Community Response to Land Use Change in an Agricultural Landscape of Western Kenya by Bossio, D. A., Girvan, M. S., Verchot, L., Bullimore, J., Borelli, T., Albrecht, A., Scow, K. M., Ball, A. S., Pretty, J. N., Osborn, A. M.

“…Tropical agroecosystems are subject to degradation processes such as losses in soil carbon, nutrient depletion, and reduced water holding capacity that occur…”
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Farm costs and food miles: An assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket by Pretty, J.N., Ball, A.S., Lang, T., Morison, J.I.L.

“…Changes in both farm production and food transport have resulted in the imposition of new levels of environmental costs. This study analyses the full costs of…”
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An assessment of the total external costs of UK agriculture by Pretty, J.N., Brett, C., Gee, D., Hine, R.E., Mason, C.F., Morison, J.I.L., Raven, H., Rayment, M.D., van der Bijl, G.

“…This trans-disciplinary study assesses total external environmental and health costs of modern agriculture in the UK. A wide range of datasets have been…”
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The role of sustainable agriculture and renewable–resource management in reducing greenhouse–gas emissions and increasing sinks in China and India by Pretty, J. N., Ball, A. S., Xiaoyun, Li, Ravindranath, N. H.

“…(i) increasing carbon sinks in soil organic matter and above–ground biomass;…”
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Contrasting physical activity patterns in children and adolescents living in differing environments in the UK by OGUNLEYE, A. A., VOSS, C., BARTON, J. L., PRETTY, J. N., SANDERCOCK, G. R. H.

“…Aims: There is evidence for lower physical activity (PA) in rural adults; it is important to evaluate how the environment influences the PA of children and…”
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Economic, biological and policy constraints on the adoption of carbon farming in temperate regions by Renwick, A., Ball, A. S., Pretty, J. N.

“…In this paper the issues surrounding the potential role for agriculture in temperate climates in the mitigation of greenhouse gases are examined, with a…”
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Soil type is the primary determinant of the composition of the total and active bacterial communities in arable soils by Girvan, M.S, Bullimore, J, Pretty, J.N, Osborn, A.M, Ball, A.S

“…Degradation of agricultural land and the resulting loss of soil biodiversity and productivity are of great concern. Land-use management practices can be used…”
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MAKING SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION SUSTAINABLE: FROM COERCION AND CONTROL TO PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTICIPATION by PRETTY, J. N., SHAH, P.

“…For close to a century, rural development policies and practice have taken the view that farmers are mismanagers of soil and water. This paper reviews the…”
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The potential for soil carbon sequestration in three tropical dryland farming systems of Africa and Latin America: A modelling approach by Farage, P.K., Ardö, J., Olsson, L., Rienzi, E.A., Ball, A.S., Pretty, J.N.

“…Historically, agriculturally induced CO 2 release from soils has contributed to rising levels in the atmosphere. However, by using appropriate management,…”
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Environmental Costs of Freshwater Eutrophication in England and Wales by Pretty, Jules N, Mason, Christopher F, Nedwell, David B, Hine, Rachel E, Leaf, Simon, Dils, Rachael

“…Eutrophication has many known consequences, but there are few data on the environmental and health costs. We developed a new framework of cost categories that…”
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Participatory learning for sustainable agriculture by Pretty, Jules N.

“…Emerging evidence for the success on farms of resource-conserving technologies and practices must not tempt agricultural professionals into making…”
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Responses of active bacterial and fungal communities in soils under winter wheat to different fertilizer and pesticide regimens by Girvan, M.S, Bullimore, J, Ball, A.S, Pretty, J.N, Osborn, A.M

“…The composition of the active microbial (bacterial and fungal) soil community in an arable wheat field subjected to different management practices was examined…”
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Agricultural regeneration in Kenya: the catchment approach to soil and water conservation by Pretty, J.N, Thompson, J. (International Inst. for Environment and Development, London (United Kingdom). Sustainable Agriculture Programme), Kiara, J.K

“…For some 50 years, conservation programs in Kenya have produced only patchy and unsustainable conservation of soil and water resources. In 1988, the Ministry…”
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The sustainable intensification of agriculture by Pretty, Jules N.

“…Agricultural development is currently facing unprecedented challenges. With 800 million people already having insufficient access to food, population growth…”
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Sustainable Agriculture in the Middle Ages: The English Manor by Pretty, Jules N.

“…Manorial estates survived many centuries of change and appear to have been highly sustainable agricultural systems. Yet this sustainability was not achieved…”
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Fertilizer risks in the developing countries by Conway, Gordon R, Pretty, Jules N

“…Nitrogen fertilizers present health hazards and may be restricted in industrialized nations, but developing nations, which need increasing amounts of food,…”
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Agri-Environmental Stewardship Schemes and “Multifunctionality” by Dobbs, Thomas L., Pretty, Jules N.

“…The United Kingdom introduced the first agri-environmental scheme in the European Union in 1986. Since then, the United Kingdom has developed and implemented…”
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Agriculture, transport policy and landscape heterogeneity by Stephens, Philip A, Pretty, Jules N, Sutherland, William J

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