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2025
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Favero, Giacomo Cormier, Caitlin MarieAbstract
Food self-sufficiency and local food production are increasingly important in the context of global supply chain uncertainty. In Northern Norway, sustaining agricultural activity is central to national food preparedness, yet vegetable production in Arctic municipalities remains limited. In this study, we examine how vegetable production can be enhanced in Nordreisa municipality by exploring barriers, opportunities, and stakeholder perspectives. Using a qualitative single-case study design, we investigate local realities that shape the current lack of vegetable production through semi-structure interviews with diverse stakeholders across the regional food system and a local interest in vegetable production survey. We found that systemic barriers such as limited infrastructure, fragmented markets, and governance gaps constrain immediate growth. At the same time, motivated producers, consumer interest in local food, and a shared desire for self-sufficiency indicate a latent potential for development. This study suggests that increasing local vegetable production requires a dual approach: grassroots initiatives that mobilize local actors and supportive governance that enables implementation. Practical measures include the establishment of local storage and distribution facility, fostering collaboration between producers and consumers, and aligning municipal and national policies with local capacities. Through the enhancement of social networks and institutional support, municipalities like Nordreisa can take concrete steps towards strengthened local vegetable production.
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Marius Dobbe Klemetsen Marte Marie Fossum Ranvik Thomas Georges A Bawin Sigridur Dalmannsdottir Sangharsha Thapa El Houssaine Bouras Sylvain Poque Andrius Aleliūnas Rita Armoniene Egli Norkevičienė Kristiina Himanen Svante Resjö Qinlin Xiao Ameneh Khani Thomas G. Roitsch Erik Alexandersson Sajeevan R. SivarajanAbstract
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Cristina Micheloni Frank Willem Oudshoorn Maria Isabel Blanco Penedo Sari Autio Andrea Beste Jacopo Goracci Matthias Koesling Ursula Kretzschmar Eligio Malusá Maria Dolores Raigon Jiminez Bernhard Speiser Jan van der Blom Felix Wäckers Stéphane Becquet Johanna Döring Nagore Guerra Gorostegi Alessandra TrincheraAbstract
The Expert Group for Technical Advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) was requested to advise on the use of several substances with plant protection or fertilising effects in organic production. The Group discussed whether the use of these substances and methods is in line with the objectives and principles of organic production, and whether they should be included in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/11652. Recommendations with respect to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/11652: • The Group recommends authorising calcium carbonate also for plant protection. It should be included in Part 2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/11652 with the restriction ‘Only of natural origin’. Recommendations with respect to the production (‘forcing’) of ornamental bulbs and chives on pure water or an allowed growing medium: • The Group recommends authorising the forcing of flower bulbs outside the soil in water or authorised substrates. Point 1.3 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/8481 as follows : ‘By way of derogation from point 1.1,the following shall be allowed: the obtaining of chicory heads including by dipping in clear water and the forcing of flower bulbs outside the soil in pure water or authorised substrates shall be allowed’. • The Group could not reach a common conclusion regarding the forcing of chives and therefore does not give a recommendation.
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Micheloni, Cristina Oudshoorn, Frank Willem Blanco Penedo, Maria Isabel Autio, Sari Beste, Andrea Goracci, Jacopo Matthias Koesling Kretzschmar, Ursula Malusá, Eligio Speiser, Bernhard van der Blom, Jan Wäckers, Felix Capodieci, Luca Minguito, Pablo Molteni, RobertoAbstract
The Expert Group for Technical Advice on Organic Production (EGTOP) was requested to advise on the use of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in malting during the kilning process in organic production, on ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) as a processing aid for the production of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and on sulphuric acid (H2SO4) as a processing aid in the production of organic pea protein. The Group discussed whether the use of these substances is in line with the objectives and principles of organic production and whether they should therefore be included in Annex V, part A of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/11652. The Group recommends the following: • not to include sulphur dioxide as a processing aid in malting; • not to include ammonium hydroxide as a processing aid for the production of ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin; • not to include sulphuric acid as a processing aid in the production of organic pea protein.
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Timothy Ohlert Melinda D. Smith Scott L. Collins Alan K. Knapp Jeffrey S. Dukes Osvaldo Sala Kate D. Wilkins Seth M. Munson Maggie I. Anderson Meghan L. Avolio Anping Chen Meghan T. Hayden Martin C. Holdrege Ingrid J. Slette Peter Wilfahrt Claus Beier Lauchlan H. Fraser Anke Jentsch Michael E. Loik Yiqi Luo Fernando T. Maestre Richard P. Phillips Sally A. Power Laura Yahdjian Qiang Yu Angel Chen Andrew J. Felton Laureano A. Gherardi Nicholas J. Lyon Hamed Abdoli Mehdi Abedi Juan Alberti Antonio I. Arroyo Heidi Asbjornsen Harald Auge Seton Bachle Michael Bahn David C. Bartholomew Amgaa Batbaatar Taryn L. Bauerle Karen H. Beard Kai Behn Ilka Beil Lucio Biancari Irmgard Blindow Viviana Florencia Bondaruk Elizabeth T. Borer Edward W. Bork Carlos Martin Bruschetti Kerry M. Byrne James F. Cahill Dianela A. Calvo Michele Carbognani Cameron N. Carlyle Karen Castillioni Miguel Castillo-Garcia Manjunatha H. Chandregowda Scott X. Chang Jeff Chieppa Amber C. Churchill Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso Amanda L Cordeiro Sara A. O. Cousins Daniela F. Cusack Sven Dahlke Pedro Daleo Lee H. Dietterich Maren Dubbert Nico Eisenhauer T’ai G. W. Forte Flavia A. Funk Darcy Galiano Aaron C. Greenville Liebao Han Siri Vatsø Haugum Yann Hautier Andy Hector Hugh A. L. Henry Daniela Hoss Forest Isbell Samuel E. Jordan Yuguang Ke Eugene F. Kelly Sally E. Koerner Juergen Kreyling György Kröel-Dulay Alicia I. Kröpfl Angelika Kübert Andrew Kulmatiski Eric G. Lamb Klaus Steenberg Larsen Steven Lee Smriti Pehim Limbu Anja Linstädter Shirong Liu Grisel Longo Alejandro Loydi Junwei Luan F. Curtis Lubbe Andrey V. Malyshev Cameron D. McIntire Daniel B. Metcalfe Malesela Vincent Mokoka Akira S. Mori Edwin Mudongo Gregory S. Newman Uffe N. Nielsen Raúl Ochoa-Hueso Rory C. O’Connor Romà Ogaya Gastón R. Oñatibia Ildikó Orbán Brooke B. Osborne Rafael Otfinowski Meelis Pärtel Jesús Pascual Josep Peñuelas Pablo L. Peri David S. Pescador Guadalupe Peter Alessandro Petraglia Catherine Picon-Cochard Valério D. Pillar Juan M. Piñeiro-Guerra Laura Weber Ploughe Robert M. Plowes Cristy Portales-Reyes Suzanne M. Prober Yolanda Pueyo Golsa Rahmati Sasha C. Reed Dana Aylén Rodríguez William E. Rogers Christiane Roscher David W. Rowley Ana M. Sánchez Bráulio A. Santos Michael P. Schellenberg Michael Scherer-Lorenzen Eric W. Seabloom Ruonan Shen Baoku Shi Lara Souza Andreas Stampfli Rachel J. Standish Marcelo Sternberg Wei Sun Marie Sünnemann Michelle Tedder Tyson J. Terry Pål Thorvaldsen Katja Tielbörger Maud Tissink Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur Alejandro Valdecantos Liesbeth van den Brink Vigdis Vandvik Liv Guri Velle Svenja Wanke Glenda M. Wardle Cunzheng Wei Christiane Werner Georg Wiehl Jennifer L. Williams Amelia A. Wolf Honghui Wu Chong Xu Xuechen Yang Yadong Yang Jenifer L. Yost Alyssa L. Young Ping Yue Juan M. Zeberio Michaela Zeiter Haiyang Zhang Juntao Zhu Xiaoan ZuoAbstract
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with constant or diminishing reductions in productivity as drought duration increases. We quantified the combined effects of drought duration and intensity on aboveground productivity in 74 grasslands and shrublands distributed globally. Ecosystem acclimation with multiyear drought was observed overall, except when droughts were extreme (i.e., ≤1-in-100-year likelihood of occurrence). Productivity losses after four consecutive years of extreme drought increased by ~2.5-fold compared with those of the first year. These results portend a foundational shift in ecosystem behavior if drought duration and intensity increase, from maintenance of reduced functioning over time to progressive and profound losses of productivity when droughts are extreme.
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Min Lin Shirin Mohammadi Nora Røhnebæk Aasen Silius Mortensønn Vandeskog Maria Thorkildsen Anne Marthe Lundby Alex Lenkoski Morten LillemoAbstract
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Daniel Girma Mulat Dwi Susanti Germán Plata Arvind Kumar Samuel Oyola Idibu Joaquine Edward H. Cabezas-Garcia Vibeke Lind Claudia ArndtAbstract
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Gaius Vihowanou Joaquine Idibu Edward H. Cabezas-Garcia Jane Poole Jesse Kagai Linus Kiprotich Daniel Korir Chris Stephen Jones Constantine Bakyusa Katongole Mohamed Habibou Assouma Mutian Niu Luc Hippolyte Dossa Vibeke Lind Claudia ArndtAbstract
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