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View article: Multi-Sensor SAR-Based Flood Mapping for High-Temporal Monitoring of the 2020 Flood Event in Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam
Multi-Sensor SAR-Based Flood Mapping for High-Temporal Monitoring of the 2020 Flood Event in Thừa Thiên Huế, Vietnam Open
The 2020 flood season in Thừa Thiên Huế province, Central Vietnam, was among the most severe in recent history, driven by consecutive tropical storms and prolonged heavy rainfall. Between October and November 2020, a serie…
View article: Impact assessment of climate change at farm level: A methodological approach based on integrated biophysical and economic models
Impact assessment of climate change at farm level: A methodological approach based on integrated biophysical and economic models Open
The dominant agricultural sector in Slovakia is crop production, with the majority of arable land dedicated to cultivating cereals (57%), followed by fodder crops (20%) and industrial crops (19%). Slovakia has technical and biophysical pot…
View article: Reducing nitrogen losses in agriculture: integrated modelling of fertilizer and climate change scenarios in Austria 
Reducing nitrogen losses in agriculture: integrated modelling of fertilizer and climate change scenarios in Austria  Open
The European Commission has initiated the Green Deal aiming to make the European Union climate-neutral by 2050, with the Farm to Fork strategy being one of its components. Apart from making food systems fair, healthy and eco-friendly, the …
View article: Modeling of farm-specific marginal abatement costs of non-CO2 greenhouse gas mitigation measures in Austria
Modeling of farm-specific marginal abatement costs of non-CO2 greenhouse gas mitigation measures in Austria Open
Agriculture is a major source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, namely methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), and reactive trace gases, such as ammonia (NH3). CH4 emissions originate primarily from enteric fermentation of ruminant…
View article: Framing the CAP reform 2013 in Austria’s agricultural media
Framing the CAP reform 2013 in Austria’s agricultural media Open
The reform process of the CAP is increasingly open to actors that apply different frames. Recent research reveals the consistent use of five frames during CAP reform processes: the policy mechanism frame, the farmers’ economic frame, the s…
View article: Exploring smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation intentions in Tiruchirappalli District, South India
Exploring smallholder farmers’ climate change adaptation intentions in Tiruchirappalli District, South India Open
Smallholder farmers are disproportionally vulnerable to climate change, and knowledge on cognitive factors and processes is required to successfully support their adaptation to climate change. Hence, we apply a qualitative interview approa…
View article: RechAUT - Variability of Groundwater Recharge and its Implication for Sustainable Land Use in Austria
RechAUT - Variability of Groundwater Recharge and its Implication for Sustainable Land Use in Austria Open
Water in the vadose zone is an essential part of the global water cycle making up some of the largest freshwater resources on Earth. Climate as well as land use change are known to alter water fluxes in the vadose zone, and thus changes in…
View article: Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review
Towards meta–competences in higher education for tackling complex real–world problems – a cross disciplinary review Open
Purpose Climate change, poverty and pandemics are some of the complex real-world problems that are increasingly challenging higher education institutions (HEIs) to equip future graduates with meta-competences that have hitherto not been de…
View article: Energy production simulation of Agrivolatic Systems
Energy production simulation of Agrivolatic Systems Open
<p>The European Union set the goal to meet 32% of its final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030. Other than fossil or nuclear electricity generation, VRE produce electricity not at a few individual locations, but distri…
View article: Food versus wildlife: Will biodiversity hotspots benefit from healthier diets?
Food versus wildlife: Will biodiversity hotspots benefit from healthier diets? Open
Aims Terrestrial biodiversity is threatened by land use change. Modelling suggests that the remaining, potentially arable areas of natural intact vegetation (rNIV) of 9 of 35 global biodiversity hotspots may be converted to agriculture by …
View article: Farmers’ Intended Weed Management after a Potential Glyphosate Ban in Austria
Farmers’ Intended Weed Management after a Potential Glyphosate Ban in Austria Open
Glyphosate is controversially discussed because of its alleged harmful effects on human health and the environment. Although it is approved until December 2022 in the European Union, the Austrian government discusses a national ban. Resear…
View article: Multi-step cognitive mapping of perceived nexus relationships in the Seewinkel region in Austria
Multi-step cognitive mapping of perceived nexus relationships in the Seewinkel region in Austria Open
Multiple societal challenges such as climate change, water pollution and biodiversity loss require coordinated measures. Thereby the adoption of a nexus perspective is expedient. It acknowledges relationships between natural and social ent…
View article: Integrated modelling of cost-effective policies to regulate Western Corn Rootworm under climate scenarios in Austria
Integrated modelling of cost-effective policies to regulate Western Corn Rootworm under climate scenarios in Austria Open
The continuous spread of the invasive Western Corn Rootworm (WCR; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) poses a threat to maize production regions. We develop a spatially explicit integrated modelling framework to analyse the performance of cost…
View article: Computing stochastic Pareto frontiers between economic and environmental goals for a semi-arid agricultural production region in Austria
Computing stochastic Pareto frontiers between economic and environmental goals for a semi-arid agricultural production region in Austria Open
Multi-objective programming is frequently used in agro-environmental management studies to find compromises between competing policy objectives. We develop an integrated modelling framework to compute stochastic Pareto frontiers using real…
View article: Analyzing competing land use policy objectives under climate change &#8211; a regional case study from Austria
Analyzing competing land use policy objectives under climate change – a regional case study from Austria Open
<p>In the semi-arid Seewinkel region in Austria, competing demands exist for land and water such as from agriculture, nature protection, tourism and settlements. In addition, water quality problems are prevalent due to nitrate leachi…
View article: Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield
Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield Open
Irrigation is the largest sector of human water use and an important option for increasing crop production and reducing drought impacts. However, the potential for irrigation to contribute to global crop yields remains uncertain. Here, we …
View article: Informing groundwater policies in semi-arid agricultural production regions under stochastic climate scenario impacts
Informing groundwater policies in semi-arid agricultural production regions under stochastic climate scenario impacts Open
Region-specific groundwater policies are required to regulate groundwater extraction for agricultural irrigation and reduce climate change adaption externalities. We examine the semi-arid Seewinkel region in Austria and explore interaction…
View article: Uncertainty concepts for integrated modeling - Review and application for identifying uncertainties and uncertainty propagation pathways
Uncertainty concepts for integrated modeling - Review and application for identifying uncertainties and uncertainty propagation pathways Open
We review concepts that have been used to address uncertainty in integrated modeling. Although conceptual approaches to tackle uncertainty seem diverse, a synthesis reveals more similarities than differences in the concepts published, espe…
View article: Verifiable soil organic carbon modelling to facilitate regional reporting of cropland carbon change: A test case in the Czech Republic
Verifiable soil organic carbon modelling to facilitate regional reporting of cropland carbon change: A test case in the Czech Republic Open
Regional monitoring, reporting and verification of soil organic carbon change occurring in managed cropland are indispensable to support carbon-related policies. Rapidly evolving gridded agronomic models can facilitate these efforts throug…
View article: A regional nuclear conflict would compromise global food security
A regional nuclear conflict would compromise global food security Open
Significance Impacts of global warming on agricultural productivity have been evaluated extensively. The implications of sudden cooling for global crop growth, however, are as yet little understood. While crop failures after historic volca…
View article: Socio-Economic Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in Wetlands in East Africa: A Case Study Analysis of the Anyiko Wetland, Kenya
Socio-Economic Determinants of Land Use/Cover Change in Wetlands in East Africa: A Case Study Analysis of the Anyiko Wetland, Kenya Open
In East Africa, wetlands are steadily converted to agriculture for food security reasons. This study analyzed high spatial resolution panchromatic and color photographs in the Anyiko wetland in Kenya to reveal wetland conversions between 1…