Exploring the Topics of Soil Pollution and Agricultural Economics: Highlighting Good Practices

The evolution of the agricultural sector around the world has generated positive and negative externalities at social, economic and environmental levels. These impacts from the modernization of agriculture would not be, themselves, problematic if the global balance were positive, in sustainable development. However, in some cases, the negative externalities overlap the positive outcomes, namely in soil pollution from the application of fertilizers and crop protection products. From this perspective, the main objective of this study is to explore the relationships between the two following topics: soil pollution and agricultural economics. For this a literature survey was performed from the Web of Science platform based on these two topics put together. From the Web of Science, 45 studies were found and were clustered and explored first through the software VOSviewer. The literature explored with this software was clustered into three groups and shows that the studies related with these topics highlight, namely, three aspects: the problem in question, the benefits and the losses. After this network analysis, the several documents were studied deeper through literature review. Agricultural policies, farmers perceptions, stakeholders’ involvement, farms’ multifunctionality, sustainability and adjusted agricultural practices are all questions to be taken into account in the feedback between soil pollution and agricultural economics.

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Nanotechnology-Based Delivery Systems: Highlights in Agricultural Applications

Journal of Siberian Federal University Biology ◽

10.17516/1997-1389-0305 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 311-328 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jhones L.: de Oliveira ◽

Estefânia V.R. Campos ◽

Marcela C. Camara ◽

Lucas B. de Carvalho ◽

Renata A. Monteiro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Plant Growth ◽

Sustained Release ◽

Food Production ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Resistance Mechanisms ◽

Development Of Resistance ◽

Chemical Agents ◽

Agricultural Applications ◽

The Web

Due to the excessive use of chemical agents in agriculture, numerous problems have arisen, such as contamination of the environment, intoxication of non-target organisms and the development of resistance mechanisms by pests. To overcome these challenges, several sustainable technological approaches are being explored, and nanotechnology is one of them. This review aims to provide insights into the use of nanotechnology related to the agricultural sector. Articles were selected using the Web of Science and Science Direct databases; more than 50 manuscripts between 2015 and 2019 were reviewed. This review includes systems based on nanotechnology, in particular, for the sustained release of active ingredients for pest control, nutrition and plant growth. Nanoparticle-based formulations have great potential to increase agricultural productivity and reduce health and environmental impacts. However, there are certain technological challenges that must be addressed to allow the adoption of this technology for wider use in agri-food production

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CHANGING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND IT’S SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES

Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language ◽

10.21922/srjhsel.v9i46.1536 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (46) ◽

pp. 11289-11295

Author(s):

Reena Trivedi

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Soil Pollution ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Animal Health ◽

Harmful Effect ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Living Condition ◽

Residue Management ◽

Chemical Fertilizers ◽

Water And Soil Pollution

Agricultural technology advancements are continuously taking place in India, as the progress of agricultural sector directly impacts a major proportion of population and its living condition. Farmers are interested to adopt new inventions and technologies in agriculture. Modern agricultural practices are significantly affecting human health and environment. The release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are adversely affecting biodiversity and increasing air, water and soil pollution. Agricultural residue management, use of pesticides and insecticides, inorganic manure, chemical fertilizers leads to harmful effect on human health and increasing environmental pollution. Recent agriculture trends emphasizes on enhancing agricultural production in terms of quantity in less time, overlooking its adverse affects. In this paper we have analyzed the negative effects of modern agricultural practices on human health and environment. It leads to decline in soil fertility, loss of biodiversity, climate change, air, water and soil pollution, environmental degradation etc. Our farmers are now adopting modern agricultural techniques, using chemical fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, expanding irrigation facilities, using high yielding varieties of seeds, modern machines, varying crop sequences etc. But these efforts of expanding food supply in less time is taking place at the cost of human health and environment degradation. Spray of harmful chemicals on crops not only pollutes underground water and air but also bad for human and animal health. Non harmonious, unwise and unsustainable agricultural practices have a considerable impact on environment and also harmful for living beings.

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Flavonoids and other Non-Alkaloidal Constituents of Genus Erythrina: A Detailed Account of Phytochemical Review

Current Organic Chemistry ◽

10.2174/1385272823666190627113724 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ninh The Son ◽

Abdelsamed I. Elshamymistry

Keyword(s):

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Herbal Medicines ◽

Original Research ◽

Chemical Structures ◽

Fatty Acid Derivatives ◽

Material Sources ◽

Anti Cancer ◽

Alkaloidal Constituents ◽

The Web

: Genus Erythrina belongs to family Fabaceae, which widely distributed in tropical and subtropical areas, and has been applied in both traditional herbal medicines, and pharmacological uses. Original research articles and publications on overview of alkaloids related to this genus are available, but a supportive systematic review account highlighted phytochemical aspects of other types of secondary metabolites is now insufficient. Utilizing data information from SCI-Finder, Google Scholar, the Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, PubMed, Chemical Abstracts, ACS journals, Springer, Taylor Francis, Bentham Science and IOP Science, the reliable material sources of this systematic manuscript paper were obtained from the literature published from 1980s to now. A vast amount of data showed that the non-alkaloidal secondary metabolites obtained from genus Erythrina with various classes of chemical structures. Herein, approximately five hundred constituents were isolated comprising of flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, phytosterols, phenols, arylbenzofurans, coumarins, alcohols, ceramides, mono-sugars and fatty acid derivatives. It resembles the previously phytochemical reports on the plants of differential genus of family Fabaceae, flavonoids reached to the high amount in plants of genus Erythrina. Numerous biological researches such as anti-microbacteria, anti-cancer, anti-virus using isolated compounds from Erythrina species suggested that secondary metabolites of Erythrina plants are now becoming promising agents for drug developments.

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Multidimensional analysis of the state of Russian studies on the education issues over 1993–2016

Russian Foundation for Basic Research Journal Humanities and social sciences ◽

10.22204/2587-8956-2018-090-01-50-62 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 50-62

Author(s):

Дмитрий Рубвальтер ◽

Dmitry Rubvalter ◽

Александр Либкинд ◽

Alexander Libkind ◽

Валентина Маркусова ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Web Of Science ◽

The State ◽

Multidimensional Analysis ◽

Russian Regions ◽

Global Flow ◽

Educational Issues ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

High Level ◽

The Web ◽

Made In

A multidimensional analysis of the state of Russian studies on the education issues over 1993–2016 was carried out based on the materials of the data contained in the Web of Science (SSCI, A & HCI and SCI-E databases). There were determined the dynamics and trends of a number of relevant indicators, such as the number of Russian publications by year, the share of these publications in the global flow of publications on education issues, the dynamics of the share of publications made in co-authorship with foreign colleagues, etc. A number of distributions of Russian publications on educational issues was compiled and analyzed: by journals, by Russian regions and cities, by organizations and authors of the publications. It was found that most of these distributions were characterized by a high level of non-uniformity. A list of journals (125 titles) in which Russian works on education issues had been published was compiled. Russian organizations (308) and domestic researchers (about two thousand) engaged in studying the issues of education were identified. It was discovered that more than 200 organizations and about 400 academicians from 60 foreign countries had participated in Russian studies on the education issues.

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Thirty Years of Human Rights Study in the Web of Science Database (1990–2020)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18042131 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 2131

Author(s):

Priscilla Paola Severo ◽

Leonardo B. Furstenau ◽

Michele Kremer Sott ◽

Danielli Cossul ◽

Mariluza Sott Bender ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Decision Making ◽

Human Rights ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Reproductive Health ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Health Issues ◽

Human Beings ◽

Field Of Study ◽

The Web

The study of human rights (HR) is vital in order to enhance the development of human beings, but this field of study still needs to be better depicted and understood because violations of its core principles still frequently occur worldwide. In this study, our goal was to perform a bibliometric performance and network analysis (BPNA) to investigate the strategic themes, thematic evolution structure, and trends of HR found in the Web of Science (WoS) database from 1990 to June 2020. To do this, we included 25,542 articles in the SciMAT software for bibliometric analysis. The strategic diagram produced shows 23 themes, 12 of which are motor themes, the most important of which are discussed in this article. The thematic evolution structure presented the 21 most relevant themes of the 2011–2020 period. Our findings show that HR research is directly related to health issues, such as mental health, HIV, and reproductive health. We believe that the presented results and HR panorama presented have the potential to be used as a basis on which researchers in future works may enhance their decision making related to this field of study.

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A Bibliometric Network Analysis of Coronavirus during the First Eight Months of COVID-19 in 2020

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18030952 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 952 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leonardo B. Furstenau ◽

Bruna Rabaioli ◽

Michele Kremer Sott ◽

Danielli Cossul ◽

Mariluza Sott Bender ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Future Research ◽

Future Trends ◽

Damage Prevention ◽

Over Time ◽

The Web

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of society. Researchers worldwide have been working to provide new solutions to and better understanding of this coronavirus. In this research, our goal was to perform a Bibliometric Network Analysis (BNA) to investigate the strategic themes, thematic evolution structure and trends of coronavirus during the first eight months of COVID-19 in the Web of Science (WoS) database in 2020. To do this, 14,802 articles were analyzed, with the support of the SciMAT software. This analysis highlights 24 themes, of which 11 of the more important ones were discussed in-depth. The thematic evolution structure shows how the themes are evolving over time, and the most developed and future trends of coronavirus with focus on COVID-19 were visually depicted. The results of the strategic diagram highlight ‘CHLOROQUINE’, ‘ANXIETY’, ‘PREGNANCY’ and ‘ACUTE-RESPIRATORY-SYNDROME’, among others, as the clusters with the highest number of associated citations. The thematic evolution. structure presented two thematic areas: “Damage prevention and containment of COVID-19” and “Comorbidities and diseases caused by COVID-19”, which provides new perspectives and futures trends of the field. These results will form the basis for future research and guide decision-making in coronavirus focused on COVID-19 research and treatments.

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A five-decade review of gender-based occupational segregation: A bibliometric study of influential authors, institutions, and research clusters

Australian Journal of Career Development ◽

10.1177/10384162211006951 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 117-128

Author(s):

Leena Sachdeva ◽

Kumkum Bharti ◽

Mridul Maheshwari

Keyword(s):

Wage Differential ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Occupational Segregation ◽

Extensive Field ◽

Organisational Structures ◽

Gender Based ◽

Changes Over Time ◽

Over Time ◽

The Web

Despite the proliferation of occupational segregation research, only a limited amount has explored it from a gender perspective. The attention that has been given is widely scattered and requires an analysis to identify the major works undertaken and the changes over time. This study aimed to examine and assimilate articles published on gender-based occupational segregation through a bibliometric analysis. The study examined 512 articles published from the early 1970s to 2020 that were retrieved from the Web of Science database. The findings suggest that gender and occupational segregation remain an extensive field of research, although this research comes mainly from North American and European countries. The low representation from developing countries indicates that more research is needed based on these different socio-cultural settings. This study identified three dominant research clusters, namely gendered organisational structures and systems, measurement of occupational segregation, and wage differential. Studies also covered areas including conceptualization, LGBTQ issues, and the role of legislation and institutions in reducing workplace inequalities; thus, providing a direction for scholars and practitioners.

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