Organic farming systems benefit biodiversity and natural pest regulation in white cabbage

Natural regulation of cabbage root flies works well in experimental organic cropping systems of white cabbage. Low input and complex organic systems benefit functional biodiversity by providing good living conditions to several groups of natural enemies. Intercropped green manure benefits large predators while small predatory beetles favour low input organic systems with bare soil between crop rows

Økologisk dyrkning af hvidkål fremmer biodiversitet og naturlig regulering af skadedyr

Naturlig regulering af kålfluer er effektiv i økologisk dyrkede hvidkålsparceller. Økologiske dyrkningssystemer med lavt input og høj strukturel kompleksitet skaber gode livsbetingelser for en række nyttedyr. Mellemafgrøder af foregående sæsons grøngødning gavner de store arter, mens små løbe- og rovbiller bliver tilgodeset i et økologisk system med bar jord mellem afgrøderækkerne

Cojoining the Witch and the Cyborg in Feminist Theory: Revisiting Gender Related Violence Through Old and New Materialism

This article brings 'old' and 'new' feminist materialist insights into conversation, exploring their respective conceptualisations of gender through the motifs of the 'witch' and the 'cyborg'. The witch emphasises economic structures and capital's penetration into all spheres of life, foregrounding the material conditions of oppressed groups. The cyborg offers a more dispersed critique across entangled issues of economy, technology, and ecology, seeking transformative potential from within existing power relations through ambiguous affinities and everyday resistance. We apply these materialist lenses to examine law's framing of Gender Related Violence (GRV). Despite decades of legal measures addressing gender violence, fundamental questions remain unresolved: how to capture violence as both a specific, embodied experience and a phenomenon reproducing broader gender power; how to acknowledge violence's pervasiveness without conflating feminised subjects with passivity; and what forms of state intervention and redress are appropriate. These debates have intensified amid contemporary calls for a binding international convention on GRV. We explore how re-thinking GRV through old and new materialisms can contribute to feminist legal engagement with the definitional parameters of gendered violence, particularly regarding the normative framing of 'gendered violence', 'subjectivity and victimhood', and 'the role of state intervention’

Humanismens umulighed - om Thomas Manns organiske humanisme

Humanismens umulighed - om Thomas Manns organiske humanism

Solar Energy in Argentina

There is a large gap between the vast solar resources and the magnitude of solar energy deployment in Argentina. In the case of photovoltaics, the country only reached the 1000 GWh electricity generated yearly landmark in 2020. Solar thermal technology is even less developed, in part due to the low natural gas prices resulting from political strategies that aim to soften the impact of an unstable economy on family budgets. This review describes this gap by summarizing the current state of Argentine solar energy. We summarize the fundamental legal and strategic tools which are available for solar energy deployment, survey the penetration of solar energy into the country?s energy landscape, identify national contributions to the local value chain, and review past and present research and development achievements. Both photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies show a historical fluctuation between local technology development and imported technology and know-how. Finally, a discussion on the main ingredients required to abridge Argentina?s solar gap indicates that stronger, consistent long-term strategies are required in Argentina in order to take advantage of the present window of opportunity, and to play a considerable role in the global energy transition.Fil: Bragagnolo, Julio A.. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional; ArgentinaFil: Taretto, Kurt Rodolfo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos, Biotecnología y Energías Alternativas. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos, Biotecnología y Energías Alternativas; ArgentinaFil: Navntoft, Christian. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional; Argentin