Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Matouq, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Weaver, M. (2024)
Integrating nature-based solutions with traditional smallholder farming systems to build climatic resilience in the Caribbean. In W. Leal Filho, G. Nagy, & D. Ayal (Eds.), Handbook of Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98067-2_85-1
Despite the current technological advancement in agriculture to improve the production capacity and livelihood of the estimated 608 million smallholder family farmers across t...
Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., & Matouq, M. (2023)
Agroecology as Catalyst for Smallholder Farming Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change: Caribbean Region. In W. L. Filho, N. Aguilar-Rivera, B. Borsari, P. R. de Brito, & B. Andrade Guerra (Eds.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region (405-427). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16017-2_112
Agriculture production emits approximately 29% of greenhouse gases, contributing to climatic changes. These changes increase pests and disease outbreaks according to the frequ...
Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M. (2022, September)
Grand Challenges and OR: the Cost of Living Crisis. Presented at OR64: OR For a Better World Together, University of Warwick
Each year we pose a “grand challenge” to provide an opportunity to identify how OR can be used to help solve real-world issues in our host city region, the UK and beyond. We h...
The Build for Purpose Canvas
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., Fonseca, A., Tan, H., & Pershina, E. (2022, September)
The Build for Purpose Canvas. Paper presented at OR64 The Annual Operational Research Conference, University of Warwick
The paper proposes the “Build for Purpose Canvas” (B4PC) to help organisations to put purpose at the heart of their business, build meaningful relationships with communities a...
Integrating lean concepts in smallholder farming to catalyze sustainable agriculture for food security in Trinidad, WI
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Broatch, R., & St. Martin, C. (2022)
Integrating lean concepts in smallholder farming to catalyze sustainable agriculture for food security in Trinidad, WI. In W. Leal Filho, E. Popkova, & M. Kovaleva (Eds.), Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security (283-309). Cham: Springer
The development for sustainable smallholder farming is not a transparent and replicable procedure because the agricultural sector focuses primarily on productivity with minimu...
Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland
Book Chapter
Fonseca, A., Crossan, K., Weaver, M., Tan, H., Bratton, A., & Pershina, E. (in press)
Empowering Organisations To Embrace UN Sustainable Development Goals: Post-Covid-19 Scotland. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), SDGs in the European Region. Springer
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) argues that the global coronavirus pandemic has caused unimaginable consequences to the global community's economy, social stru...
Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad
Conference Proceeding
Roop, R., St. Martin, C. C., & Weaver, M. (2021)
Integrated soil and water management on smallholder family-farms in building resilience to hydrometeorological hazards in Trinidad. In Caribbean Science Symposium on Water: Building Resilience in the Regional Water Sector to Address Climatological and Hydrological Risks and Threats
Hydrometeorological hazards (droughts, floods, and heatwaves) threaten the life and livelihoods of the most vulnerable people worldwide, including the 500 million smallholder ...
Catalyzing Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals for Food and Nutrition Security: Americas and Caribbean Region
Book Chapter
Roop, R., Weaver, M., Fonseca, A. P., Matouq, M., & Stewart, V. (in press)
Catalyzing Innovative Approaches in Smallholder Farming to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals for Food and Nutrition Security: Americas and Caribbean Region. In W. L. Filho (Ed.), SDGs in the Americas and Caribbean Region. Cham: Springer
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Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2021, September)
Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective. Paper presented at OR63 Online: Creating a better future, Online
Mark Carney - the former Governor of the Bank of England calls for a new kind of economics and attacks the prevalent neo-liberal paradigm, in his 2021 book, Value(s) Building ...
Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective
Presentation / Conference
Weaver, M., & Tan, H. (2021, September)
Value(s): Taking a Systems/COR Critical Perspective. Paper presented at OR63: Operational Research Society 63rd Annual Conference, Online
Mark Carney - the former Governor of the Bank of England calls for a new kind of economics and attacks the prevalent neo-liberal paradigm, in his 2021 book, Value(s) Building ...