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Quantification of cropping pattern and productivity of agro-ecosystems in Central Asia
Agricultural production systems in Central Asia have been evolving in response to changes in climate, land use and policies. The cropping pattern and productivities of irrigated and rainfed agro-ecosystems as well as grazing ...
Exacerbated degradation and desertification of grassland in Central Asia
Grassland desertification is a complex process, including both state conversion (e.g., grasslands to deserts) and
gradual within-state change (e.g., greenness dynamics). Existing studies generally did not separate the ...
Econometric Analysis of Factors Affecting Wheat Farmers' Adoption of Raised-Bed Farming Technology: A Case Study of Sharkia Governorate in Egypt
Wheat has always been grown in Egypt under the flat traditional cultivation system, which is water and area consuming compared with other possible and more efficient farming technology packages, such as raised beds. ...
Spatial big-data analytics for agricultural intensification and crop diversification in rice fallows
Supply-demand gap of agricultural commodities continues to rise while total arable land area is
not expected to increase significantly in India. Future increases in agricultural production will be
contingent upon agricultural ...
Evaluation of CropSyst model for yield and water productivity of isabgol
India grows a large variety of medicinal plants. The most popular of them are isabgol, guggul, aswagandha, sarpgandha, satavri, tulsi etc. The healthiest part of isabgol are seeds which are used in medicine with or without ...
Impact of improved legume varieties on technical efficiency of crop production in Ethiopia: Application of doubly-robust treatment effects model
This paper presents the impact of improved food legume varieties on technical efficiency and productivity of crop production in a farming system where mono-cropping of cereals is the norm. Data on 600 randomly selected ...
Design and Agronomic Assessment of an Implement for Conservation Agriculture Bed Planting in Tunisia.
Worldwide water is becoming a scarse resource particularly in semiarid areas. Prediction scenarios show it will be increasingly so in the coming. This will limit crop production and jeopardize human livelihood. Moreover, ...