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Regional-scale monitoring of cropland intensity and productivity with multi-source satellite image time series

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2018
In the context of growing populations and limited resources, the sustainable intensification of agricultural production is of great importance to achieve food security.
Fabian Löw, Chandrashekhar Biradar, Olena Dubovyk, Elisabeth Fliemann, Akmal Akramkhanov, Alejandra Narvaez Vallejo, Francois Waldner   +6 more
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On-farm flood capture could reduce groundwater overdraft in Kings River Basin

California Agriculture, 2016
Chronic groundwater overdraft threatens agricultural sustainability in California's Central Valley. Diverting flood flows onto farmland for groundwater recharge offers an opportunity to help address this challenge.
Philip A.M. Bachand, Sujoy B. Roy, Nicole Stern, Joseph Choperena, Don Cameron, William R. Horwath   +5 more
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Protective effects of mycorrhizal association in tomato and pepper against Meloidogyne incognita infection, and mycorrhizal networks for early mycorrhization of low mycotrophic plants

Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 2020
Root knot nematodes are obligate phytoparasites that invade the roots of important crop plants causing severe economic losses. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) are soil borne microorganisms that establish mutualistic associations with the roots of most
Melvin RODRIGUEZ-HEREDIA, Caroline DJIAN-CAPORALINO, Michel PONCHET, Laurent LAPEYRE, Renaud CANAGUIER, Ariane FAZARI, Nathalie MARTEAU, Benoit INDUSTRI, Marie OFFROY-CHAVE   +8 more
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The use of agricultural robots in orchard management [PDF]

, 2019
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Qin Zhang 0012, Manoj Karkee, Amy Tabb
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Introducing cattle grazing to a noxious weed-dominated rangeland shifts plant communities

California Agriculture, 2015
Invasive weed species in California's rangelands can reduce herbaceous diversity, forage quality and wildlife habitat. Small-scale studies (5 acres or fewer) have shown reductions of medusahead and yellow starthistle using prescribed grazing on ...
Josh S. Davy, Leslie M. Roche, Alexis V. Robertson, Dennis E. Nay, Kenneth W. Tate   +4 more
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Environmental Management in Bulgarian Agriculture [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper presents a new framework for analysis and improvement of environmental management based on the achievements of the New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics. Following that new framework we first, identify the major environmental problems and risks in Bulgarian agriculture.
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Hydrological impact of rainwater harvesting in the Modder river basin of central South Africa

, 2011
Published ArticleAlong the path of water flowing in a river basin are many water-related human interventions that modify the natural systems. Rainwater harvesting is one such intervention that involves harnessing of water in the upstream catchment ...
D. C. Edossa, Edossa, D.C., W. A. Welderufael, Welderufael, W.A., Y. E. Woyessa, Woyessa, Y.E.   +5 more
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Socio-spatial conflicts caused by an unfavourable rural structure and out-of-date Land and Property Register

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2017
This article addresses the issue of conflict situations caused by an out-of-date Land and Property Register (LPR) and the disadvantageous structure of rural areas in southern Poland. In this part of the country, holdings are very fragmented and scattered,
Głowacka Agnieszka, Noszczyk Tomasz, Taszakowski Jarosław, Hernik Józef   +3 more
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Influence of Tillage, Straw-Returning and Mineral Fertilization on the Stability and Associated Organic Content of Soil Aggregates in the North China Plain

Agronomy, 2020
Agricultural management, such as tillage and straw-returning, affect soil fertility and nutrient cycling in agroecosystems. With the increasing food demand and challenges imposed by climate change, these effects on soil fertility need to be closely ...
Huayan Zhang, Ling’an Niu, Kelin Hu, Jinmin Hao, Fan Li, Zhuanqin Gao, Xiang Wang   +6 more
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MODELING THE STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, THE AGRARIAN SECTOR AND THE LEVEL OF FOOD SECURITY IN UKRAINE

Фінансово-кредитна діяльність: проблеми теорії та практики, 2023
The article’s goal is to develop the scientific and methodological approach (model) to determine the influence of agricultural insurance on the agrarian sector development as well as the level of food security in Ukraine to implement the appropriate ...
Zuzana Juhászová, Anton Marci, Olena Zhuravka, Natalia Sidelnyk, Anton Boyko, Tetyana Vasylieva   +5 more
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