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Mineral nutrition of food legumes in Thailand with particular reference to micronutrients

, 1990
THE aims of the study were to determine the extent and severity of micronutrient deficiencies for the production of the food legume crops, black gram, green gram, peanut and soybean, in four regions of Thailand (north, northeast, central and southeast ...
Loneragan, J.F., Hiranburana, N., Bell, R.W., Phetchawee, S., Keerati-Kasikorn, P., Rerkasem, B., Ratanarat, S., Pongsakul, P.   +7 more
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
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Green Technologies for a More Sustainable Agriculture

For U.S. agriculture to continue along a sustainable path of economic development, further production increases must be generated by technologies that are both profitable and more environmentally benign. In this context, we assess the role of these green
Vasavada, Utpal, Aldy, Joseph E., Hrubovcak, James   +2 more
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Roles, constraints and opportunities of small scale irrigation and water harvesting in Ethiopian agricultural development: Assessment of existing situation [PDF]

Water harvestingPovertyIrrigation ...
Merrey, Douglas, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Penning de Vries, Frits, Boelee, Eline, Kamara, Abdul, van Koppen, Barbara   +5 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human urine as a new-gen fertilizer for sustainable agriculture: a review towards a circular nutrient economy

Frontiers in Soil Science
The energy-intensive production and environmental repercussions of synthetic fertilizers pose significant challenges to agricultural sustainability. Nutrient recovery from human urine, an underutilized renewable resource rich in nitrogen (N), phosphorus (
Mohamed Roshan Abu Firnass Mustaffa, Kannan Pandian, Vijayakumar Shanmugam, Sridevi Govindaraj, Anandham Rangasamy, Prasanthrajan Mohan, Kottaisamy Muniasamy, Surya Teja Varanasi   +7 more
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Agronomic performance of transgenic soybean cultivars in Brazilian Cerrado

, 2019
. The productive capacity of soybeans is associated with the adaptation of the culture to the cultivation environment. Factors such as a high number of pods, the weight of a thousand grains, and grain number are essential factors in determining cultivars
Rafael Felix Costa (7426133), Osmaria Ribeiro Bessa (7426139), Milene Oliveira Dias (7426142), Gustavo André Simon (7426136), Alessandro Guerra da Silva (4826418)   +4 more
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff, Charles A. W. de Grazia, Nicholas E. Rada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Under)valuing infrastructures: transformations and frictions in Serbia’s raspberry value chain since late socialism

Sociologias
This article proposes to study agriculture by focusing on its infrastructures of value, i.e. the sociomaterial technologies and networks that are essential for the production of commodities but that often remain invisible. Pivoting around the ethnography
André Thiemann
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Adoption of Cover Crops and Its Effect on Nitrogen Use by Farmers

With increasing environmental concerns, increasing population, changing tastes and preferences of consumers towards healthier foods, and with more food safety requirements, agronomic practices have changed gradually to provide not only food and fiber but
Westra, John V., Chintawar, Sachin, Gabrielyan, Gnel   +2 more
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