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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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Agricultura Tropica et SubtropicaThis study aimed to evaluate the field efficacy of plasma-activated water (PAW) as a novel technology in agriculture together with vinegar, sodium bicarbonate, and plant aqueous extracts against tomato late blight in a complete randomised block design ...
Djeugap Joseph Fovo +7 more
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Guidelines for Purchase and Application of Poultry Manure for Organic Crop Production
EDIS, 2004 Poultry manure and poultry litter (manure with bedding) is commonly used as a soil amendment and nutrient source for organic crop production. However, unless a farmer has an on-farm poultry facility, manure must be outsourced and delivered to the farm ...
James J. Ferguson, Michael R. Ziegler
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Analysis of Productive Performance of Crop and Animal Production Systems: An Integrated Analytical Framework [PDF]
This article presents a two-stage analytical framework that integrates ecological crop (animal) growth and economic frontier production models to analyse the productive efficiency of crop (animal) production systems.
Viet-Ngu Hoang
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Effect of soil applied zinc sulphate on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown on a calcareous soil in Pakistan [PDF]
, 2008 A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of soil application of zinc fertilizer on yield and yield components of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Inqlab 91) grown on calcareous soil in Pakistan.
Baloch, FS, Fuller, MP, Khan, MA
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Mission to the Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Cash-Crops (ITSCC) in Baoshan, Yunnan Academy of Agriculture Sciences (YAAS) Yunnan, China. Evaluation of coffee production and quality research activities. 12 to 21 october 2009 [PDF]
, 2009 This report covers a mission undertaken by the two CIRAD researchers in Yunnan, China from 12 to 21 October 2009. Its objective is to describe the current situation of coffee cultivation and research.
Fourny, Gérard, Snoeck, Didier
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Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2014 Plasticity of plants to allocate leaf area and dry matter to upper layer of canopy play important role in canopy architecture and competition. In order to study the vertical distribution of leaf area and dry matter of corn (Zea mays L.), cover crops and ...
Fahimeh DADASHI +4 more
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, 1990 I submit herewith the annual report of the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks, for the period ending December 31,1990. This is done in accordance with an act
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