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Pollutants, 2021 Industrial hemp cultivation has the potential to be an environmentally friendly and highly sustainable crop and it can fit well in crop rotation practices to increase soil fertility.
Antonio Satriani +2 more
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Pitaya, an Attractive Alternative Crop for Mediterranean Region [PDF]
Agronomy, 2020 While the ongoing global warming and the economic crisis threaten horticultural and ornamental products production in the Mediterranean region, new challenges and opportunities for renewing plant material occur.
Alice Trivellini +6 more
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Chitosan-Based Agronanochemicals as a Sustainable Alternative in Crop Protection
Molecules, 2020 The rise in the World’s food demand in line with the increase of the global population has resulted in calls for more research on the production of sustainable food and sustainable agriculture.
Farhatun Najat Maluin +1 more
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Crop Insurance Savings Accounts: A Viable Alternative to Crop Insurance? [PDF]
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2014 AbstractThis research explores the viability of an alternative design for crop insurance based upon farmer‐owned savings accounts that are regulated, monitored, and marginally assisted by the government. Such accounts could be an effective risk management tool for many farmers and could operate without major government subsidization.
Gregory Colson, Octavio A Ramirez
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Oat—an alternative crop under waterlogging stress?
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIntroductionWaterlogging is one vast environmental constraint that limits crop growth and yield worldwide. Most major crop species are very sensitive to waterlogging, leading to enormous yield losses every year.
Britta Pitann, Karl H. Mühling
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Emerging Trends in Alternative and Sustainable Crop Production
PlantsThe last few decades have seen the evolution of crop systems management studies from the traditional production-based agronomy domain, not only as a way of addressing the challenges of contemporary agriculture but also as a result of the complexity of ...
Dimitrios Bilalis +2 more
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Crop receipts as alternative financial instruments [PDF]
Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2022 The aim of the paper is to provide insights into the lending against crop receipts mechanism. Crop receipts emerged as promising financial instruments creating an additional type of collateral for agricultural producers that pledge their future ...
Kovačević Vlado +2 more
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Crop Management Practices and Labor Inputs for Hop Production in Florida
EDIS, 2021 The booming craft beer industry, rising prices of hops, and demand for locally-produced ingredients have recently increased interest in local hop production among growers and brewers.
Shinsuke Agehara +6 more
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How to Install Twines in a Hopyard
EDIS, 2021 Because of the rapidly growing craft beer industry and rising hop prices, the potential of hops as an alternative crop is currently being investigated at the UF/IFAS GCREC.
Shinsuke Agehara +1 more
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Finger Lime: An Alternative Crop with Great Potential in South Florida
EDIS, 2018 Cylindrical Australian finger limes (Microcitrus australasica) taste like a combination of lemon, lime, and grapefruit, come in a rainbow of colors, and have a texture like caviar.
Aditya Singh +4 more
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