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Identifying the effects of the stability of farmland transfer management rights on the use of organic fertilizer with different farmland scales and crop types

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Encouraging farmers to protect the quality of arable land is a focus of the current Chinese government. Enhancing the stability of arable land property rights is considered by the academic community to be an effective way to do so.
Laiyou Zhou, Laiyou Zhou, Hua Lu, Boying Wu   +3 more
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CLIMATE CHANGE ADOPTION STRATEGIES BY ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN ETHIOPE EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE, NIGERIA: A MULTIVARIATE PROBIT APPROACH

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2022
Background: The seasonality of most agricultural activities and restricted utilization of inputs in Africa, make it particularly helpless against weather or climate related difficulties across the different phases of the production cycle. Objective: This
Ikpoza Eguono Aramide, N.C. Nwachukwu, O.A. Ohwo   +2 more
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Control of arable crop pathogens: climate change mitigation, impacts and adaptation [PDF]

, 2016
In the context of threats to global food security from impacts of damaging crop diseases and of climate change, this chapter describes three aspects of the interactions between climate change and diseases that reduce arable crop yields.
Fitt, B. D. L., Hughes, David, Henrik Uwe Stotz, Bruce D. L. Fitt, Hughes, D. J., Stotz, H. U., Fitt, Bruce, Stotz, Henrik, David John Hughes   +8 more
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Assessment of the Risk Management Strategies among Arable Crop Farmers in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2019
The increased incidences of farming risks have been a challenge among smallholder farmers in Nigeria. This study set out to assess risk management strategies among arable crop farmers in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria.
Osuji, E. C., Ibeagwa, O. B., Okwara, M. O., Martins, S. E., Ben-Chendo, G. N., Ehirim, N. C., Ukoha, I. I., Maduike, I. A.   +7 more
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Farm-SAFE: The process of developing a plot- and farm-scale model of arable, forestry, and silvoarable economics [PDF]

, 2010
Financial feasibility and financial return are two key issues that farmers and land owners consider when deciding between alternative land uses such as arable farming, forestry and agroforestry.
F. Herzog, Dupraz, Christian, Graves, Anil, Palma, João H. N., Liagre, Fabien, Borrel, T., Palma, J., Terreaux, J.-P., Terreaux, Jean-Philippe, Herzog, Felix, C. Dupraz, J. Palma, Herzog, F., F. Liagre, Burgess, Paul J., A. R. Graves, J.-P. Terreaux, T. Borrel, P. J. Burgess, Graves, A.R., Burgess, P.J.   +20 more
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Price risk management and challenges for arable crop farmers

, 2022
Price volatility of both output and agricultural inputs has been threatening business results in arable crop production in 2022 due to the inflation and higher prices of the oil and gas. In the meantime, war in Ukraine brought huge disturbances in supply chains.
Njavro, Mario, Radić, Tajana, Čop, Tajana   +2 more
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Determinants of arable crop farmers’ decisions to adapt to climate change risks in Nigeria

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2023
This study ascertained the influence of farmers’ perceptions of climate change effects and their household characteristics on the choice of adaptation technologies they adopt. The survey relied mainly on institutional and primary data for its analysis.
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LEVEL OF SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA [PDF]

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2022
The study assessed the level of soil fertility management practices (SFMP) among arable crop farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling process was used in selecting 95 arable crop farmers Data were collected using a well-structured interview ...
Ojediran J.T., Adeola Rasheed G.
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Farm-level determinants of access to land by arable crop farmers in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria

, 2019
This study was carried out to examine the farm-level determinants of access to land by arable crop farmers in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria.
Ugochukwu, G.C., Onya, S.C., Ejiba, I.V.
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Biodegradable Wireless Soil Urea Sensor Using Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Distributed Deployment in Precision Agriculture

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this study, we propose a biodegradable wireless soil urea sensor for precision agriculture. The sensor's electromagnetic response varies depending on the urea concentration, allowing the measurement of relative soil urea concentrations by analyzing the time‐transient electromagnetic response.
Yu Tanaami, Ken Sakabe, Tetsuya Yarimizo, Yasutaka Murakami, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source