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ESTIMATING THE TREATMENT EFFECT OF LAND DEGRADATION ON SMALLHOLDER ARABLE CROP FARMERS’ FOOD SECURITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

open access: yesJournal of Agripreneurship and Sustainable Development, 2020
The study was conducted to estimate the treatment effect of land degradation on smallholder arable crop farmers’ food security and productivity in Kwara State, Nigeria.
Oladimeji, Y. U.
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Enhancing Binding by Electron Transfer at Heterointerfaces of Biochar‐Modified Hydrogel to Improve Utilization Efficiency of Wastewater Recovered Nutrients

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Enhancing the utilization efficiency of nutrients recovered from wastewater is achieved through hydrogel modification by biochar. The strategy improves nutrient binding to hydrogels via electron transfer at heterointerfaces, thereby reducing nutrient release rate.
Hao Hu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organic farming at the farm level - Scenarioes for the future development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The purpose of this report is to present possible impacts of new technology and changes in legislation on the profitability of different types of organic farms. The aim is also to look at both the current and future trends in the organic area in Denmark.
Jacobsen, Brian H.   +2 more
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Farm risks and management strategies among arable crop farmers in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

open access: yes, 2020
This study examines farm risk and management strategies adopted by arable crop farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 120 respondents for the study with the aid of questionnaire.
F. Aminu, E. Balogun, O. Oke
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parasitic Plant–Host Interactions: Molecular Mechanisms and Agricultural Resistance Strategies

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Parasitic plants devastate global agriculture through sophisticated molecular interactions with host crops. This review synthesizes current understanding of parasitic plant‐host interactions, from strigolactone‐mediated germination and haustorium formation to host defense mechanisms.
Jiayang Shi, Qi Xie, Feifei Yu
wiley   +1 more source

New insights into organic farming in Germany – empirical results of a survey in 218 farms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A comprehensive description of the recent structure, performance and developments of organic farming in Germany does not exist. Because of this gap the Institute of Organic Farming and the Institute of Farm Economics of the German Federal Agricultural ...
Nieberg, Hiltrud, Rahmann, Gerold
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Effect of social exclusion on climate change adaptation of female arable crop farmers in Abia state, Nigeria

open access: yes, 2020
The need to reduce social exclusion suffered by female arable crop farmers in Abia State as a way of enhancing their climate change adaptive capacity prompted this study. The study identified the effect of social exclusion on climate change adaptation of
C. Ifeanyi-Obi, E. C. Ugorji
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bidirectionally Thermochromic Nanocolloid System for on‐Demand Optical Switching and Agricultural Energy Management

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A bidirectionally thermochromic nanocolloid system is developed for facility agriculture. The bidirectional and wide‐temperature response dynamically modulates light radiation, stabilizing the indoor climate, improving supplemental lighting efficiency, and accelerating plant photosynthesis.
Qinbo Jiang, Jiayi Li, Hui Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya: do socioeconomic, institutional, and biophysical factors matter?

open access: yesHeliyon, 2022
Rigorous efforts should be channeled to the current low adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) in sub-Saharan African countries to improve food production.
Collins M. Musafiri   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving N use and performance of arable crops on organic arable farms using an expert group approach (OF0178) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This is the final report for Defra project OF0178. Government seeks to support the development of organic farming in the UK, but nitrogen (N) almost always limits productivity on organic farms.
Anon
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