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Use of Conservation Practices among Arable Crop Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2023
Conservation practices are tools used to help conserve and improve natural resources necessary to maintain sustainable arable crop production. This study assessed the extent of use of conservation practices among arable crop farmers in Oyo State ...
Oluwole Matthew Akinnagbe, Adenike John
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A review of climate change effects on practices for mitigating water quality impacts

open access: yesJournal of Water and Climate Change, 2022
Water quality practices are commonly implemented to reduce human impacts on land and water resources. In series or parallel in a landscape, systems of practices can reduce local and downstream pollution delivery.
Thomas Johnson   +5 more
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Soil fertility, nutritional status, and sugarcane yield under two systems of soil management, levels of remaining straw and chiseling of ratoons [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2023
Conservation management practices with minimum soil mobilization, maintenance of amounts of straw in the soil, and chiseling of ratoons interrows can be beneficial to soil quality, nutrition and sugarcane yield; however, the combination of these ...
Sálvio Napoleão Soares Arcoverde   +5 more
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Seismic Evaluation and Methods of Rehabilitation of Old Masonry Buildings in the Bay of Kotor (Montenegro)

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Old load-bearing masonry buildings exist all around the world. The cultural and architectural heritage value of these buildings and the consciousness of public opinion have led to a need for safeguarding and preservation policies for these ...
Dušan Tomanović   +5 more
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The efficacy of conservation practices in reducing floods and improving water quality

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Conservation practices such as crop rotation, filter strips, and constructed wetlands are nature-based approaches intended to safeguard natural resources in agricultural landscapes. In this study, we reviewed the literature on how conservation practices,
Shivendra Srivastava   +3 more
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Tackling policy leakage and targeting hotspots could be key to addressing the ‘Wicked’ challenge of nutrient pollution from corn production in the U.S.

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
Reducing nutrient loss from agriculture to improve water quality requires a combination of management practices. However, it has been unclear what pattern of mitigation is likely to emerge from different policies, individually and combined, and the ...
Jing Liu   +7 more
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Wheat Response to No-Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilization in a Long-Term Faba Bean-Based Rotation

open access: yesAgronomy, 2019
A field experiment was conducted in Southern Italy to study the response of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) grain yield and quality traits to a no-tillage (NT) system and different nitrogen N fertilizer rates (30, 60, and 90 kg N ha−1)
Salem Alhajj Ali   +4 more
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Spatial Optimization of Conservation Practices for Sediment Load Reduction in Ungauged Agricultural Watersheds

open access: yesSoil Systems, 2023
Conservation practices (CPs) are used in agricultural watersheds to reduce soil erosion and improve water quality, leading to a sustainable management of natural resources.
Racha ElKadiri   +3 more
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Application of Neural Networks for Hydrologic Process Understanding at a Midwestern Watershed

open access: yesHydrology, 2023
The Shell Creek Watershed (SCW) is a rural watershed in Nebraska with a history of chronic flooding. Beginning in 2005, a variety of conservation practices have been employed in the watershed.
Annushka Aliev   +5 more
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Adoption intensity of soil and water conservation practices by smallholders: evidence from Northern Ghana

open access: yesBio-based and Applied Economics, 2014
Soil and water conservation practices are being promoted in Ghana as a way of sustainably managing the environment to support agricultural production. Despite the important role the adoption of the practices plays in conserving the environment, very few ...
Paul Nkegbe, Bhavani Shankar
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