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Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Socioeconomic Factors Affecting theAdoption of Modern Conservation Tillage Technologies in Darab Region (Multinomial Logit Model Approach)

open access: yesمجله اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزی, 2015
To investigate factors affecting the adoption of conservation tillage systems, the tillage methods utilized by wheat producers in the central Darab county are categorized into conventional, reduced-tillage and no tillage systems.
S. Erfanifar, M. Zibaei, M. Kasraei
doaj  

Environmentally-sound adaptable tillage – Solutions from Hungary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
In the last centuries, the need for tillage was to provide suitable soil conditions for plant growth (crop-focusing tillage). During the last decades, traditional goals of soil tillage have really been improved considering environmental consequences ...
Birkás, Márta   +2 more
core  

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Response of Crops to Conservation Tillage and Nitrogen Fertilization under Different Agroecological Conditions [PDF]

open access: gold, 2021
Irena Jug   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

"No-Till" Farming Is a Growing Practice [PDF]

open access: yes
Most U.S. farmers prepare their soil for seeding and weed and pest control through tillage—plowing operations that disturb the soil. Tillage practices affect soil carbon, water pollution, and farmers’ energy and pesticide use, and therefore data on ...
Ebel, Robert M.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Impact of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Labor Use Among Rice Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empathy Conditioned Conservation: "Walking-in-the-Shoes-of-Others" as a Conservation Farmer [PDF]

open access: yes
Since the destruction and despair caused by the dust bowl of the 1930’s, Americans and their government have taken a keen interest in natural resource conservation policy on agricultural land.
Lynne, Gary D., Sheeder, Robert
core   +1 more source

Digital Agriculture: Past, Present, and Future

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
Digital agriculture integrates Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and blockchain to enhance efficiency and sustainability in farming. This review outlines its evolution, current applications, and future directions, highlighting both technological advances and key challenges for global implementation.
Xiaoding Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of No-Tillage Production Practices on Crop Yields as Influenced by Crop and Growing Environment Factors [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper evaluated differences between yields of no-tillage compared to conventional or reduced tillage and their associated downside risk. Six crops were evaluated along with how those yields and risks differed by various environmental factors such ...
English, Burton C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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