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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Rainfall Infiltration Law in Unsaturated Soil Slope

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
In the study of unsaturated soil slope stability under rainfall infiltration, it is worth continuing to explore how much rainfall infiltrates into the slope in a rain process, and the amount of rainfall infiltrating into slope is the important factor ...
Gui-rong Zhang, Ya-jun Qian, Zhang-chun Wang, Bo Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Analysis of Effect of Projected Temperature and Rainfall for Differential Sowing of Maize Cultivars Under RCP4.5 and RCP6.0 Scenarios for Punjab [PDF]

, 2021
Shivani Kothiyal, Prabhjyot Kaur, Jatinder Kaur   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Trend analysis of rainfall and temperature extremes in the Ginbora watershed, Northern Ethiopia

Discover Atmosphere
Understanding localized climate trends is critical for agricultural planning and climate adaptation strategies. This study investigates annual and seasonal trends in rainfall, temperature, and extreme climate indices in the Ginbora watershed (1994–2024 ...
Semaigzer Ayalew, Alemu Ale, Mandefro Sisay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Risk of 100-year Freshwater Floods in the Lamprey River Watershed of New Hampshire Resulting from Changes in Climate and Land Use [PDF]

, 2013
What is the coastal resource issue the project sought to address? Both the magnitude and frequency of freshwater flooding is on the rise in seacoast NH and around much of New England.
Miller, Steve, Peterson, Julia, Roseen, Robert, Rubin, Fay, Scholz, Ann, Simpson, Michael, Sinnott, Cliff, Townson, Lisa, Wake, Cameron P.   +8 more
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Volatility analysis and forecasting of vegetable prices using an ARMA‐GARCH model: An application of the CF filter and seasonal adjustment method to Korean green onions

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The vegetable market experiences significant price fluctuations due to the complex interplay of trend, cyclical, seasonal, and irregular factors. This study takes Korean green onions as an example and employs the Christiano–Fitzgerald filter and the CensusX‐13 seasonal adjustment methods to decompose its price into four components: trend ...
Yiyang Qiao, Byeong‐il Ahn
wiley   +1 more source

Regional landslide hazard assessment using the IV-RF coupling model and critical monthly average rainfall threshold：A case study from Fuling District, Chongqing

Zhongguo dizhi zaihai yu fangzhi xuebao
Improving the accuracy of susceptibility prediction for rainfall-induced landslides and establishing suitable rainfall threshold models are of great significance for regional landslide hazard assessment.
Shuangqing PENG, Pengfei LIU, Gang CHEN, Liping WANG, Wei ZHANG, Wenwen LUO, Xiliang JING   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source