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CPIC proceedings 2005 [PDF]

, 2005
Presented at the Central Plains irrigation conference on February 16-17, 2005 in Sterling, Colorado.Estimating soil salinity using remote sensing data -- Advantages and limitations of ET-based irrigation scheduling -- Improving irrigation efficiency ...
Central Plains Irrigation Conference, author
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Coupling Subsurface Drip Irrigation and Integrated Crop Management in a Maize–Wheat Rotation for Increased Food, Water, and Energy Security in Northwest India

Food and Energy Security
Increasing crop productivity, along with increasing water, nutrient, and energy use efficiency, is vital for sustainable food production. Globally, the maize–wheat system contributes to this goal by improving resource efficiency and ensuring food ...
Arpula Sairam, Khajanchi Lal, Vinay Kumar Sindhu, Manoj Khanna, Susama Sudishri, Pothula Srinivasa Brahmanand, Y. S. Shivay, C. M. Parihar, Shiv Prasad, Gerard Abraham, Ahmed Gaber, Akbar Hossain   +11 more
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Accumulation mechanism of biofilm under different water shear forces along the networked pipelines in a drip irrigation system. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Wang T, Guo Z, Shen Y, Cui Z, Goodwin A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Competitive Interactions Between Generalist Predators and Their Effects on Shared and Non‐Shared Pests in a Greenhouse Crop

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Orius laevigatus engages in unidirectional intraguild predation on Transeius montdorensis. Despite this, both predators coexisted and suppressed the shared thrips prey. Aphids, a non‐shared prey, were effectively controlled by O. laevigatus even when its population was limited due to intraguild predation. T.
Angelos Mouratidis, Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Hessel van der Heide, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embedded Pesticide Use: Exploring the Pesticide‐Land Nexus

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, global land grabs, farmland financialization and land‐based food sovereignty movements have returned the land question to the heart of agrarian studies. Meanwhile, abiding interest in pesticides has been reanimated in the face of changes in production, regulation and knowledge of toxicity.
Julie Guthman, Marion Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Irrigation Technology Adoption in the Texas High Plains: A Real Options Approach

Water scarcity has been a significant issue for several decades in the Texas High Plains, with agriculture identified as the main activity contributing to this scarcity.
Seo, Sangtaek, Segarra, Eduardo, Mitchell, Paul D., Leatham, David J.   +3 more
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Social costs and benefits of micro irrigation system adoption in canal commands: a study from IGNP command area of Bikaner in Rajasthan [PDF]

Irrigation systemsDrip irrigationSprinkler irrigationCrop productionWater productivityLivestockCost benefit ...
Dash, S. K., Kumar, M. Dinesh, Rajvanshi, S.   +2 more
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Diets, fruit and vegetables consumption, and nutritional status in Benin: A scoping review

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
This scoping review summarised existing literature on diets, fruit and vegetable intake, and nutritional status in Benin. Key knowledge gaps were on the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies and differences in fruit and vegetable intake by geographical and socioeconomic characteristics.
Lilia Bliznashka, Kamara Pather, Irene M. Mitchodigni, Sonja Y. Hess, Deanna K. Olney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment in Irrigation Systems under Weather Uncertainty

Irrigated agriculture will play a crucial role to meet future food demand, but a sustainable water resource management in agriculture is crucial as well.
Heumesser, Christine, Fuss, Sabine, Schmid, Erwin, Szolgayova, Jana, Strauss, Franziska   +4 more
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Proceedings of the 2001 Central Plains irrigation short course and exposition

, 2001
Presented at the Central Plains irrigation short course and exposition on February 5-6, 2001 at the Holiday Inn in Kearney, Nebraska.Endangered Species Act / recovery drives Platte River cooperative agreement -- Does irrigation improve soybean yields ...
Central Plains Irrigation Conference, author
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