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Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović, Pamela Owusu Osei, Sina Siavash Moghaddam, Issiake Konate, Jelena Popović‐Đorđević   +4 more
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Effect of phosphorus on the Yield and Composition of Green Manure and Availability of organic phosphorus in paddy soils

Madras Agricultural Journal, 1965
Beneficial effects of phosphatic fertilizer on the growth of green manure and also the availability of the phosphorus contained in it have been reported by Parr and Sen (1948), Venkatarao and Govindarajan (1952), Khan and Mathur (1953), Shende and Sen ...
R. SOUNDARARAJAN
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Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
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Green manure as a nutrient source for succeeding crops

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2012
The trials were carried out in the Estonian University of Life Sciences (58°23'N, 26°44'E), and studied to what extent green manure crops bind nutrients and the effect and stability of biologically fixed nitrogen (N). Our research covered more species than most of the earlier studies in the Nordic countries.
L. Talgre, E. Lauringson, H. Roostalu, A. Astover, A. Makke   +4 more
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo, Tove Christensen, Sigrid Denver, Marilena Gemtou, Spyros Fountas, Søren Marcus Pedersen   +5 more
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
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A review of mechanisms underlying soil carbon sequestration and enhancement strategies via diversified planting and green manure integration

Farming System
Soil carbon sequestration plays a vital role in mitigating global climate change and sustaining crop productivity on farmlands. The key mechanisms underlying soil carbon sequestration on farmland involve chemical stabilization, physical protection, and ...
Wen Yin, Qiang Chai, Zhilong Fan, Falong Hu, Lianhao Zhao, Pingxing Wan, Cai Zhao, Aizhong Yu, Heyu Chen, Mohamed Abdalla, Pete Smith   +10 more
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CROP ROTATIONS ENSURING THE GREATEST YIELDS UNDER DRY CONDITIONS OF THE LOWER VOLGA REGION WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION REGIMES FOR VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION UNDER CONDITIONS OF VOLGA-DON INTERFLUVE

RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries, 2018
An estimation of various agro-biological methods in crop rotation of dry-steppe zone of light chestnut soils of the Lower Volga region is given. The effectiveness of a grain-fallow four-field crop rotation has been established, where green manure crop ...
Alexander Vasilievich Zelenev, Yuriy Nikolayevich Pleskachev, Elena Valerievna Seminchenko   +2 more
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Integrating One Health to Mitigate the Emergence and Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock and Aquaculture

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global threat driven by antimicrobial use in aquaculture and livestock. Resistant pathogens and genes can spread across humans, animals, and the environment through interconnected ecosystems. Using a One Health approach, this review emphasizes antimicrobial stewardship, regulatory strengthening, enhanced ...
Mir Mohammad Ali, Delower Hossain, Ridwan Olamilekan Adesola, Anum Hanif, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Anoar Jamai Masroure, Kazi Estieque Alam, Md Kamal Hossain, Sabiha Zarin Tasnim Bristi, Md Jisan Ahmed   +10 more
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Soil Fertility Studies in Tamil Nadu Using Radio-tracer Technique-III. Utilisation of Superphosphate Applied to Paddy through a Preceding Green Manure Crop

Madras Agricultural Journal, 1969
Radio-tracer studies have shown that only 10-20% of the phosphate applied as fertilizer is utilised by crops. With reference to paddy the application of phosphate through a preceding green manure crop has been considered of some value. Sen and Sunder Rao
S. VENKATACHALAM, C. P. NATARAJAN, S. PREMANATHAN and K. KUMARASWAMY   +2 more
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