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Challenges of weed management in rice for food security in Africa: A review

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2020
Rice is one of the most important crops for food security in Africa. However, there is a large gap between its present demand and supply. Weed competition is basically one of the major constraints in rice systems in Africa, leading to 48–100% yield ...
Daramola Olumide Samuel, Adigun Joseph Aremu, Olorunmaiye Patience Mojibade   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption Persistently Overestimated?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Precision agriculture is sometimes assumed to diffuse steadily over time, and industry planning frequently extrapolates early adoption trends forward. This study evaluates the accuracy of such expectations by comparing agricultural input dealers' forecasts of future service offerings with the actual levels of offerings that dealerships ...
Trey Malone, Chad Fiechter, Zanliang Meng, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer, Bruce Erickson, Jay Akridge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weed Management Practices and Challenges in Southeast Asian Oil Palm Plantations

Weed Technology
Oil palm is a commercially important crop cultivated across 27 tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Due to favorable climatic conditions, oil palm cultivation is concentrated in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand ...
Wanni Chow, Tse-Seng Chuah, Antonio DiTommaso   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of different weed management systems on potato yield under conservation and conventional tillage systems

پژوهشهای زراعی ایران, 2009
In recent years, weed scientists have paid more attention towards integrated weeds management to prevent weed resistance to herbicides. To examine the effect of different weed management systems in potato, a field experiment was conducted on a strip ...
shahab eghbali, alireza koochaki, mehdi nassiri mahalati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Glyphosate and Herbicide Alternatives for Weed Control in Florida Landscape Planting Beds

EDIS, 2020
This new 10-page article is written for landscape professionals and those maintaining landscape areas to guide them in selecting alternatives to glyphosate (the active ingredient in RoundUp®) for postemergence weed control in Florida.
Chris Marble, Joe Neal, Andy Senesac
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Feasibility of Wearable Devices for Physiological Monitoring and Heat Risk Prediction in Outdoor Agricultural Workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Outdoor agricultural workers experience significant heat exposure, yet few studies have evaluated whether wearable sensors can reliably measure continuous physiological responses in real field conditions. This pilot study examined the feasibility and predictive utility of core temperature, hydration, heart rate, and movement data ...
Sinan Sousan, Elizabeth Mizelle, Qiang Wu, Rui Wu, Guy Iverson, Ciprian Popoviciu, Dylan Hemedinger, Eliezer Loyola, Takari Hood, Monica Ramirez, Jo Anne Balanay   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating machine learning, deep learning, and image analysis for seed species classification

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The growing demand for wildflower seeds in ecological restoration requires reliable species identification, yet current market products often contain heterogeneous species. As seed identification is labor‐intensive and requires advanced botanical knowledge, we evaluated multiple segmentation and classification approaches to determine ...
Jonathan Ashworth, Eloise Barrett, Rebonto Haque, Ben Wildey, Anthony Hall, Felix Shaw, Jose J. De Vega   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated weed management

, 2019
This integrated management combines all uses of the preventive methods to limit the emergence and development of weeds to facilitate, reinforce or even replace weeding. Integrated weed management (IWM) basis relies on both crop rotation and tillage management.
Pelissier, Thibaut, Briandy, Améli, Rodriguez, Alain   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source