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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
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An assessment of irrigated rice cultivation with different crop establishment practices in Vietnam. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Nguyen VH, Stuart AM, Nguyen TM, Pham TM, Nguyen NP, Pame ARP, Sander BO, Gummert M, Singleton GR.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Invisible water, visible impact: How unsustainable groundwater use challenges sustainability of Indian agriculture under climate change [PDF]

, 2016
India is one of the world’s largest food producers, making the sustainability of its agricultural system of global significance. Groundwater irrigation underpins India’s agriculture, currently boosting crop production by enough to feed 170 million people.
Fisher-Vanden, Karen, Frolking, Stephen E., Grogan, Danielle S., Lammers, Richard B., Nicholas, Robert E., Prusevich, Alexander A., Wrenn, Douglas H., Zaveri, Esha   +7 more
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STATE‐LED RURALIZATION AND ITS URBAN ENTANGLEMENTS: Agribusiness Land Transfers in Rural China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract As urbanization takes on forms and spaces beyond the typical city, urban theorists have questioned how the field can comprehend the rural. Drawing on recent theories in rural geography, I propose the concept of ‘state‐led ruralization’, which I define as state agencies’ deliberate effort to reshape rural social space by regulating the ...
Ettore Santi
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Effect of irrigation and nitrogen fertilization on the agronomic traits and yield of irrigated rice

Revista Ceres
Water and nitrogen management is essential to achieve high yield potential in irrigated agricultural systems. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of flood timing and nitrogen management on the agronomic performance of irrigated rice in tropical ...
Alberto Baêta dos Santos, Nand Kumar Fageria, Luís Fernando Stone, Talita Pereira Baêta Santos   +3 more
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Alternate wet/dry irrigation in rice cultivation: a practical way to save water and control malaria and Japanese encephalitis? [PDF]

Water management / Water scarcity / Water use efficiency / Water conservation / Irrigated farming / Waterborne diseases / Rice / Malaria / Disease vectors / Productivity / Flood irrigation / Environmental control / Climate / China / East Africa / India /
Birley, M. H., Konradsen, F., Renshaw, M., Sakthivadivel, R., Silver, J. B., van der Hoek, W.   +5 more
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Global dataset of monthly growing areas of 26 irrigated crops : version 1.0 [PDF]

, 2008
A data set of monthly growing areas of 26 irrigated crops (MGAG-I) and related crop calendars (CC-I) was compiled for 402 spatial entities. The selection of the crops consisted of all major food crops including regionally important ones (wheat, rice ...
Bauer, Christian, Döll, Petra, Portmann, Felix Theodor, Siebert, Stefan   +3 more
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Gender discrimination and its impact on income, productivity, and technical efficiency: evidence from Benin [PDF]

This paper examines the occurrence and impact of gender discrimination in access to production resources on the income, productivity, and technical efficiency of farmers.
Adegbola, P., Agboh-Noameshie, A.R., Diagne, A., Kinkingninhoun-Mêdagbé, F.M., Simtowe, F.   +4 more
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High migratory potential of fall armyworm in West Africa despite stable temperatures and widely available year‐round habitats

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Despite the minimal annual temperature variation and the widespread distribution of potential year‐round habitats in Ghana, the migratory potential of the local fall armyworm remains strong and is indistinguishable from that of the fall armyworm in China, which undergo seasonal migration.
Fan‐Qi Gao, Hui Chen, Rosina Kyerematen, Gao Hu, Regan Early, Jason W. Chapman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of an Elite Core Panel as a Key Breeding Resource to Accelerate the Rate of Genetic Improvement for Irrigated Rice. [PDF]

Rice (N Y), 2021
Juma RU, Bartholomé J, Thathapalli Prakash P, Hussain W, Platten JD, Lopena V, Verdeprado H, Murori R, Ndayiragije A, Katiyar SK, Islam MR, Biswas PS, Rutkoski JE, Arbelaez JD, Mbute FN, Miano DW, Cobb JN.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source