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Community-based participatory irrigation management at local government level in Ghana [PDF]

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2014
Ghana has attempted to decentralise the management of irrigation schemes to communities at local government level. This study examines the existing local participatory management structures and the principles of the Participatory Irrigation Management ...
I Braimah, R S King, D M Sulemana
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Study on the effects of winter irrigation during seasonal freezing–thawing period on soil microbial ecological properties [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The seasonal freeze-thaw period is a critical time for restoring soil fertility. Winter irrigation during this period alters soil moisture in agricultural fields, which in turn affects the soil’s temperature, nutrients, and microbial factors within the ...
Yue-Fa Yang, Chun-Xia Wang, Xin-Lin He, Hong-Xin Wang, Yuan Wang, Fang-Yuan Zhou, Da Qin, Zi-Kang Fan   +7 more
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Effects of water and fertilizer management on soil bacterial communities, enzyme activities, and nutrient availability in greenhouse tomatoes. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Irrigation and fertilization strategies have been extensively employed to enhance the growth and yield of greenhouse tomatoes. However, the impacts of divergent fertilizer application patterns on soil microbial communities under water-saving irrigation ...
Xiaona Lyu, Hasnuri Mat Hassan, Yaling Zan, Jiongrui Tan   +3 more
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Determining Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Irrigation Water in the Alentejo Region (Southern Portugal) by the Residual Value Method

Agronomy, 2021
This paper aims to determine farmers’ willingness to pay for irrigation water, using the residual value method, for the most representative crops at six Irrigation Communities from the Alentejo region, southern Portugal.
Gonçalo C. Rodrigues, Francisco G. da Silva, José C. Coelho   +2 more
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Irrigation water salinity structures the bacterial communities of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera)-associated bulk soil

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The irrigation of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) with saline groundwater is routinely practiced in the agroecosystems of arid environments because of freshwater scarcity. This leads to salts deposition in topsoil layers and increases soil salinization.
Dinesh Sanka Loganathachetti, Fardous Alhashmi, Subha Chandran, Sunil Mundra, Sunil Mundra   +4 more
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Irrigation and Nitrogen Fertilization Alter Soil Bacterial Communities, Soil Enzyme Activities, and Nutrient Availability in Maize Crop

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Irrigation and nitrogen (N) fertilization rates are widely used to increase crop growth and yield and promote the sustainable production of the maize crop. However, our understanding of irrigation and N fertilization in the soil microenvironment is still
Ihsan Muhammad, Li Yang, Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Zeeshan, Saqib Farooq, Izhar Ali, Ahmad Khan, Xun Bo Zhou   +7 more
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Salinity of irrigation water selects distinct bacterial communities associated with date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) root

Scientific Reports, 2022
Saline water irrigation has been used in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) agriculture as an alternative to non-saline water due to water scarcity in hyper-arid environments.
Azra Shamim, Dinesh Sanka Loganathachetti, Subha Chandran, Khaled Masmoudi, Sunil Mundra   +4 more
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Influence of Different Irrigation Water Qualities and Irrigation Techniques on the Soil Attributes and Bacterial Community Structure

Agronomy, 2022
Rising freshwater scarcities pose a serious threat to agricultural production. Reclaimed water (RW) is increasingly utilized as one of the alternative resources for irrigation in agriculture.
Wei Guo, Ping Li, Xuebin Qi, Mahmoud S. Hashem, Yatao Xiao, Yingjun She   +5 more
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Impact of conservation tillage on wheat performance and its microbiome

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Winter wheat is an important cereal consumed worldwide. However, current management practices involving chemical fertilizers, irrigation, and intensive tillage may have negative impacts on the environment. Conservation agriculture is often presented as a
Ida Romano, Natacha Bodenhausen, Gottlieb Basch, Miguel Soares, Hanna Faist, Friederike Trognitz, Angela Sessitsch, Marcé Doubell, Stéphane Declerck, Sarah Symanczik   +9 more
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Socio-demographic, institutional and governance factors influencing adaptive capacity of smallholder irrigators in Zimbabwe.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The provision of resilience and adaptation to climate change to smallholder irrigation communities is a critical component in implementing common pool resource management.
Liboster Mwadzingeni, Raymond Mugandani, Paramu L Mafongoya   +2 more
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