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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

The history and politics of communal irrigation: A review

Water Alternatives, 2022
Communal irrigation or user-managed irrigation – also long referred to as indigenous or traditional irrigation – has been the focus of interest for two main complementary reasons: 1) from a perspective of development practice (to learn lessons from customary management of these irrigation systems); and 2) from a theoretical perspective (to explore the ...
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
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Ocena przydatności oczyszczonych ścieków do nawadniania zbiorowisk trawiastych

Agronomy Science, 2005
Results of studies carried out in 1996-2000 were presented in the paper. They referred to the influence of grass communities irrigation (two mixtures with different species compositions) with purified sewage after previous mechanical and biological ...
Ryszard Baryła
doaj  

Study on the effects of winter irrigation during seasonal freezing–thawing period on soil microbial ecological properties

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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Irrigation-induced changes in rhizosphere and bulk soil properties shape microbial communities and functions in a winter wheat–summer maize system

Agricultural Water Management
Irrigation strongly influences soil microbial activity and nutrient cycling, yet the mechanisms linking irrigation regimes to soil quality via soil microbial communities and functions remain poorly understood.
Yufan Lin, Xiaolin Yang, Tiegui Nan, Taisheng Du, Shaozhong Kang, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Kadambot H.M. Siddique   +6 more
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Water-saving Irrigation System Based on Wireless Communication

Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2015
According to the characteristics of weak expandability, complex networking, poor communication ability and high running cost of existing system, a new agricultural water-saving irrigation system is design based on data transmission unit (DTU), wireless radio frequency (RF) module and microcontroller, the application of RF module in the acquisition ...
Zhang D.N., Zhou Z.N., Zhang M.
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Cultivating Circularity: Harnessing Industry 4.0 and Stakeholder Engagement for a Sustainable Agrifood Future in Brazil

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem, Lucila M. S. Campos, Tais Provensi, Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour   +3 more
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Diversity of Phytophthora, Pythium, and Phytopythium Species in Recycled Irrigation Water in a Container Nursery

Phytobiomes Journal, 2019
Recycling of irrigation water increases disease risks due to spread of waterborne oomycete plant pathogens such as Phytophthora, Pythium, and Phytopythium.
Neelam R. Redekar, Joyce L. Eberhart, Jennifer L. Parke   +2 more
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Communities of oribatid mites and heavy metal accumulation in oribatid species in agricultural soils in Egypt impacted by waste water

Plant Protection Science, 2010
The continued use of waste water for irrigation of agricultural fields in Egypt may lead to accumulation of heavy metals in soils and adverse effects on soil-living communities.
Hamdy Mahmoud EL-SHARABASY, Ahmed IBRAHIM   +1 more
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