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Report of the State Board of Irrigation for 1913 and 1914.
, 1914 WATER COMMISSION, KANSAS -- “The Kansas Water Commission was created by an Act of Legislature in 1917 for the purpose of investigating and controlling the problems of flood prevention, drainage, domestic water supply, water power, navigation and ...
Kansas. State Board of Irrigation
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International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2020 Efficient water-resource management is essential with regard to food security, growing populations and climate change. This is especially important for low- and middle-income (LMC) countries where food is often locally produced by traditional smallholder
Marjolein F.A. Vogels +5 more
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Expanded Farm Safety Net Payments Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) strengthens the agricultural risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC) programs by aligning program parameters more closely with recent market dynamics and allows for an expansion in program acres. This study projects the increases in ARC‐County and PLC payments for corn, soybeans, and wheat under
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn +5 more
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Farm-level water-energy-food nexus optimisation using hybrid metaheuristic–mathematical programming
Energy NexusIrrigation decision-making is a complex, multidimensional challenge requiring integrated water and energy management to maximise farm profitability. Existing agricultural decision-making frameworks fail to optimise farm-level interactions between water ...
Marcill van den Berg +3 more
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AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam +4 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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Acta Agronómica, 2017 The irrigation methods offer a good alternative for increasing water use efficiency. The main purpose of this study was to identify the best irrigation level for Habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) plants based on available water capacity (AWC) of ...
Alfonzo Pérez-Gutiérrez +5 more
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Irrigation level and substrate type on the acclimatization and development of mandacaru (Cereus jamacaru DC.): an emblematic cactus from Brazilian semiarid region. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Cassimiro CAL +8 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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AgronomyThe inefficient irrigation strategy is an important factor affecting the yield and water productivity of tomatoes in greenhouses, seriously hindering the development of the cultivation industry.
Hongxin Zhang +8 more
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