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Impacts of Irrigation and Drainage Development Projects in Pakistan: Farmers’ Perceptions [PDF]
Using well-designed sample, anecdotal evidence from farmers of a recently completed irrigation and drainage project in Bhawalnagar Pakistan, valuable impact indicators could be assessed.
Waheed-Uz-Zaman
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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Effect of Different Levels of Irrigation Water and Vermicompost on Yield and Water Productivity of Quinoa Crop in Dehgolan Plain [PDF]
محیط زیست و مهندسی آبTo investigate the effect of different levels of vermicompost and irrigation on the yield and irrigation water efficiency of Quinoa, this experiment was conducted as a split plot based on a randomized complete block design in the research field of the ...
Diba Shekhi +4 more
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Infiltration as a determinant of irrigation water requirement
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental ScienceAbstract The conventional use of percolation assumptions in calculating irrigation water requirements necessitates further evaluation of its accuracy in representing actual water losses. This research aims to evaluate the significance of percolation’s role compared to infiltration in determining the total ...
D N Khaerudin +3 more
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Assessment of agricultural water requirements under future climate projections has received increasing attention in recent decades. The agriculture pattern of the semi-arid North China Plain is a maize–wheat rotation system in which sufficient ...
Yujin Wu, Chao Ren, Pei Leng
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Drivers of Precision Agriculture Adoption in Italian Viticulture
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the main drivers influencing the adoption of two types of precision farming technologies in the viticultural sector: Decision Support Systems (DSSs) and Variable Rate Technologies (VRTs). We apply a partial proportional odds model and find that socio‐demographic characteristics are not significant determinants of adoption ...
Olimpia Fontana +3 more
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European Journal of Biological Research, 2020 Intercropping represents ways of maximizing water use efficiency (WUE) for higher yields per unit of irrigation water applied. The field experiments were carried out at the Experimental Farm of Arab El- Awammer Research, Station, Assiut during the two ...
Wael Hamd-Alla +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang +2 more
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Effect of Different Deficit-Irrigation Methods on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Wheat (Parsi Cultivar) [PDF]
Ikufīziyuluzhī-i Giyāhān-i Zirā̒ī, 2018 To study the effect of different deficit-irrigation methods on yield and water use efficiency of wheat under different water applications a field experiment was carried out in split plot arrangement using randomized complete block design with four ...
Nadia Jafari +2 more
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, 2010 Sediment transport in irrigation canals The sediment transport aspect is a major factor in irrigation development as it determines to a large extent the sustainability of an irrigation scheme, particularly in case of unlined canals in alluvial soils ...
Paudel, K.
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