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Evaluating the Sustainability of Wheat–Maize System with a Long-Term Fertilization Experiment

Agronomy
In light of the issue concerning excessive fertilization that prevails in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, through conducting a 13-year long-term positioning experiment, the sustainability of a wheat and maize double-cropping soil system under different ...
Yun Shao, Jiahui An, Xueping Wang, Shouchen Ma, Ye Meng, Yang Gao, Shoutian Ma   +6 more
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Producing more rice with less water from irrigated systems [PDF]

Irrigation management / Water use efficiency / Crop production / Water requirements / Water balance / Rice / Water distribution / Irrigated farming / Productivity / On-farm research / Irrigation scheduling / Groundwater / Conjunctive use / Rehabilitation
Tuong, T. P., Barker, R., Guerra, L. C., Bhuiyan, S. I.   +3 more
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Kenyan Farmers' Policy Priorities During Economic Crisis and Stability: Insights From a Best‐Worst Scaling Experiment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid rising food and fertilizer prices, understanding farmers' policy preferences is critical for effective crisis response. We use best‐worst scaling experiment to assess Kenyan mobile‐owning crop farmers' preferences for government support under high and normal price scenarios.
Mywish K. Maredia, John Olwande, Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert, David L. Mather, Nicole M. Mason   +4 more
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Enhance of water productivity, yield and fruit quality of pomegranate trees on newly reclaimed soils [PDF]

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal
The study was carried out over a span of two years, from 2022 to 2023, focusing on pomegranate trees (Punica granatum L.) of Manfalouty cv. variety. These trees were cultivated in sandy soil at the Assiut Agricultural Research Station (ARC) in Assiut ...
Shimaa Gaber, A. Ahmed, M. Abdel Rahman, M. Hefzy   +3 more
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Water accounting database [PDF]

, 2007
Presented at SCADA and related technologies for irrigation district modernization, II: a USCID water management conference held on June 6-9, 2007 in Denver, Colorado.The Riverside Irrigation District (RID) provides irrigation water to about 22,474 acres ...
Walter, Ivan A., author, Marchando, Lori, author, Chapman, Don, author, U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher   +3 more
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Impact of Future Climate Change on Regional Crop Water RequirementA Case Study of Hetao Irrigation District, China

, 2017
Water shortage is a limiting factor for agricultural production in China, and climate change will affect agricultural water use. Studying the effects of climate change on crop irrigation requirement (CIR) would help to tackle climate change, from both ...
Pute Wu, Li, Xiaolei, Wang, Yubao, Shikun Sun, Xiaobo Luan, Wu, PT, Xiaolei Li, Luan, Xiaobo, Wu, Pute, Sun, Shikun, Zhou, Tianwa, Tianwa Zhou, Yubao Wang   +12 more
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Sustainable Irrigation Requirement Prediction Using Internet of Things and Transfer Learning

, 2023
Irrigation systems are a crucial research area because it is essential to conserve fresh water and utilize it wisely. As a part of this study, the reliability of predicting the usage of water in the present and future is investigated in order to develop ...
Khan, Surbhi B., Avneesh Kumar, Alharbi, Abdullah I., Prabagaran A, Ahlam Almusharraf, Angelin Blessy, Md, Abdul Quadir, Surbhi B. Khan, Abdul Quadir Md, Abdullah I. Alharbi, Kumar, Avneesh, Blessy, Angelin, Almusharraf, Ahlam, A, Prabagaran, Quadir Md, Abdul   +14 more
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
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Creation of Geospatial Database and Estimation of Irrigation Water Requirement of a Canal Command in Gayathri Irrigation Project, Kerala

, 2023
The water requirement of crops in the canal command of distributaries of Gayathri Irrigation Project in Palakkad district, Kerala was estimated using GIS and CROPWAT 8 model.
Joseph , Asha, Nair, Priya G.
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková, Michiel van Dijk, Robert M'Barek, Hans van Meijl, Tomas Ratinger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source