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Synergizing biotechnology and natural farming: pioneering agricultural sustainability through innovative interventions [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
The world has undergone a remarkable transformation from the era of famines to an age of global food production that caters to an exponentially growing population. This transformation has been made possible by significant agricultural revolutions, marked
Anila Badiyal, Rishi Mahajan, Ranbir Singh Rana, Ruchi Sood, Abhishek Walia, Tanuja Rana, Shilpa Manhas, D. K. Jayswal   +7 more
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Impact of Natural Farming Cropping System on Rural Households—Evidence From Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Natural farming, popularly known as zero budget natural farming, is an innovative farming approach. It is low input based, climate resilient, and low cost farming system because all the inputs (insect repellents, fungicides, and pesticides) are made up ...
Chinglembi Laishram, Rohit Kumar Vashishat, Subhash Sharma, Bhavna Rajkumari, Neha Mishra, Parul Barwal, Manoj Kumar Vaidya, Ravinder Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, Ashu Chandel, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Neha Sharma   +11 more
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Governing the soil: natural farming and bionationalism in India. [PDF]

Agric Human Values, 2022
AbstractThis article examines India’s response to the global soil health crisis. A longstanding centre of agricultural production and innovation, India has recently launched an ambitious soil health programme. The country’s Soil Health Card (SHC) Scheme intervenes in farm-scale decisions about efficient fertiliser use, envisioning farmers as managers ...
Fitzpatrick IC, Millner N, Ginn F.
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Evaluation of different management practices against yellow Sigatoka disease of banana (Musa spp.) caused by Mycosphaerella musicola Leach

Environment Conservation Journal, 2023
Leaf spot or yellow sigatoka disease (caused by Mycosphaerella musicola) of banana causes significant yield loss as well as in quality of fruits in every year and reported up to 65% or even more under favorable epidemic conditions.
Nagesh B, Shivanand Hongal , R Raghunatha, S. B. Gurumurthy , Maheswarappa H. P. , Shankar Meti, Divya S. Bhat   +6 more
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G × E interaction studies under natural farming and inorganic production system in maize (Zea mays L.)

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2023
A study was conducted to analyze the interaction of twelve maize genotypes with the environment for fourteen traits. The crop was grown during the kharif season of 2021 and 2022 in six different environments using two production systems, natural farming ...
Raghav Sood, Gopal Katna*, Uttam Chand and V. K. Sood
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Natural Farming Practices for Chemical-Free Agriculture: Implications for Crop Yield and Profitability

Agriculture, 2023
The “Green Revolution” (GR) technology-induced agricultural intensification has transformed India from food scarcity to a food surplus country. However, this has also resulted into several adverse repercussions.
Ranjit Kumar, Sanjiv Kumar, BS Yashavanth, Nakeertha Venu, PC Meena, A Dhandapani, Alok Kumar   +6 more
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Natural farming

Journal of Agriculture and Ecology, 2022
Due to the increasing global population, advancement in farming techniques to meet the global food demand is the need of the hour. Conventional farming techniques have increased the yield over the past few decades, but those techniques also have adverse effects on natural resources.
RS Bana, Rakesh Dawar, SM Haldhar, Samarth Godara, Arjun Singh, SD Bamboriya, Vipin Kumar, AK Mishra, Manoj Choudhary   +8 more
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Role of agriculture in climate change and adaptability: Use of innovative technologies in the Russian agricultural sector for climate conservation and protection [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences, 2022
Global climate change poses two major challenges to the agricultural sector of the economy. First, it is necessary to assess the value and extent of its impact on atmospheric pollution by greenhouse gases, and, based on this, to determine priorities and ...
Kryukova I. V., Lagun A. A., Golubeva S. G., Yakovleva E. N.   +3 more
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NATURE OF THE FARM: REVISITED [PDF]

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2013
This study empirically examines the effects of farm organization (separation of ownership and control) on farmer effort and farm success using a structural equation model and data from the 2005-2010 Agriculture Management Resource Survey. Contrary to expectations of existing theory, the results show that larger separated ownership and control farms ...
Elliott, Matthew, James, Harvey Jr.
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Shifts in soil nutrient concentrations and C:N:P stoichiometry during long-term natural vegetation restoration [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background Ecological stoichiometry (C:N:P ratios) in soil is an important indicator of the elemental balance in ecological interactions and processes.
Rentian Ma, Feinan Hu, Jingfang Liu, Chunli Wang, Zilong Wang, Gang Liu, Shiwei Zhao   +6 more
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