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Zero Budget Natural Farming - An empirical analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Lately, there have been discussions around natural farming. This was reinforced when India's Finance Minister during the budget session in July 2019 responded to farmers' distress, thus: “we shall go back to basics on one count : zero-budget farming ...
Dixit, S, Gajanan, S, Nune, R, Chander, G, Shyam, D M   +4 more
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Theory, Practice and Challenges of Agroecology in India

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2022
With the Green Revolution in Asia, the gap in agricultural yield with the developed world has been closed, while the gap in farm labour productivity has greatly widened. This reveals a deepening agrarian and environmental crisis in India.
Bruno Dorin
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Effect of different organic inputs on growth and yield of Soybean (Glycine max. L) under mountainous conditions of Himachal Pradesh

Environment Conservation Journal, 2020
Current study was conducted to evaluate the influence of organic and zero budget natural farming on growth and yield of Soybean (Glycine max. L) under mountainous conditions of Himachal Pradesh.
Neha Awasthi, R.G. Upadhyay, Anita Singh, Rameshwar Kumar , G.D. Sharma   +4 more
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Overexpression of Rice Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase OsMGD Leads to Enhanced Salt Tolerance in Rice

Agronomy, 2022
Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) is the most abundant lipid on earth and constitutes about 50% of the polar lipids in the thylakoid membrane of higher plants. MGDG synthase (MGD) is the key enzyme responsible for MGDG synthesis in plants.
Lei Hui, Dan Liu, Yi Wang, Shasha Li, Lina Yin, Shiwen Wang   +5 more
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Do community seed banks contribute to the social-ecological resilience of communities? A case-study from western Guatemala

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
Community seed banks (CSBs) are initiatives to support the conservation and use of diverse crops though locally rooted collective action. The impact of CSBs is assumed to be complex, but has not been investigated in detail.
Anna Porcuna-Ferrer, Valentin Fiala, Bernhard Freyer, Jacob van Etten, Ronnie Vernooy, Lorenz Probst   +5 more
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Indigenous farmers’ perceptions of problems in the rice field agroecosystems in the upper Baram, Malaysia

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background Rice field agroecosystems produce food for more than half of the world’s population and deliver important services supporting farmers’ livelihoods.
Alexander Hollaus, Christoph Schunko, Rainer Weisshaidinger, Poline Bala, Christian R. Vogl   +4 more
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Short-term trade-offs of organic matter management strategies for smallholder farms

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Organic matter management (OMM) strategies such as farmyard manure (FYM) application, legume integration, crop residue incorporation, and alley cropping are recognized for improving soil fertility and crop productivity.
Deous Mary Ekyaligonza, Deous Mary Ekyaligonza, Thaddeo Kahigwa Tibasiima, Thaddeo Kahigwa Tibasiima, Phillipp Dietrich, John Patrick Kagorora, Jürgen Kurt Friedel, Michael Eder, Bernhard Freyer   +8 more
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Comparing the influence of natural farming on cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) yield and economics with integrated and organic farming

, 2023
Cotton, a vital global cash crop, influences the economy and sustainability. Natural farming is a cost-effective, eco-friendly method. This study examines Natural Farming\u27s effects on cotton yield and the economics of cotton compared to Integrated and
S. Manickam, Monicaa M, Senthil , A., Manickam , S., S. Sanbagavalli, M, Monicaa, Krishnan , R., R. Sunitha, S. P. Sangeetha, Sanbagavalli , S., Sangeetha, S. P., R. Krishnan, A. Senthil, Sunitha , R.   +13 more
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Antifungal activity of local isolates of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin against Verticillium dahliae Kleb. causing wilt disease of cotton

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2023
Background Verticillium dahliae Kleb. is a soil-borne pathogen with a broad host spectrum and causes yield losses in cotton cultivation worldwide. Beauveria bassiana is an environmentally friendly entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) that has been recognized ...
Oktay Erdoğan, Zehra Sağlan
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Partitioned Soil Water Balance and Its Link With Water Uptake Strategy Under Apple Trees in the Loess‐Covered Region

Water Resources Research, 2023
It is important, but challenging, to partition soil water balance (SWB) to understand the impacts of afforestation on soil hydrological processes. This study will investigate the partitioning of SWB by combining stable and radioactive water isotopes to ...
Peijun Shi, Haoqi Gai, Zhi Li
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