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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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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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Towards redesign at scale through zero budget natural farming in Andhra Pradesh, India

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2020
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a form of agricultural system redesign being practiced at scale in India, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Z. Bharucha, Sol Bermejo Mitjans, J. Pretty   +2 more
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Political analysis of the adoption of the Zero-Budget natural farming program in Andhra Pradesh, India

, 2021
Input-driven agriculture has led to an epidemic of impoverishment, farmer suicides, and environmental degradation in India, but has also shown consistent staying power in Indian politics.
D. Veluguri, J. Bump, N. Venkateshmurthy, S. Mohan, Karthik Teja Pulugurtha, L. Jaacks   +5 more
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Subhash palekar natural farming - scope, efficacy and critics

Environment conservation journal, 2022
By 2050, India is expected to surpass China as the world's most populated country, with a population of almost 1.7 billion people. To feed this exponentially increasing population, the country must pursue a policy of vertical productivity growth, as the ...
P. Dev, S. S. Paliyal, Navjot Rana
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The role of ethnic tourism in the food knowledge tradition of Tyrolean migrants in Treze Tílias, SC, Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background Food knowledge and consumption in the context of migration is an important topic in ethnobiological research. Little research is done on the process of how external factors impact food knowledge amongst migrants.
Elisabeth Kuhn, Ruth Haselmair, Heidemarie Pirker, Christian R. Vogl   +3 more
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Do We Know Enough to Scale Up Sustainable Agriculture in India?

Chemistry Proceedings, 2022
This study maps India’s state of sustainable agriculture and how it can be scaled up to secure farm incomes, nutrition security, and natural capital in a climate-changing world.
Shanal Pradhan
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Empirical observation of natural farming inputs on nitrogen uptake, soil health, and crop yield of rice-wheat cropping system in the organically managed Inceptisol of Trans Gangetic plain

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Natural Farming represents an agro-ecological methodology for farming that emphasizes regenerative practices with an aim to promote holistic ecological balance and reduce the dependence on external inputs as well as financial resources.
Sibananda Darjee, Renu Singh, Shiva Dhar, Renu Pandey, Neeta Dwivedi, P. K. Sahu, M. Rai, G. Alekhya, S. Padhan, Pooja Laksmidevarhalli Ramalingappa, Manoj Shrivastava   +10 more
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Nature of the Farm: Revisited [PDF]

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2013
We empirically test separation of ownership and control (SOC) and the interaction of SOC with farmer effort on farm success using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Resource Management Survey. We use a two-stage least-squares approach with instrumental variables that proxy for participation constraints in binding incentive ...
Matthew S. Elliott, Harvey S. James
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