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Assessing the impact of participatory research in rice breeding on poor rice farming households with emphasis on women farmers: a case study in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India [PDF]

, 2016
For the past years since the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Systemwide Initiative on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PRGA) was initiated, guides for impact assessment of PRGA have been developed (Lilja and
Atlin, Gary, Paris, Thelma, Reyes, Amelia de los, Singh, Abha, Singh, V.   +4 more
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Water and Nutrition: Harmonizing actions for the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition and the United Nations Water Action Decade [PDF]

, 2020
Progress for both SDG 2 and SDG 6 has been unsatisfactory, with several indicators worsening over time, including an increase in the number of undernourished, overweight and obese people, as well as rapid increases in the number of people at risk of ...
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition
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Decadal climate variability and increasing exposure of Chilean agriculture

Agricultural &Environmental Letters, Volume 11, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Central Chile has undergone a steady shift from traditional annual crops to fruit orchards and vineyards, and a decline in the area dedicated to annual crops. This transition coincides with a decrease in precipitation and an increase in temperature.
Diego Rivera, Daniela Latoja, Mario Lillo‐Saavedra, Alex Godoy‐Faúndez, Pablo Aranda‐Valenzuela, Felipe Mora   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farming practices and their effect on soil moisture and penetration resistance: Impact on maize yields in rainfed agriculture

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract In sub‐Saharan Africa, there is growing interest in conservation agriculture practices, including reduced tillage (e.g., ripping), residue retention, and crop diversification, but their effects on soil moisture and penetration resistance in sub‐humid regions remain unclear.
Mordecai Mkiza, Monicah Mucheru‐Muna, Sylvia Nyawira, Dominic Mutambu, Obadiah Mwangi, Peter Bolo, Michael Kinyua, Job Kihara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing an Economical Water Harvesting System Using a Tank with Numerical Simulation Model WASH_2D

Agronomy
Newly incorporated module into the WASH_2D model has enabled simulating a rainwater harvesting system (RWHS) using a tank. The incorporated module in WASH_2D was tested for two field experiments to determine the optimal tank capacity and cultivated area ...
Jean Bosco Nana, Hassan M. Abd El Baki, Haruyuki Fujimaki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of rainfed agriculture in the future of global food production: [PDF]

This paper examines future prospects for rainfed cereal production, and its importance in the evolving global food system. First, the paper undertakes a critical synthesis of the literature to assess three primary ways to enhance rainfed cereal yields ...
Cai, Ximing, Cline, Sarah A., Nakagawa, Naoko, Rosegrant, Mark W.   +3 more
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L'agriculture brésilienne des fronts pionniers : I. La méthode de création-diffusion agricole. II. La gestion de la fertilité par le système de culture. III. Le semis direct, un mode de gestion agrobiologique des sols [PDF]

, 1998
Les fronts pionniers agricoles du Brésil ont atteint la zone tropicale humide de l'Ouest en bordure du bassin amazonien, en savanes (cerrados) : sols acides, sous une pluviométrie annuelle comprise entre 2 000 et 3000 millimètres.
Bouzinac, Serge, Cortes, N.A., Séguy, Lucien, Trentini, Ayrton   +3 more
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Effect of plant population on crop growth, floral biomass, and cannabinoid yield in field‐grown hemp

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
Abstract Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) was recently re‐legalized in the United States and cultivated for various purposes, including floral cannabidiol (CBD), grain, and fiber. Due to prohibition of hemp for a century, research supporting production guidelines, including plant density effects on CBD production, remains limited.
Richard J. Roseberg, Jake Hoyman, Govinda Shrestha   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Insights into the Impact of Irrigation Agriculture on the Economy of the Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Social Accounting Matrix Multiplier Analysis

Agriculture
The development of irrigation systems is strategically used to improve food security and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 2) of ending hunger and poverty.
Ramigo Pfunzo, Yonas T. Bahta, Henry Jordaan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of agricultural water management technologies on rainfed cereals crop yield and runoff in semi-arid catchment: a meta-analysis

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2018
Multiple agricultural water management (AWM) technologies are being promoted worldwide in rainfed agro-ecological production systems, such as the Limpopo River Basin, to close the yield gap, enhance food security and reduce poverty, but evidences on ...
M. S. Magombeyi, A. E. Taigbenu, J. Barron   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source