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The Sustainability of Robusta Coffee Under Global Change—A Review
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This contribution reviews the scientific evidence concerning climate resiliency claims as well as sustainability issues for robusta coffee (Coffea canephora), focusing on: climate change analyses, climate parameters, soil water, and farming inputs, especially irrigation and synthetic fertilizer use.
Aaron P. Davis +2 more
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X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Portable x‐ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectroscopy has emerged as a rapid and cost‐effective technique for soil elemental analysis; however, its application for predicting available nutrients and supporting agronomic decision making remains insufficiently evaluated under field conditions.
Joao Antonangelo +4 more
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Ratoon Cropping of Rainfed Rice
, 1979 This article 'Ratoon Cropping of Rainfed Rice' appeared in the International Rice Research Newsletter series, created by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The primary objective of this publication was to expedite communication among scientists concerned with the development of improved technology for rice and for rice based cropping ...
Gopala Reddy, T. +2 more
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Effect of foliar application of Azospirillum brasilense and zinc sulfate on the grain-filling process of rainfed wheat [PDF]
Iran Agricultural ResearchGrain growth (by weight), grain-filling rate, and the duration of each grain-filling phase are crucial in determining the final grain weight. Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of ZnSO4 on grain filling in the Sardari wheat cultivar ...
Mohammad Javad Zarea
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RAINFED AGRICULTURE IN INDIA [PDF]
, 2017 India’s agricultural growth has been sufficient to move the country from severe food crises of the 1960s to aggregate food surpluses today. Most of the increase in agricultural output over the years has taken place under irrigated conditions.
Kerr, John M.
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Bridging the Divide Between Agricultural Economics and the Sustainability Sciences
Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article is based on several decades of experience engaging in interdisciplinary research and teaching involving agronomists, climate scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and geographers, focused on ensuring the long run sustainability of local and global food systems.
Thomas W. Hertel
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Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rainfed Crops in Karnataka
, 2017 Rainfed areas in India generate 60% of agriculture produce, 75% of pulses and more than 90% of sorghum, millet, and groundnut although these areas are the hot spots of poverty, water scarcity, droughts, land degradation, and low rainwater use efficiency.
Wani, Suhas
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Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador +4 more
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SCENARIOS OF SAGO PALM FOR EACH CLUMP BASED ON THE CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS IN THREE STAGES OF GROWTH IN RAINFED DRY LAND [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic SciencesRainfed dry land for sago palms requires water and proper crop management to grow and produce well. The aim of this research is to create a scenario of sago plant management (the number of plants) in one clump based on the plant water need in the initial
Ayub K., Yumna Y., Najib N.N.
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A high yielding and early maturing panivaragu variety CO (PV) 5
Madras Agricultural Journal, 2008 A high yielding and early maturing panivaragu culture TNAU 143 was developed at Department of Millets, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and released as CO(PV) 5.
A. Nirmalakumari +9 more
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