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The Impact of Climate Change on the Suitability of Rainfed Crops in the Near East
AgronomyClimate change poses an escalating threat to food security in the Near East, a region characterized by water scarcity, rapid population growth, and heavy dependence on rainfed agriculture.
Chafik Abdallah, Hadi Jaafar
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Coalitions and the organization of multiple-stakeholder action: a case study of agricultural research and extension in Rajasthan, India [PDF]
Decentralization implies an increase in the number of stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of interventions. This paper draws upon the experience of a multi-stakeholder program in India which has sought to increase the contribution of ...
Alsop, Ruth
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The growing global demand for biofuels has raised concern about compromising food security. This study uses two independent economy‐wide models to evaluate the impact of expanding the Brazilian sugarcane bioenergy system on economic growth, social outcomes and food security.
Angelo C. Gurgel +6 more
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Agriculture, 2017 Rain is the major limiter of cotton yields on the Southern High Plains of Texas. Rain can be analyzed in terms of its effect on the crop. An “agro-centric rain” analysis assesses the amounts and timing of rain events within a defined management system ...
James Mahan, Paxton Payton
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Self-reseeding annual legume species as cover crops for rainfed olive orchards
, 2012 The ground of perennial crops must be pennanently covered by herbaceous vegetation for soil protection (Lipecki and Berbeé, 1997). However, in rainfed orchards the growth of the vegetation should be kept controlled due to low water availability ...
Rodrigues, M.A. +4 more
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Bhoochetana: Mission to Enhance Productivity of Rainfed Crops in Karnataka(Revised) [PDF]
, 2013 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, S P
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Declining natural resources, rising production costs, and diminishing returns from input‐intensive practices threaten the sustainability of smallholder rice systems in Bangladesh. Using a primal system approach and survey data from 1869 rice‐producing households, this study evaluates technical and allocative inefficiency across major agro ...
Limon Deb +3 more
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Classified suitability considering rainfed and irrigated conditions (1981–2010).
, 2014 Classified suitability considering rainfed and irrigated conditions (1981–2010).
Wolfram Mauser (630834) +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Agricultural intensification is a key driver of soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and the progressive degradation of ecosystems, increasing the urgency for transformative agricultural models. Regenerative agriculture (RA) has emerged as a promising solution by integrating ecological principles with long‐term economic viability to restore ...
Beatriz Salazar‐Gálvez +3 more
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Water stress alters growth and fruit uniformity of arabica coffee genotypes in the Brazilian Cerrado [PDF]
Scientia AgricolaThis study aimed to evaluate the impact and duration of water stress on coffee growth, grain yield, and uniformity. The experiment was set up on Apr 2015 with water regimes denominated as follows: year-round irrigation with total water replacement (FI ...
Patrícia Carvalho da Silva +6 more
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