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Spatiotemporal monitoring of drought using satellite precipitation products: The case of Borena agro-pastoralists and pastoralists regions, South Ethiopia

Heliyon, 2023
Drought is increasingly affecting farmers in agro-pastoralist and pastoralists region. It is one of the most harmful natural disasters that significantly affects rain-fed agriculture in developing countries.
Indale Niguse Dejene, Mitiku Badasa Moisa, Dessalegn Obsi Gemeda   +2 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Feedback of Urban Development on the Variation of Rainy Season in Kunming City， Yunnan Plateau

Gaoyuan qixiang
The daily precipitation data of Kunming Station for nearly 30 years from 1991 to 2020 were used to calculate the beginning and ending periods of Kunming rainy season （May-October）， further determine the length of the rainy season in Kunming.Additionally，
Ping HE, Jinling ZHAO
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical-chemical quality analysis of Serayu River water, Banjarnegara, Indonesia in different seasons

Sustinere: Journal of Environment and Sustainability, 2019
This article discusses the analysis of the physico-chemical parameters of water in the Serayu River, Banjarnegara, Indonesia during the dry and rainy seasons.
Purwono Purwono, Ardhi Ristiawan, Annida Unnatiq Ulya, Hashfi Awali Abdul Matin, Bimastiaji Surya Ramadhan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rainy Season Cultivars and Hybrid Parents [PDF]

, 2012
This chapter entitled “Rainy season cultivars and hybrid parents” gives a focussed description of improved sweet sorghum varieties/restorers, hybrids and female hybrid parents (as per PPVFRA). The coloured picture of the line is provided for easy identification.
Rao, P S, Ganesh Kumar, C, Reddy, B V S, Kamal, A, Sharma, H C, Thakur, R P   +5 more
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Enhanced future variability during India's rainy season [PDF]

Geophysical Research Letters, 2013
The Indian summer monsoon shapes the livelihood of a large share of the world's population. About 80% of annual precipitation over India occurs during the monsoon season from June through September. Next to its seasonal mean rainfall, the day‐to‐day variability is crucial for the risk of flooding, national water supply, and agricultural productivity ...
Menon, A., Levermann, A., Schewe, J.
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Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen, Roderick M. Rejesus, Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of Nellore young bulls on Marandu grass pasture with protein supplementation

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2013
The objective of this study was to verify the effect of low-intake supplementation on performance of Nellore young bulls kept on Marandu grass pasture. The experiment was divided in two periods: the dry and rainy seasons. Treatments during the dry period
Matheus Henrique Moretti, Flávio Dutra de Resende, Gustavo Rezende Siqueira, Anna Paula de Toledo Piza Roth, Letícia Custódio, Marcella de Toledo Piza Roth, Wellington da Costa de Campos, Luiz Henrique Ferreira   +7 more
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen, Wei Zhang, Julian M. Alston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source