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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

Tillage and no-tillage effects on physical and chemical properties of an Argiaquoll soil under long-term crop rotation in Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 2020
No-tillage systems are able to reduce the negative effects of agricultural intensification on soil properties. However, knowledge of long-term impacts of no-tillage systems on soil properties is insufficient.
Ana Clara Sokolowski, Barbara Prack McCormick, Javier De Grazia, José E. Wolski, Hernán A. Rodríguez, Eric P. Rodríguez-Frers, María C. Gagey, Silvina P. Debelis, Ileana R. Paladino, Mónica B. Barrios   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-inverting Tillage: Early-Stage Effects on Soil Mechanical Behaviour [PDF]

, 2000
Organic farmers often claim positive effects of non-inverting and reduced tillage systems. There is a need of quantifying tilth characteristics in the former plough layer of soil converted to such tillage systems.
Munkholm, Lars J, Rasmussen, Karl J, Schjønning, Per   +2 more
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A long-term field experiment demonstrates the influence of tillage on the bacterial potential to produce soil structure-stabilizing agents such as exopolysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides

Environmental Microbiome, 2019
BackgroundStable soil aggregates are essential for optimal crop growth and preventing soil erosion. However, tillage is often used in agriculture to loosen the soil, which disrupts the integrity of these aggregates.
B. Cania, G. Vestergaard, M. Krauss, A. Fliessbach, M. Schloter, S. Schulz   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical limits of soil penetration resistance in a rhodic Eutrudox

Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2014
Soil penetration resistance is an important indicator of soil physical quality and the critical limit of 2 MPa has been widely used to characterize the soil physical quality, in both no-tillage and conventional systems.
Moacir Tuzzin de Moraes, Henrique Debiasi, Reimar Carlesso, Julio Cezar Franchini, Vanderlei Rodrigues da Silva   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Labor Use Among Rice Farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mekong Delta (MKD), Vietnam has achieved high rice productivity through rapid intensification. However, this progress has led to environmental degradation and adverse economic and health effects. To mitigate these challenges, sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) have been promoted.
Nguyen Thi Thu Hien, Ho Thanh Tam, Koji Shimada, Hoang Ha Anh, Nguyen Van Cuong, Le Cong Tru   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mulching and soil tillage influence on the thermal behaviour of a Luvisol surface layer [PDF]

, 2009
Important energy exchanges at soil surface regulate the thermal environment within top soil layer and the boundary layer above it. By this reason, the application of mulches or the modelling of micro relief by soil tillage are common practises to modify ...
Alexandre, Carlos, Andrade, José, Basch, Gottlieb   +2 more
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Alternative Policy Designs to Help Farmers Select Profitable Conservation Practices

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Voluntary private carbon initiatives (VPCIs) promote the implementation of agricultural conservation practices that mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) via financial incentives to participating farmers. Simultaneously, an array of public policies supports the adoption of conservation practices through technical and financial ...
Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn, Alejandro Plastina   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source