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Long-term alfalfa planting mediates the coupling of soil water and organic carbon storage in a semi-arid area of the Loess Plateau, China. [PDF]

PeerJ
Ma Y, Zhou X, Shen Y, Ma H, Fu B, Lan J.
europepmc   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) rind into durable superabsorbent hydrogels for enhanced soil water retention properties and adsorbs dye in water. [PDF]

Heliyon
Teng B, Zhong Y, Wu J, Zhu J, Cai L, Qi P, Luo Z.   +6 more
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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Application of an IoT-Based System for Soil Water Status Monitoring in a Soil Profile. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Comegna A, Hassan SBM, Coppola A.
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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

Estimation of 100 m root zone soil moisture by downscaling 1 km soil water index with machine learning and multiple geodata. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
Mahmood T, Löw J, Pöhlitz J, Wenzel JL, Conrad C.   +4 more
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Fluorescence Color Gradient Immunochromatographic Assay for Highly‐Sensitive, Quantitative, and Simultaneous Detection of Small‐Molecule Pollutants

Aggregate, EarlyView.
This article reports on a universal fluorescence color gradient immunochromatographic assay (FCGICA) technology based on the superposition of red and green fluorescence dual signals, which enables ultra‐sensitive, wide‐range, and simultaneous quantitative detection of multiple small molecules in complex samples.
Shu Wang, Changyue Xu, Xiaosong Wu, Tao Zhang, Jiahuan Zhang, Wenlong Bai, Shuai Zheng, Bing Gu, Chongwen Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil water uptake from different depths of three tree species indicated by hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes in the permafrost region of Northeast China. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Li B, Wu X, Dong X, Man H, Liu C, Zou S, He J, Zang S.   +7 more
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Replacing nitrogen in mineral fertilizers with nitrogen in maize straw increases soil water-holding capacity. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang X, Tian L, Wang T, Zhang E.
europepmc   +1 more source