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A meta-analysis of long-term effects of conservation agriculture on maize grain yield under rain-fed conditions [PDF]

, 2011
Conservation agriculture involves reduced tillage, permanent soil cover and crop rotations to enhance soil fertility and to supply food from a dwindling land resource.
Giller, Ken E., Mariana C. Rufino, Van Wijk, Mark T., Mark T. van Wijk, Nyamangara, J., Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Kenneth E. Giller, Corbeels, Marc, van Wijk, M.T., Marc Corbeels, Rusinamhodzi, L, Giller, Kenneth E., Rufino, Mariana Cristina, Corbeels, M, Rusinamhodzi, Leonard, Wijk, M T Van, Justice Nyamangara, Giller, K E, Rusinamhodzi, L., Giller, K.E., van Wijk, M. T., Rufino, M C, Rufino, Mariana C., Nyamangara, J, Wijk, M.T., van, Rufino, M.C., Giller, Ken, Corbeels, M., Nyamangara, Justice, Rufino, M. C.   +29 more
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Liquid Metal‐Based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Fruit Growth Monitoring

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Schematic overview of the fruit growth sensor development workflow, including sensor fabrication by injection molding, electromechanical and environmental characterization, mechanical stability testing, electronic readout integration, and outdoor field validation for monitoring of fruit growth under practical orchard conditions.
Asad Ullah, Lennert Purnal, Maximilian Krack, Sander Vijgen, Thijs Vandenryt, Dieter Reenaers, Ronald Thoelen, Wim Deferme   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses.

, 2003
Third printing, 2010. 289p. Co-published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program."We hope this Business Planning Guide will assist today’s alternative and traditional business owners alike with the creation of a holistic ...
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
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Bidirectional Process Prediction in the Laser‐Induced‐Graphene Production Using Blackbox Deep Learning

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This study shows that a lightweight blackbox neural network provides a practical, cost‐effective solution for bidirectional process prediction in laser‐induced graphene (LIG) fabrication. Achieving high predictive performance with minimal overhead, the approach democratizes machine learning (ML) for resource‐limited environments.
Maxim Polomoshnov, Nitheesh M. Nair, Gerardo Hernández‐Sosa, Markus Reischl   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Cultivar and Plant Fraction on Oxalate Content and Nutritional Composition of Napier Grass and Selected Non-Napier Forages [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) is an important tropical forage valued for its high biomass yield and carbohydrate content, which supports efficient rumen fermentation.
Mamat Siti Nur Haslina, Rahman Mohammad Mijanur, Kobun Rovina, Len Candyrine Su Chui, Rasid Rohaida Abdul   +4 more
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Biodegradable Wireless Soil Urea Sensor Using Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Distributed Deployment in Precision Agriculture

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this study, we propose a biodegradable wireless soil urea sensor for precision agriculture. The sensor's electromagnetic response varies depending on the urea concentration, allowing the measurement of relative soil urea concentrations by analyzing the time‐transient electromagnetic response.
Yu Tanaami, Ken Sakabe, Tetsuya Yarimizo, Yasutaka Murakami, Tetsuo Kan, Hiroaki Onoe   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWRM) in Agriculture

, 2009
The purpose of this research was analysis Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWRM) in agriculture of Khouzestan Province of Iran. The research method was quantitative research.
Ahmad Reza Ommani, Mohammad Chizari
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Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture

, 2020
A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services, such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling decomposition, and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Daniel I. Leskovar, Monther M. Tahat, Kholoud M. Alananbeh, Yahia A. Othman   +3 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
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Sustainable Agriculture: Economic Aspects

Ekonomika, 2004
Sustainable agriculture synthesizes a variety of concepts associated with agricultural practices and their socio-economic impacts. In this article, some-requirements, for the development of sustainable-agriculture in Lithuania are analysed within the ...
Remigijus Čiegis
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