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Sustainable smart agricultural approach in terrace farming through sensor fusion technology [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTerrace farming offers a sustainable solution for urban agriculture by efficiently utilizing limited space for crop cultivation in urban areas. However, traditional terrace farming relies on manual irrigation, which leads to inconsistent water use and ...
G Kumaresan
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Geoarchaeology reveals development of terrace farming in the Northern Apennines during the Medieval Climate Anomaly [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study employs Optically Stimulated Luminescence Profiling and Dating (OSL-PD) to address the challenge of synchronizing social changes with natural events, a significant limitation in existing studies on the resilience and vulnerability of pre ...
Filippo Brandolini +2 more
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Land, 2022 Terrace farming installations occupy vast desert areas in the Southern Levant. Their construction in harsh environments raises critical questions focusing on the natural, political, and economic circumstances promoting their construction and operation ...
Yoav Avni
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Adoption of hand tractor technology in terrace farming: Evidence from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH), Pakistan [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Adoption of improved agricultural technologies can help achieve the two Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of no poverty and zero hunger by 2030.
Ayat Ullah +4 more
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Assessment of terrace gardens as modifiers of building microclimate
Energy and Built Environment, 2022 Hard concrete roofs cause excessive heat gain impacting thermal comfort in buildings. Terrace gardens promoting greening at higher levels of built structures are seen as one of the key mitigating strategies for modifying building microclimate and ...
Chitra Chidambaram +3 more
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Agriculture (Switzerland), 2018 Farming contour and terrace fields using automated guidance systems with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers requires appropriate geographic features for effective guidance and soil and water conservation.
Wenxuan Guo
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Ecosystems and People, 2021 Terraced systems are time-tested agricultural landscapes that host multiple societal values, but they are largely overlooked and challenged by land-use changes.
Tianyu Guo +2 more
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Effect of terrace construction on soil moisture in rain-fed farming area of Loess Plateau
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2021 Study Region: Yangpota Mountain in Zhuanglang County, Loess Plateau Hilly Area. Study Focus: In dry and degraded ecosystems, water scarcity remains the most significant restriction to vegetation restoration and ecosystem rehabilitation.
Guofeng Zhu, Zhigang Sun, Qiaozhuo Wan
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A Small UAV Based Multi-Temporal Image Registration for Dynamic Agricultural Terrace Monitoring
Remote Sensing, 2017 Terraces are the major land-use type of agriculture and support the main agricultural production in southeast and southwest China. However, due to smallholder farming, complex terrains, natural disasters and illegal land occupations, a light-weight and ...
Ziquan Wei, Yang Yang, Yi Luo
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Ethnobotanical study on ritual plants used by Hani people in Yunnan, China [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineBackground The Hani people, who reside in Yuanyang County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, rely on rice terrace farming as their primary livelihood. They utilize plants in various traditional ritual practices.
Xueyu Ma +4 more
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