Soil carbon sequestration rates under Mediterranean woody crops using recommended management practices : A meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2016 This work was supported by the projects: CARBOLIVAR (P11-RNM-7186) funded by Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa of Junta de Andalucía and GEISpain project (CGL2014‐52838‐C2‐1‐R) funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, both including ...
Aguilera, Eduardo +4 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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Did the Indian Green Revolution Change the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between farm size and productivity during India's Green Revolution, a period of rapid technological transformation. Using a unique panel of over 5000 Indian farm households that spans the Green Revolution (1971–1999), we show that the classic (linear) inverse farm size–productivity relationship gradually evolved ...
Rabail Chandio, Leah E. M. Bevis
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Impact assessment of zero-tillage on soil microbial properties in rice-wheat cropping system
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019 Soil health which is deteriorating at the fast pace due to excessive use of fertilizers can be restored by the adoption of resource conservation technologies (RCT) which can affect the soil properties.
ANITA CHAUDHARY, D K SHARMA
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Controlling Phalaris Minor in the Indian Rice-Wheat Belt [PDF]
The ACIAR-managed project CS1/1996/013, Herbicide-resistant weeds of wheat in India and Australia: integrated management, was designed to find a long-term method of control of Phalaris minor, a problem weed of the rice–wheat cropping system of north ...
Quirke, Derek, Vincent, David P.
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Zero tillage in the rice-wheat systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains: A review of impacts and sustainability implications [PDF]
millions fed, food security, zero tillage, rice, Wheat, Indo-Gangetic Plains, IGP,
Erenstein, Olaf
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Is technical efficiency affected by farmers’ preference for mitigation and adaptation actions against climate change? A case study in northwest Mexico [PDF]
, 2019 Climate change has adverse effects on agriculture, decreasing crop quality and productivity. This makes it necessary to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies that contribute to the maintenance of technical efficiency (TE).
Guesmi, Bouali +3 more
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Conservation Agriculture - Zero- Tillage "Its requirements and Its Contributions
, 2021 The increasing need for food production, the continuing degradation of agricultural lands, the increase in desertification and erosion, the recurrence of droughts and the fluctuation of rain have become terms that raise doubts about the possibility of the prevailing agricultural systems fulfilling the requirements of food security in the world ...
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