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Dongping Shen, Keru Wang, Linli Zhou, Liang Fang, Zhen Wang, Jiale Fu, Tingting Zhang, Zhongyu Liang, Ruizhi Xie, Bo Ming, Peng Hou, Jun Xue, Jianmin Li, Xiaojun Kang, Guoqiang Zhang and Shaokun Li
We investigated the effects of variety, planting density, and irrigation amount on grain yield, water-use efficiency (WUE), and evapotranspiration (ETc). The trial was conducted in Tong Liao, Inner Mongolia, from 2021 to 2022, with compact variety Dika15...
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Bahtiar, Muhammad Arsyad, Darmawan Salman, Muhammad Azrai, Andi Tenrirawe, Muhammad Yasin, Abdul Gaffar, Amelia Sebayang and Peter Juma Ochieng
Farmers? satisfaction with new superior varieties (NSVs) is a critical strategy for boosting their adoption. Out of 48 national NSV hybrids produced, only three, including Nasa-29, JH-37, and Bima-10, have been widely distributed at the farmer level. How...
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Irene Bayiyana, Anton Bua, Alfred Ozimati, Johnny Mugisha, John Colvin and Christopher Abu Omongo
Cassava is the second most important source of calories in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is subject to economically important yield losses from viral diseases, including cassava brown streak disease and cassava mosaic disease. These diseases are vectored by cas...
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Simon Alibu, Morish Obura, James Ekebu, Doreen Nampamya, Jimmy Lamo, Godfrey Asea and Tae-Seon Park
Limited farmer access to quality seeds of improved varieties and knowledge gaps in good agronomic practices are the major factors limiting rice productivity among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Promoting high yielding aromatic rice varieties alongside go...
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Nirmala Bandumula, Santosha Rathod, Gabrijel Ondrasek, Muthuraman Pitchiah Pillai and Raman Meenakshi Sundaram
The demonstrations on improved rice production technology were organized in the Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, and Rangareddy districts of Telangana state of India. These demonstrations were organized under the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan of...
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Mthokozisi K. Zuma, Unathi Kolanisi and Albert T. Modi
Biofortification interventions have the potential to combat malnutrition. This review explored the use of provitamin A-biofortified maize (PVABM) as a vitamin A deficiency (VAD) reduction agricultural-based strategy. Maize has been identified as one of t...
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Muhammad Ali Imran, Asghar Ali, Muhammad Ashfaq, Sarfraz Hassan, Richard Culas and Chunbo Ma
Cotton is the second largest crop of Pakistan in terms of area after wheat and is being suffered by multiple shocks over the time due to conventional agricultural management practices, climate change, and market failures. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) ...
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Sanzidur Rahman, Md. Abdul Matin and Md. Kamrul Hasan
Pulses are an important source of protein and have recently gained international prominence. This paper jointly identifies the determinants of improved variety adoption, productivity and efficiency of 2700 pulse producers from 10 pulse-growing districts ...
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Mary Nyasimi, Philip Kimeli, George Sayula, Maren Radeny, James Kinyangi and Catherine Mungai
Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, technologies, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to changing climatic conditions and cope with climate va...
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Ricardo X. Chávez, Emma D. Lombeida, Álvaro M. Pazmiño, Flora del C. Vasconez
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This article is about the evolution of the agrarian sciences and how innovation plays a crucial role in its development. It also notes how not all innovations have had a positive impact on ecosystems and biodiversity. Such is the case for the relentless ...
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