The complexities of smallholder farming systems pose a challenge in demonstrating the potential benefits or risks new technologies and policies. Using Integrated Analysis Tool, rule-based dynamic simulation model, this study tried to improve performance major Tamil Nadu State India. Amongst four viz. Black gram-based (BFS), Paddy-based (PFS), Farming Systems (IFS) Villupuram district Dryland Sy...

Any system to compensate countries for reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) requires a historical reference level against which future performance can be measured. Here we examine the possibilities Sri Lanka, a small forest country with limited data on forest carbon stocks, has to get ready for REDD+. We construct a historical reference level using available fores...

Baligang is a Neolithic site on a northern tributary of the middle Yangtze and provides a long archaeobotanical sequence from the Seventh Millennium BC upto the First Millennium BC. It provides evidence for developments in rice and millet agriculture influenced by shifting cultural affiliation with the north (Yangshao and Longshan) and south (Qujialing and Shijiahe) between 4300 and 1800 BC. Th...

The paper includes: (i) a descriptive account of what has actually happened in the Baltic States in regard to agricultural sector reforms; (ii) an analysis of the institutions, policies, laws and regulations underlying the process of privatizing farming and land ownership; (iii) the interaction of these factors and their agricultural policy implications; and (iv) the influence of interest group...

Many farmers are interested in finding ways of controlling odour on their farms. Reducing odour associated with hog farming will be instrumental to the success of our industry. Ontario Pork and other organizations worldwide are searching for ways to reduce odour. Sorting through the enormous amount of information is quite daunting. Ontario Pork and others in the red meat sector in collaboration...

Water management is a major concern across the world. From northern China to the Middle East to Africa to the United States, growing populations can stress local water resources as they demand more water for both direct consumption and agriculture. Irrigation based agriculture draws especially heavily on these resources and usually cannot survive without them; however, irrigation systems must b...

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Abstract Crop-aquaculture systems are widely adopted around the world as they can provide high protein and energy outputs per unit of land raise farm incomes, particularly for smallholder farmers. Recently, a new crop-aquaculture system, which combines rice production with crawfish breeding (integrated rice-crawfish farming), has emerged rapidly expanded in China. However, spatial extent tempor...

With the rising demand for food products and direct impact of climate change on production in many parts world, recent years have seen growing interest subject security role rainfed farming this area. Machine learning methods can be used to predict crop yield based a combination remote sensing data collected by ground weather stations. This paper argues that forecasting drylands reliable manage...