In the past 50 years, rice has become an important crop for food security in sub-Saharan Africa. However, yields remain relatively low, and large yield gaps exist. This Special Issue brings together agronomy research on rice-based farming systems Africa addresses three main, overarching questions: (1) what been achieved decades terms of Africa, (2) is state-of-the-art regarding development tech...

BACKGROUND Rice farming activities involve prolonged manual work and human-machine interaction. Prolonged farming risk-exposure may result in lower limb malalignment. This malalignment may increase the risk of lower extremity injury and physical disabilities. However, the prevalence and factors associated with lower extremity malalignment have not yet been reported. This study aimed to investig...

The Mekong Delta (MKD) produces more than half of the total rice production in Vietnam. In context climate change, Vietnamese government has implemented a development strategy for MKD region to improve quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. proportion aromatic high-quality is gradually increasing satisfy export market. However, there still an over-reliance on agrochemicals impact overall ...

Understanding how natural resources co-evolve with management practices is fundamental to all questions concerning their sustainable management. In the search for new pathways of sustainable development we seek to understand how comparable initial conditions in agro-ecosystems lead to fundamentally different resource conditions. Agro-ecosystems are characterized by a high diversity, path depend...

Exploring the potential of social capital as a strength society in developing farming becomes central point sustainable agricultural development. The Arfak tribe, community, living Papua region, has only been introduced to introduction upland rice their activities for approximately three years. study find Tribe farming, application and relationship between is aim this research. research was con...