in order to investigate the effects of single irrigation amounts at different stages of rapeseed growth on yield and the improvement of water use efficiency and water productivity indices, this experiment was conducted as split plot arranged in a randomized complete block design (rcbd) with three replications during 2002-2003 for rainfed spring rapeseed variety (pf.7015.91= sarigol) at maragheh...

One of the objectives National Institute Forestry, Agricultural and Livestock Research (INIFAP) is to promote support transfer forestry, agricultural livestock knowledge technologies, according priority needs demands producers society, as well How contribute training human resources. To achieve this goal, Cadena et al 2015, INIFAP has implemented 14 technology models, from those linear schemes ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangling 712100, China 2 College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710027, China; E-Mails: [email protected] (X.Y.); [email protected] (J.Z.); [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (Y.Z.); zha...

1State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 3Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China 4Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University, Starkvil...

The law and the economy are deeply influenced by horizontal property rights, which are the rules regulating legal direct and indirect takings between private parties. To foster research on the determinants and impact of these institutions, we illustrate here a novel data set partially employed in (Dari-Mattiacci, Giuseppe, Carmine Guerriero, 2015; Dari-Mattiacci, Giuseppe, Carmine Guerriero, Zh...

Soil amendments can improve the sustainability of agricultural systems by building soil carbon and improving numerous other soil health indicators, including soil structure, water infiltration and retention, bulk density, nutrient availability, and microbial activity. This chapter covers some general considerations relevant to the use of soil amendments followed by a discussion of biosolids, an...

1 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, 2 School of Biology, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, United Kingdom, 3 Scientific Observation and Experimental Station of Pests in Xilingol Rangeland, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Acad...

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global change and sustainability science, suggest that concerns about land degradation, poverty, safeguarding biodiversity, and protecting the culture of 2.5 billion people can b...

This paper presents some work done by the authors as part of a project aimed at the construction of a model of Polish agriculture [1]. The project has been undertaken by an interdisciplinary team composed of researchers from the Systems Research Institute, the Institute of Agricultural Economy, the Institute for Rural and Agricultural Development, in close cooperation with the State Planning Co...