The agricultural information resources is an important data assets, how to rationally plan, share and use of distributed storage of agricultural information resources, efficiently develop agricultural information resources, is the important issue of agricultural information resources needed to resolve. Based on the fully research on the current status of agricultural information systems, manage...

There is a continual drive to conserve water and improve irrigation efficiency in agriculture, especially in regions where water resources are limited and regulated. Mulching is one cultural practice which can be used to reduce water needs. Using certain agricultural byproducts as mulch is a sustainable practice which can provide other benefits as well such as improving soil. Wheat straw, grass...

Remote sensing can assist in improving the estimation of the geographical distribution of evapotranspiration, and consequently water demand in large cultivated areas for irrigation purposes and sustainable water resources management. In the direction of these objectives, the daily actual evapotranspiration was calculated in this study during the summer season of 2001 over the Thessaly plain in ...

Aiming at the problems existing in the current use of agricultural water and land resources in China and in order to realize sustainable use of the two resources, we established an indicator system for comprehensive evaluation of agricultural water and land resources carrying capacity based on the Driving forces-Pressures-States-Impacts-Responses (DPSIR) concept framework. Then we took Sanjiang...

Agricultural Economics Mike Woods, PhD—Professor and Head Regents Professors: B. Wade Brorsen, PhD; Damona G. Doye, PhD; Francis M. Epplin, PhD; Shida R. Henneberry, PhD; Phil Kenkel, PhD; Jayson L. Lusk, PhD Professors: Brian Adam, PhD; Chanjin Chung, PhD; Cynda R. Clary, PhD; Cheryl S. DeVuyst, PhD; Eric DeVuyst, PhD; David Henneberry, PhD; Rodney Holcomb, PhD; Notie H. Lansford, PhD; Ross O....