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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Crop Variety"”.
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Assessment of Profitability and Sustainability for Growers in the Southern High Plains of Texas
… profitability and sustainability for different crops to understand the most effective utilization of our scarce resources in the face of a growing population and changing climate. Economic budgets were created from grower data collected from the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation …
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Determining the water footprint of tomato and butternut production towards enhanced water security at Nwanedi irrigation scheme
… and total water consumed by major agricultural crops is critical in devising appropriate intervention strategies. This study assessed tomato and butternut water footprint at Nwanedi irrigation scheme in Musina local Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa; tomato and butternut are popular …
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Staple Crop Diversity and Risk Mitigation - Potatoes in Bolivia
… 92). Because of the low rates of improved crop variety adoption in many LFA's, efforts are needed to understand farmer objectives and needs with respect to variety characteristics. The goal of this study is to determine how exposure to risk factors impacts potato planting decisions through …
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The role of indigenous and local knowledge on climate adaptation for smallholder farmers in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe
… farmers by increasing the implementation of crop adaptation responses. These include the use of indigenous, drought-resistant seed crop varieties and using IK and LK weather and seasonal climate forecasts for informed decision making on appropriate crop varieties and timing of planting to …
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The potential of sorghum as a feedstock source for bioethanol production in Nigeria
… high lignocellulosic biomass, depending on the crop variety and cultivation location. Nigeria is the third largest sorghum producer worldwide, but less than 10% of sorghum produced has commercial applications. For example, the grains represent a staple food source or can be utilised as a brewing …
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Empirical statistical modelling for crop yields predictions: bayesian and uncertainty approaches
… uncertainty statistics to model agricultural crop yields, in a situation where there are neither sampling observations nor historical record. The Bayesian approach to a linear regression model is useful for predict ion of crop yield when there are quantity data issue s and the model structure …
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Climate change and food security: effects of rainfall variability on sustainable food security in the Sahel of northern Nigeria
… food from a friend or relative. Farmers use crop and pastoral farming to diversify income and change crop variety to adapt to climate change. The study revealed that farmers employ both rain-fed and irrigation farming, combining crop cultivation with pastoralism as a diversification strategy. …
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Seeds of Struggle: A Political Ecology of Millet Growing in Aohan, China
… I extend and apply the concept to seeds and crops, examining the complex intersections between power, technologies, institutions, and the governance of life in the context of plant biopolitics. Three main mechanisms—legislative implementation, biotechnology application, and the dissemination …