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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"traditional agriculture"”.
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Allocative and technical efficiency of traditional agriculture in northern Nigeria
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Non-Traditional Agriculture and Economic Development: The Brazilian Soybean Expansion, 1964 - 1982
… the issues involved in the promotion of a non-traditional agricultural crop as a means of furthering economic development. It traces the history and impact of the expansion of the Soybean crop on the Brazilian economy between 1964 and 1982. In particular the study seeks to identify the …
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Small farmers and the transition to non-traditional agriculture in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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Healing Diné, restoring Diné Bikéyah: Desertification mitigation and indigenous cultural renewal through traditional agriculture practices on the Navajo Nation
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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A socio-ecological systems approach to understanding development in a dynamic world : a case study of traditional agriculture in Pondoland, South Africa
… past, present and future dynamics of smallholder agriculture and food practices in mPondo communities of the Wild Coast 2. locate the role of agriculture and agri-food systems in the local development discourses 3. describe the perceived opportunities and challenges which face the local agri-food …
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Agricultural practices and perceptions of climate change in Keur Samba Guéye village, Senegal, West Africa
… perceptions of climate change and its impacts on traditional agriculture in the village of Keur Samba Guéye (KSG). This work looks at the influence of social beliefs in adoption of new strategies by small farmers in this region, a topic that has received little or no study to date. Traditional …
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Modeling risks associated with water reuse in agriculture
… food for places lacking the land required for traditional agriculture, such as urban areas and islands. However, little research has been done on factors that determine the well-being of an aquaponics system. Chapter 1 of this dissertation dealt with pathogens in aquaponics and revealed a …
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Envisioning the Farms of the Future: In Pursuit of Sustainable Agriculture in the Rio Grande valley
… the parameters that characterize sustainable agriculture on the level of an individual farm in the context of the central Rio Grande valley. Using historical sources about New Mexican agriculture, contemporary scientific literature and interviews with practicing farmers in the region, it …
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The hydrogeology of the Oman Mountains
… interception and recovery by the "falaj" system. Traditional agriculture has evolved to cope with fluctuating groundwater supply but is sensitive to increased abstraction. On the Batinah plain, greatly increased coastal abstraction has locally induced moderate to severe salinisation. Existing …
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Synanthropic survival: low-impact agriculture and White-shouldered Ibis conservation ecology
The conservation value of traditional agriculture is well recognised in Europe, where retention and restoration of farming practices that support open-habitat species is a standard management technique. Elsewhere, however, this value is often overlooked while conservation attention is directed at …
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Comparing impacts of new cropping systems on biodiversity in traditional rural China
… six geographically-similar villages with traditional and alternative cultivation methods (two groups of three, one traditional and two alternatives) in two counties of Henan Province, China—a representative area of the Huang-huai-hai Plain representing traditional rural China. Soil heavy …
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Behavioural economic applications to climate change mitigation and adaptation: public good games and risk experiments
… individuals are more likely to opt into traditional agriculture and are less likely to use modern farming inputs that require financing.
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A method for identifying commission and omission errors for cultivated crops in the national land cover dataset (NLCD) 2006
… identified occurred in geographic areas with nontraditional agriculture that have diverse landscapes and land cover types. Path/rows that have agriculture as the dominant land cover, however, had very little error. The agricultural class was not mapped well in areas with nontraditional …
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Energy Models for Urban-Integrated Agriculture
… and economic conditions, urban integrated agriculture (UIA) is a promising solution to increase urban resource use efficiency, improve local food supply and population well-being. In particular, Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) offers the potential to compete with traditional …
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Advanced data analysis methods to optimize crop management decisions
… The advances in remote sensing, precision agriculture, the adoption of information and communication technologies by farmers, and the ability to collect and process large amounts of data create an opportunity to reimagine agricultural research and extension. Advanced data analysis methods …