Rain-Fed Agriculture
Soil loss and runoff generation in rangeland, rain-fed and abandoned rain-fed agriculture land-uses under simulated rainfall
... rangeland, rain-fed and abandoned rain-fed agriculture were compared at two intensities of 46 and 88 ...abandoned rain-fed agriculture had comparatively higher ...
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Rain fed agriculture and climate change: an analysis of the most appropriate planting dates in central division of laikipia district, Kenya
... However, rain-fed agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate ...2009). Agriculture plays a key role in poverty reduction and economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa where it ...
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Rice yield enhancement technologies under rain-fed agriculture in Koraput district, Odisha, India
... is rain-fed which contributes 70% of the global staple food ...practices rain-fed agriculture in terms of extent and value of ...is rain-fed contributing to 44% of the ...
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Water availability, demand and reliability of in situ water harvesting in smallholder rain fed agriculture in the Thukela River Basin, South Africa
... smallholder rain-fed agriculture is to adopt wa- ter harvesting and conservation technologies (WH) such as tied ridges and contour bunds, micro-basins, mulching, runoff harvesting, and other ...
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Improvement of Supplementary Irrigation Water Quality for Rain Fed Agriculture in the Semi Arid Region Using Magnetization Techniques
... Rain-fed agriculture depends on the groundwater as a supplementary source of irrigation. The poor quality of water from the hard rock area is applied to the crops to save the crop. Continuous ...
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Conservation farming in rain-fed agriculture: can biogeotextile, cover crop residues, and soil tillage application improve the growth and the yield of maize (Zea mays L.)?
... control (p<0.001). Biogeotextile (BI) application contributed the average yield of maize of 6.18 t/ha, or 43% higher than control (BO) of 4.32 t/ha Biogeotextile application effectively maintained soil temperature and ...
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Government intervention in dry regions
... However, attempts in the early 1960s to give more attention to education, health facilities and agricultural reforms in the outer regions and to the development of rain-fed agriculture, [r] ...
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THE RAMIFICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY IN AGRICULTURAL FOOD CROPS PRODUCTION AMONG THE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, TANZANIA
... on rain-fed agriculture and natural resource extraction renders many smallholder farmers vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability and environmental changes resulting in the decline of ...
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Wheat yield vulnerability: relation to rainfall and suggestions for adaptation
... the rain fed agriculture since the rainfall patterns change in Meknes province, hence they must adopt appropriate mechanisms as using improved crop varieties that survive adverse climatic conditions, ...
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Farm Machinery Size and Cost Management SystemIn The Rain fed Sector of Gedarif area
... The objective of this study was to design and develop a computer system to be used as a decision-making tool to manage large scale schemes in Gedaref rain fed agriculture. The system designed to ...
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Profitability of rain fed maize production: a comparative study of jaunpur district, india and adamawa State, Nigeria
... producer of maize in Africa and thirteen in the world with a total production of 7300 MT in 2015, with 2.67 percent decrease from previous year, based on sizeable carryover supplies and declines in market prices. The ...
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Technical Efficiency of Rain-Fed Irish Potato Farmers in Plateau State, Nigeria: A Stochastic Frontier Approach
... The policy implication here is that it is imperative for the government and Non- Governmental Organization (NGOs) to continue with their effort to make seeds and chemical fertilizers available to farmers at affordable ...
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Economics of Hybrid Rice Cultivation in Northern Hill Zone of Chhattisgarh
... North hill region is the major rice producing belt of Chhattisgarh. Northern hill region contributes about twelve per cent of total production of rice in the state. Adoption of hybrid rice constitutes a major component ...
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Carbon Budget Dynamics over a Rain Fed Maize Agricultural Ecosystem in Northeast China and Its Regulation
... Therefore, the climate warming may enhance carbon absorption capacity in growing season and result in the increase of carbon release in non-growing sea- son and annual carbon sequestration. For example, years of 2007 and ...
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Preliminary Studies on Water Quality Assessment of Veeranna Cheruvu, Hasnapur, Mahabubnagar District, Telangana State, India
... Average rain fall is observed during the three years study period is about 52.11%. pH ranged between 6.7 - 8.3mmg/ l during entire period of study, minimum recorded during monsoon, maximum in pre-monsoon. ...
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Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks of the Central Clay Plane: Irrigated versus Rain-fed Vertisols
... 3: Contribution of soil organic carbon in the different depths to total soil carbon in the profile (%) in the natural forest (NF), sesame-sorghum rotation (S-S) and continuous sorghum.[r] ...
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Preliminary Studies on Water Quality Assessment of Veeranna Cheruvu, Hasnapur, Mahabubnagar District, Telanagana State, India
... Latitude and Longitude 9 kilometers away from Town and having area of 116.12 acres and the area is having 573.18 acres command. This Cheruvu water spread area of 76ha at full storage level(FSL) 36ha at the dead storage ...
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Effect of Water Regimes on Dietary Fiber, Polyphenols and Antioxidant Capacity of Black and Pinto Beans
... The AOC of the EP of cooked beans was affected by the bean variety and water regimes (Table 7). Also, cooking resulted in a decrease in the AOC, except for Black 8025 bean cultivated under irrigation conditions which ...
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Evaluating the effect of irrigation techniques and strategies on the water footprint of crops using APEX and AQUACROP models
... Water has always been the main factor limiting crop production in much of the world where rainfall is insufficient to meet crop demand (Steduto, Hsiao, Fereres, & Raes, 2012). The general objective is to decrease the ...
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Effects of irrigated and rain fed conditions on infestation levels of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) infesting Dolichos lablab (L.) in Eastern Kenya
... and rain fed conditions. Four-irrigated (vegetable type) and four rain-fed (grain type) farms were randomly selected in each sub- county, totaling 16 farms (farms 1 to 8 in Meru and 9 to 16 in ...
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