Search Results - subject:"SOIL FERTILITY"

Agriculture and climate change: An agenda for negotiation in Copenhagen

Nelson, Gerald C. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009

Table of Contents: •Overview by Gerald C. Nelson •Agricultural Science and Technology Needs for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation by Rudy Rabbinge •Reducing Methane Emissions from Irrigated Rice by Reiner Wassmann, Yasukazu Hosen, and Kay Sumfleth •Direct and Indirect Mitigation...

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Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification

Setboonsarng, Sununtar - eSocialSciences - 2009

The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could potentially contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Among...

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Socio-economic Factors Influencing Adoption of Fertilizer for Maize Production in Nepal: A Cast Study of Chitwan District

Paudel, Pashupati; Shrestha, Arjun Kumar; Matsuoka, Atsushi - Agricultural Economics Society - AES - 2009

Soil fertility is considered as the most important constraint to increase maize production in Nepal. Although farmers …

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Feeding, crop residue and manure management for integrated soil fertility management – A case study from Kenya

Castellanos-Navarrete, A.; Tittonell, P.; Rufino, M.C.; … - In: Agricultural Systems 134 (2015) C, pp. 24-35

Western Kenya is one of Africa’s most densely populated rural areas, characterised by intensive smallholder crop–livestock systems on degraded lands managed with small inputs of mineral fertiliser and animal manure. Competing uses for crop residues and other organic resources often results...

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Short-term effects of tillage practices on soil properties under Tef [Eragrostis tef (Zucc. Trotter)] crop in northern Ethiopia

Tesfahunegn, Gebreyesus Brhane - In: Agricultural Water Management 148 (2015) C, pp. 241-249

mainly related to low soil fertility and moisture. An experiment was conducted using tef on Chromic Cambisols for two rainy …

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Facing food insecurity in Africa: Why, after 30 years of work in organic agriculture, I am promoting the use of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides in small-scale staple crop production

Lotter, Don - In: Agriculture and Human Values 32 (2015) 1, pp. 111-118

nutrient needs is via integrated soil fertility management, a combination of organic and Green Revolution methods. Maize has …

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Soil Fertility Management And Maize Productivity In Malawi: Curvature Correct Efficiency Modeling And Simulation

Tchale, Hardwick; Sauer, Johannes - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

probability distributions and significance of the relative efficiency values for farmers using different soil fertility management … considerably higher when farmers use integrated soil fertility management options. Thus there is need for policy and institutional … interventions that enhance farmers’ adoption and scaling-up of integrated soil fertility management. …

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Determinants of Soil Capital

Ekbom, Anders - 2008

This paper combines knowledge from soil science and economics to estimate economic determinants of soil capital. Explaining soil capital facilitates a better understanding of constraints and opportunities for increased agricultural production and reduced land degradation. This study builds on an...

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Women Make Income Gains by Shifting from Subsistence to Cash Crops

Brown, Lynn - In: Development Outreach 10 (2008) 3, pp. 20-22

Enabling women to move beyond subsistence and into market-oriented production is important for successful agricultural development. An example from Mozambique.

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Understanding the Process of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Mineral Fertilizer in Eastern DR Congo

Lambrecht, Isabel; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Merckx, Roel; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 132-146

We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process, including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariate and Heckman selection probit models. We find...

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