Search Results - subject:"SOIL FERTILITY"

Economic Evaluation of Rice-Prawn Gher Farming System on Soil Fertility for Modern Variety (MV) Paddy Production in Bangladesh

Barmon, Basanta Kumar; Osanami, Fumio; Kondo, Takumi - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

This present study attempts to examine the economic evaluation of rice-prawn gher farming system on land fertility for modern variety (MV) paddy production in Bangladesh. Laboratory based experimental data and field survey data were used in the present study. To test the change of land...

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SOIL FERTILITY MANAGEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN MALAWI

Tchale, Hardwick; Sauer, Johannes - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2006

-based soil fertility management using a normalized translog yield response model. The results indicate higher maize yield … responses for integrated soil fertility management options after controlling for the intensity of fertilizer application, labour …

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Cost-benefit analysis of vetiver system-based rehabilitation measures for landslide-damaged mountainous agricultural lands in the lower Northern Thailand

Boonyanuphap, Jaruntorn - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 1, pp. 599-629

On May 23, 2006, the landslide-debris flow occurred in several places of the lower Northern Thailand. These destroyed about 4,000 houses resulting in about 10,000 people having to be permanently evacuated. They also damaged large areas of high potential agricultural growth in the highland and...

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An economic approach to soil fertility management for wheat production in New South Wales and Queensland

Farquharson, Robert J.; Cacho, Oscar J.; Mullen, John D. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2005

Soil fertility decline and soil management for crop production are important issues for grain growers in northern New … South Wales and southern and central Queensland. In this paper a stochastic dynamic economic analysis of soil fertility … practices are compared with levels of current usage in the region. The derivation of optimal levels of soil fertility for …

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The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya:

Place, Frank; Adato, Michelle; Hebinck, Paul; Omosa, Mary - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

study described here, researchers looked specifially at soil fertility replenishment (SFR) systems...Focused on two specific …

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The Green Revolution in Zimbabwe

Alumira, Jane; Rusike, Joseph - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 02 (2005) 1

This paper presents a historical overview of plant breeding research, variety release and seed supply of staple food grains in Zimbabwe, and assesses the impacts of the new varieties on yields using national aggregate yield data. The paper also analyses farm-level factors determining...

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The Maize Green Revolution in Kenya Revisited

De Groote, Hugo; Owuor, George; Doss, Cheryl R.; Ouma, … - In: eJADE: electronic Journal of Agricultural and … 02 (2005) 1

, and also needed for the development of alternative affordable soil fertility measures. …

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The use of straw and green manure for improving fertility of soil Odessa region

Kulidzhanov, G.; Holubchenko, V.; Kapustina, G.; Yamkova, N. - In: Balanced Nature Using 5 (2012) 2, pp. 84-88

This article presents the results of research on the use of straw and green manure fumes to improve balance of humus and nutrients in the soils of the Odessa region.

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Argyrolobium uniflorum seedlings respond strongly to small doses of phosphorus: Consequences for rehabilitating degraded arid fallows in Presaharian Tunisia

Visser, Marjolein; Collin, Perrine; Belgacem, A.O.; … - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2012

In North African dryland research, few recognize that phosphorus (P) is the main soil nutrient limiting plant growth for legumes, in particular. P-fertilisation of legume reseedings could boost biological N-fixation and N-yield through enhanced biomass production, which, in turn, can benefit the...

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Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?

Marenya, Paswel; Nkonya, Ephraim; Xiong, Wei; Deustua, Jose - In: Agricultural Systems 110 (2012) C, pp. 162-172

examine the impacts of different soil fertility management treatments (SFTs) on yields and soil carbon and proceed to compute … for stimulating adoption of improved soil fertility management practices may unnecessarily forgo other complementary and …

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