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Farm adaptation to stricter nutrient management legislation and the implications for future livestock production: a review
Stricter nutrient surplus and lower emission targets are placing adaptation pressure on livestock farms in European countries, while the public...
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Survey of farm-gate N and P balances on arable and dairy organic and conventional farms in Sweden—basis for improved management
About half of all N and P loads to Swedish waters originate from agriculture and must decrease to reach environmental goals. Studying nutrient...
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Digital strategies for nitrogen management in grain production systems: lessons from multi-method assessment using on-farm experimentation
During the past few decades, a range of digital strategies for Nitrogen (N) management using various types of input data and recommendation...
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Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations
Intervening into agricultural systems necessarily includes risks, uncertainties, and ultimately unknown outcomes. Decision analysis embraces...
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Effects of local farm management on wild bees through temporal and spatial spillovers: evidence from Southern India
ContextThe agricultural landscape in many low- and middle-income countries is characterized by smallholder management systems, often dependent on...
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Farm Mechanization
Mechanization of agriculture plays a key role in improving production and productivity. There is a positive correlation between the level of...
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Agronomic management strategies to increase soil organic carbon in the short-term: evidence from on-farm experimentation in the Veneto region
Background and aimsOrganic fertilizers and cover crops (CC) are considered crucial strategies to pursue the objective of increasing soil organic...
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Combined effects of fungicides formulations and potato varieties on late blight management, yield and net farm income in Kenya
Management of late blight relies on the use of fungicides and potato varieties which have been associated with loss of efficacy over time. Baseline...
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Evaluation of the Spatial Heterogeneity of the Pacific Oyster Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) Cultivation Conditions Using the FARM Marifarm Management Model in Voevoda Bay
AbstractIn the present study, using the Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) farm aquaculture resource management model, we calculated the...
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Outcomes of a comparison between pastoral and silvopastoral management on beef cattle productivity, animal welfare and pasture depletion in a Mediterranean extensive farm
In spring 2021, 50 growing steers and heifers of the Maremmana breed (average age 321 d and weight 287 kg) were rotationally stocked under two...
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On-farm tree species diversity and management in semi-arid of Lemo district, Southern Ethiopia
Despite the emerging and promising of on-farm trees to the biodiversity conservation, economic and ecological importance, there is still a dearth of...
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Landrace in situ (on-farm) conservation: European Union achievements
This paper offers an insight on present status of on-farm conservation of landrace diversity in the European Union. The review initially examines the...
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Status quo of fertilization strategies and nutrient farm gate budgets on stockless organic vegetable farms in Germany
Fertilizer management in stockless organic vegetable production is strongly affected by external nutrient purchases due to the high nitrogen (N) and...
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Awareness and adoption of farm biosecurity practices in commercial dairy, pig and poultry farms of Uttar Pradesh (India)
India’s livestock sector has been facing significant losses due to episodes of disease outbreaks since time immemorial. Hence, biosecurity measures...
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Did someone say “farmer-centric”? Digital tools for spatially distributed on-farm experimentation
On-farm experimentation (OFE) embeds the conduct of agronomic research within normal farm business operations such that experiments are driven by...
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Exploring agriculture-child nutrition pathways: Evidence from Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program
Child undernutrition is highly prevalent around the world, particularly in low-income countries where economies are largely driven by the...
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Toward an effective approach for on-farm experimentation: lessons learned from a case study of fertilizer application optimization in Japan
On-farm experimentation (OFE) is increasing worldwide. Appropriate OFE procedures may differ depending on the characteristics and circumstances...
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An analysis of net farm income to guide agricultural policies in the Ethiopian highlands
BackgroundAs part of a larger food security project under Ethiopia’s Agricultural Growth Program (CASCAPE), 928 farms in the Ethiopian Highlands were...
