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Cereals and grain legumes are the most important part of human diet and nutrition. The expansion of grain legumes with improved productivity to cater the growing population’s nutritional security is of prime importance and need of the hour. Rice fallows are best niche areas with residual moisture...


Gumma, Murali K.Thenkabail, Prasad S.Teluguntla, P.Whitbread, Anthony M.[Monitoring of spatiotemporal dynamics of rabi rice fallows in South asia using remote sensing]Monitoring of spatiotemporal dynamics of rabi rice fallows in South asia using remote sensing

Jiménez, P.Dvorak, K.A.[Resumen de los datos del sondeo de sistemas y prácticas de manejo de los recursos agrícolas : Comunidades con sistemas de producción de cultivos, con áreas agrícolas pequeñas, un alto porcentaje de cultivos anuales y tracción animal, muy alta, Honduras: Reporte interno]Resumen de los datos del sondeo de sistemas y prácticas de manejo de los recursos agrícolas : Comunidades con sistemas de producción de cultivos, con áreas agrícolas pequeñas, un alto porcentaje de cultivos anuales y tracción animal, muy alta, Honduras: Reporte interno

This paper provides details of soil and water conservation (SWC) investments in Ethiopia over the past 20 years. It presents SWC practices and estimates the level of SWC investments in different regions. The paper focuses on four principal agricultural regions: Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray. P...


Adimassu, ZenebeLangan, SimonBarron, Jennie[Highlights of soil and water conservation investments in four regions of Ethiopia]Highlights of soil and water conservation investments in four regions of Ethiopia

Ever since the oil, financial and food crises of 2008, sub-Saharan Africa has witnessed a marked increase in large-scale investment in agricultural land. The drivers of this investment are varied and include growing food, water and energy insecurity as well as social and economic interests of inv...


Williams, Timothy O.Sidibe, Yoro[Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?]Can current land and water governance systems promote sustainable and equitable large-scale agricultural investments in sub-Saharan Africa?

Presents an overview of population and land use characteristics of the Kurmin Biri, Abet and Ganawwi areas, all in the subhumid zone of Nigeria, with particular reference to ethnic composition, human & cattle population, cultivation densities and extent of fallow land.


Waters-Bayer, AnnTaylor-Powell, E.[Population and land use in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]Population and land use in the subhumid zone of Nigeria

Background: In Addis Ababa, where irrigation water for vegetable production is commonly derived from the highly polluted Akaki river, information on microbial contamination of water and irrigated vegetable is scanty. An assessment was done to determine the microbiological quality of irrigation wa...


Woldetsadik, D.Drechsel, PayKeraita, Bernard N.Itanna, F.Erko, B.Gebrekidan, H.[Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods]Microbiological quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) irrigated with wastewater in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and effect of green salads washing methods
Autor: Drechsel, Pay

Reflecting on the food-energy nexus, my first thought went to the Haber–Bosch process. Perhaps no other human invention has had a more dramatic impact on our wellbeing and mother Earth than the Haber-Bosch chemistry. As the reader might know, and I am citing here largely from Wikipedia, the Haber...


Drechsel, Pay[The Food-Energy Nexus is Closer to our Heart than we might think]The Food-Energy Nexus is Closer to our Heart than we might think

The supply response of the smallholder soybean growers was investigation using a sample of 307 farmers randomly-selected from Jive villages in Kaduna and Kano States of Nigeria. Different multivariate functional forms were experimented but the power Junction was chosen because of its obvious uniq...


Ojiako, I.A.Manyong, Victor M.Ikpi, A.[Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria]Smallholder soybean farmers supply response in northern Nigeria

Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more ...


Vlek, Paul L.G.Khamzina, A.Azadi, H.Bhaduri, AnikBharati, LunaBraimoh, A.K.Martius, C.Sunderland, T.C.H.Taheri, F.[Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation]Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation

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