Naturally ventilated building with an outdoor exercising area is a typical system for housing the dairy cattle in China, and it is still a challenge to find a technical solution to accurately measure gas emissions from the open yard directly. Chamber technique has been approved to be a potential ...
Ding, J.
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Wang C
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Lu Q
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Yan Z
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Shi Z
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[Effects of configuration and headspace wind profile on the performances of flux chambers in gas emission measurement: a laboratory study]
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Effects of configuration and headspace wind profile on the performances of flux chambers in gas emission measurement: a laboratory study
Teams of crop, economic, and climate scientists in Southeastern Africa are exploring opportunities to reduce risk and increase resilience in Southern Africa using an integrated multi-modeling approach. The project characterizes selected mixed farming systems in Southern Africa in terms of biophys...
Masikati, Patricia
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Crespo, O.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Walker, S.
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Claessens, Lieven
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Famba, S.
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Gama, A.
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Lennard, C.
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[Crop-livestock intensification in the face of climate change: exploring opportunities to reduce risk and increase resilience in southern africa using an integrated multi-modeling approach]
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Crop-livestock intensification in the face of climate change: exploring opportunities to reduce risk and increase resilience in southern africa using an integrated multi-modeling approach
A recurrent issue for data integration is the lack of a common and structured vocabulary used by different parties to describe their data sets. The Crop Ontology (www.cropontology.org) project aims to provide a central place where the crop community can gather to generate such standardized vocabu...
Matteis L
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Chibon P
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Espinosa, H.
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Skofic M
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Finkers R
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Bruskiewich, R.
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Hyman, Glenn
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Arnaud, Elizabeth
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[Crop ontology: vocabulary for crop-related concepts]
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Crop ontology: vocabulary for crop-related concepts
The global food system makes a significant contribution to climate changing greenhouse gas emissions with all stages in the supply chain, from agricultural production through processing, distribution, retailing, home food preparation and waste, playing a part. It also gives rise to other major en...
Providing food and water security for a population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050 while conserving natural resources requires achieving high(er) and stable yields on every hectare of currently used arable land suitable for intensification.
Claessens, Lieven
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Cassman, Kenneth G.
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Wart, Justin van
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Grassini, Patricio
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Yang, Haishun
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Ittersum, Martin K. van
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Bussel, Lenny G. J. van
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Wolf, Joost
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Boogaard, H.
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Groot, Hugo de
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Stoorvogel, J.J.
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[Soil suitability for sustainable intensification in smallholder systems in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Soil suitability for sustainable intensification in smallholder systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Grassland-based systems are no longer seen exclusively as livestock production enterprises but as multiple use systems with important consequences for the global environment. They are crucial for the protection of ecosystem goods and services, for tourism and for mitigating climate change. Well-m...
Isik S
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Ates, S.
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Gunes A
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Aktas AH
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Keles G
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[Effect of deficit irrigation on dry matter and sheep production from permanent sown pastures]
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Effect of deficit irrigation on dry matter and sheep production from permanent sown pastures
There is an increasing recognition of climate change, and that it is likely to result, inter alia, in more erratic rainfall that will affect Africa’s predominantly rainfed agriculture. Much of Africa’s current rainfed agriculture is already variously exposed to weather vagaries such as dry spells...
Erenstein, Olaf
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Kassie, Girma T.
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Mwangi W
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[Comparative analysis of maize based livelihoods in drought prone regions of eastern Africa: adaptation lessons for climate change]
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Comparative analysis of maize based livelihoods in drought prone regions of eastern Africa: adaptation lessons for climate change
Grasslands are one of the world's most widespread vegetation types, covering nearly 20% of the land surface and represent a major source of production of agricultural products. However, grassland vegetation across the Mediterranean region is changing at an unanticipated rate. These changes are th...
Louhaichi, Mounir
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Johnson MD
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Clark, P.E.
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Belgacem, A.O.
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Johnson D
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[Developing a coherent monitoring system for Mediterranean grasslands]
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Developing a coherent monitoring system for Mediterranean grasslands
Tillage practices contribute greatly to the labour cost in modern intensive agriculture in any crop production system resulting in lower economic returns, especially in developing countries where there is most concern for sustainable production without degradation of the natural resource base (Ja...
Jat SL
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Parihar CM
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Singh AK
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Jat, Kumar Raj
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[Carbon sustainability and productivity of maize based cropping system under conservation agriculture practices in Indo-Gangetic plains]
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Carbon sustainability and productivity of maize based cropping system under conservation agriculture practices in Indo-Gangetic plains
Maize, wheat and rice, the major cereals grown as monoculture or in sequence, contribute the bulk of food and incomes in rural regions of South Asia. The large increases in food production are one of the greatest achievements of the second half of the 20th century, but sustaining these gains is a...
Jat, Mangi Lal
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Jat, Kumar Raj
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Gupta R
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Gopal R
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[Conservation agriculture in cereal systems of South Asia: effect on crop productivity and carbon-based sustainability index]
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Conservation agriculture in cereal systems of South Asia: effect on crop productivity and carbon-based sustainability index