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Agronomy
Marta Monjardino, Matthew T. Harrison, Peter DeVoil, Daniel Rodriguez, Victor O. Sadras
Summary: This paper highlights the challenges faced by irrigated agriculture in Australia and proposes a system-based approach to improve water productivity, farm profitability, and risk management. The study shows that intensified and diversified scenarios can lead to significant profit gains, while current and simplified scenarios are less profitable. Intensification benefits from increased crop gross margins, especially in cotton yields, to offset setup costs and additional water use. Diversification helps mitigate economic risk by increasing returns per unit of irrigated water and diversifying income sources.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
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Agronomy
Ildiko Kolozsvari, Agnes Kun, Mihaly Jancso, Andrea Palagyi, Csaba Bozan, Csaba Gyuricza
Summary: The growing global water shortage poses a challenge for the agricultural sector. The use of effluent water for irrigation in our study did not adversely affect the nutritional content and growth parameters of the crops, but had some impact on grain yield.
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Engineering, Civil
Muhammad Arfan, Kamran Ansari, Asmat Ullah
Summary: This study aims to explore the various factors influencing agricultural farm productivity and test the hypothesis that participation in Water Users Association (WUA) activities leads to improved farm productivity. Using primary data collected from Pakistan's Sindh and Punjab provinces, hierarchical regression analysis was utilized to evaluate the statistical significance of different variable blocks. The findings reveal that water and land resource characteristics have the strongest influence on farm productivity, followed by personal characteristics of resource users and community and institutional characteristics. A negative relationship was found between landholding size and age with farm productivity, while a positive relationship was observed between resource users' level of participation in WUAs and farm productivity. However, the study highlights the importance of addressing inequities in canal water allocation and the need for meaningful institutional and land reforms to promote equitable economic benefits in agricultural systems.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Amir Hadi Safavi Nia, Jaber Soltani, S. Mehdy Hashemy Shahdany, Guanghua Guan
Summary: This study presents a novel method for modifying the SEEA water accounting framework specifically designed for smallscale agricultural water management study areas. By utilizing hydraulic simulation models and spatial analysis, this approach examines the distribution of surface water and the extraction of groundwater to meet on-farm water demands. Implementation in Iran's Central Plateau revealed significant variations in water rights and distribution effectiveness, as well as the impact of changing crop patterns and upgrading irrigation systems on groundwater exploitation and water conservation.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2023)
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Agronomy
Victor Valverde-Orozco, Irene Gavilanes-Teran, Julio Idrovo-Novillo, Lourdes Carrera-Beltran, Cristian Basantes-Cascante, Maria Angeles Bustamante, Concepcion Paredes
Summary: On-farm composting of agro-livestock wastes is best done through pile turning (PW) system. However, this system has long composting periods and inefficient aeration. To improve this, the combination of turnings with forced aeration (PR) was compared to PW for co-composting vegetable waste with different manures. Results showed that the PR system produced sanitized composts with higher agronomic value and reduced organic matter and nutrient losses compared to PW system.
Article
Agronomy
Muhammad Awais Ali Khan, Khalid Mahmood Ch., Ijaz Ashraf, Muhammad Tahir Siddiqui, Jerry W. Knox
Summary: This paper evaluates the water challenges faced by Pakistan's economy, particularly in the Punjab region, and identifies eight factors directly impacting farmer well-being. Statistical analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis test shows significant differences in demographic attributes and the identified factors, highlighting the importance of education and age in the adoption of efficient irrigation systems. The research underscores the need to introduce crops with lower water demand and support agricultural extension services to enhance crop productivity and on-farm water conservation.
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Nelson Kevin Sinisterra-Solis, Neus Sanjuan, Javier Ribal, Vicent Estruch, Gabriela Clemente
Summary: This study aims to provide a set of environmental impact indicators to assess and compare the environmental performance of agricultural reference holdings in Spain. The research found a correlation between the environmental footprint and resource utilization as well as economic results.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Silvia Coderoni, Silvia Vanino
Summary: This study examines the relationship between carbon productivity and economic performance of farms using data from Italy. The results show that the relationship is non-linear and varies across different farm types. Higher levels of carbon productivity seem to be associated with better economic performance, suggesting the potential for green growth in agricultural production.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Vittoria Giannini, Giorgia Raimondi, Arianna Toffanin, Carmelo Maucieri, Maurizio Borin
Summary: This research examines the combined effects of organic fertilization, cover crops, and irrigation on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock. The results show that integrated practices of organic fertilizers and cover crops significantly increase SOC stock. The application of compost under irrigation conditions has the highest SOC increase, but it leads to lower maize grain yields.
Article
Agronomy
Mohammad Mehdi Moghimi, Fatemeh Niknejad, Mohammad Reza Mahmoudi, Atefeh Moghaddam
Summary: The study emphasized the importance of using appropriate performance indicators to efficiently use irrigation water in agriculture. Water reduction fraction and irrigation application efficiency were identified as key factors influencing net income and irrigation water productivity. By optimizing simultaneously, researchers were able to determine the maximum optimal values for different crops under various deficit irrigation scheduling scenarios and irrigation systems.
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
(2022)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Juliano L. Goncalves, Roger Cue, Expedito P. Lima Netto, Augusto H. Gameiro, Marcos dos Santos
Summary: This study investigated the techno-economic status of dairy herds in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and found a correlation between bulk-tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) and economic performance indicators, showing that higher BTSCC leads to a decline in financial performance.
JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
(2021)
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Soil Science
Reza Mohammadi, Rahman Rajabi, Reza Haghparast
Summary: Evaluation of new wheat cultivars under different tillage systems in on-farm conditions showed that the performance of genotypes varied between tillage systems. The results indicated that the highest productivity was recorded under conventional tillage, followed by reduced tillage and no tillage. Some traits were mainly explained by genotype effect, while others were influenced by management practices, location, and year effects.
SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhigang Tian, Han Zhang
Summary: Existing studies on wind farm predictive maintenance have mainly focused on repairs at the level of wind turbine subassemblies, considering the economic dependency among them. However, these studies still rely on assumptions regarding the costs and impact of major and minor repairs, and oversimplify the fixed costs that apply to specific subsets of components. This work introduces a more realistic and accurate wind farm predictive maintenance approach that explicitly models component-level repairs, their costs, and economic dependency. A predictive maintenance optimization model is developed to find the optimal maintenance policy, considering downtime and repair resource requirements caused by different component failures. A simulation-based method is used for maintenance cost evaluation, and examples are provided to demonstrate the proposed approach.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Sinan Kartal, Firat Arslan
Summary: This study compares different irrigation performance prediction methods and finds that the regression method performs best in predicting indicators related to water distribution, while the time-series exponential smoothing method performs best in predicting indicators related to financial and agricultural activities.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Guohui Li, Rui Gu, Ke Xu, Baowei Guo, Qigen Dai, Zhongyang Huo, Haiyan Wei
Summary: The results of the experiment indicate that the treatment of basal application of mixed N fertilizer and topdressing of mixed N fertilizer at jointing (F2) showed significantly higher grain yield, N use efficiency, and economic profit in wheat production compared to other treatments. These advantages were attributed to better canopy structure and higher biomass accumulation in treatment F2.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Meriam Trabelsi, Elisabeth Mandart, Philippe Le Grusse, Jean-Paul Bord
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oussama Mghirbi, Philippe Le Grusse, Jacques Fabre, Elisabeth Mandart, Jean-Paul Bord
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Agronomy
J. C. Poussin, A. Imache, R. Beji, P. Le Grusse, A. Benmihoub
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2008)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
M. Le Bars, Ph. Le Grusse
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2008)
Article
Environmental Sciences
H. Ayadi, M. Le Bars, Ph Le Grusse, E. Mandart, J. Fabre, A. Bouaziz, J. P. Bord
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2014)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mghirbi Oussama, Ellefi Kamel, Le Grusse Philippe, Mandart Elisabeth, Fabre Jacques, Ayadi Habiba, Bord Jean-Paul
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2015)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Meriam Trabelsi, Elisabeth Mandart, Philippe Le Grusse, Jean-Paul Bord
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chaima Grimene, Oussama Mghirbi, Samuel Louvet, Jean-Paul Bord, Philippe Le Grusse
Summary: The study focuses on developing a method to characterize the vulnerability of surface water to phytosanitary pollution through the combination of geomatics, environmental science, and agronomy. This interdisciplinary approach aims to offer local stakeholders a decision support tool for participatory management of diffuse pollution. The study utilizes spatial analysis and agro-environmental indicators to assess the vulnerability of diffuse pollution at a territorial level, considering both agricultural pressure and environmental sensitivity factors.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marjorie Le Bars, Fatoumata Sidibe, Elisabeth Mandart, Jacques Fabre, Philippe Le Grusse, Cheick Hamalla Diakite
CAHIERS AGRICULTURES
(2020)
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marjorie Le Bars, Philippe Le Grusse, Laassad Albouchi, Jean-Christophe Poussin
CAHIERS AGRICULTURES
(2011)
