Olive has a notable importance in countries of Mediterranean basin and its profitability depends on several factors such as actual yield, production cost or product price. Actual "on year" Yield (AY) is production (kg tree-1) in "on years", and this research attempts to relate it with geometrical parameters of the tree canopy. Regression equation to forecast AY based on manual canopy volume was...

The overuse of agricultural chemicals such as fertilizer and pesticides aimed at increasing crop yield results in environmental damage, particularly in the Sahelian zone where soils are fragile. Crop inoculation with beneficial soil microbes appears as a good alternative for reducing agricultural chemical needs, especially for small farmers. This, however, requires selecting optimal combination...

The optimal time to plant in rainfed semi-arid India is at the onset of the monsoon. While planting too early may result in losses because the seeds may not germinate if the first rains are not followed by subsequent rains, postponing planting for too long is also costly, because yield will typically be lower. Given that mistakes about the precise timing of the monsoon are costly, in this paper...

Rice plants are much damaged by several days of total submergence. The effect can be a serious problem for rice farmers in the rainfed lowlands of Asia, and runs contrary to a widespread belief amongst plant biologists that rice is highly tolerant of submergence. This article assesses the characteristics of the underwater environment that may damage rice plants, examines various physiological m...

Rainfed lowland rice (RLR) production is the main activity in northeast Thailand. Unpredictable droughts and coarse-textured soil are the main constraints usually cited to explain the low yields and economic poverty of this region. Past studies tried to improve the drought tolerance of rice varieties and hydrological functioning at the field level. How water is used at the farm level remains la...

Rainfed agriculture in Northern Darfur is influenced by erratic seasonal and decadal rainfall patterns frequent droughts. Understanding the spatio-temporal variation rainfed crucial for promoting food security, socio-economic stability protecting vulnerable ecosystem. This study aimed to investigate dynamics of North State from 1984–2019 using multitemporal Landsat observation data. Using rando...

During the second planting season, farmers in Parungsari Lebak Banten Village often complained about their rice fields not having water because there was no rain. This activity of community service aims to analyze problems that occur agricultural irrigation Village, , Regency, Banten. The method used is descriptive with a direct interview and survey approach. results this indicate include; (1) ...

With a growing world population and a trend towards more resource-intensive diets, pressure on land and water resources for food production will continue to increase in the coming decades. Large parts of the world rely on rainfed agriculture for their food security. In Africa, 90 % of the food production is from rainfed agriculture, generally with low yields and a high risk of crop failure. One...

Droughts and changing rainfall patterns due to natural climate variability change, threaten the livelihoods of Malawi’s smallholder farmers, who constitute 80% population. Provision seasonal forecasts (SCFs) is one means potentially increase resilience rainfed farming drought by informing farmers in their agricultural decisions. Local knowledge can play an important role improving value SCFs, m...

This paper interrogates technological fix narratives on the genetically modified crop Bt cotton in India that claim to address poverty under climate change. Furthermore, I focus political economy of input markets as mechanism for technology adoption and theoretically maximizing profitability farmers. compare these empirical reality by drawing 94 interviews 151 household surveys conducted south ...