Author affiliations: ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), Maisons-Alfort, France (N. Pavio); INRA (National Institute for Agricultural Research), Maisons-Alfort (N. Pavio); University Paris 12, National Veterinary School, Maisons-Alfort (N. Pavio); INRA, Corte, France (M. Laval, O. Maestrini, F. Casabianca, F. Charrier); CIRAD (Agricultural Research ...

ITTAI HERRMANN†, MICHAEL BERENSTEIN‡, AMIT SADE§, ARNON KARNIELI∗†, DAVID J. BONFIL¶ and PHYLLIS G. WEINTRAUB| †The Remote Sensing Laboratory, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boker, Israel ‡The Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel §Biobee Ltd., Sde Eliyahu, Israel ¶F...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com volume of Lake Geneva. With such situations, it seems clear that a reduction of food wastage at global, regional, and national scales would have a substantial positive effect on natural and societal resources. Food wastage reduction would not only avoid pressure on scarce natural resources but also decrease the need to raise food production by 60 pe...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com volume of Lake Geneva. With such situations, it seems clear that a reduction of food wastage at global, regional, and national scales would have a substantial positive effect on natural and societal resources. Food wastage reduction would not only avoid pressure on scarce natural resources but also decrease the need to raise food production by 60 pe...

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The great majority of the population in the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS live in rural areas. In many African countries, farming and other rural occupations provide a livelihood for more than 70 per cent of the population. Hence, it is to be expected that the HIV/AIDS epidemic will cause serious damage to the agriculture sector in those countries, especially in countries that rely heavil...

Available water resources for agricultural irrigation have decreased worldwide in recent decades, prompting advances in water saving methods. In this study, soil water regime and water balance in a transplanted rice field with reduced irrigation (multiple shallow depth irrigations) in the Taihu Lake Basin of East China were observed and then evaluated using Hydrus-1D model during two consecutiv...