Measuring within-field variability is essential for precision farming, and remote sensing is an important tool to obtain the needed information. The objective of this study was to evaluate rice (Oryza sativa L., irrigated lowland rice) growth variability in Qixing farm considering different fields, management practice and cultivars using high resolution optical satellite image data. Based on th...

Agriculture and farming worldwide are responsible for numerous environmental threats, 11 including degradation of land and water resources depletion. Underlining the dynamic interaction 12 between bio-physical and socio-economic drivers is the key towards a more sustainable land and 13 water management. With regard to a highly developed agricultural area in southern Italy, 14 multi-regression m...

One well cited ascertain in the literature is that, irrigation water is important for the productivity of a society and the livelihood of its members. The primary objective in coming years will be to balance water supply and demand among users to ensure adequate water for agriculture and sustainable irrigation system management while satisfying other needs. The methodology used in this study in...

Vegetable production constitutes an important sub-sector of the agricultural economy of KwaZulu-Natal. Most vegetables are cultivated in mixed-cropping types of farming systems. The technical efficiency of vegetable based cropping systems was estimated in order to identify the potential increase in production without incurring additional costs. The factors affecting technical efficiency and con...

Indicators are increasingly recognized as an important decision aid tool to translate sustainability issue from theory into practice. However, indicator development for sustainable community development is rather successful than the agricultural sector due to methodological lacuna. The aim of this study is to develop a methodological framework for indicator development and an essential set of i...

Gunungkidul Regency is one of the districts that developed dry land red rice farming. Semin and Panggang sub-districts are develop varieties at Inpari 24 Segreng. This study aims to determine costs, income, profits, feasibility farming Segreng variety in Regency. The number respondents this were 250 using Simple Random Sampling technique, consisting 150 from farmers 100 farmers. Data was collec...