Most commercial farmers in the district rely on irrigation systems for farming whilst the smallholder farmers generally depend on seasonal rainfall which typically falls from November to March. . The average rainfall ranges from 246 mm to 681 mm per annum.Soils in the district are variable and tend to be sandy in the west, but …
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Currently products such as banana fruits are commonly found in people’s diets
The effective field capacity averaged 0.1 ha/h with minimum and maximum of 0.09 ha/h and 1.12 ha/h, respectively. This indicates that it requires about 10 hours to weed one hectare of a maize field as opposed to 80 man–hours required when done manually as reported by and . Therefore, weeding using the developed cultivator can …
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The qualified interviewees were contacted multiple times to obtain an effective sample size
The information collected covered organic practices adopted, societal and demographics of operators; characteristics of farms; farmers’ beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions related to organic farming practices, and so forth. A large sample of farmers from a population of total 4818farms in Georgia were randomly selected and interviewed. The instruments used in the interview were designed by …
This means that Cameroon develops agricultural products that vary according to the climatic regions
After livestock and field crops, piece work is the next most important income source, followed by a group of activities that we have grouped into the category “other”.It is important to note that the contribution of livestock to income is largest among food secure households with an even larger prominence in the non-hotspot district. Piece …
The percentage of household heads with college or university education was low
In Dang Xa commune, the households with a male head made up 56.67%, while those with a female head made up 43.33%. It can be seen that the majority of household heads were male maybe because mentended to be decision makers in the family, deciding their production activities and being more active in applying scientific …
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The economic aspects that lead to this rebound effect in yield farm-expansion relationship were also presented
Further, the responses of species and ecosystems services to increasing intensification levels were discussed . We here present a conceptual model to understand the ecological and ecosystems consequences of different land-use dynamics associated to agriculture intensification.Upper diagram in Figure 2 shows nine landscapes composed of different proportions of natural habitat and farming area, as well …
The perception of low organic yield is across all farmer types
Confined to limited access to chain retailers, small farmers turned to the “thin” farmers markets for their products, in which finding reliable buyers turns out to be difficult and full of uncertainty. Farmers held a perception of lower yield of organic farming is 11.92% less likely to convert to organic farming. The low yield of …
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The content of K in the plant tissues is up to 100 times higher than in the soil
Plants generally have an increased demand for N at various stages of development, particularly during leaf development and flowering;therefore, this element is frequently applied as a mineral fertilizer.In our study, vegetables cultivated in the conventional way were supplied with this nutrient several times during the growing season, mainly in the form of ammonium sulphate. Nevertheless, …
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These indicators have also been used in previous studies as environmental indicators in agriculture
This included their outputs, the market prices for their products,their wage bill and the cost of each input. In the sample, some farms depend exclusively on the family for labour input while others use hired workers.Given that western agriculture is still predominantly characterised by family farms , there is a long established tradition of including …
The most important step in PF is the generation of maps of the soil with its characteristics
Automated actuation devices like sprinklers, foggers, valve controlled irrigation system, harvesters and others, can be used to control irrigation, fertilization and pests in order to offset the adverse conditions .These included grid soil sampling,yield monitoring, and crop scouting. The strategically positioned sensors collect data in the form of electronic computer databases which gives birth to …