Enhancing flowering plant richness within crop fields can benefit pollinator richness and crop pollination, as demonstrated for mango and sunflower in South Africa. Similar results were found for wild plants within watermelon and muskmelon fields in the US . In Ghana, banana intercropping with cocoa boosted pollinator abundance and cocoa pod set . A diverse set of flower species with …
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The short wavelength of soft X-rays enabled high-resolution 3D imaging of the nuclear architecture
The 800 m transient data provides slight improvements in precipitation estimates for the state, particularly at high elevations dominated by snow pack. For future projections, a broader suite of GCM and scenarios could be developed, while awaiting the next iteration of projections from the IPCC. To improve the snow‐driven module in BCM, calibration of the …
The lability of the sulfation modification has proven problematic for other MS/MS methods
This centrality-driven division between frontal and temporal semantic processing regions can be seen in the BOLD signal, with left IFG and left anterior MTG initially responding generally to the switch from non-word to word stimulus, before demonstrating clear correlation with central and peripheral HRF prediction peaks, respectively . While both temporal and frontal regions are …
Farmers exposed to flooding are different in a number of ways that might directly influence adoption
Any treatment effects on farmer-level uptake might occur simultaneously with supply responses by dealers.To measure this, we surveyed seed dealers around the same time as the farmer survey. We timed the survey to be in September so that seed purchases would be recently completed and easier to recall for dealers. Dealers were asked which varieties …
Previous meta-analyses have also examined various aspects of N2O emissions from conservation tillage
The large N2O emissions from agricultural lands are of particular concern given both its high global warming potential relative to CH4 and CO2 and its contribution to stratospheric ozone depletion.Conservation tillage, including no-tillage and reduced tillage management, is increasingly being adopted on agricultural lands worldwide.About 10% of global arable lands, i.e.∼125 million hectares, are currently managed using conservation …
How might private and state-owned enterprises differentially affect other markets?
The authors report that the US government had no intentions for the firms other than as investors, and intended from the beginning to sell off the firms.Because subsidies and other soft budget constraints were not applied to these firms, and firm ownership was perceived to be transferrable, efficiency differences between ownership types were likely diminished relative to …
One such simplification will be to focus on a single crop for any given region
The relationships between crop yields, weather and climate have been the focus of a great deal of attention in the Earth system science literature.This is due to concerns about securing food supplies for our growing populations and the potential challenges that climate change poses.Most studies have been concerned with establishing the current relationships between climate …
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The process of carbon sequestration can be accelerated by coconut plantation and inter crop management
Based on a field study, Kumar et al.reported that the presence or absence of over-canopy had little effect on the rhizome yield of galangal , a medicinal plant, implying its shade tolerance.Being a shade-tolerant crop, galangal yield remained steady across a wide range of light availability conditions, from full light to a photosynthetic photon flux density as low …
Most stakeholders interviewed in this study share a demand for applying AI to agriculture
Agricultural farms are extremely pressed to get a rewarding return on their investments which leads to, at times of the year with high workload, farmers not getting much sleep at all.This is confirmed by a farmer who says that since he works so much, some hours are nearly unpaid.Implementing AI in agriculture could potentially mitigate …
Race and ethnicity issues are rarely mentioned in sustainability discourse
Answering these types of questions will help us clarify the root causes of sustainability problems in agriculture.The general vision of scientists and activists for sustainable agriculture is one which reduces environmental degradation, preserves or restores the family farm, and removes contaminants from human consumption. For example, the goals of the California- based Committee for Sustainable …
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