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Agriculture, Volume 12, Issue 7

July 2022 - 178 articles

Cover Story: This study assesses changes in crop species production diversity in Mexico from 1980 to 2020 at state, regional, and national levels. Measures of crop species richness and effective diversity (alpha, beta, gamma) were derived from government production data on 304 species, each stratified into rainfed and irrigated components. In sum, findings show that while crop diversity can contribute to numerous forms of sustainability, not all diversification processes derive from agroecological-based, sustainable forms of intensification. In Mexico, crop species diversification was associated with a post-1994 boom in produce exports to the United States and the unsustainable use of scarce water resources at home. Such context-specific understanding is crucial for determining whether crop diversification, in all its forms, ultimately leads to sustainable outcomes. View this paper
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Articles (178)

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
7,156 Views
27 Pages

Predicting soil chemical properties such as soil organic carbon (SOC) and available phosphorus (Ava-P) content is critical in areas where different land uses exist. The distribution of SOC and Ava-P is influenced by both natural and anthropogenic fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,193 Views
14 Pages

Stoichiometric Ratios of Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorus of Shrub Organs Vary with Mycorrhizal Type

  • Shuang Yang,
  • Zhaoyong Shi,
  • Yichun Sun,
  • Xiaohui Wang,
  • Wenya Yang,
  • Jiakai Gao and
  • Xugang Wang

Mycorrhizal types are a predictive framework for nutrient cycling within and across ecosystems, and their types represent different nutrient-acquisition strategies for plants. Carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometric ratios are esse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,250 Views
18 Pages

Aiming at the problem of a poor separation of tiger nut, soil and grass during harvest, a hoisting device consisting of a combined-type hoisting sieve, vibrating wheels and soil roller was designed in combination with the requirements of the planting...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,427 Views
20 Pages

Evaluation of Cadmium Effects on Six Solanum melongena L. Cultivars from the Mediterranean Basin

  • Edgardo Filippone,
  • Valentina Tranchida-Lombardo,
  • Alessia Vitiello,
  • Fabrizio Ruiu,
  • Mina Di Salvatore,
  • Teresa Rosa Galise,
  • Lucrezia Laccetti,
  • Angela Amoresano,
  • Gennaro D’Ambrosio and
  • Luigi Frusciante
  • + 2 authors

Cadmium (Cd) contamination is a severe problem in the environment and produces detrimental effects on crop productivity and quality. Characterization of crop performance at different Cd concentrations is crucial to identify pollution-safe cultivars w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,630 Views
16 Pages

Agriculture is the major economic sector in Asian countries and the majority of their population depends on it. In addition to the largest irrigation system in the Indus basin, Pakistan is suffering from water shortages that are affecting the overall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,205 Views
11 Pages

Sorption to cheap sorbents can be used to concentrate nutrients from liquid waste streams and make them into fertilisers. In this study we assess how plant available is ammonium nitrogen (N) sorbed to three sorbents, and if the potential for greenhou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,813 Views
22 Pages

The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Crop Production in an Arid Region

  • Samira Shayanmehr,
  • Jana Ivanič Porhajašová,
  • Mária Babošová,
  • Mahmood Sabouhi Sabouni,
  • Hosein Mohammadi,
  • Shida Rastegari Henneberry and
  • Naser Shahnoushi Foroushani

Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century. This phenomenon has an increasingly severe impact on water resources and crop production. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of climate change...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,384 Views
17 Pages

Impact of Rice Expansion on Traditional Wetland Management in the Tropical Highlands of Ethiopia

  • Mare Addis Desta,
  • Gete Zeleke,
  • William A. Payne and
  • Wubneh Belete Abebe

Despite the fact that rice was only recently brought to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian government has dubbed it the “millennium crop” because of its importance as a food security crop, as well as a source of revenue and job possibilities. Rice p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,427 Views
14 Pages

Many issues have recently arisen as a result of the aging population and dwindling labor force. To solve these problems, including reduced convenience and productivity, research on the mobility of agricultural machinery and logistics involving autono...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,950 Views
16 Pages

Heilongjiang province has made great contributions to ensuring the food security of China. Grain production has increased year by year, followed by a large amount of straw—especially the production of corn straw. Straw returning is the best tre...

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