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Database uses satellite data to help farmers boost productivity 

Date
12 June 2017
News Article

Could conservation land be a good candidate for biomass production?

Date
10 April 2017
News Article

Changes in vegetation could have consequences for many ecological services we depend on

Date
6 March 2017
News Article

Mitigating climate change reduces ozone stress and increases crop biomass

Date
16 January 2017
Abstract

Climate change poses a threat to food security. Therefore, the objectives of this work are: to provide information on the influence of climate on pasture production and the behavior of new varieties introduced in grazing ecosystems. A characterization of forage production was carried out in Latin...

Author(s)
Ramírez de la Ribera, J. L.; Zambrano Burgos, D. A.; Campuzano, J.; Verdecia Acosta, D. M.; Chacón Marcheco, E.; Arceo Benítez, Y.; Labrada Ching, J.; Uvidia Cabadiana, H.
Publisher
Veterinaria Organizacion S.L., Malaga, Spain
Citation
REDVET, 2017, 18, 6, pp 061701
Abstract

Using long-term district-level climate data and a case study from a drought-prone village in western Bangladesh, this research explored trends in climate change, and analysed farmers' adaptation dynamics, profitability and risks. This is the first study of its kind for drought-prone areas in...

Author(s)
Kabir, M. J.; Alauddin, M.; Crimp, S.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2017, 64, pp 212-224
Abstract

The study was conducted to explore actual manifestations of climate change in smallholder cocoa farms to aid extension response to climate impacts, and to understand the reasons for a renewed interest in cocoa production in the forest-savanna agro ecological landscape in Ghana, in spite of...

Author(s)
Asante, W. A.; Acheampong, E.; Kyereh, E.; Kyereh, B.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2017, 66, pp 374-381
Abstract

Targeting of agri-environmental measures (AEMs) is a key to increasing the cost-effectiveness of governmental support for biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services from agriculture. Existing literature, however, often focuses on single measures without considering that...

Author(s)
Robert, H.; Rebecca, S.; François, M.; Hanna, B. S.; Dirk, S.; Robert, F.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2017, 66, pp 49-60
Abstract

Many have suggested that a new form of sustainable agricultural productivism is needed in response to the challenges to food security posed by climate change and population growth. This paper employs elements of ecological modernisation theory and focusses on sustainability challenges and...

Author(s)
Juntti, M.; Downward, S. D.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Land Use Policy, 2017, 66, pp 1-9
Abstract

Increased water scarcity has led to a decade-long soil drought in the semiarid area of northern China, which caused food insecurity in this region. However, there is a lack of sufficient observational evidence about how climate change and agricultural practices have interactively affected this soil ...

Author(s)
Zhang JingTing; Yang Jia; An PingLi; Ren Wei; Pan ZhiHua; Dong ZhiQiang; Han GuoLin; Pan YuYing; Pan ShuFen; Tian HanQin
Publisher
Elsevier B. V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2017, 243, pp 74-83

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