Agroforestry can store more carbon than conventional farming
Trees on agricultural land should be accounted for in carbon budgets
The present study was conducted in Chintamani taluk of Chickballapur district of Karnataka state. The study analysed the component-wise employment and income generation of different types of Integrated Farming System (IFS) from different enterprises practised by farmers. The primary data was...
Author(s)
Apsara, T. N.; Girish, M. R.
Publisher
White House, Jodhpur, India
Citation
Green Farming, 2019, 10, 4, pp 407-413
CONTEXT: Efforts to bring together landscape analysis and farming systems have failed to explain the drivers behind their spatial distribution. Since agricultural landscapes are an outcome of farmers' decisions, understanding the role of socioeconomic and biophysical drivers of such decisions is...
Author(s)
Ribeiro, P. P. de C. F.; Lima e Santos, J. M. O. de B. de; Canadas, M. J. P. R.; Novais, A. M. C. de V.; Moreira, F. M. R. F.; Lomba, Â. C. de A. R.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Agricultural Systems, 2021, 191,
The objectives of this research were: (1) to classify para-rubber and oil palm farming systems including describing the socio-economic characteristics and production of farm households, (2) to compare the costs and benefits of para-rubber and oil palm farming systems, and (3) to create a model of...
Author(s)
Somboonsuke, B.; Phitthayaphinant, P.; Jongrungrot, V.
Publisher
Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute (KURDI), Bangkok, Thailand
Citation
Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 2017, 38, 3, pp 728-741
Single farming systems (SFS) such as monocultures may negatively affect soil structural quality. This study tested the hypothesis that integrated farming systems (IFS), i.e., the combination of cropping and forestry and/or livestock farming, improves soil structural quality, root development and...
Author(s)
Cavalieri-Polizeli, K. M. V.; Marcolino, F. C.; Tormena, C. A.; Keller, T.; Moraes, A. de
Publisher
Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
Citation
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022, 10, July,
This study aimed at evaluating soil nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from integrated farming systems. Soil N2O and CH4 fluxes were assessed in a subtropical Cambisol in southern Brazil, using manual static chambers, over two years, in five farming systems (cropland, livestock,...
Author(s)
Amadori, C.; Dieckow, J.; Zanatta, J. A.; Moraes, A. de; Zaman, M.; Bayer, C.
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK
Citation
Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 828,
South African agricultural farming systems are characterised by a duality in which there exists large-scale commercial farmers and small-scale farmers. Large-scale commercial farmers, historically identified as capital intensive and characterized by the size of the landholdings, are considered as...
Author(s)
Materechera, F.; Scholes, M. C.
Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing, Irvine, USA
Citation
Agricultural Sciences, 2021, 12, 11, pp 1352-1373
An attempt has been made to study economics of selected farming systems in Latur district of Maharashtra. Multistage sampling design had been used for the selection of districts, tahasils and villages, three farming systems namely crop production, crop + dairy and crop + sericulture farming system...
Author(s)
Shelke, R. D.; Kamble, S. H.; Bhusse, R. S.
Publisher
Society for Advancement of Science and Rural Development, Kalyanpur, India
Citation
Trends in Biosciences, 2017, 10, 24, pp 4924-4925