Deficit irrigation has emerged as a viable approach to increase agricultural water
productivity. The objectives of this study were to 1) develop water conservation strategies by …

Common bean production in Goiás, Brazil is concentrated in the same geographic area, but
spread across three distinct growing seasons, namely, wet, dry and winter. In the wet and …

The AquaCrop model was evaluated considering a data set from a cowpea (BR3-
Tracuateua cultivar) cultivation in Castanhal/Brazil under different irrigations during the …

Reductions in agricultural productivity with consequences for food security associated to
climate change are expected in the absence of adaptation. For common beans, across …

Drybeans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are an important subsistence crop in Central America.
Future climate change may threaten drybean production and jeopardize smallholder …

The application of crop growth simulation and water management models will become
increasingly important in the future. They can be used to predict yield reductions due to …

Many pests damage pea crops, which potentially leads to reduced quality and yield losses.
Since pests occur at different phenological growth stages of pea crops, the prediction of …

The effectiveness of agricultural productivity is dependent on the availability of ambient
natural resources as well as on the efficiency of on-site management practices. The overall …

In Brazil, local agricultural research agendas are increasingly challenged by the search for
sustainable biodiesel crop options for family farmers, especially under semi-arid conditions …

Crop simulation programs allow analyzing and exploring various tillage-rotation
combinations and management. This study was conducted to apply and evaluate the …