Meta-analysis of green manure effects on soil properties and crop yield in northern China

D Ma, L Yin, W Ju, X Li, X Liu, X Deng, S Wang - Field Crops Research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The application of green manure is a traditional and valuable practice for agroecosystem
management. In northern China, the effects of green manure on production of the region's …

Ethiopia's wheat production pathways to self-sufficiency through land area expansion, irrigation advance, and yield gap closure

AF Senbeta, W Worku - Heliyon, 2023‏ - cell.com
Ethiopia is the second largest wheat producer in Africa. Though wheat production has been
increasing steadily in the past decades, the demand for the crop outstripped domestic …

Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers

J Poore, T Nemecek - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Food's environmental impacts are created by millions of diverse producers. To identify
solutions that are effective under this heterogeneity, we consolidated data covering five …

Yield performance response to field configuration of maize and soybean intercrop** in China: A meta-analysis

S Yang, Y Zhao, Y Xu, J Cui, T Li, Y Hu, X Qian, Z Li… - Field Crops …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Context Intercrop** of maize and soybean has proven to be a sustainable crop**
system all over the world. In recent years, as imports of maize and soybean have increased …

Narrowing maize yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Zambia: what interventions, where, and for whom?

JV Silva, F Baudron, H Ngoma, I Nyagumbo… - Agronomy for …, 2023‏ - Springer
Maize production in Zambia must increase with a view towards improved food security and
reduced food imports whilst avoiding cropland expansion. To achieve this, it is important to …

On the development and use of farm models for policy impact assessment in the European Union–A review

P Reidsma, S Janssen, J Jansen, MK van Ittersum - Agricultural systems, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Farm models are potentially relevant tools for policy impact assessment. Governments and
international organizations use impact assessment (IA) as an ex-ante policy process and …

Exploring farmers' intentions to adopt mobile Short Message Service (SMS) for citizen science in agriculture

E Beza, P Reidsma, PM Poortvliet, MM Belay… - … and Electronics in …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Understanding farmers' intentions to use new technologies for agricultural data collection is
essential in develo** digital citizen science in agriculture. While more advanced …

Improved nutrient management in cereals using Nutrient Expert and machine learning tools: Productivity, profitability and nutrient use efficiency

J Timsina, S Dutta, KP Devkota, S Chakraborty… - Agricultural …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
CONTEXT Smallholder farmers of the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains (EIGP) of South Asia
rely mainly on cereal-based crop** systems to meet the food and nutritional demand and …

Explaining rice yields and yield gaps in Central Luzon, Philippines: An application of stochastic frontier analysis and crop modelling

JV Silva, P Reidsma, AG Laborte… - European Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Explaining yield gaps is crucial to understand the main technical constraints faced by
farmers to increase land productivity. The objective of this study is to decompose the yield …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating agri-environmental indicators, ecosystem services assessment, life cycle assessment and yield gap analysis to assess the environmental …

JE Bergez, A Bethinger, C Bockstaller, C Cederberg… - Ecological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Agriculture's primary function is the production of food, feed, fibre and fuel for the fast-
growing world population. However, it also affects human health and ecosystem integrity …