Effects of fertilizer broadcasting on the excessive use of inorganic fertilizers and environmental sustainability

KMA Rahman, D Zhang - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The excessive use of inorganic fertilizers causes serious environmental degradation,
resulting in lower crop yields in Bangladesh. Seventy percent of Bangladesh farmers …

Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

AV Manjunatha, AR Anik, S Speelman, EA Nuppenau - Land use policy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this article, we analyze the impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and
crop diversity on farm profit and efficiency of 90 groundwater irrigated farms in the hard rock …

Food security through increasing technical efficiency and reducing postharvest losses of rice production systems in Bangladesh

S Majumder, BK Bala, FM Arshad, MA Haque… - Food Security, 2016 - Springer
Rice accounts for nearly 70% of calories consumed in Bangladesh. Therefore, any effort to
improve food security in the country must find ways to increase availability of rice. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring competitiveness of surface water versus ground water irrigation and their impacts on rice productivity and efficiency: An empirical analysis from …

MA Salam, S Rahman, AR Anik, SC Sharna - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Competitiveness of groundwater versus surface water for irrigation is evaluated.•
Groundwater irrigation technology enhances rice productivity and efficiency.•Dominance of …

Improvement of economic and sustainability performance of agribusiness management using ecological technologies in Indonesia

J Mariyono - International Journal of Productivity and Performance …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the implications of and assess the
economic and sustainable impact of environmentally friendly technological packages …

Impact of human capital on technical efficiency in sustainable food crop production: a meta-analysis

L Hoang-Khac, T Tiet, N To-The… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A meta-analysis is substantial for integrating the findings of all related studies
into one consistent research to establish a knowledge bank of a common issue. Although …

Rule-of-thumb instructions to improve fertilizer management: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

M Islam, S Beg - Economic Development and Cultural …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Heavy government subsidies have led to inefficient application and overuse of fertilizer in
Bangladesh. This results in above-optimal costs to farmers as well as to the environment …

Technical efficiency and the adoption of multiple agricultural technologies in the mountainous areas of Northern Vietnam

N Lampach, N To-The, T Nguyen-Anh - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
We examine the role of adopting environmentally-friendly agricultural technologies on the
technical efficiency (TE) among maize farmers in the mountainous areas of Northern …

What influences Bangladeshi Boro rice farmers' adoption decisions of recommended fertilizer doses: A case study on Dinajpur district

FA Sunny, L Fu, MS Rahman, TTP Karimanzira… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Due to the combined effect of biotic and abiotic constraints, rising population pressure, and
inelastic demand in the crop and horticulture sector, Bangladesh has had to adopt heavily …

Understanding the determinants and impact of the adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems in water-scarce areas of Bangladesh

FA Sunny, TTP Karimanzira, W Peng… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Bangladesh's quest to achieve sustainable development goals has highlighted
the need to enhance resilience against the challenges that interconnected food, energy, and …