NATURAL AND CLIMATIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHAD AND ANTHRAX INCIDENCE by Mahamat Nguerabe Yamtinina, Ban-Bo Bebanto Antipas

“…There are three climatic zones in the country territory that differ in rainfall level, relief and farming system. Regional differences in territorial dependence of anthrax nidus activity as well as its cycling and seasonal character were detected. …”
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A feasibility of land consolidation in kigezi region, south western Uganda: a solution to land fragmentation, land shortage, farmer’s productivity and economic development by George Stanley, Kinyata, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…The article compares the benefits of the land under fragmentation and the land under consolidation systems and recommends strategies to transform Kigezi Region’s informal and subsistence farming system to modern, commercial agriculture to achieve food security and increase incomes of the population and economic development of the area.…”
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If you seek, you will find: second record of Melanoloma viatrix Hendel, 1911 (Diptera, Richardiidae) in pineapple in Brazil and its distribution in the country by Aprigio L. Oliveira-Filho, Israel S. Pinto, Hilda B. Luz, Thiago H. R. Pádua, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, Ricardo Adaime, Marcoandre Savaris, Roberto A. Zucchi

“…We report this pest from a single pineapple sample collected in the municipality of Itaituba, state of Pará, from a plantation operated under the family farming system. As in other South American countries, pineapple is the sole known host of M. viatrix. …”
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Making the most of grasslands and heathlands by Doyle McKey

“…Examining the diversity of soil-preparation techniques used to cultivate grasslands and heathlands, and the farming systems, both past and present, in which they are enmeshed, opens up unexplored vistas in comparative agriculture. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) for Sustainable Agriculture Nexus: A Tool for Transforming Food Systems by Turyasingura, Benson, Ayiga, Natal, Tumwesigye, Wycliffe, James, Philip Hegarty

“…CSA improves farmers’ incomes, reduces greenhouse emissions, and farming systems become resilient to climate change. Despite the vital role that CSA plays in the development of the agricultural industry and the economy, the extent to which CSA is related to sustainable agriculture (SA) is not well documented. …”
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Ecotoxicological evaluation in aquaculture in state park Serra do Mar-SP, Nucleo Itariru by Bruno Galvão de Campos, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Mauro Cornacchioni Lopes, Newton José Rodrigues da Silva

“…Toxicity was detected only in the first two sectors from the farming system, suggesting the release of contaminants upstream, which were confirmed after interviews with local producers. …”
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Rolnictwo ekologiczne a właściwości gleby i jej różnorodność biologiczna by Anna Augustyniuk-Kram

“…This review deals with the influence of organic farming, as well as with the effects the conversion of conventional to ecological farming systems have had on the quality of soil and biodiversity. …”
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Ecotype-Level Genetic Biodiversity of Five Italian Traditional Crops by Francesco Guarino, Stefano Castiglione, Giovanni Improta, Maria Triassi, Angela Cicatelli

“…Efforts to maintain and further increase biodiversity in farming systems require a better understanding of the existing diversity created by traditional farming practices. …”
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New Insights into Fertilisation with Animal Manure for Annual Double-Cropping Systems in Nitrate-Vulnerable Zones of Northeastern Spain by Dolores Quilez, Monica Guillén, Marta Vallés, Arturo Daudén, Beatriz Moreno-García

“…This study aims to assess whether in these farming systems, animal manure can be applied, using adequate management practices, at levels exceeding the maximum annual amount of livestock manure established in the European Nitrate Directive for vulnerable zones (170 kg N ha⁻¹) without increasing the risk of water nitrate contamination. …”
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Allelopathic Effects of Sphaeranthus suaveolens on Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Phaseolus vulgaris and Oryza sativa by Hudson C. Laizer, Musa N. Chacha, Patrick A. Ndakidemi

“…Weeds with allelopathic effect have been reported to cause significant damage in agriculture particularly in smallholder farming systems. This study assessed the allelopathic effects of different concentrations of crude extract of a noxious weed Sphaeranthus suaveolens on seed germination and seedling growth of Phaseolus vulgaris and Oryza sativa by examining germination, seedling height, and total chlorophyll content after seven and fourteen days of crude extract treatment, respectively. …”
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EE-SAMS: An adaptive, SNN based energy-efficient data aggregation framework for agrovoltaic monitoring systems by Blessina Preethi R, Berin Shalu S, Saranya Nair M, Vergin Raja Sarobin M

“…The proposed EE-SAMS model introduces an energy-efficient approach to reduce sensor node energy depletion caused by redundant data transmissions in agrovoltaic farming systems. At the node level, redundancy is minimized using a Euclidean distance-based threshold, forwarding only non-redundant data to the aggregator. …”
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La territorialisation des politiques environnementales. Le cas de la pollution nitrique de l’eau par l'agriculture by Anne Lacroix, François Bel, Amédée Mollard, Emmanuelle Sauboua

“…This variability depends especially on climate, soil types and farming systems. Our interdisciplinary researches, carried out on two different sites in France, show that space and time heterogeneity influence farm practices to be implemented in order to reduce pollution at the standard level. …”
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Evolution and diversity of institutions: Using institutional grammar to analyze governance changes in traditional crop-livestock systems by Irene Pérez-Ibarra, Alicia Tenza-Peral, Diego Soler-Navarro, Diego Arahuetes-de la Iglesia, Carmen Garate-Marín

“…This study allows us to propose a robust methodological approach to qualitatively analyze institutional arrangements associated with the use of natural resources in farming systems, and to discuss how institutions adapt to policy changes and to new social and environmental realities.…”
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Different methods of bacterial inoculation on the yield of chamomile blossoms and essential oil by A. Mostafa, M. Khalafallah, S. AboSedera, H. Fathy, A. Higazy

“…This work aimed at enhancement of blossoms and oil production of chamomile plants via biofertilization with PGPRs under organic farming system. In this study, 6 bacterial strains were applied using two different inoculation techniques. …”
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Principles, barriers and enablers to agroecological animal production systems: a qualitative approach based on five case studies by B. Dumont, C. Barlagne, P. Cassart, J.E. Duval, A. Fanchone, J-L. Gourdine, O. Huguenin-Elie, Y. Kazakova, J. Klötzli, A. Lüscher, E. Oteros-Rozas, D. Pomies, M.G. Rivera Ferre, W.A.H. Rossing, V. Stefanova, A. Swartebroeckx, C. Zagaria

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« La Terre » de Zola, une histoire biogéochimique de la Beauce au XIXe siècle by Juliette Anglade, Gilles Billen, Josette Garnier

“…The results show that nitrogen fluxes were approximatively in balance in those mixed-farming systems, thus minimizing nitrogen environmental losses and ensuring good water quality. …”
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Intercropping of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Optimize Crop Performance and System Productivity in Ethiopia: Systematic Review by Yohannes Gelaye

“…Intercropping is an essential farming system that combines multiple crop species simultaneously. …”
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Guard Dogs to Protect Sheep Grazing in Fenced Pastures Against Wolf: a New and Still Challenging Practice by Baptiste Potet, Charles-Henri Moulin, Michel Meuret

“…Predation by wolves affects all livestock farming systems, including those having different batches of animals being simultaneously grazed in distinct and sometimes distant fenced pastures scattered over a landscape. …”
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Assessment of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) of Sheep Farmers Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Tunisia, North Africa by Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Syrine Rekik, Rihab Romdhane, Limam Sassi, Felicitas Bergmann, Martin H. Groschup, Mourad Rekik, Mohamed Gharbi

“…A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitudes/practices, and perceptions (KAP) of 86 farmers of extensive sheep farming systems across different agro-ecological areas in Tunisia. …”
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Basalt Rock Dust Amendment on Soil Health Properties and Inorganic Nutrients—Laboratory and Field Study at Two Organic Farm Soils in New England, USA by Justin B. Richardson

“…Basalt rock dust (RD) is a rock quarry byproduct that may improve soil health in organic farming systems. RD was applied at two contrasting organic farms (the no-till VT-Farm in Thetford, Vermont, and the tilled MA-Farm in Barre, Massachusetts) and in soil batch reactors to investigate the impacts of basalt RD applications (6.7 tons ha⁻¹) on physical and chemical soil health properties. …”
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