Horticulture based crop production site management approach(HBCPSMA) –an innovative concept for doubling farm income under dry-lands

Four major crops rice, maize, wheat and tomato were examined in the Kano River Irrigation Project. The project was divided into 3 sections; the head, middle and tail ends. One hundred farmers were randomly selected from each sections making a total of 300 hundred farmers. Net farm income, and profitability index were used to assess the profitability of the enterprises. It was concluded Rice, maize, and wheat were profitable while tomato was unprofitable that year attributable to market glut and perishability of the crop. It was recommended that storage facilities be provided by both private and government agencies to curtail the losses incurred by the farmers.

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Carbon budget measurement over 12 years at a crop production site in the silty-loam region in Belgium

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ◽

10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.07.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 246 ◽

pp. 241-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Pauline Buysse ◽

Bernard Bodson ◽

Alain Debacq ◽

Anne De Ligne ◽

Bernard Heinesch ◽

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Keyword(s):

Crop Production ◽

Carbon Budget ◽

Production Site ◽

Silty Loam

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Risk Management Strategies to Reduce Net Income Variability for Farmers

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s0081305200017131 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 117-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hamid Falatoonzadeh ◽

J. Richard Conner ◽

Rulon D. Pope

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Crop Production ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Farm Income ◽

Net Income ◽

Combination Strategy ◽

Management Tools ◽

Risk Management Strategies ◽

Price Risks ◽

The Many

AbstractThe most useful and practical strategy available for reducing variability of net farm income is ascertained. Of the many risk management tools presently available, five of the most commonly used are simultaneously incorporated in an empirically tested model. Quadratic programming provides the basis for decisionmaking in risk management wherein expected utility is assumed to be a function of the mean and variance of net income. Results demonstrate that farmers can reduce production and price risks when a combination strategy including a diversified crop production plan and participation in the futures market and the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) is implemented.

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Application of Production Site Management in Project of Improving Cutting Bed Productivity

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.889-890.1547 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 889-890 ◽

pp. 1547-1550

Author(s):

Wei Wei Chen ◽

Yan Chen

Keyword(s):

Scientific Management ◽

Site Management ◽

Production Factors ◽

Production Site ◽

Factors Of Production ◽

Cutting Bed ◽

Stage Analysis

Production site management, which uses of scientific management principles, management methods and management means to make reasonable configuration and optimization of various factors of production factors on site, ensures the smooth realization of production targets. The paper analyses the problems existed in the cutting workshop, and discusses the application of production site management in the project of improving cutting bed productivity in the following aspects, definition stage, measurement stage, analysis stage, and implement stage.

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Remediation management of complex sites using an adaptive site management approach

Journal of Environmental Management ◽

10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.04.009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 204 ◽

pp. 738-747 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

John Price ◽

Carl Spreng ◽

Elisabeth L. Hawley ◽

Rula Deeb

Keyword(s):

Management Approach ◽

Site Management

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Agricultural-to-hydropower water transfers: sharing water and benefits in hydropower-irrigation systems

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ◽

10.5194/hess-13-1091-2009 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 1091-1101 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

A. Tilmant ◽

Q. Goor ◽

D. Pinte

Keyword(s):

Irrigation Water ◽

Crop Production ◽

Management Approach ◽

Dynamic Allocation ◽

Economic Activities ◽

Water Transfers ◽

Water Resources Systems ◽

Allocation Process ◽

The Individual ◽

Large Irrigation

Abstract. This paper presents a methodology to assess agricultural-to-hydropower water transfers in water resources systems where irrigation crop production and hydropower generation are the main economic activities. In many countries, water for crop irrigation is often considered as a static asset: irrigation water is usually allocated by a system of limited annual rights to use a prescribed volume of water, which remains to a large extent independent of the availability of water in the basin. The opportunity cost (forgone benefits) of this static management approach may be important in river basins where large irrigation areas are present in the upstream reaches. Continuously adjusting allocation decisions based on the hydrologic status of the system will lead to the temporary reallocation of some (or all) of the irrigation water downstream to consumptive and/or non-consumptive users. Such a dynamic allocation process will increase the social benefits if the sum of the downstream productivities exceeds those of the upstream farmers whose entitlements are curtailed. However, this process will be socially acceptable if upstream farmers are compensated for increasing the availability of water downstream. This paper also presents a methodology to derive the individual contribution of downstream non-consumptive users, i.e. hydropower plants, to the financial compensation of upstream farmers. This dynamic management approach is illustrated with a cascade of multipurpose reservoirs in the Euphrates river basin. The analysis of simulation results reveals that, on average, the annual benefits obtained with the dynamic allocation process are 6% higher that those derived from a static allocation.

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Weed management: fact or fable?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.1981.0132 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 295 (1076) ◽

pp. 185-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Keyword(s):

Weed Control ◽

Growth Regulators ◽

Weed Management ◽

Crop Production ◽

Management Practices ◽

Production Systems ◽

Cropping System ◽

Ground Cover ◽

Management Approach ◽

Leguminous Crops

Weed management is a new term for the age-old practice of employing all available means, in a planned way, to keep weed populations under control. It seeks to distinguish the systematic approach to weed control, based on scientific knowledge and rational strategies, from the pragmatic destruction of weeds. The remarkable efficiency of herbicides has in recent years emphasized the latter and allowed revolutionary methods of crop production to be practised. These have, however, led to serious new weed problems which in turn require more intensive herbicide use. The need for a weed management approach is increasingly recognized. New opportunities for this are provided by the availability of numerous herbicides and plant growth regulators and a growing understanding of the biology, ecology and population dynamics of weeds in relation to crop production systems. Examples discussed include: systematic control of grass weeds in intensive cereals in Britain, weed control in rice and in soybeans, the control of aquatic weeds by biological and chemical methods and an experimental zero-tillage cropping system for the humid tropics based on herbicides, growth regulators and ground-cover leguminous crops. In such management systems, interference of weed behaviour by exogenous growth regulators is likely to be of increasing significance. Constraints on the adoption of weed management practices include lack of support for weed science as a discipline, limited appeal to the agrochemical industry and inadequate extension services in many countries.

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Profitability of various cropping patterns among arable crop farmers in Niger State, Nigeria

Pesquisa Agropecuária Gaúcha ◽

10.36812/pag.2021271185-198 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 185-198

Author(s):

Babatunde Stephen OJETUNDE ◽

Emmanuel Egbodo Boheje ODUM

Keyword(s):

Crop Production ◽

Farm Income ◽

Mixed Cropping ◽

Cropping Patterns ◽

Net Returns ◽

Crop Farming ◽

Sole Cropping ◽

Farm Produce ◽

The Mean ◽

Income Model

Descriptive Statistics and Net Farm Income model was used to analyze data collected from 120 Arable Farmers who adopted various cropping patterns in Niger State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the socio-economic characteristics of arable farmers, profile the cropping patterns adopted, examined the profitability and highlighted the constraints to crop production among arable farmers in the study area. Results obtained from the study show that crop farming in the area is a male dominated. The mean age of farmers was 33years, 98.3% were married, 80.8% had one form of education or the other and 68.4% adopted a three-crop mix pattern in their crop production. Two and three crop mixes enterprise were profitable than sole cropping when gross income per ha was used as an index of profitability. Profitability was higher in single crop enterprise when returns/man day was used as an index but was higher in a two and three crop mix enterprise when net returns per ha was used as a measure of profitability. Bad roads, drought, theft of farm produce, poor extension per farm advisory services and lack of credit facilities respectively were the constraint to crop production. The study concludes that mixed cropping enterprises was more profitable than sole cropping. We recommend the promotion of mixed cropping among arable farmers for increased profitability and income to farm households, that the constraints identified be addressed by all concerned authorities so as to sustain crop production, reduce food insecurity and eradicate hunger and poverty among arable farmers in the area and Nigeria as a whole.

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Analysis of Arable Farmers Agroforestry Practices in Bokkos Local Government Area, Plateau State, Nigeria

Journal of Forests ◽

10.18488/journal.101.2021.82.161.170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 161-170

Author(s):

Onuwa G.C ◽

Adepoju A.O ◽

Mailumo S.S

Keyword(s):

Crop Production ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Soil Improvement ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Farm Income ◽

Extension Services ◽

Adoption Decision ◽

Home Gardening ◽

Agroforestry Adoption ◽

Agroforestry Practices

The need to increase arable crop production to keep pace with food demands for a growing population without degrading ecosystems can only be achieved through adoption of agroforestry. Agroforestry practices help to achieve food security, biodiversity, conservation and land sustainability. The 94 famers were chosen using a multistage sampling process. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Most (74%) of respondents practiced home gardening. The significant benefits derived from agroforestry were; food/fruits (97%) and soil improvement/conservation (88%). The mean adoption index was 0.27. The log-likelihood obtained from Tobit was 67.92 indicating that the independent variables significantly explained the variation in the farmer’s adoption decision. Educational level (β=0.426) and farm experience (β=0.597) were both positive and statistically significant at ρ˂0.05; farm income (β=0.568) was significant at ρ˂0.01, and extension contact (β=-0.887, ρ˂0.01) was negative and had a negative impact on agroforestry adoption. The constraints affecting the practice of agroforestry among arable farmers were; poor policies, inadequate extension services, insufficient improved tree species among others. The study recommends intensification of extension services and provision of incentives to farmers to promote agroforestry adoption to achieve increased food production and sustainable land-use systems.

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A critical review of integrated grass weed management in Ireland

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research ◽

10.1515/ijafr-2018-0003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 15-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

R. Byrne ◽

J. Spink ◽

R. Freckleton ◽

P. Neve ◽

S. Barth

Keyword(s):

Weed Control ◽

Herbicide Resistance ◽

Weed Management ◽

Crop Production ◽

Management Approach ◽

Arable Crops ◽

Irish Context ◽

Sowing Dates ◽

Cultivation Techniques ◽

Grass Weed

AbstractGrass weeds affect arable crops throughout the world, inflicting yield penalties, reducing crop quality and taking available nutrients away from the growing crop. Recently in Ireland, the presence of herbicide resistance in grass weeds has been noted. In order to preserve the sustainability of crop production in Ireland, an integrated pest management approach must be implemented. How this applies to control grass weeds was the focus of this review. Here we examined the state of current research into grass weed biology and the nature of herbicide resistance, identifying gaps in research in the Irish context. We identified a number of cultural grass weed control techniques, as being relevant to the Irish mode of crop production. Crop rotation, cultivation techniques, manipulation of sowing dates and increased crop competition were recognised as useful strategies. Combining these strategies to provide effective grass weed control may be key to reduce dependence on herbicides.

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