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The agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific region contributes massively to climate change, as the region has the … largest share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture. The region is the largest producer of rice, a major source … use for irrigation) emissions from agriculture. Besides this, a substantial increase in livestock production for meat and …
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the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture … to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting …
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subregions. Estimations reveal that West Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia have agriculture … the inefficiencies of economic units. Using 2010-2016 panel data on agriculture production and five inputs-land, labor …, capital, fertilizer, and energy-this paper estimates the agriculture production efficiencies of the countries under five Asian …
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-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices. Given the low levels of education and technical understanding among farmers in the study area …
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scarce and critical resource in these nations. Agriculture, as the largest water-consuming sector, accounts for 64% of water … use in the PRC and 80% in India. Understanding both the demand and supply sides of water management in agriculture is …
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U.S. agriculture was transformed during the 20th century by waves of innovation with mechanical, biological, chemical …, and information technologies. Compared with a few decades ago, today's agriculture is much less labor intensive and farms …
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. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …
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