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’ participative behaviour in collective actions for constructing and operating small-scale groundwater irrigation systems on the … for the future development of collective action. The results of this study also have implications for national irrigation … plans for small-scale irrigation facilities in other developing countries. Originality/value – A consideration of the …
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While waiting for the removal of cotton subsidies, farmers can benefit from the adoption of GM cotton varieties currently available to them, as the experiences of China and India indicate.
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Many studies have demonstrated the sensitivities of crop yield to a changing climate, a major challenge for the agricultural research community is to relate these findings to the wider societal concern with food security. Apart from few exceptions, the likely impacts of climate change on...
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exceeded. Water pressure provides the kinematic energy used on irrigation systems to spray the water on the field. The amount … of water that the irrigation system can provide per hour should be carefully monitored to save water in dry areas. The …. Results show sensor nodes exhibit a 4% average error, and 9% packet loss maximum. Both values are adequate for crop irrigation …
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Discusses the importance of sharing existing knowledge and technologies, generating new knowledge and enhancing capacity for applying it to reduce the risks of climate change.
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Farmers may help solve the food, feed, and fuel crises, and prosper as a result, with the aid of political support and investments in agriculture.
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We use original water user group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China to examine the effect of water … for private irrigation. This tendency is associated with an increased probability that the remaining members do not … difficulties among the remaining members whose fields are separated by former members who have now opted out for private irrigation …
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This article attempts to determine the long-term productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs by measuring trends in total factor productivity for production systems in both states since the advent of the Green Revolution. These measurements over...
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Asia, a region that accounts for nearly half of the global groundwater used for irrigation. Over the past three decades …Groundwater exploitation has been instrumental in raising agricultural productivity and reducing rural poverty in South … there has been an explosion of private investment in borewells and mechanized pumps, which has allowed access to groundwater …
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Abstract Population aging challenges pay-as-you-go pension systems. Solving the associated funding problem constantly motivates reform processes. In addition to an aging population, specific regulations of the German public pension system lead to an increasing financial burden of national...
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