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Impact assessment of a local seventeen-year initiative on cassava-based soil conservation measure on sloping land as a climate-smart agriculture practice in Van Yen District, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam.

Published online: 16 Jul 2020

Authors: Bui Le Vinh & Nguyen Hai Nui & Nguyen Tuan Cuong & Nguyen Duc Trung & Trieu Hong Lua & Doan Thanh Thuy & Nguyen Duc Tung & Vu Thanh Bien & Nguyen Thu Ha

Content type: Bulletin

Van Yen District in Yen Bai Province represents the general terrain conditions and farming systems of the northern mountainous region of Vietnam. It h...

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Soil biota enhance agricultural sustainability by improving crop yield, nutrient uptake and reducing nitrogen leaching losses.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Bender, S. F. & Heijden, M. G. A. van der

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Efficient resource use is a key factor for sustainable production and a necessity for meeting future global food demands. However, the factors that co...

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Contribution of wheat and maize to soil organic carbon in a wheat-maize cropping system: a field and laboratory study.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Kan ZhengRong & Chen Zhe & Wei YuXin & Virk, A. L. & Bohoussou, Y. N. & Lal, R. & Zhao Xin & Zhang HaiLin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Retention of crop biomass is widely recommended to improve soil organic carbon (SOC). However, the magnitude of contribution of above-ground residues ...

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Economic and not ecological variables shape the sparing-sharing trade-off in a mixed cropping landscape.

Published online: 20 May 2022

Authors: Segre, H. & Carmel, Y. & Shwartz, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The framework of land sparing versus land sharing provides a useful analytical tool to address the crop-production/biodiversity trade-off. Despite mul...

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Biological pest control and yields depend on spatial and temporal crop cover dynamics.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Schneider, G. & Krauss, J. & Riedinger, V. & Holzschuh, A. & Steffan-Dewenter, I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Modern agricultural landscapes are dynamic systems with interannually changing proportions of different crop types. However, the effects of spatiotemp...

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Nitrogen mineralization, microbial biomass and crop yield as affected by wheat residue placement and fertilizer in a semi-arid tropical soil with minimum tillage.

Published online: 22 Sep 1995

Authors: Hema Singh

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of wheat residue placement and chemical fertilizer on microbial biomass, N-mineralization and crop yield were examined in a fallow-rice cv...

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The effect of crop rotation on weeds in organic arable fields.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Mayer, F. & Kuhn, G. & Urbatzka, P. & Castell, A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Crop rotation is an essential element in organic farming weed management. The effect of five different crop rotation systems on the abundance of arabl...

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Science to support climate-smart agricultural development: concepts and results from the MICCA pilot projects in East Africa.

Published online: 04 May 2016

Authors: Rosenstock, T. S. & Mpanda, M. & Kimaro, A. & Luedeling, E. & Kuyah, S. & Anyekulu, E. & Freeman, O. E. & Thiong'o, M. & Abwanda, S. & Mutuo, P. & Mativo, J. & Shaba, S. & Kirui, J. & Franzel, S. & Neufeldt, H. & Shepherd, K. & Neely, C.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO's Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme's pilot project...

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Integrating climate change into agroforestry conservation: a case study on native plant species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Published online: 23 Jan 2024

Authors: Lima, V. P. & Lima, R. A. F. de & Joner, F. & D'Orangeville, L. & Raes, N. & Siddique, I. & Steege, H. ter

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Designing multispecies systems with suitable climatic affinity and identifying species' vulnerability under human-driven climate change are current ch...

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Simulation modelling of red-winged blackbird impact on grain crops.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

Authors: Wiens, J. A. & Dyer, M. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Preliminary estimates suggested that maize contributed 30% of the toal food biomass consumed by the birds during the post-breeding roosting phase, and...

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