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Gonçalves, Júlia Alves Roque. "Yield gap explaining factors and solutions to improve yields in a maize farm in Portugal." Master's thesis, ISA, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21289.

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Mestrado em Engenharia Agronómica / Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Universidade de Lisboa<br>Over the decades, it has been found that agricultural intensification, that is, the increase in production per hectare, is substantially urgent and necessary, justified by the observed and expected population increase and the impossibility of agricultural expansion. One of the methods for achieving this goal is the study and investigation of yield gaps, which may be explained by unfavorable soil and climate conditions, or less adequate input management. Given the socio-economic importance of maize c

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Metcalfe, Todd Andrew. "Modeling Farm-Level Costs of the Yield Reserve Program." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44252.

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Nonpoint Source (NPS) pollution, pollution that comes from diffuse sources that are difficult to trace back to a single point such as farm fields, is a major concern affecting America's water ways. Nationally, agriculture is the leading source of water impairment and has also been identified as the largest source of pollution affecting the Chesapeake Bay. There are proposals now for a program that would pay farmers to use 15 percent less than the extension recommended amount of fertilizer. Known as the Yield Reserve Program, or Enhanced Nutrient Management, this policy could possibly help t

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Sturge, Danial. "The energy yield impacts of wind farm design and location." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11615/.

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It is notoriously difficult to improve the accuracy of predicting energy yield for wind farms due to the balance between computational power, time, and accuracy. This is a real world problem for wind farm developers, society, and the environment, because it leads to less than optimal energy yield from a site and may lead to some sites not being developed. This thesis addresses this problem by experimenting with the development of a new hybrid computational fluid dynamics approach to wind farm design based on combining established engineering theory. Actuator disc theory used for replicating th

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Powers, Laura A. "IMPROVING FARM MANAGEMENT DECISIONS BY ANALYZING SITE-SPECIFIC ECONOMIC DATA DEVELOPED FROM YIELD MAPS." UKnowledge, 2002. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/167.

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This thesis examines the use of precision agriculture data, specifically yield maps, for makingsite-specific economic decisions for improved farm management. The adoption of precisionagriculture on farms has allowed producers to collect a greater quantity and more specificinformation about production than ever before. With such information, site-specific decisions canbe made. Incorporating economic data with yield map data, two primary decision examples aredeveloped: defining areas of production and nonproduction and managing temporal risk spatiallyacross a field. Included with the production/

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Simpkin, Simon Piers. "The effects of breed and management on milk yield of camels in Kenya." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245729.

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Pasman, Egbert Jan. "The development of control and prediction systems for milk yield and mastitis from field data." Thesis, University of Reading, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.359436.

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Upson, Matthew A. "The carbon storage benefits of agroforestry and farm woodlands." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2014. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/9298.

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Planting trees on agricultural land either as farm woodlands or agroforestry (trees integrated with farming) is one option for reducing the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Trees store carbon as biomass, and may increase carbon storage in the ground. A review of the literature outlined uncertainty relating to changes in carbon storage after planting trees on agricultural land. The aim of this thesis is to deter¬mine the impact of tree planting on arable and pasture land in terms of above and belowground carbon storage and thereby address these uncertainties, and assess the implications for

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Manyame, Comfort. "On farm yield and water use response of pearl millet to different management practices in Niger." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1203.

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Fleuridor, Louceline. "Soil Quality and Yield of Corn and Forage as Affected by Two Years of Consecutive Gypsum Application." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555628005137812.

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Pulido, Ruben G. "Interaction of pasture condition, concentrate supplementation and milk yield level in relation to dairy cow performance and behaviour." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.311536.

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Noor-E-Sabiha. "Environmental impact of high yield variety rice cultivation in Bangladesh: a study based on farm level data." Thesis, Curtin University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1990.

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This thesis conducts a comprehensive evaluation of the environmental impact of high yield variety (HYV) rice agriculture. More specifically, this thesis estimates environmental impact-induced loss in production efficiency and evaluates environmental impact-specific external costs. Findings of this study recommends that policy makers should consider the harmfulness of specific environmental impacts and socio-environmental and agro-economic factors that determine the level of eco-efficiency and the external cost through environmental impact management projects.

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McCullough, Christopher Thomas. "The effects of wildflower plots and diverse landscapes on ecosystem services, bee communities, and on-farm tick abundance." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98733.

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Conservation of natural habitats and planting wildflower plots are two commonly promoted tactics to enhance pollination services and biological control of crop pests, which are ecosystem services that can improve agricultural outputs. There are several programs at various levels of government in the United States that landowners can use to defray the costs of implementing these conservation strategies. Studies of European Agricultural Environmental Schemes have shown these tactics to have positive outcomes for crop production. However, real-world applications of cost-sharing programs have not

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McCullough, Christopher T. "The effects of wildflower plots and diverse landscapes on ecosystem services, bee communities, and on-farm tick abundance." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98733.

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Conservation of natural habitats and planting wildflower plots are two commonly promoted tactics to enhance pollination services and biological control of crop pests, which are ecosystem services that can improve agricultural outputs. There are several programs at various levels of government in the United States that landowners can use to defray the costs of implementing these conservation strategies. Studies of European Agricultural Environmental Schemes have shown these tactics to have positive outcomes for crop production. However, real-world applications of cost-sharing programs have not

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Flomo, Stephen T. "Investigation of Yield and Quality of Grafted Heirloom and Hybrid Tomatoes." TopSCHOLAR®, 2010. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/138.

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Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) are one of the most popular vegetable crops grown for fresh market and processing in the U.S. Grafting involves the uniting of a shoot or bud scion with a rootstock to form a compound plant, mainly for managing soil-borne diseases and increasing crop yield. The objectives were to examine the effects of reciprocal and self grafts on tomato fruits, number of fruits, weight, and quality of the cultivars, ‘Cherokee Purple’, ‘Mister Stripey’, ‘Crista’, and ‘Maxifort’. Grafted seedlings were planted at WKU Farm on raised beds, protected with red or black pla

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Haruna, Bashiru. "Measuring the Effects of Weather-index Insurance Purchase on Farm Investment and Yield among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1437745690.

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Wild, de Marc Noël. "A VIEW INTO FUTURE POTENTIAL ICE THROW POLICIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE YIELD OF A VIRTUAL WIND FARM." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-328214.

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There is a growth of wind power development in icing climates, in which ice accumulation on objects takes place. This leads to specific challenges including ice throw, the detachment of ice from wind turbine blades. The lack of understanding of the ice throw phenomenon among authorities leads to the fact that there is no coherence in the applied ice throw mitigation policies in various countries and regions, which can cause safety- and financial hazards for wind farms in icing climates. This research focusses on ice throw risk mitigation methods and their effect on a wind farms yield. Qualitat

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Irfan, Kamran. "Adaptation of the generic crop model STICS for rice (Oryza sativa L.) using farm data in Camargue." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM4355.

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Le modèle de culture STICS a été adapté pour la culture du riz inondé et la capacité de prédiction du modèle a été évaluée pour la simulation de la biomasse à la récolte et du rendement en grains. La base de données utilisée pour ce travail résulte de la collecte de données au champ sur des parcelles en Camargue (sud-Est de la France) gérées par les agriculteurs. Pour la modélisation, ne disposant que très peu de données d’expérimentation, une procédure originale d’utilisation des données obtenues à la ferme a été développée. Ce travail est composé de trois phases: (i) une analyse de la base d

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Tücer, Renas. "INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL REASONS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UNDERPERFORMANCE OF AN OPERATIONAL WIND FARM." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-299538.

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Wind farms are costly projects and prior to the construction, comprehensive wind resource assessment processes are carried out in order to predict the future energy yield with a reliable accuracy. These estimations are made to constitute a basis for the financial assessment of the project. However, predicting the future always accommodates some uncertainties and sometimes these assessments might overestimate the production. Many different factors might account for a discrepancy between the pre-construction wind resource assessment and the operational production data. This thesis investigates a

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Maurer, Jacob Lafe. "The development of a conceptual benchmarking tool representing big data and agricultural technology adoption on the farm." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/19071.

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Master of Agribusiness<br>Department of Agricultural Economics<br>Gregory Ibendahl<br>One of the latest buzzes amongst agriculture is the storage and analysis of “Big Data.” There are a number of questions surrounding the quality, quantity, and capacity of big data to form real-world decisions based upon past information. Much like the teachings of history, the storybook that big data can reveal about a grower’s operation may hold the answers to the question of: “what is necessary to increase food production which will be required to feed an ever-growing world?” With the increase in interest i

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Cerri, Domingos Guilherme Pellegrino. "Agricultura de precisão em cana-de-açucar : instrumentação de uma colhedora, mapeamento da produtividade e de atributos do solo." [s.n.], 2005. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257228.

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Orientador: Paulo Sergio Graziano Magalhaes<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T10:35:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cerri_DomingosGuilhermePellegrino_D.pdf: 4121488 bytes, checksum: 9b91abea04eca837abde9f7e2597aa56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005<br>Resumo: A presente pesquisa visa instrumentar uma colhedora de cana-de-açúcar para obtenção de mapas de produtividade da cultura e ao mesmo tempo, avaliar e correlacionar os atributos físicos e químicos do solo com os dados de produtividade. Os mapas

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Doyle, Steven Doyle. "Relationships Between Cropping Practices, Soil Quality, and Maize (Zea mays L) Yield in Morogoro Region, Tanzania." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1528987286318244.

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Ali, Muhammad. "Probabilistic modelling techniques and a robust design methodology for offshore wind farms." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/probabilistic-modelling-techniques-and-a-robust-design-methodology-for-offshore-wind-farms(f8f6c1b9-d237-4d38-b7cf-ebab57a1d4f1).html.

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Wind power installations have seen a significant rise all over the world in the past decade. Further significant growth is expected in the future. The UK’s ambitions for offshore wind installations are reflected through Round 1, 2 and 3 projects. It is expected that Round 3 alone will add at least 25 GW of offshore wind generation into the system. Current research knowledge is mostly limited to smaller wind farms, the aim of this research is to improve offline and online modelling techniques for large offshore wind farms. A critical part of offline modelling is the design of the wind farm. Des

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Larcombe, Michael Tinniswood. "The effects of manipulating reproduction on the productivity and profitability of dairy herds which graze pasture /." Connect to thesis, 1989. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000650.

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Cassidy, Daniel L. "An economic and environmental analysis of farm-level windbreak agroforestry management systems in eastern Nebraska /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924955.

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VAGLIA, VALENTINA ADA ROSA. "NEW RESEARCH ON AGROTECHNICS FOR ORGANIC RICE PRODUCTION AND THEIR SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/924462.

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Questa tesi studia e valuta le tecniche agronomiche legate alla coltivazione del riso biologico nell'area del Nord Italia. Il finanziamento principale di questa tesi deriva dal progetto MIPAAF "Risobiosystems", iniziato nel 2017 e terminato nel 2020. Gli studi presentati sono collegati alla strategia europea di produzione alimentare sostenibile "Farm to Fork", che è il fulcro del Green Deal europeo per rendere i sistemi alimentari equi, sani e rispettosi dell'ambiente, incoraggiando l'espansione del settore dell'agricoltura biologica (Commissione europea 2020). Come riportato in letteratura,

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Edlin, Diana J. "Heirloom and Hybrid Tomato Yield and Quality in Organic and Conventional Production Systems." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/135.

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Due to the recent changes in the economy of Kentucky tobacco production, some producers are seeking an alternative crop that will provide similar economic gains to tobacco without needing more acreage. Tomatoes are an existing crop in Kentucky that have been declining in acreage over the last five years. There is evidence to suggest that, through niche and local marketing, tomatoes may be able to fill the void left by tobacco. However, there is concern among producers that they will lose yield and/or quality if they switch to one of these niche production systems or cultivars. A two year st

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Sutton, Claire L. "Impact of Management on Soil Fertility and Rice Yields in Smallholder Farms in Tanzania." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431003210.

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Hinrichsen, Jorden. "Serviceberry: Potential North Dakota Accessions for the Nursery Industry." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28671.

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Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.) is an ornamental Rosaceous shrub producing delicate white flowers that yield fruit similar in appearance and nutrition to blueberry (Vaccinium spp.). Most serviceberry are propagated in Canada and, as imported stocks are often expensive, clones were accessed from 70 locations in North Dakota. Following establishment, a replicated field trial of wild biotypes of serviceberry was initiated at the North Dakota State University Horticulture Research Farm (NDSU HRF) near Absaraka, ND and at the Williston Research and Extension Center (WREC) in Wi

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Fischer, Sahrah [Verfasser], and Georg [Akademischer Betreuer] Cadisch. "Environmental and farm management effects on food nutrient concentrations and yields of East African staple food crops / Sahrah Fischer ; Betreuer: Georg Cadisch." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2021. http://d-nb.info/123281217X/34.

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Baker, Kahlil. "Using product-specific fuelwood yields to assess economic viability : a case study of farm-based Gliricidia sepium and Caesalpinia velutina plantations in Nicaragua." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43232.

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Non-industrial fuelwood plantations are commonly seen as a means of improving rural livelihoods while helping to meet energy demand. However, for smallholders to invest in the establishment of fuelwood plantations, economic viability is required. Two of the greatest sources of uncertainty in evaluating the economic viability of fuelwood plantations are the effects that market-specific requirements can have on the stumpage price a plantation owner can hope to receive and the lack of appropriate growth and yield information. The primary objective of this thesis was to determine if Caesalpinia ve

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Cesaro, Giacomo. "Emerging issues in animal husbandry: effects of reduced protein supply in animal farms and methodologies for fatty acid analysis in biological samples." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3423701.

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Aim of this thesis was to explore the effects of suboptimal N supplies on animals of different species on production performances to achieve an effective reduction of N excretion avoiding, or limiting, the economic losses due to impairment of performance or reduced quality of products. As aside different methods of fatty acid analysis were evaluated to identify an accurate and repeatable methodology of extraction of fatty acids that prevents isomerisation of PUFA and conjugated linoleic acid. All the contributions of this thesis have been published or submitted to international peer reviewed j

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Teklay, Tesfay. "Organic inputs from agroforestry trees on farms for improving soil quality and crop productivity in Ethiopia /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/2005122.pdf.

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(7038185), Andrew Anderson. "The impact of cover crops on farm finance and risk: insights from Indiana farm data using econometric and stochastic methods." Thesis, 2019.

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<p>For agricultural soils to be perpetually productive, farmers must maintain and improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the soil. The loss of soil to erosion is a major challenge to soil health, contributing to farmland loss and declines in productivity. This is a long-term problem for agriculture because there is a limited amount of topsoil available. Another costly loss happens when<em> residual nitrogen is lost to leaching or carried away in runoff. This is a particular problem in the fall and winter months when fields lie fallow, and there are no plants to take up ex

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Hsu, Huang-Cheng, and 許煌城. "Validation and On-Farm Testing of Several Weather Models for Predicting the Marketable Pod Yield of Vegetable Soybean in Southern Taiwan." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17451036498682628841.

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TROPPOVÁ, Halka. "Projev certifikované a farmářské sadby brambor." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-174186.

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Thesis aims to evaluate the performance of certified and farming potato seed cultivars of Red Anna and Monika. Following aspects were evaluated: number of full-grown, tuber yield, the average number of tubers in a bunch, the average weight of tubers in a bunch, the average weight of one tuber and starch content. The experiment started in 2013 on the farm of Ing. Tomáš Dušička in Plasy. In the experiment there were used cultivars of Red Anna and Monika because of good reputation. Certified seed was used in reproduction level C2, farmer seed was gained in the same location. Tubers were planted o

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(6596888), Stephanie A. DeSimini. "Evaluation of Weed Suppression and Termination Timings of Cereal Rye (Secale cereale L.) and Canola (Brassica napus L.) as Winter Cover Crops in Indiana." Thesis, 2019.

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<p></p><p>It is estimated that in the United States, agronomic weeds are responsible for about 50% of crop yield loss, costing nearly $27 billion each year. As interest in cover crops across the Midwest increases, so does the need to understand when to terminate cover crops for maximum weed control while still maintaining crop yield. Field experiments were conducted in 2017 and 2018 in Indiana to evaluate the effect of cover crop termination timings on weed control, and corn and soybean yield. Cereal rye (<i>Secale cereale </i>L.) and canola (<i>Brassica napus </i>L.) were subjected to early-

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Abro, Zewdu Ayalew. "Technology Adoption, Productivity, Efficiency, and Risk Exposure in the Ethiopian Small Farm Sector." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E459-C.

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PÁVEK, Miroslav. "Zhodnocení projevu certifikované a farmářské sadby u vybraných odrůd brambor." Master's thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-251960.

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The main aim of this thesis was to evaluate the manifestation of certified seed and farm seed in selected varieties of potatoes. The experiment started in 2015 on the estate of Agricultural faculty of the University of South Bohemia. Four varieties (Magda, Adéla, Laura, Satina) with different vegetation period were planted. The certified seed was used in step A and the farm seed was divided according to size and it was tested for the presence of virus diseases. It was established 32 plots. The harvest of testing plots was on 29th September 2015. Each plot was harvested into the separate bag. T

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Shives, Michael Robert. "Numerical models for tidal turbine farms." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/8293.

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Anthropogenic climate change is approaching predicted tipping points and there is an urgent need to de-carbonize energy systems on a global scale. Generation technologies that do not emit greenhouse gas need to be rapidly deployed, and energy grids need to be updated to accommodate an intermittent fluctuating supply. Rapidly advancing battery technology, cost reduction of solar and wind power and other emerging generation technologies are making the needed changes technically and economically feasible. Extracting energy from fast-flowing tidal currents using turbines akin to those used in

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(11211111), Madhu Lekha Guntaka. "IOT BASED LOW-COST PRECISION INDOOR FARMING." Thesis, 2021.

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<p>There is a growing demand for indoor farm management systems that can track plant growth, allow automatic control and aid in real-time decision making. Internet of Thing (IoT)-based solutions are being applied to meet these needs and numerous researchers have created prototypes for meeting specific needs using sensors, algorithms, and automations. However, limited studies are available that report on comprehensive large-scale experiments to test various aspects related to availability, scalability and reliability of sensors and actuators used in low-cost indoor farms. The purpose of this st

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Musumuvhi, Thabelo. "Biochar and poultry manure effects on selected soil physical and chemical properties and maize (Zea Mays) in a dry environment." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1087.

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MSCAGR (Soil Science)<br>Department of Soil Science<br>Poultry manure (PM) is an inexpensive source of fertilizer but it decomposes quickly and releases carbon and greenhouse gases. Biochar (BC) could be an alternative source of carbon to improve soil quality and reduce greenhouse gas emission. This study investigated the effect of co-application of BC and PM on selected soil physical and chemical properties and performance of maize. A field experiment was conducted at the University of Venda experimental farm during 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons. The experiment was a 4 x 3 factorial arrange

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KECSEIOVÁ, Klára. "Efektivnost produkce vybraných konvenčních a ekologických farem v západních Čechách." Master's thesis, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-54932.

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The aim of the work is to analyse the production efficiency of conventional and organic farms in the Western Bohemia. Based on the data of questionnaire investigation in 2009 I selected four farms from the Pilsen Region. Evaluative criteria were as follows: the total area under cultivation, farming system (conventional or organic), type of arable crops (especially wheat, oat, potatoes). The data were extracted from terrain investigation, telephone conversations, interview with farmers, yearbook of organic farming, situational review and forecast balance of Czech Statistical Office and Ministry

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Linden, Valerie M. G. "How vertebrate communities affect quality and yield of macadamia farms in Levubu, South Africa." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1286.

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PhD (Zoology)<br>Department of Zoology<br>Ecosystem services and disservices are important features in agro-ecosystems and both can have relevant economic impacts on farmers. While there has been much research on the value of ecosystem services, especially that of pest control by bats and birds, ecosystem disservices are often overlooked or estimated separately. Both, services and disservices, however, change with landscape and may be supported by natural vegetation. It is hence inevitable to assess them together to uncover their relative value and importance. Habitat loss and fragmentation ar

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PaulusWinoto and 黃金龍. "Wind resource and potential energy yield from offshore wind farms in the coastal region of western Taiwan." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36875982571475072979.

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碩士<br>國立成功大學<br>土木工程學系碩博士班<br>100<br>In recent years, many developed countries have been competing to explore new energy resources, especially in offshore wind turbines. Compared with, onshore wind turbines, offshore winds tend to flow at higher speeds. Consequently allowing offshore wind turbines to harness greater energy yields. This thesis investigates available offshore winds in western Taiwan. The WindFarm and Wind Atlas Application Program (WAsP) software is used in this study as a simulation tool to evaluate potential energy in western Taiwan. This thesis also analyzes the correlation

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Derera, John. "Genetic effects and associations between grain yield potential, stress tolerance and yield stability in southern African maize (Zea mays L.) base germplasm." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5333.

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Maize (Zea mays L.) is the principal crop of Southern Africa but production is threatened by gray leaf spot (Cercospora zea-maydis L.) and phaeosphaeria leaf spot (Phaeosphaeria maydis L.) diseases, drought and the use of unadapted cultivars, among other constraints. There are few studies of gray leaf spot (GLS) and Phaeosphaeria leaf spot (PLS) resistance, drought tolerance, yield stability and maize cultivar preferences in Southern Africa. The objective of this study was to: a) determine farmers’ preferences for cultivars; b) investigate the gene action and heritability for resistance to GLS

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Sipangule, Kacana. "Large-Scale Land Investments and Land-Use Change." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E345-2.

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Sibiya, Julia. "Breeding investigations for resistance to Phaeosphaeria Leaf Spot (PLS) and other important foliar diseases and a study of yield stability in African maize germplasm." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8136.

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Maphote, Vongani Terrence. "Ecosystem services and disservices of ants in subsistence farming (Limpopo Province) : an experimental approach in mango orchards." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/977.

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Siyoko, Kotose Joseph. "The use of chlorpyrifos to control American bollworm (helicoverpa armigera) in oranges (citrus sinensis l.) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4828.

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The objectives of this study were to establish the effectiveness of chlorpyrifos in suppressing H. armigera population in oranges and to determine the effect chlorpyrifos had on the health of farm pesticide operators. Experiments showed that by applying chlorpyrifos on orange trees, H. armigera larvae population was suppressed significantly. High fruit yields were realized from trees that were sprayed with chlorpyrifos. Visual observation of personnel involved in pesticide related duties, revealed that judicious use of pesticides was not practiced by farm workers in all three farms. Data anal

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Masere, Tirivashe Phillip. "The applicability of the agricultural production systems simulator (APSIM) model to decision-making in small-scale, resource-constrained farming systems : a case study in the Lower Gweru Communal area, Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8734.

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Small-scale farmers rarely get enough yields to sustain themselves to the next harvest. Most of these farmers are located in marginal areas with poor soils and in semi-arid areas which receive little rainfall yet the farmers practice rainfed agriculture. A number of reasons can be attributed to the low yields characterizing these farms. Lack of relevant knowledge for decision-making and climate change are among the major reasons for poor yields. Whilst there is not much the small-scale farmers can do to influence climate, they can at least make informed decisions to improve their yields. The i

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