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In the 21st century, agriculture is facing numerous challenges [...]Article
Numerous studies have emphasized the necessity for major transitions in agriculture. Organic farming is presented as a way to limit the environmental impact of agriculture and produce healthier food. While studies often compare the performance o[...]Article
Food security has become a concerning issue because of global climate change and increasing populations. Agricultural production is considered one of the key factors that affects food security. The changing climate has negatively affected agricu[...]Article
Improving soil health and resilience is fundamental for sustainable food production, however the role of soil in maintaining or improving global crop productivity under climate warming is not well identified and quantified. Here, we examined the[...]Article
D. Scordia ; S.A. Corinzia ; J. Coello ; R. Vilaplana Ventura ; D.E. Jiménez-De-Santiago ; B. Singla Just ; O. Castaño-Sánchez ; C. Casas Arcarons ; M. Tchamitchian ; L. Garreau ; M. Emran ; S.Z. Mohamed ; M. Khedr ; M. Rashad ; R.S. Lorilla ; A. Parizel ; G. Mancini ; A. Iurato ; S. Ponsa ; C. Dimauro ; F. Gresta ; S.L. Cosentino ; G. Testa |Agroforestry is gaining interest due to its potential in enhancing climate resilience and sustainability of farming systems. In this meta-analysis, the crop yield in agroforestry system compared to the control (sole crop) from thirty-six experim[...]Article
D. Pasquel ; D. Cammarano ; S. Roux ; A. Castrignanò ; B. Tisseyre ; M. Rinaldi ; A. Troccoli ; J.A. Taylor |CONTEXT Most crop models are designed for point-based modeling and to simulate agronomic variables on their native spatial footprint, i.e. typically as a uniform field-scale value. Precision agriculture needs crop model simulations at sub-field [...]Article
K.P. Devkota ; M. Devkota ; M. Karrou ; V. Nangia |Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum), considered better drought tolerant, is the most cultivated wheat in Morocco and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The region, including Morocco, predominantly has rainfed production [...]Article
K.P. Devkota ; M. Devkota ; R. Moussadek ; V. Nangia |Durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) is the oldest and most cultivated cereal crop in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and under Mediterranean climatic conditions. Morocco is one of the largest producer of durum wheat in MENA r[...]Article
P. Benito-Verdugo ; J. Martínez-Fernández ; Á. González-Zamora ; L. Almendra-Martín ; J. Gaona ; C.M. Herrero-Jiménez |Given the growing interest in drought impacts on crops, this work studied the impact of agricultural drought on wheat and barley during the period 2001–2020. The study was carried out in the Spanish regions of Castilla y León and Castilla&[...]Article
Climate change poses a major sustainability challenge, with potential far-reaching economic and social impacts, including fluctuations in agricultural yields and subsequent volatility in the availability and prices of essential food resources. I[...]Article
N.Y. Rebouh ; C.V. Khugaev ; A.O. Utkina ; K.V. Isaev ; E.S. Mohamed ; D.E. Kucher |Wheat is considered to be a strategic crop for achieving food security. Wherefore, one of the current objectives of today’s agriculture is to ensure a consistent and sustainable yield of this particular crop while mitigating its environmen[...]Article
In recent years, the adverse effect of climate change on soil properties in the agricultural sector has become a dreadful reality worldwide. Climate change-induced abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought and temperature fluctuations are devas[...]Article
CONTEXT With the warming trend and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, accurate crop yield estimation is becoming urgent. Crop yield estimation mainly consists of two methods: crop model simulation and remote sensing observations[...]Article
National crop yields are difficult to estimate during a crop season and are usually only known after crop harvest. The goal of this study was to develop a simple methodology to estimate national wheat yields that could be easily applied to any c[...]Article
The economic effects of global warming have gained considerable attention in the recent economic literature. While the relationship between rainfall and agriculture is well known, precipitations alone do not capture the soil water availability, [...]Article
G. Albahri ; A.A. Alyamani ; A. Badran ; A. Hijazi ; M. Nasser ; M. Maresca ; E. Baydoun |A key concern in agriculture is how to feed the expanding population and safeguard the environment from the ill effects of climate change. To feed a growing global population, food production and security are significant problems, as food output[...]Article
J.V. Silva ; M. Jaleta ; K. Tesfaye ; B. Abeyo ; M. Devkota ; A. Frija ; I. Habarurema ; B. Tembo ; H. Bahri ; A. Mosad ; G. Blasch ; K. Sonder ; S. Snapp ; F. Baudron |A growing urban population and dietary changes increased wheat import bills in Africa to 9% per year. Though wheat production in the continent has been increasing over the past decades, to varying degrees depending on regions, this has not been [...]Article
In the future, a cropping system that guarantees food security by delivering high yields and, simultaneously, protects our environment is desperately needed. This can be achieved through a cropping system that waives chemical synthetic plant pro[...]Article
D. Paudel ; A. de Wit ; H. Boogaard ; D. Marcos ; S. Osinga ; I.N. Athanasiadis |Machine learning models for crop yield forecasting often rely on expert-designed features or predictors. The effectiveness and interpretability of these handcrafted features depends on the expertise of the people designing them. Neural networks [...]Thèse, Mémoire, Master
Cette approche étudie les effets du travail du sol, de la couverture hivernale et des méthodes d'irrigation sur la biomasse végétale et l'indice de surface foliaire (LAI). Les résultats montrent que le travail du sol favorise une biomasse et un [...]Article
A.M.S. Kheir ; K.A. Ammar ; A. Amer ; M.G.M. Ali ; Z. Ding ; A. Elnashar |Combining machine learning (ML) with dynamic models is recommended by recent research for creating a hybrid approach for robust simulations but has received less attention thus far. Herein, we combined multi- ML algorithms with multi-crop models[...]Article
Appropriate irrigation water management has attracted a considerable degree of attention because it is crucial to guarantee water and food security worldwide. A smart irrigation system is applied for the rational use of water in agricultural fie[...]Article
A.C. Sánchez ; H.N. Kamau ; F. Grazioli ; S.K. Jones |Diversified farming systems are promoted as a pathway to more sustainable agricultural production. Yet widescale adoption may be slow because of uncertainty about the viability of farmer livelihoods on diversified farms and entrenched perception[...]Article
Climate change is impacting on the agricultural sector in several ways, and the effects on yields are generally among the most observable ones. Open fields crops, such as cereals, are very vulnerable to climate change. We study the historical da[...]Article
The influence of regional climate change (CC) on agricultural production variance in the Mediterranean region has been discussed based on the assessment of the last decade. Most of the Mediterranean region has experienced frequent natural disast[...]Article
Drought is considered one of the key barriers influencing wheat production, and various adaptation schemes are practiced globally to mitigate drought impacts. However, it is difficult to precisely assess the performances of drought mitigation me[...]Article
In the context of climate change, water management is crucial for controlling the reproductive growth and quality of grapes. In this study, we aim to determine the effects of different water regimes on the yield components and chemical compositi[...]Article
A.M.S. Kheir ; G. Hoogenboom ; K.A. Ammar ; M. Ahmed ; T. Feike ; A. Elnashar ; B. Liu ; Z. Ding ; S. Asseng |Current wheat crop management practices in the Nile Delta of Egypt are unsustainable due to the overuse of limited water resources. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate opportunities to maximize wheat yield and resource efficiency[...]Article
Parcel-level cropland maps are an essential data source for crop yield estimation, precision agriculture, and many other agronomy applications. Here, we proposed a rice field mapping approach that combines agricultural field boundary extraction [...]Article
Z. Pinke ; B. Decsi ; M.K. Kardos ; Z. Kern ; Z. Kozma ; L. Pásztor ; T. Ács |The warming of the climate and shrinking freshwater resources pose serious challenges to European agriculture. Meeting these challenges demands a thorough knowledge of the major trends in soil moisture patterns across the continent over time. Ch[...]Article
A. Mamassi ; H. Marrou ; M. El Gharous ; J. Wellens ; F.-E. Jabbour ; Y. Zeroual ; A. Hamma ; B. Tychon |Crop models have evolved over the past decade to incorporate more soil-related processes. While this may open avenues to support farmers regarding fertilization practices, it also widens the pitfalls related to model parametrization. Open-access[...]Article
Lagriculture est lun des principaux secteurs émetteurs de gaz à effets de serre (GES), en étant la principale source de méthane (CH4) et de protoxyde dazote (N2O), deux importants GES autres que le CO2. Réciproquement, le climat est un facteu[...]Article
J.J. Cubillas ; M.I. Ramos ; J.M. Jurado ; F.R. Feito |Predictive systems are a crucial tool in management and decision-making in any productive sector. In the case of agriculture, it is especially interesting to have advance information on the profitability of a farm. In this sense, depending on th[...]Article
F. Chemak ; H. Mazhoud ; Z. Rached ; A. Gara ; R. Rahmeni ; H. Ghannem |In Tunisia, the development of the irrigated cereal sector plays a key role in the mitigation of the fluctuation of the rainfed production and to ensure a minimum of production. However, the archived yields remain under the expected potential pe[...]Article
R. Leogrande ; D. El Chami ; G. Fumarola ; M. Di Carolo ; G. Piegari ; M. Elefante ; D. Perrelli ; C. Dongiovanni |In agriculture, plant biostimulants have become necessary to meet the United Nations sustainable development goals (UN-SDGs) and advance the European Green Deal. In particular, seaweed-based biostimulants have received a greater acceptance for t[...]Article
Irrigated durum wheat is a staple food crop that occupies important areas in Tunisia. However, its performance remains weak, with an average national yield of no more than 7 tons ha−1 and low profitability. Overall, on-farm wheat productio[...]Article
R.V. Ionescu ; M.L. Zlati ; V.M. Antohi ; C. Fortea ; S.M. Petrea ; D.S. Cristea |This research is focused on identifying the potential of organic farming by testing the efficiency of productive yields and identifying pragmatic means to quantify it such as the function of the productive yield of organic farming. The results o[...]Article
Short-range predictions of crop yield provide valuable insights for agricultural resource management and likely economic impacts associated with low yield. Such predictions are difficult to achieve in regions that lack extensive observational re[...]Article
A. Sharma ; M. Georgi ; M. Tregubenko ; A. Tselykh ; A. Tselykh |The increasing demand of smart agriculture has led to the significant growth and development in the field of crop estimation and prediction improving its productivity. The analysis of crop age status is very important to prevent the excessive fe[...]Article
R. Duflot ; M. San-Cristobal ; E. Andrieu ; J.-P. Choisis ; D. Esquerré ; S. Ladet ; A. Ouin ; J. Rivers-Moore ; D. Sheeren ; C. Sirami ; M. Fauvel ; A. Vialatte |Farming intensity and landscape heterogeneity influence agrobiodiversity and associated ecological functions. The relative contributions of these agroecosystem components to agricultural production remain unclear because of inter-relations and w[...]Article
Taking Biodiversity Focus Areas under production or abandoning lower yielding, more extensive production systems is the wrong approach to mastering the looming global food crisis, our authors maintain.Article
Shortage of surface water is considered an international problem that has even extended to countries that have rivers, in particular countries sharing the same river basins and downstream countries, such as Egypt. This issue requires intensive m[...]Article
M. Barbouchi ; R. Lhissou ; R. Abdelfattah ; A. El Alem ; K. Chokmani ; N. Ben Aissa ; H. Cheikh Mhamed ; M. Annabi ; H. Bahri |The monitoring of cereal productions, mainly through yield estimations, has played an important role in providing reliable information to decision makers in order to ensure the proper management of agricultural markets. In this context, remote s[...]Article
Under the EU Common Agriculture Policy, only 11 of 19 sugar beet producing EU Member States provide coupled direct payments for sugar beet. This paper analyses the market effects of this uneven implementation of an agricultural policy instrument[...]Article
One important issue faced by wheat producers is temporal and spatial yield variation management at a within-field scale. Vegetation indices derived from remote-sensing platforms, such as Landsat, can provide vital information characterising this[...]Article
L. Schmidt ; M. Odening ; J. Schlanstein ; M. Ritter |CONTEXT Weather is a pivotal factor for crop production as it is highly volatile and can hardly be controlled by farm management practices. Since there is a tendency towards increased weather extremes in the future, understanding weather-related[...]Article
H. Fraga ; N. Guimarães ; T.R. Freitas ; A.C. Malheiro ; J.A. Santos |In the World Heritage Côa region, in northern Portugal, agriculture has crucial economic, social and cultural importance. Vineyards and olive groves are part of the economic base of this region, contributing to the regional commercial budget and[...]Article
Coherent improvements in crop varieties and crop husbandry and soil management practices are needed to increase global crop production in a sustainable manner. However, these practices are often discussed separately, and as a result there is lit[...]Article
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Use of Sentinel-2 Satellite for spatially variable rate fertiliser management in a sicilian vineyard
Satellites can be used for producing maps of within-field crop and soil parameters and, consequentially, spatially variable rate crop input application maps. The plant vegetative vigour index (i.e., Normalised Difference Vegetation IndexNDVI) a[...]