Search Results - "High Potential"

Quantitative variation and interrelationship between factors influencing cassava yield by Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas, Dixon, Alfred G.O.

“…Conclusion and application of findings: Indirect path analysis revealed that selection of high potential clones could be achieved based on storage root number, storage root size and storage root diameter as the main yield components contributing factors to yield enhancement in cassava, and could be used as selection criteria for higher storage root yield potential. …”
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Rye production under acid soils and drought conditions: An alternative for the sustainability of High Andean livestock farming in Peru by Carrasco Chilon, William Leoncio, Alvarez García, Wuesley Yusmein, Cervantes Peralta, Marieta Eliana, Quilcate Pairazamán, Carlos Enrique, Vásquez, Hector V.

“…The rye (Secale cereale L.) crop shows a high potential to contribute to the sustainability of high Andean livestock because it supports the agroclimatic conditions and acid soils in the Peruvian Andes. …”
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Adsorption and transport of imazapyr through intact soil columns taken from two soils under two tillage systems by Porfiri, Carolina, Montoya, Jorgelina Ceferina, Koskinen, William C., Azcarate, Mariela Pamela

“…Some evidence of sorption non-equilibrium was seen in column experiments with IMZ; retardation factors were close to one, demonstrating the low sorption and the high potential to leach of this compound.…”
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Identifiering av områden med risk för fosforförluster genom ytavrinning by Larsson, Anders

“…This ability is of great importance because potential erosion should be calculated on areas with net erosion. Areas with high potential erosion have an increased risk for phosphorus losses due to surface runoff. …”
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Utilizing floodwaters for recharging depleted aquifers and sustaining irrigation: lessons from multi-scale assessments in the Ganges River Basin, India by Pavelic, Paul, Sikka, Alok, Alam, Mohammad Faiz, Sharma, Bharat R., Muthuwatta, Lal P., Eriyagama, Nishadi, Villholth, Karen G., Shalsi, S., Mishra, V. K., Jha, S. K., Verma, C.L., Sharma, N., Reddy, V.R., Rout, S.K., Kant, L., Govindan, M., Gangopadhyay, P., Brindha, K., Chinnasamy, P., Smakhtin, V.

“…The challenges and opportunities for more wide-scale implementation of UTFI are identified and discussed in this report. In areas with high potential for implementation, policy makers should consider UTFI as an option when making decisions associated with relevant water-related development challenges.…”
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High-Andean oat (Altoandina) as alternative for Colombia’s high-altitude dairy systems: an economic analysis by Enciso, Karen, Castillo, Javier, Albarracín, Luis, Campuzano, L, Burkart, Stefan

“…According to our findings, supplementation with Altoandina at 35%, i.e. during critical times, has high potential to improve efficiency and profitability. …”
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Sustainable rice production in African inland valleys: Seizing regional potentials through local approaches by Rodenburg, J., Zwart, Sander J., Kiepe, P., Narteh, L.T., Dogbe, W., Wopereis, Marco C.S.

“…The objective of this paper is to provide a methodology to facilitate fulfilment of the regional agricultural potential of inland valleys in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) such that local rural livelihoods are benefited and regional objectives of reducing poverty and increasing food safety are met, while safeguarding other inland-valley ecosystem services of local and regional importance. High-potential inland valleys should be carefully selected and developed and highly productive and resource-efficient crop production methods should be applied. …”
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Avena sativa AV25-T (Altoandina) supplementation as alternative for Colombia's high-altitude dairy systems: An economic analysis by Enciso, Karen, Castillo, Javier, Albarracín, Luis, Campuzano, L, Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren, Burkart, Stefan

“…According to our findings, supplementation with Altoandina at 35%, i.e., during critical times, has high potential to improve efficiency and profitability. …”
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Farming systems, food security and farmers' awareness of ecosystem services in inland valleys: A study from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana by Alemayehu, T., Assogba, G.M., Gabbert, S., Giller, Kenneth E., Hammond, James, Arouna, A., Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Ven, G.W.J. van de

“…Though it is widely assumed that IVs have a high potential to contribute to food security of West African countries, a comprehensive assessment of farming systems addressing agricultural, institutional, food security, poverty, and ecosystem indicators is still lacking. …”
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AICCRA Facilitating Gender Smart Technologies Using Community Technology Parks by Yeboah, Stephen, Adomako, Joseph, Amankwaa-Yeboah, Patricia, Frimpong-Anin, Kofi, Haleegoah, Joyce, Eyram Amengor, Natson, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Kyere, Reginald, Obeng, Faustina, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…AICCRA interventions have shown a high potential for improved yield and income this has important implications for climate policy in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana.…”
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The blue carbon market in Vietnam: Future development, potential and challenges by Vu, Tan Phuong, Pham, Thu Thuy, Tran, Ngoc My Hoa, Nguyen, Thi Thuy Anh, Nguyen, Thi Van Anh, Tang, Thi Kim Hong

“…Currently, the Vietnamese government only pays attention to mangrove areas; the forest inventory system overlooks the high potential of seagrass and tidal marsh areas. Improving these national database and monitoring systems could generate additional benefits from a blue carbon market, while promoting biodiversity conservation and improving local livelihoods.…”
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Mechanisms behind high N2O emissions from livestock enclosures in Kenya revealed by dual-isotope and functional gene analyses by Xiantao Fang, Harris, S.J., Leitner, Sonja, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Conz, R.F., Merbold, Lutz, Dannenmann, M., Oyugi, A., Shuwei Liu, Jianwen Zou, Six, Johan, Barthel, M.

“…Significant abundance of the reduction-related gene (nosZ) also corroborated the high potential for microbial N2O reduction in bomas. Thus, by combining dual-isotope and functional gene analysis, we were able to identify source processes that govern N2O emissions from these systems. …”
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Starch industry development as a strategy for agro-food based rural industrialization by Goletti, Francesco, Rich, Karl M., Wheatley, Christopher, Nguyen, Kim Vu

“…Though this sector is relatively small, it has a high potential in terms of demand growth, poverty reduction, and income diversification in rural areas, particularly the less favored ones. …”
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Multi-environment analysis of nutritional and grain quality traits in relation to grain yield under drought and terminal heat stress in bread wheat and durum wheat by Kakanur Jagadeesha, Yashavanthakumar, Navathe, Sudhir, Krishnappa, Gopalareddy, Ambati, Divya, Baviskar, Vijendra, Biradar, Suma, Magar, Nilesh, Mishra, Chandra Nath, Mamrutha, Harohalli Masthigowda, Govindan, Velu, Singh, Gyanendra Pratap, Singh, Gyanendra

“…G7 (HI 1636) and G12 (MP1358) stand out as a win-win genotype for their high potential and stability in yield, protein, Zn and Fe content. …”
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Genetic diversity and candidate genes for transient waterlogging tolerance in mungbean at the germination and seedling stages by Kyu, Khin Lay, Taylor, Candy M., Douglas, Colin Andrew, Malik, Al Imran, Colmer, Timothy David, Siddique, Kadambot H. M., Erskine, William

“…The heritability estimates, marker−trait associations, and identification of sources of waterlogging tolerant germplasm from this study demonstrate high potential for marker−assisted selection of tolerance traits to accelerate breeding of climate−resilient mungbean varieties.…”
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Strengthening women-led Turkey farming in West Bengal by Chadha, Deepali, Puskur, Ranjitha, Gaur, Pankaj, Mukhopadhyay, Prama

“…The study generated key insights into turkey rearing as an enterprise with a high potential to diversify rural livelihoods and strengthen local economies. …”
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Patent landscape report on inventions based on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) and Related Digital Sequence Information Genetic Sequence Data (DSI/GSD). Ex... by Chiarolla, Claudio, Kock, Michael A, Oldham, Paul, Halewood, Michael, Lopez Noriega, Isabel, Kindness, Jasmine

“…Based on the analysis of the claims in these patent families, we identified twelve types of claims that have medium to high potential to affect the relevant restrictions. However, we were unable to assess the extent to which materials from the Multilateral System (MLS) of the FAO Plant Treaty were used in the development of these patented inventions. …”
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Adding value to field-based agronomic research through climate risk assessment: a case study of maize production in Kitale, Kenya by Dixit PN, Cooper, Peter J.M., Dimes, John P., Rao, K.P.C.

“…This study demonstrates the value of such tools in climate risk analyses and assesses the value of the outputs in the context of a high potential maize production area in Kenya. MarkSim generated weather data is shown to provide a satisfactory approximation of recorded weather data at hand, and the output of 50 years of APSIM simulations demonstrate maize yield responses to plant population, weed control and nitrogen (N) fertilizer use that correspond well with results reported in the literature. …”
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Biodiversity, carbon stocks and sequestration potential in aboveground biomass in smallholder farming systems of western Kenya by Henry, M, Tittonell, Pablo A., Manlay, RJ, Bernoux, Martial, Albrecht, A., Vanlauwe, Bernard

“…This study was conducted in the highlands of western Kenya, a region with high potential for agroforestry, with the objectives of assessing current biodiversity and aboveground C stocks in perennial vegetation growing on farmland, and estimating C sequestration potential in aboveground C pools. …”
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Mapping the benefit-cost ratios of interventions against bovine trypanosomosis in Eastern Africa by Shaw, A.P.M., Wint, G.R.W., Cecchi, G., Torr, S.J., Mattioli, R.C., Robinson, Timothy P.

“…Where cattle densities are sufficient to support it, the use of insecticide-treated cattle stands out as the most consistently profitable technique, widely achieving benefit-cost ratios above 5. In parts of the high-potential areas such as the mixed farming, high-oxen-use zones of western Ethiopia, the fertile crescent north of Lake Victoria and the dairy production areas in western and central Kenya, all tsetse control strategies achieve benefit-cost ratios from 2 to over 15, and for elimination strategies, ratios from 5 to over 20. …”
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