Search Results - "pressure"

  1. Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by Valbuena, Diego, Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine, Erenstein, Olaf, Teufel, Nils, Duncan, Alan J., Abdoulaye, Tahirou, Swain, Braja B., Mekonnen, Kindu, Germaine, I., Gerard, Bruno G.

    Published 2015
    “…Interaction of these determinants can result in pressures and trade-offs of CR use. Determinants, pressures and trade-offs are shaped by the specific socio-economic and agro-ecological context of these mixed farms. …”
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    Journal Article
  2. Economic advantage of sourcing certified sweetpotato planting materials from low to high disease pressure areas versus in situ multiplication at the latter by Kwikiriza, N., Namanda, S., Zziwa, S., Kyalo, G., McEwan, M., Low, J.W., Rajendran, S., Mwanga, R.O.M.

    Published 2025
    “…The objective of this study was to investigate the economic advantage of multiplying diseasefree planting materials from the low-disease pressure areas in central Uganda and supplying them to high-diseased pressure areas in northern Uganda, compared to multiplying the materials in situ in the latter areas. …”
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  3. Why does air passage over forest yield more rain?: examining the coupling between rainfall, pressure and atmospheric moisture content by Makarieva, A.M., Gorshkov, V.G, Sheil, D., Nobre, A.D, Bunyard, P, Li, B.L.

    Published 2014
    “…A wholly new analysis of meteorological data from three regions in Brazil, including the central Amazon forest, reveals a tendency for rainy days during the wet season with column water vapor (CWV) exceeding 50 mm to have higher pressure than rainless days, while at lower CWV, rainy days tend to have lower pressure than rainless days. …”
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  4. Shamba shape up series 13 Episode 1: Soil testing, minimum tillage, herbicide, climate literacy and solar electric pressure cooker by Burra, Dharani Dhar, Ramirez Villegas, Julian Armando, Rottmann, Sophie, Galgallo, Diba, Murage, Paul, Campbell, David

    Published 2023
    “…The program combines entertainment with education, using a reality TV format to engage viewers and encourage the adoption of better farming methods.This episode (part of Series 13) was broadcasted during the 2023 long rains in Kenya, focuses on (i) why and how to conduct a soil test; (ii) how to clear your field of weeds before planting maize; (iii) learning how to understand climate; (iv) minimum tillage with a tractor, and (v) using solar power to cook with an electric pressure cooker. The financial literacy content is funded by the Livestock & Climate (L&C) initiative.…”
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  5. Herbivore dynamics and range contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and land use changes, population pressures, governance, policy and human-wildlife conflicts by Ogutu, Joseph O., Piepho, Hans-Peter, Said, Mohammed Yahya, Kifugo, S.C.

    Published 2014
    “…Rapid large-scale land use changes, poaching, climate change, rising population pressures, governance, policy, economic and socio-cultural transformations and competition with livestock all contribute to the declines in abundance. …”
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    Journal Article
  6. Intercropping systems in tropical Africa by Okigbo, B., Greenland, D.

    Published 1996
    Subjects: “…population pressure…”
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    Conference Paper

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