Potential, quality and quantity assessment of sesame plant residue in dry land vertisols of Tigrai, Ethiopia; Approach for sustainability of dry-land farming

The present study analyses the energy-budget of ‘village ecosystems’ in a dry tropical environment. These systems depend to a great extent on the surrounding natural forest/savanna ecosystems. Accordingly the objectives of the study were to quantify (i) the energy efficiency of rain-fed agriculture at the ecosystem level, and (ii) the indirect impact of agricultural activity on the surrounding forest/savanna ecosystems.Agronomic output from farming is not sufficient to meet the food-energy requirements of the villagers, hence 27.0 to 51.0% of the requirement is met from outside markets. Operation of the agro-ecosystems involved requires a considerable amount of subsidy from the surrounding forest/savanna ecosystems in terms of fodder and fuel-wood. About 81 to 100% of the fuel needs, and 80–87% of the fodder needs, are met from the natural forest/savanna ecosystems. Thus, for each unit of energy obtained in agronomic yield (including milk), 3.1 units of energy are expended from the surrounding natural ecosystems in the form of fodder and fuel-wood.The erratic and ill-distributed nature of monsoon rains results in moisture deficit which affects the crop production in dry-land farming, causing partial or total failure of the crops. For achieving increased and stable agronomic production under rain-fed conditions, improved dry-land farming techniques have to be applied. Some of these techniques are: (1) introduction of crops and varieties that would be capable of maturing in a period of 90–100 days, and adequate use of appropriate fertilizers; (2) planned rain-water management including storage of surface runoff; and (3) practices of intercropping with crops of longer duration than those currently grown, having slow growth-rates in the early part of their life-cycles.

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Dry Land Farming

Bulletin of the American Geographical Society ◽

10.2307/200923 ◽

1914 ◽

Vol 46 (7) ◽

pp. 536

Author(s):

Wilbur Greeley Burroughs ◽

Thomas Shaw

Keyword(s):

Dry Land ◽

Land Farming

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Change in Food Habits of Urban People and its Impact on Dry Land Farming of Surrounding Rural Areas

International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development ◽

10.31142/ijtsrd5772 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol Volume-1 (Issue-6) ◽

pp. 1128-1129

Author(s):

Vallupu Pradeep ◽

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Food Habits ◽

Dry Land ◽

Land Farming ◽

Urban People

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Effect of foliar fertilization on soybean grain yield

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry ◽

10.2298/bah1501133m ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 133-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

V. Mandic ◽

A. Simic ◽

V. Krnjaja ◽

Z. Bijelic ◽

Z. Tomic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Grain Yield ◽

Quantitative Traits ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Dry Land ◽

Foliar Fertilization ◽

Land Farming ◽

1000 Grain Weight ◽

Maturity Groups ◽

Vojvodina Province

The aim of this investigation was to estimate the effects of foliar fertilization on quantitative traits (plant height, first pod height, number of nodes per plant, number of pods per plant, number of grain per plant, grain yield per plant, 1000-grain weight and grain yield) in two soybean cultivars (Balkan and Becejka). Studied cultivars belong to different maturity groups (Balkan - I and Becejka - 0). Four treatments of fertilization were tested: control (no fertilization), Urea (46 kg N ha-1), Urea (46 kg N ha-1) + Wuxal super (5 l ha-1) and Urea (46 kg N ha-1) + Ferticare I (5 kg ha-1). Wuxal super and Ferticare I were foliar applied two times at the R2-R3 growth stage. The field experiments were carried out in dry land farming in the region of Vojvodina province at location Putinci (45? 00? N Lat., 19? 58? E Long.), during the years 2007 and 2008. In both research years, Balkan had higher values for all investigated traits than Becejka. Results showed that foliar fertilizers significantly increased the values for all quantitative traits. Ferticare I is more effective than Wuxal super in soybean because this fertilizer has higher concentration of macronutrients. Foliar fertilization of soybean reduced the negative impact of small amounts of rainfall during the summer months on grain yield.

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KEANEKARAGAMAN JENIS BURUNG DIURNAL DI DESA BUKIT BATU KECAMATAN SUNGAI KUNYIT KABUPATEN MEMPAWAH

JURNAL HUTAN LESTARI ◽

10.26418/jhl.v7i3.35902 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Jimmi Kurniawan ◽

Hari Prayogo ◽

Ratna Herawatiningsih

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

Method Of Lines ◽

Bird Species ◽

Swamp Forest ◽

Dry Land ◽

Point Count ◽

The Method Of Lines ◽

Combination Of Methods ◽

Index Index ◽

Land Farming

The bird is an indicator for the quality of the environment and has a role in ensuring the passage of tropical forest regeneration process naturally in Indonesia. The bird is one of the animals with the highest diversity in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is to examine the diversity of diurnal birds and can be relied upon the efforts of wildlife preservation process. This research method using a combination of methods to calculate point (Point Count) or IPA (Ponctuele d'Abundance Index – Index of abundance at that point) and the method of lines (Transect), observations conducted quietly at some point later noted the encounter against birds, observations using the six-point count/observation station. The whole of the observations was on track (Transect) the length of 1,800 meters. The results of this study that the diurnal bird species diversity in Bukit Batu village Sungai Kunyit Subdistrict Mempawah Regency. Course found 26 species of birds in three diurnal habitat types with a total of 420 individuals. The value of the index of diversity (H ') type on every type of ecosystem is on the secondary, 2.19 swamp forest, shrub swamps 2.32, and dry land farming 2.18. This indicates that each type has the different diversity of habitat.Keyword: Birds, Diurnal, Ecosystems, Indicators and Species diversity

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