Effect of intercropping of maize and cowpea on the yield, land productivity and profitability of components crops in Bena- Tsemay Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Field experiment was carried out during the 2017-18 cropping season at Kako, Bena-Ttsemay woreda, South Omo zone, Southern Ethiopia to determine the effect of intercropping of maize and cowpea on the yield, land use efficiency and profitability of both crops. The experiment consisted of 4 treatments (sole maize, sole cowpea, one row maize to one row cowpea and one row maize to two-row cowpea) and laid in RCBD in four replications. Intercropping of one row maize to one row cowpea and one row maize to two-row cowpea, resulted in 55.8% and 27.9% greater land use efficiency than for either crop grown alone. The highest MAI was obtained by growing one row of maize to one row of cowpea (11563.17) followed by one row maize to two-rows of cowpea (6783.50).Based on the present finding, intercropping of one row maize and one row cowpea more economic advantage than the other crop combination or grown alone. Therefore, intercropping of one row maize to one row cowpea is an advantageous to farmers in the study area since it would provide additional crop yield with the same piece of land and more profitable related to cost benefit. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 11(2): 147-150, Dec 2021

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Maize and Potato Intercropping: A Technology to Increase Productivity and Profitability in Tigray

Open Agriculture ◽

10.1515/opag-2017-0044 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beyenesh Z. Kidane ◽

Mereseit H. Hailu ◽

Haile T. Haile

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Food Security ◽

Total Yield ◽

Land Equivalent Ratio ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Sole Crop ◽

Cropping Season ◽

Sole Cropping ◽

Increase Productivity ◽

Use Efficiency

AbstractSmallholders have limited landholding in the highlands of Tigray and therefore there is a critical need to improve land use efficiency (LUE). One way to improve the LUE is through intercropping of companion crops including maize and potato. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the intercropping ratio as a means to improve land use efficiency during the 2012 cropping season. The treatments tested were three intercropping ratios of maize: potato in 1:1, 1:2, 2:1 row arrangement compared against the maize and potato only cropping. The objective of the study was to identify the best intercropping ratio that maximizes land use efficiency. Land equivalent ratio (LER) was used to compare the land use efficiency of the intercrops with each sole crop. The total yield of intercropped crops were greater than sole cropping, shown by LER>1. The overall advantage of intercropping ranged from 35 to 58%. The highest land equivalent value of 58% was recorded for one maize and two potato rows arrangements indicated a yield advantage of 58% over sole crop. The partial land equivalent value of both crops in intercropping was less than one indicating the cohesiveness of both crops in intercropping. Thus, it can be concluded that 1maize: 2 potato intercropping is a viable agronomic option in increasing land use efficiency and increased food security. It is, therefore, imperative to demonstrate the best treatment under farmer’s condition.

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Urban Land Use Efficiency under Resource-Based Economic Transformation—A Case Study of Shanxi Province

Land ◽

10.3390/land10080850 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 850

Author(s):

Xin Janet Ge ◽

Xiaoxia Liu

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Economic Transformation ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

State Council ◽

Land Productivity ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Main Determinants ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

Shanxi, one of China’s provinces, has been approved by the State Council as the only state-level comprehensive reform zone for resource-based economic transformation in 2010. Consequently, the implementation of National Resource-based Cities Sustainable Development Planning (2013–2020) and The State Council on Central and Western Regions Undertaking of Industrial Transformation Guide were also introduced. As a result, many agricultural lands were urbanized. The question is whether the transformed land was used efficiently. Existing research is limited regarding the impact of the government-backed transformation of the resource-based economy, industrial restructuring, and urbanization on land use efficiency. This research investigates urban land use efficiency under the government-backed resource-based economy transformation using the Bootstrap-DEA and Bootstrap-Malmquist methods. The land use efficiency and land productivity indexes were produced. Based on the empirical study of 11 prefectural cities, the results suggest that the level of economic development and industrial upgrading are the main determinants of land use efficiency. The total land productivity index declined after the economic reform was initiated. The findings imply that the government must enhance monitoring and auditing during policy implementation and evaluate the policy effects after for further improvement. With the scarcity of land resources and urban expansion in many cities worldwide, this research also provides an approach to determining the main determinants of land use efficiency that could guide our understanding of the impact of the future built environment.

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How land transfer affects agricultural land use efficiency: Evidence from China’s agricultural sector

Land Use Policy ◽

10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105300 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 103 ◽

pp. 105300 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rilong Fei ◽

Ziyi Lin ◽

Joseph Chunga

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Land Transfer ◽

Use Efficiency

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Assessment and Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency under Green Development Orientation: Case of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations

Land ◽

10.3390/land10070715 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 715

Author(s):

Yingkai Tang ◽

Kun Wang ◽

Xuanming Ji ◽

He Xu ◽

Yangqing Xiao

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Development ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Yangtze River Delta ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Green Development ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Development Orientation

Rapid urbanization has provided a strong impetus for the economic growth of China, but it has also caused many problems such as inefficient urban land use and environmental pollution. With the popularization of the concept of green and sustainable development, the Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) assessment concept is widely accepted. The government and residents are paying more and more attention to environmental issues in urban development, and environmental protection has formed an important part of urban development. In this context, this study takes 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta as examples to build an evaluation system for urban land-use efficiency under green development orientation. The evaluation system takes into account the inputs of land, capital, labor, and energy factors in the process of urban development. Based on emphasizing economic output, the social benefits and undesired outputs brought about by urban development are taken into account. This paper measures urban land use efficiency by the super-efficiency SBM model, and on this basis, analyses the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban land-use efficiency. Further, this paper measures urban land use efficiency without considering undesired outputs and compares the two evaluation methods. Again, the comparison illustrates the rationality of urban land use efficiency evaluation system under green development orientation.

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Does the Construction and Operation of High-Speed Rail Improve Urban Land Use Efficiency? Evidence from China

Land ◽

10.3390/land10030303 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 303

Author(s):

Xinhai Lu ◽

Yifeng Tang ◽

Shangan Ke

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Land Use ◽

High Speed ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Western China ◽

High Speed Rail ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

The Impact

The construction and operation of high-speed rail (HSR) has become an important policy for China to achieve efficiency and fairness and promote high-quality economic growth. HSR promotes the flow of production factors such as labor and capital and affects economic growth, and may further affect urban land use efficiency (ULUE). To explore the impact of HSR on ULUE, this paper uses panel data of 284 cities in China from 2005 to 2018, and constructs Propensity Score Matching-Differences in Differences model to evaluate the effect of HSR on ULUE. The result of entire China demonstrates that the HSR could significantly improves the ULUE. Meanwhile, this paper also considers the heterogeneity of results caused by geographic location, urban levels and scales. It demonstrates that the HSR has a significantly positive effect on ULUE of Eastern, Central China, and large-sized cities. However, in Western China, in medium-sized, and small-sized cities, the impact of HSR on ULUE is not significant. This paper concludes that construction and operation of HSR should be linked to urban development planning and land use planning. Meanwhile, the cities with different geographical locations and scales should take advantage of HSR to improve ULUE and promote urban coordinated development.

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Does Smart City Construction Improve the Green Utilization Efficiency of Urban Land?

Land ◽

10.3390/land10060657 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 657

Author(s):

Aiping Wang ◽

Weifen Lin ◽

Bei Liu ◽

Hui Wang ◽

Hong Xu

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Development ◽

Financial Development ◽

Smart City ◽

Urban Land ◽

Utilization Efficiency ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

City Construction ◽

Green Land

Frontier research primarily focuses on the effect of urban development models on land use efficiency, while ignoring the effect of new-type urban development on the green land use efficiency. Accordingly, this paper employs a super efficiency slacks-based measure (super-SBM) model with undesirable outputs to measure the green land use efficiency based on panel data from 152 prefecture-level cities for the period 2004–2017. We construct a difference-in-differences (DID) model in this paper to test the impact of smart city construction on the green utilization efficiency of urban land and its transmission mechanism. The results showed that: (1) The smart city construction significantly improved the green utilization efficiency of urban land, increasing the general efficiency by 15%. (2) There is significant city-size heterogeneity in the effect of smart city construction on improving green utilization efficiency of urban land. The policy effect is more obvious in mega cities and above than in very-large-sized cities. (3) The city-feature heterogeneity results reveal that, in cities with a higher level of human capital, financial development, and information infrastructure, the effectiveness of smart city construction in improving the green utilization efficiency of urban land are more obvious, and in cities with a higher level of financial development, the effects of the urban policy were more optimal. (4) The smart city construction promotes the green utilization efficiency of urban land through by the information industry development and the regional innovation capabilities.

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A Novel Efficiency Measure Model for Industrial Land Use Based on Subvector Data Envelope Analysis and Spatial Analysis Method

Complexity ◽

10.1155/2017/9516267 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Wei Chen ◽

Rui He ◽

Qun Wu

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Analysis ◽

Spatial Autocorrelation ◽

Industrial Development ◽

Efficiency Measure ◽

Industrial Land ◽

Envelope Analysis ◽

Land Use Efficiency ◽

Industrial Land Use ◽

Use Efficiency

With the rapid and unbalanced development of industry, a large amount of cultivated land is converted into industrial land with lower efficiency. The existing research is extensively concerned with industrial land use and industrial development in isolation, but little attention has been paid to the relationship between them. To help address this gap, the paper creates a new efficiency measure method for industrial land use combining Subvector Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) with spatial analysis approach. The proposed model has been verified by using the industrial land use data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2013. The spatial autocorrelation relationship between industrial development and industrial land use efficiency is explored. Furthermore, this paper examines the effects of industrial development on industrial land use efficiency by spatial panel data model. The results indicate that the industrial land use efficiency and the industrial development level in the provinces of eastern region are higher than those of the western region. The spatial distribution of industrial land use efficiency shows remarkable positive spatial autocorrelation. However, the level of industrial development has obvious negative spatial autocorrelation since 2009. The improvement of industrial development has a significant positive impact on the industrial land use efficiency.

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