Crop yield

Many sustainable agriculture practices, which emphasize environmental health and economic benefits, is supervised agriculture. “By increasing soil organic matter contents and moisturizing capacity, California can double subsistence crop yields in areas where use of fertilizers is uneconomic and it can sustain production in years with low rainfall.” (Kassam and Brammer, 2013) In a comparison of conventional and sustainable agriculture there should be a few points to consider: biodiversity, soil…

Despite their very real benefits, GM crops are subject to much ill founded and often unfair opposition, particularly from more developed countries, where population growth is stable, and food shortages rare. This is evidenced by the fact that growing GM crops is banned in the majority of EU countries, although conversely importing GM products, mainly for animal feed, is not. Removing the stigma around the cultivation of GM crops, particularly in developed countries, could help eliminate…

budget that minimizes water to satisfy crop needs is often a target for crop agriculture (Wysocki et al., 2005). The studies done so far show that there are many agents that affect crop yield and soil forming processes and indicate that crop yields can be affected directly by climate change, root zone moisture, soil forming factors, and applications such as fertilization, irrigation, drainage, seeding type, rotations plants, and so on. While high crop yields can be taken without irrigation from…

genetic level in order to turn on traits that make them more beneficial. Being able to affect how a plant grows is a huge advantage in regards to feeding a quickly growing population. GMOs are necessary to protect the environment, produce better crop yields, and stimulate the economy with their advantageous traits. Firstly, the ozone layer is the earth’s protective shield from radiation. The ozone layer is wearing away from the use of ozone depleting substances. This topic has fallen out of the…

with products such as cucumber which is a sensitive crop and letting them grow along the ground or get into contact with the ground…

2. Introduction Nitrogen fertilizer can aid increase crop production and provide more food for the growing population. Since earlier ages, people has shown preoccupation about soil fertility and soil exhaustion (Strawn, Bohn, & O'Connor, 2015). Some management practices such as manure application or crop rotation were known by Chinese 3000 years ago (Strawn, Bohn, & O'Connor, 2015). However, it was just in the last-century that the crop yield increased dramatically. Improvements of hybrids, soil…

Health Organization pp.2) GM crops, GM plants, and Biotech crops are also different terms used to describe GMO’s. According to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), plants can be determined as genetically modified if they have had any genetic altercation by traditional means such as the cross breeding of plants for desired traits or modern means such as gene splicing and genetic engineering. (C,…

Producing successful tomato crops with high yields can be a challenge if you have never had any experience in the horticultural industry, generally a tomato plant you grow in your vegetable garden will be different from growing a tomato plant in a green house so it is important to realise the differences and to provide the correct nutrients for your crops. Not only is it important for your tomato plants to be provided with the correct nutrients and the correct amount of nutrients, but it is…

to World Development Indicators, there were 29.6% of households living in poverty in 2013 (World Development Indicators, 2015). This report focus on smallholder farms, which found at high altitudes in the mountainous regions of the country and grow crops including maize, beans, rice and sorghum (Nations Encyclopedia, 2001). In order to control the pests, weeds and diseases, smallholder farmers usually use agrochemicals and slash and burn farming method, which is not environmentally friendly and…

Sesame Equivalent Yield Green gram and groundnut yields were converted into sesame equivalent yield, on the basis of their prices for benefit of comparison of different cropping treatments [Table-4]. Sesame equivalent yield in different intercropping situations were appreciably higher than that of sole crops of sesame or green gram, but were lower than the sole crop of groundnut, in both the years [Table-4]. Groundnut producing much higher yield showed superiority to both sole and intercropping…