Essays about: "Importance of soil in agriculture"

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1. 11. Increasing crop yields under climate change scenarios in Nigeria

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Imogen O'Keefe; [2020]
   Keywords : Physical Geography; Agriculture; Climate Change; Crop Yields and Management Strategies; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate change is projected to cause unprecedented levels of global change and it will alter the ways in which humans currently rely on getting essential resources such as food. Africa is considered to be the most vulnerable continent to this change, with many countries that have low economic stability and insecure food sources a change to the way resources can be accessed could be detrimental to the population. READ MORE

3. 12. Evaluation of water stress mapping methods in vineyards using airborne thermal imaging

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Alon Zuta; [2020]
   Keywords : Geography; Geographical information systems; GIS; Remote sensing; Cover crop; Thermal imaging; Spatial variability; vineyards; interpolation; water stress index; CWSI; Ig; stem water potential; UAV; Rheingau; Interpolation.; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : With low cost and high efficiency, use of airborne infrared thermography imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has become a widely used technique to measure plant water stress. With that, the use of UAV mounted thermal camera as a precision agriculture technique to map crop water stress is not trivial and its success is depended on variety of factors which are still needed to be studied and understood. READ MORE

4. 13. The role of groundwater in the inundation of a river-connected floodplain : case study of the river Silverån in southeast Sweden

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Stina Bång; [2019]
   Keywords : Groundwater flooding; Groundwater modeling; Flood modeling;

   Abstract : Fluvial flooding has long been recognized as one of the most frequently occurring natural disasters worldwide, with consequences as large economic losses from damages on infrastructure and agriculture, as well as severe impacts on human health. A less known and explored type of flooding is groundwater flooding. READ MORE

5. 14. Farmers' perceptions of climate change : a quantitative study of Scanian farmers

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Johan Tejler; [2019]
   Keywords : farmers perceptions; climate change; questionnaires; IPA; adaptation; Scania;

   Abstract : In this thesis, farmers` perceptions of climate change have been examined. Questionnaires were sent to 400 cereal farmers in the southernmost county of Sweden, Scania, of whom 221 replied. READ MORE

6. 15. If you shall critique something, then you have to create an alternative: A ethnographic study of Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm’s practices of farming with nature

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Tove Thernsjö; [2018]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is an ethnographic study of Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm, and their critique of the industrial agriculture and food system that focuses on agricultural intensification when the real issue is about food availability and distribution. The main critique is that industrial agriculture is based on extraction and focuses on profit rather than the livelihood of farmers. READ MORE