1933 papers
This study reveals that cocoa agroforestry systems in southern Bahia exhibit higher nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in leaf litter and stream water compared to secondary forests, suggesting that while these systems aid conservation, replacing native forest with cocoa cultivation increases nutrient inputs and stocks in local streams.
This study identifies nitrogen and phosphorus deficiencies, alongside rainfall variability and suboptimal management practices, as the primary constraints limiting maize productivity in smallholder farming systems in northern Ghana, highlighting the need for integrated nutrient and non-nutrient interventions to close the significant yield gap.
This study demonstrates that substituting wheat flour with 10% dehydrated red kidney bean flour in cookies significantly enhances their nutritional, functional, and antioxidant properties while maintaining high sensory acceptability, offering a viable strategy to improve food security in developing countries.
Despite high farmer willingness to adopt solar irrigation in Nepal's Madhesh Province, the transition from diesel is primarily constrained by affordability and service barriers rather than socio-demographic factors, suggesting that broad-based subsidies and improved after-sales support are more effective policy levers than targeted interventions.
Based on a 2025 survey of 977 Chinese peanut farmers, this study finds that generative AI significantly boosts planted area and crop yields by improving pest detection and labor allocation, though it does not enhance total factor productivity and its benefits are concentrated among farmers with higher digital literacy and better land conditions.
This study utilizes GPS tracking data for six endangered steppe bird species in Spain to evaluate the effectiveness of 2023 Common Agricultural Policy measures, revealing inconsistent and species-specific impacts that highlight the necessity of long-term, multi-year monitoring frameworks for robust policy assessment.
This study reveals that China's plant-based meat market suffers from significant integrity issues, including undeclared allergens and foreign matter, which erode consumer trust and purchase intention, thereby highlighting the critical need for rigorous auditing, transparent allergen disclosure, and credible regulatory governance to ensure sustainable food innovation.
This study analyzes high-frequency CAN-Bus telemetry from a power-shuttle tractor to demonstrate that session-level variability is the dominant source of engine-load variation, significantly outweighing implement type, thereby highlighting the critical need to address pseudoreplication and non-independence in agricultural machine-learning research.
This study validates a G-to-A splice-site polymorphism in the LprTFL gene as the primary determinant of growth habit in Indian bean germplasm, while highlighting the role of photoperiod and potential epigenetic mechanisms in modulating this trait.
This study demonstrates that apparent increases in Cd, Cr, and Pb concentrations during compost maturation are artifacts of improved analytical recovery from a humifying matrix rather than actual metal accumulation, necessitating that compliance sampling be tied to independent maturity criteria and utilize near-total digestion protocols to avoid false exceedances.