Climate change and agriculture: adaptation strategies and mitigation opportunities for food security in South Asia and Latin America

ML Jat, JC Dagar, TB Sapkota, B Govaerts… - Advances in …, 2016 - Elsevier
During the past two centuries, the world has witnessed a remarkable increase in the
atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases (GHGs), namely carbon dioxide (CO …

Improving water productivity of wheat-based cropping systems in South Asia for sustained productivity

SS Kukal, ML Jat, HS Sidhu - Advances in agronomy, 2014 - Elsevier
Serious water deficits are threatening agricultural sustainability in many regions of the South
Asia (SA). While the increase in crop production of irrigated rice–wheat system in SA has …

Recent applications of novel laser techniques for enhancing agricultural production

M Nadimi, DW Sun, J Paliwal - Laser Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
With ever increasing world population, the demands on food safety and security are also
expected to substantially increase over the next few decades. As agronomic practices …

A review of global precision land-leveling technologies and implements: Current status, challenges and future trends

G Chen, L Hu, X Luo, P Wang, J He, P Huang… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Land leveling technology is necessary for land cultivation and is an important support for
sustainable agricultural development. First, this paper reviews the current status of land …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of the laser leveled land leveling technology on crop yield and water use productivity in Western Uttar Pradesh

RK Naresh, SP Singh, AK Misra… - African Journal of …, 2014 - researchgate.net
A study has been conducted for 3 year on impacts of the laser land leveling versus
traditional land leveling on water use productivity and crop yields. The major concerns were …

IT investment and corporate performance: Evidence from Malaysia

A Alghorbany, A Che-Ahmad… - Cogent Business & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper aims to investigate the effect of Information Technology (IT) investment on firm
performance in Malaysia. The data of this study were collected from 231 firms listed on …

Smart precision agriculture but resource constrained farmers: Is service provision a potential solution? Farmer's willingness to pay for laser-land leveling services in …

GP Paudel, AR Khanal, TJ Krupnik… - Smart Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Farmers commonly split large, undulating crop fields, even those at similar elevation range
or contour, into a patchwork of small sub-plots in plane areas of Nepal. Specifically, to …

[PDF][PDF] Laser assisted precision land leveling: Impacts in irrigated intensive production systems of South Asia

ML Jat, Y Singh, G Gill, H Sidhu, JP Aryal… - Advances in soil …, 2015 - researchgate.net
South Asian countries, comprising India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh and having a
total geographical area of only 401.72 million hectares (m ha), hold nearly half the world's …

[PDF][PDF] Hydro-priming of seed improves the water use efficiency, grain yield and net economic return of wheat under different moisture regimes

RP Meena, R Sendhil, SC Tripathi… - SAARC Journal of …, 2013 - researchgate.net
Wheat is the second most important staple food crop of India and contributes a major share
to food basket of the country. Since majority of the area under wheat is irrigated, it consumes …

Adoption of water-saving technology in agriculture: The case of laser levelers

N Larson, S Sekhri, R Sidhu - Water Resources and Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
Water saving agricultural technologies like laser leveling are a potentially important but
under-utilized lever to conserve groundwater in India. We report findings from a survey …