Crop rotation has been widely used to mitigate weed, insect, and pathogen pressure, as well
as to increase plant diversity. However, the magnitude of and variability in crop yield with …

Various independent discoveries have shown that many organic codes exist in living
systems, and this implies that they came into being during the history of life and contributed …

Determining the effect of crop rotation (CR) on soil organic carbon (SOC) and its controls is
vital for improving the potential benefits of CR in agroecosystems to achieve carbon …

Multiple cropping systems provide more harvest security for farmers, allow for crop
intensification and furthermore influence ground cover, soil erosion, albedo, soil chemical …

Encouraging the use of more efficient irrigation technology is often viewed as an effective,
politically feasible method to reduce the consumptive use of water for agricultural …

Methods are needed for the design and evaluation of cropping systems, in order to test the
effects of introducing or reintroducing crops into rotations. The interaction of legumes with …

Farmers must yearly allocate fields to different crops and choose crop management options.
Far from being obvious, these decisions are critical because they modify farm productivity …

Using a case study of the Indian Tobacco Company's (ITC) e-Choupal initiative, the paper
empirically analyses the role of information delivery through information and communication …

Landscape ecology has emphasized the key role of spatial heterogeneity as a driver of
ecological processes, which has led to a shift from a patch-matrix to a landscape mosaic …

There is an urgent need for novel agronomic improvements capable of boosting crop yields
while alleviating environmental impacts. One such approach is the use of optimized crop …