Towards a sustainable food production: modelling the impacts of climate change on maize and soybean production in Ghana

EB Ntiamoah, D Li, I Appiah-Otoo, MA Twumasi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The Ghanaian economy relies heavily on maize and soybean production. The entire maize
and soybean production system is low-tech, making it extremely susceptible to …

Rapid recent deforestation incursion in a vulnerable indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon and fire-driven emissions of fine particulate aerosol pollutants

G de Oliveira, JM Chen, GAV Mataveli, MED Chaves… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is related to the use of fire to remove natural
vegetation and install crop cultures or pastures. In this study, we evaluated the relation …

Land degradation mapping in the MATOPIBA region (Brazil) using remote sensing data and decision-tree analysis

RMSP Vieira, J Tomasella, AA Barbosa… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The expansion of agricultural activities in Brazil resulted in a loss of approximately 50% of
the native vegetation of the Cerrado biome, mainly to the north of the biome in a region …

An ultrasensitive LC-MS/MS method for the determination of glyphosate, AMPA and glufosinate in water–analysis of surface and groundwater from a hydrographic …

NL Pires, EP de Araújo, EC Oliveira-Filho… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The intensive use of glyphosate around the world in the last few decades demands constant
monitoring of this compound and its metabolite in aquatic compartments. This work aimed to …

Livestock breeding, conservation and genomics in Brazil: Who, when, where, and what

C McManus, LG de Albuquerque, LT Dias, SR Paiva… - Livestock Science, 2024 - Elsevier
We examined Brazilian animal breeding and genetics publishing patterns to identify the
major research groups and where they publish. Data was collected in Scopus and analysed …

Sensitivity of soybean planting date to wet season onset in Mato Grosso, Brazil, and implications under climate change

M Zhang, G Abrahao, S Thompson - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Crop planting dates control the yield and cropping intensity of rainfed agriculture, and
modifying planting dates can be a major adaptation strategy under climate change …

Native vegetation per capita revealing Brazil's socioeconomic-environmental scenario

AR Santiago, IP Lisboa - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Brazil stands out among the countries with the largest area under native vegetation (NV) in
the world, as well as a country with a growing population. Despite this fact, the country still …

Clustering analysis of soybean production to understand its spatiotemporal dynamics in the North China Plain

Z Zhang, C Lu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The production gap of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) has been expanding in China
recently, due to the increasing demand and decreasing production. Identifying soybean …

Changes in land use and cover and their consequences on the spatial distribution of evapotranspiration and climatic elements in southwest Piauí, MATOPIBA

A de Moura Neto, GST Fernandes… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the advance of agriculture in Brazil, the occurrence of environmental disturbances that
can reach different levels, such as the change of use and land cover, is perceived. In the …

Simulation of maize crop growth using an improved crop model considering the disintegrated area of biodegradable film

N Chen, X Li, H Shi, Q Hu, Y Zhang, Y Sun, F Song - Field Crops Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodegradable film is recognized as a promising alternative to plastic film within crop
mulching. This is because biodegradable film disintegrates into water and carbon dioxide …