A5091558742- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Organic Food and Agriculture
China Agricultural University
2021-2025
Transforming smallholder farms is critical to global food security and environmental sustainability. The science technology backyard (STB) platform has proved be a viable approach in China. However, STB traditionally focused on empowering farmers by transferring knowledge, wide-scale adoption of more sustainable practices technologies remains challenge. Here, we report long-term project scale-up for expanding upgrading the original (STB 2.0). We created formalized standardized process which...
Introduction Land fragmentation of smallholder agriculture significantly constrains the adoption rate optimal management practices and sustainable crop production. Methods We developed implemented an innovative model known as Consolidating for Uniform Practice (CLUP), which aimed to foster multi-actor collaboration facilitate large-scale application without altering land ownership. CLUP was in wheat fields North China Plain three consecutive years. Results Compared conventional farmers’...
Increasing plant density is a key measure to close the maize (Zea mays L.) yield gap and ensure food security. However, there large difference in fields sown by agronomists smallholders. The primary cause of this phenomenon lack an effective methodology systematically analyze loss. To identify loss processes from experimental plots smallholder fields, research was developed study involving farmer survey measurements field. results showed that sowing caused decision-making losses mechanical...
In practice, most Chinese farmers usually apply excessive fertilizers to ensure wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) yield, resulting in environmental impacts. How maintain an even increase yield with less is still not clear. This study evaluated the quality, nutrient accumulation, and costs of winter under optimal fertilization management strategies. A field trial was set up a randomized block design, constituted eight different strategies four replicate plots. The results showed that strategy...
Chlorophyll (Chl) is generally positively related to corn grain yields; however, light-leaf-colored maize may also achieve high yields. Thus, Chl seemingly not a key parameter for producers. Modern cultivars (55) were divided into four types, based on yields and ear leaf SPAD readings. The results revealed that there was no correlation between the readings across different cultivars. High-yield possessed higher nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium accumulation utilization compared of low-yield...
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Abstract As the mainstay of global food security feeding more with less is one major challenges faced by smallholder-dominated production. This challenge has become increasingly daunting due to development smallholders’ livelihood differentiation induced urbanization. Usually, smallholders take insure approach production on chemical fertilizer use, considering time part-time jobs. With continuous improvement agricultural socialized services, it remains be verified, whether impact optimal...