Sustainable Agriculture Research

Volume 01 - 13

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Volume 05, issue 4, 2016

Structure of Cocoa Based Vegetable Seed System for Selected Locale in Ghana

Jonas Osei-Adu, Offei Bonsu, Seth Obosu Ekyem, Victor Afari-Sefa and Micheal Kwabena Osei

Impact of the Farm Income Stabilization Insurance Program on Production Decisions in the Quebec Pork Industry: An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis

Baoubadi Atozou and Kotchikpa Lawin

Different Strokes for Different Folks: Gender and Emotions in an Environmental Game

Marianna Khachaturyan and Natalia V. Czap

Timed Strategy for Control of Bollworm for Sustainable Sorghum Crop Yield under Varied Regimes of Rainfall, Temperature and Soil Fertility

Daniel L Mutisya, Canute PM Khamala, Jacob JO Konyango, Clement K Kamau and Lawrence K Matolo

An Integration of GIS and Simulation Models for a Cost Benefit Analysis of Irrigation Development

Monika Ghimire, Art Stoecker, Tracy Boyer, Hiren Bhavsar and Jeffrey Vitale

Strawberry Footrot in a Blackbellysheepin the Ecuador Amazonia

A. C. Riofrio, J. C. Lopez, J. C. Moyano, R. Quinteros, P. R. Marini and M. L. Fischman

Profitability of Organic Vegetable Production via Sod Based Rotation and Conventional Versus Strip Tillage in the Southern Coastal Plain

Mona Ahmadiani, Chun Li, Yaqin Liu, Esendugue Greg Fonsah, Christine Bliss, Brent Brodbeck and Peter Andersen

Land Use Change and Policy in Iowa’s Loess Hills

Gaurav Arora, Peter T. Wolter, David Hennessy and Hongli Feng

Effect of Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Selected Spring Wheat Lines

Yonaisy Mujica Pérez, Christiane Charest, Yolande Dalpé, Sylvie Séguin, Xuelian Wang and Shahrokh Khanizadeh

Indicators of Efficiency in Four Milky Genotypes in Outdoor Pasture Conditions in the Ecuadorian Amazonia

R. Quinteros and P. R. Marini

Comparative Growth Performance of Oreochromis Hybrids and Selectively-Bred Strain (F8) in Malawi

Daud Kassam and Marcus Sangazi

The Adoption of Sustainable Management Practices by Mexican Coffee Producers

Simone Ubertino, Patrick Mundler and Lota Tamini

Volume 05, issue 3, 2016

Understanding the Trade-Offs Between Environmental Service Provision through Improved Fallows and Private Welfare Using Stated Preference Approach: A Case Study in Chongwe - Zambia

Elias Kuntashula and Eric Mungatana

Country-Level Bio-Economic Modeling of Agricultural Technologies to Enhance Wheat-Based Systems Productivity in the Dry Areas

Aymen Frija and Roberto Telleria Juárez

Selected Chemical Properties, Microbial Activity and Biomass of Soils Amended with Aqueous Neem Leaf Extract

Alice M. Mweetwa, Aswell C. Lubungo, Benson H. Chishala and Mirriam Phiri

Disadoption of Improved Agronomic practices in Cowpea and Maize at Ejura-Sekyeredumase and Atebubu-Amantin Districts in Ghana

Patricia P. Acheampong, Patterson O. Bonsu, Hide Omae and Fujio Nagumo

Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Soybean Nodulating Rhizobia Indigenous to Zambia

Rachael Kapembwa, Alice M. Mweetwa, Munsanda Ngulube and Jones Yengwe

Sustainable Agriculture Irrigation Management: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Pajaro Valley, California

Christopher Wada, Kimberly Burnett and Jason J Gurdak

A Watershed Level Economic Analysis of Cellulosic Biofuel Feedstock Production with Consideration of Water Quality

Jin-Young Moon, Jeffrey Apland, Solomon Folle and David Mulla

Effects of Short-term Tillage of a Long-term No-Till Land on Quantity and Quality of Organic C and N in Two Contrasting Soil Types

Miles Dyck, Sukhdev S. Malhi, Marvin Nyborg and Dyck Puurveen

Effects of Short-term Tillage of a Long-term No-Till Land on Crop Yield and Nutrient Uptake in Two Contrasting Soil Types

Miles Dyck, Sukhdev S. Malhi, Marvin Nyborg and Dyck Puurveen

Effect of Basil Leaf (Ocimum gratissimum) Supplement on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing Pullets

NWORGU Friday Chima

Profitability and Institutional Constraints to the Adoption of Fertilizer Microdosing in Northwest Benin

Erika Bachmann, David Natcher, Suren(dra) Kulshreshtha, Mohamed Nasser Baco, P. B. I. Akponikpe and Derek Peak

Knowledge Diffusion and the Adoption of Fertilizer Microdosing in Northwest Benin

David Natcher, Erika Bachmann, Jeremy Pittman, Suren(dra) Kulshreshtha, Mohamed Nasser Baco, P. B. I. Akponikpe and Derek Peak

Volume 05, issue 2, 2016

Sustainable Grassland Management: An Exploratory Study of Progressive Ranchers in Nebraska

Stephanie M. Kennedy, Mark E. Burbach and Maggi S. Sliwinski

Growth Efficacy of Sorghum and Rice Amended with Dried Versus Composted Aquatic Vegetation

Jehangir H. Bhadha, Odiney Alvarez, Timothy A. Lang, Mihai C. Giurcanu and Samira H. Daroub

Comparing the Effectiveness of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) and Hot Pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) in the Management of the Major Pests of Cabbage Brassica oleracea (L.)

P. K. Baidoo and M. B. Mochiah

The Influence of Bahiagrass, Tillage, and Cover Crops on Organic Vegetable Production and Soil Quality in the Southern Coastal Plain

Christine Bliss, Peter Andersen, Brent Brodbeck, David Wright, Steve Olson and James Marois

Maize Yield Response to Induced Compaction in a Sandy-Loam Soil

Asinyetogha H. Igon and Josiah M. Ayotamuno

Climate Variability Since 1970 and Farmers’ Observations in Northern Ghana

Emmanuel Nyadzi

Seed Delivery Systems and Farm Characteristics Influencing the Improved Seed Uptake by Smallholders in Northern Ghana

Eunice Etwire, Anoma Ariyawardana and Miranda Y. Mortlock

Drivers of Dry Common Beans Trade in Lusaka, Zambia: A Trader’s Perspective

Timothy Sichilima, Lawrence Mapemba and Gelson Tembo

Sheep Grazing Enhances Coarse Relative to Microbial Organic Carbon in Dryland Cropping Systems

Joy L. Barsotti, Upendra M. Sainju, Andrew W. Lenssen, Zach J. Miller and Patrick G. Hatfield

Volume 05, issue 01, 2015

Does Conservation Agriculture Enhance Household Food Security? Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Nkhotakota in Malawi

Charles Jumbe and Wanangwa Hawire Nyambose

The Practice Structured on the Discourse: Repertoires and Dominant Discourses in Brazilian Scientific Literature on Agrochemicals

Larissa Hery Ito Ribeiro Homem, Michelle Bonatti, Luiz Renato D´Agostini, Marcos Lana and Stefan Sieber

Food vs. Wood: Dynamic Choices for Kenyan Smallholders

Alexandra Peralta and Scott Swinton

Entrepreneurship on the Farm: Kentucky Grower Perceptions of Benefits and Barriers

Amy Camenisch, Sandra Bastin and Amanda Hege

Nutrient Dynamics in Wetland Organic Vegetable Production Systems in Eastern Zambia

P. L. Mafongoya and O. Jiri

Clipped Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Fodder Utilization: A Potential for Income Growths of Resource Poor Farmers in the Savannah Regions of Nigeria

Banake E. Sambo and Ehiabhi C. Odion

Knowledge and Innovations for Farmers from Teaching Agriculture in Ugandan Primary Schools: A Study of Kumi Communities in the Teso Sub-Region

William Faustine Epeju

Some Evidences on Effect of Intake Aguamiel (Agave sap)

A. Carrillo-López, H. Silos-Espino, S. Flores-Benitez, E. A. Espinoza-Sánchez, J. R. Ornelas-Tavares, L. Flores-Chávez, C. Tovar-Robles, J. Méndez-Gallegos and D. Rossel-Kipping

Growth in Total Factor Productivity in the Egyptian Agriculture Sector: Growth Accounting and Econometric Assessments of Sources of Growth

Boubaker Dhehibi, Ali Ahmed Ibrahim Ali El-Shahat, Aymen Frija and Aden-Aw Hassan

A Comparison between Conventional Tilled and Bicropped Winter Wheat Grown in Monoculture over Four Years

J. M. Finnan, J. I. Burke and T. M. Thomas

Evaluation of Tillage Practices for Maize (Zea mays) Grown on Different Land-Use Systems in Eastern Zambia

Paramu Mafongoya, Obert Jiri and Mutondwa Phophi

Development of Corn Stover Biofuel: Impacts on Corn and Soybean Markets and Crop Rotation

Farzad Taheripour, Julie Fiegel and Wallace Tyner

Volume 04, issue 4, 2015

Impact of Energy Price Variability on Global Fertilizer Price: Application of Alternative Volatility Models

Prabuddha Sanyal, Leonard A. Malczynski and Paul Kaplan

What Can Be Learned about the Adaptation Process of Farming Systems to Climate Dynamics Using Crop Models?

Sandro L. Schlindwein, Frank Eulenstein, Marcos Lana, Stefan Sieber, Jean-Philippe Boulanger, Edgardo Guevara, Santiago Meira, Elvira Gentile and Michelle Bonatti

Development of Four-Column Data Storage Model for Data-Manipulation of Greenhouse Gases and Soil Properties

Bence Matyas, György Matyas, Mihaly Szendrei, Ankit Singla, Yuhua Kong, Janos Katai, Agnes Zsuposne Olah and Kazuyuki Inubushi

Evaluation of Low Phosphorus Tolerance of Rice Varieties in Northern Ghana

Williams Kwame Atakora, Mathias Fosu, S. O. Abebrese, Michael Asante and Matthias Wissuwa

Elements of Opportunity and Poultry Farms Performance in Delta State, Nigeria

Rodney A. Isiorhovoja

The Effects of Household Wealth on Adoption of Agricultural Related Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Zambia

Elias Kuntashula, Lydia M. Chabala, Terence K. Chibwe and Peter Kaluba

Fertilizer and Genotype Effects on Maize Production on Two Soils in the Northern Region of Ghana

Fulera Tahiru, Mathias Fosu, Thomas Gaiser, Mathias Becker, Baba I. Y. Inusah, Abubakari Mutari, S. S. J. Buah, Williams Kwame Atakora and Askia M. Mohammed

Maize Fertigation with Treated Olive Mill Wastewater: Effects on Crop Production and Soil Properties

Maria I. Kokkora, Chryssoula Papaioannou, Panagiotis Vyrlas, Konstantinos Petrotos, Paschalis Gkoutsidis and Christos Makridis

Factors Determining the Profitability of Catfish Production in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

O. Oluwasola and A. O. Ige

Nitrogen and Potassium Topdressing in Maize Intercropped with Brachiaria Ruziziensis

Edleusa P. Seidel, Willian Reis, Bruna Bartzen, Joice Knaul, Alisson D. Cassiano and Jonatan E. Fredrich

Resources Management and Risk Efficiency of Crop Rotation Systems in Sudan Gezira Scheme

Kheiry Hassan M. Ishag

Effects of Short-term Tillage of a Long-term No-Till Land on Available N and P in Two Contrasting Soil Types

Miles Dyck, Sukhdev. S. Malhi, Marvin Nyborg and Dick Puurveen

Clipped Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) Fodder Management: A Potential for Soil Organic Matter Enrichment in Degraded Savannah Soils of Nigeria

Banake E. Sambo and Ehiabhi C. Odion

Constraints and Breeding Priorities for Increased Sweetpotato Utilization in Ghana

Ernest Baafi, Joe Manu-Aduening, Edward E. Carey, Kwadwo Ofori, Essie T. Blay and Vernon E. Gracen

Volume 04, issue 3 Special Issue, 2015

Organic Research and Development in Denmark (1996-2010) – Effects on the Organic Sector and Society

Lise Andreasen, Ilse Ankjær Rasmussen and Niels Halberg

Are Organic Standards Sufficient to Ensure Sustainable Agriculture? Lessons From New Zealand’s ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard Projects

Charles Merfield, Henrik Moller, Jon Manhire, Chris Rosin, Solis Norton, Peter Carey, Lesley Hunt, John Reid, John Fairweather, Jayson Benge, Isabelle Le Quellec, Hugh Campbell, David Lucock, Caroline Saunders, Catriona MacLeod, Andrew Barber and Alaric McCarthy

Incorporating Agroecology Into Organic Research –An Ongoing Challenge

Urs Niggli

Keeping the Actors in the Organic System Learning: The Role of Organic Farmers’ Experiments

Christian R. Vogl, Susanne Kummer, Friedrich Leitgeb, Christoph Schunko and Magdalena Aigner

Eco-functional Intensification and Food Security: Synergy or Compromise?

Niels Halberg, P. Panneerselvam and Sebastien Treyer

Soil Health and Related Ecosystem Services in Organic Agriculture

Lynette K. Abbott and David A. C. Manning

The Role of Animals in Eco-functional Intensification of Organic Agriculture

Mette Vaarst

Managing Bees for Delivering Biological Control Agents and Improved Pollination in Berry and Fruit Cultivation

Heikki M. T. Hokkanen, Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen and Marja-Leena Lahdenpera

Nutrient Cycling and Soil Health in Organic Cropping Systems - Importance of Management Strategies and Soil Resilience

Derek H. Lynch

Organic No-Till with Roller Crimpers: Agro-ecosystem Services and Applications in Organic Mediterranean Vegetable Productions

Stefano Canali, Mariangela Diacono, Gabriele Campanelli and Francesco Montemurro

Water Quality in Organic Systems

Cynthia A. Cambardella, Kathleen Delate and Dan B. Jaynes

The Role of Trees and Pastures in Organic Agriculture

Joseph R. Heckman

Enhancing Yields in Organic Crop Production by Eco-Functional Intensification

Erik Steen Jensen, Laurent Bedoussac, Georg Carlsson, Etienne-Pascal Journet, Eric Justes and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen

Supporting Innovation in Organic Agriculture: A European Perspective Using Experience from the SOLID Project

Susanne Padel, Mette Vaarst and Konstantinos Zaralis

Functional Biodiversity in Organic Systems: The Way Forward?

Paolo Barberi

Optimising Cropping Techniques for Nutrient and Environmental Management in Organic Agriculture

Ulrich Kopke, Miriam Athmann, Eusun Han and Timo Kautz

A Review of Long-Term Organic Comparison Trials in the U.S

Kathleen Delate, Cynthia Cambardella, Craig Chase and Robert Turnbull

Innovations in Organic Food Systems for Sustainable Production and Ecosystem Services: An Introduction to the Special Issue of Sustainable Agriculture Research

Ellen B. Mallory, Niels Halberg, Lise Andreasen, Kathleen Delate and Mathieu Ngouajio

Volume 04, issue 2, 2015

Risk Analysis of Investments In-Milk Collection Centers

Kheiry Hassan M. Ishag

Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Cassava Flour Inclusion in Bread, a Case Study of Lagos State, Nigeria

E. A. Erih, O. A. Oni and A. E. Fashogbon

Determinants of Household Food Insecurity in Developing Countries Evidences From a Probit Model for the Case of Rural Households in Rwanda

Jean Baptiste Habyarimana

Observed Effects of Warm Season Perennial Grass Agriculture on Resident Mammal Species

David D. Leimbach and Gregg J. Marcello

Exploiting Cropping Management to Improve Agricultural Water Use Efficiency in the Drylands of Eastern Uganda

Robert Mulebeke, Geoffrey Kironchi and Moses M. Tenywa

Effect of Some Preceded Peanut Cultivars on Wheat Yield and Agro – Economic Feasibility Under Two Cropping Systems in Sandy Soil

Abdel-Galil Mohamed Abdel-Galil, Sherif Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab and Tamer Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab

A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of Technical Efficiency of Maize Production Under Minimum Tillage in Zambia

John Ng'ombe and Thomson Kalinda

Micro-Dosing of Lime, Phosphorus and Nitrogen Fertilizers Effect on Maize Performance on an Acid Soil in Kenya

P. O. Kisinyo, P. A. Opala, V. Palapala, S. O. Gudu, C. O. Othieno and E. Ouma

Conservation Agriculture Practices in Salt-Affected, Irrigated Areas of Central Asia: Crop Price and Input Cost Variability Effect on Revenue Risks

Boboev Hasan, Yoshiro Higano, Helmut Yabar, Mina Devkota and John P. A. Lamers

Volume 04, issue 01, 2014

Sustainable Integrated Approach for Management of Fusarium Wilt of Tomato Caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Sacc.) Synder and Hansen

Ravindra Singh, S. K. Biswas, Devesh Nagar, Jaskaran Singh, Morajdhwaj Singh and Yogesh Kumar Mishra

Yield Gap Survey in Sudanno-Guinea Savanna Agro-Ecological Zones of Ghana

Baba I. Y. Inusah, Wilson Dogbe, Alhassan Lansah Abdulai, Julius Yirzagla, Michael Mawunya and Abu Safiyanu Issahak

The Impact of Credit on Technical Efficiency Among Vegetable Farmers in Swaziland

Micah B. Masuku, M. O. Raufu and Nokwanda G. Malinga

Staking Options for Sustainable Yam Production in Ghana

Eric Owusu Danquah, Stella A. Ennin, Joseph N. L. Lamptey and Patricia P. Acheampong

Understanding Soil as an Open System and Fertility as an Emergent Property of the Soil System

Margarete Nicolodi and Clesio Gianello

Farmers’ Knowledge on the Sweetpotato Cultivars Grown in the Teso Sub-Region, Uganda

William Faustine Epeju

Sustainable Choices for a Comprehensive Agricultural Sector in the Congo Basin of Central Africa

Ernest Molua, Lamourdia Thiombiano, Mathias F. Fonteh, Sankung Sagnia and Jean Claude Nguinguiri

Reducing Egypt Rock Phosphate Use in Zea mays Cultivation on an Acid Soil Using Clinoptilolite Zeolite

Hasbullah Nur Aainaa, Osumanu Haruna Ahmed, Susilawati Kasim and Nik Muhamad Ab. Majid

Accommodating the Interest of Local Community in Resolving Conflicts: A Case in Bentayan’s Wildlife Area, South Sumatra, Indonesia

Didi Tahyudin, Ridha Taqwa, Taqwa Dadang and Alfitri Alfitri

Deficit Irrigation of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf): Effects on Total Dry Matter Production, Light Interception and Radiation Use Efficiency Under Different Nitrogen Rates

Hatem Cheikh M'hamed, Mourad Rezig and Mbarek Ben Naceur

Effect of Application of Liquid Swine Manure on Soil Organic Carbon and Enzyme Activities in Two Contrasting Saskatchewan Soils

Tom King, Jeff J. Schoenau and Sukhdev S. Malhi

Water Policy Under Risk and Uncertainty A Dynamic Evaluation Model of Fodder Cultivation in Oman

Kheiry Hassan M. Ishag and Hag Hamad Abdelaziz