The World Bank defines smallholder farmers as those who cultivate fewer than five acres(2.02 hectares)of land.However,according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2021.approximately 2...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFE0101300 and 2021YFD1901102);the project supported by the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province,China(2023-JC-YB-185);the Ningxia Key Research and Development Program,China(2023BCF01018)。
Long-term mulching has improved crop yields and farmland productivity in semiarid areas,but it has also increased greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions and depleted soil fertility.Biochar application has emerged as a promising...
FORTY years ago,driving through Hotan Prefecture in south Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region meant skirting the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert,China’s largest desert and the world’s second largest shifting des...
0n farmland in Yifeng Town,Lankao County in Henan Province,sweet potatoes are thriving."We have sandy soil here,and the sweet potatoes we grow are very sweet,"Zhang Juqun,a local farmer,told Xinhua News Agency.As he s...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32060288);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32160300);the Bingtuan Science and Technology Program(Grant No.2019AB007);the Science and Technology Planning Project of the first division of Alaer city(Grant No.2022XX06).
Robust, accurate, and fast monitoring of residual plastic film (RPF) pollution in farmlands has great significance. Based on CBAM-DBNet, this study proposed a threshold-adaptive joint framework for identifying the RPF...
Suffering from adverse weather conditions,Malawi’s farmers savour the prospect of exporting soya beans to the lucrative Chinese market.Like many farmers,Monica Haraba wakes up at 5:00 a.m.to get ready to harvest her ...
"The 7,000 mu(467 hectares)of farmland of our cooperatives have high yields,and all of the crops are of high quality,"says Wang Lingli,an agricultural-business manager in Chongzhou,a city in Southwest China's Sichuan ...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFD1900601-07 and 2019YFC0408703);Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps South Xinjiang Key Industry Innovation and Development Support Plan Project(2021DB017);Science and Technology Plan Project of Yunnan Provincial Department of Science and Technology(202202AE090034-07).
Metal(loid)pollution has emerged as a pressing environmental issue in agriculture,garnering extensive public attention.Metal(loid)s are potentially toxic substances that infiltrate the soil through diverse pathways,le...
Supported by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(ZR202212020225);Youth Innovation Fund of Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention(QC-2022-07);Shandong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Project(Q-2023101).
Introduction:Rodents are hosts of a wide range of zoonotic disease pathogens which threaten human health.However,comprehensive investigations of rodent ecology and etiology in Shandong are lacking.Thus,we aimed to ana...
Like many farmers,Monica Haraba wakes up at 5 a.m.to get ready to harvest her soybean crop on her farmland located on the outskirts of Lilongwe,Malawi's capital.But like last year,she is expecting lower output due to ...