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Author Leogrande, R.; Vitti, C.; Lopedota, O.; Ventrella, D.; Montemurro, F. url  doi
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  Title Effects of Irrigation Volume and Saline Water On Maize Yield and Soil in Southern Italy: Irrigation with saline water on maize Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Irrig. and Drain. Abbreviated Journal Irrig. and Drain.  
  Volume 65 Issue 3 Pages 243-253  
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  Abstract A field experiment was carried out in southern Italy to investigate the effects of irrigation and salinity on a maize crop and soil properties. The experiment was laid out comparing different irrigation rates (I1, I2, I3—re-establishing 50, 75 and 100% of the calculated maximum evapotranspiration) and water quality (FW, fresh water and SW, saline water). Grain yield was significantly greater by 60% in 2008 than in 2010. No significant difference was shown for grain yield between the irrigation treatments, whereas water productivity decreased significantly with increasing irrigation rates. Irrigation with saline water did not significantly reduce grain yield compared with fresh water, but it improved grain quality with higher protein content (9.1%) and lower grain moisture percentage (13.3%). Saline water determined a significant increase of saturated soil paste extract Na, ECe, SAR, some exchangeable cations and ESP compared with FW in both years. Furthermore, at the end of the experiment these parameters were lower than those at the end of the first maize crop. Lastly, in the saline treatment, at the end of the trial, the ECe and ESP values were below the critical threshold for soil salinization and/or sodification.  
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  ISSN 1531-0353 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number MA @ admin @ Serial 4990  
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Author Wang, X.; Biewald, A.; Dietrich, J.P.; Schmitz, C.; Lotze-Campen, H.; Humpenöder, F.; Bodirsky, B.L.; Popp, A. url  doi
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  Title Taking account of governance: Implications for land-use dynamics, food prices, and trade patterns Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Ecological Economics Abbreviated Journal Ecol. Econ.  
  Volume 122 Issue Pages 12-24  
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  Abstract Highlights • Governance impacts on land use dynamics are modeled at the global scale with an agro-economic dynamic optimization model. • Improved governance performance lowers deforestation, reduces cropland expansion and increases agricultural yield. • Good governance makes a decisive difference in investment for increasing yields in developing regions. • Weak governance increases food prices, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. • Improving governance performance has significant impacts on poverty reduction. Abstract Deforestation, mainly caused by unsustainable agricultural expansion, results in a loss of biodiversity and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, as well as impinges on local livelihoods. Countries’ governance performance, particularly with respect to property rights security, exerts significant impacts on land-use patterns by affecting agricultural yield-related technological investment and cropland expansion. This study aims to incorporate governance factors into a recursive agro-economic dynamic model to simulate governance impacts on land-use patterns at the global scale. Due to the difficulties of including governance indicators directly into numerical models, we use lending interest rates as discount rates to reflect risk-accounting factors associated with different governance scenarios. In addition to a reference scenario, three scenarios with high, low and mixed divergent discount rates are formed to represent weak, strong and fragmented governance. We find that weak governance leads to slower yield growth, increased cropland expansion and associated deforestation, mainly in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. This is associated with increasing food prices, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. By contrast, strong governance performance provides a stable political and economic situation which may bring down deforestation rates, stimulate investment in agricultural technologies, and induce fairly strong decreases in food prices.  
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Author Knox, J.; Daccache, A.; Hess, T.; Haro, D. url  doi
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  Title Meta-analysis of climate impacts and uncertainty on crop yields in Europe Type Journal Article
  Year 2016 Publication Environmental Research Letters Abbreviated Journal Environ. Res. Lett.  
  Volume 11 Issue Pages 113004  
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  Abstract Future changes in temperature, rainfall and soil moisture could threaten agricultural land use and crop productivity in Europe, with major consequences for food security. We assessed the projected impacts of climate change on the yield of seven major crop types (viz wheat, barley, maize, potato, sugar beet, rice and rye) grown in Europe using a systematic review (SR) and meta-analysis of data reported in 41 original publications from an initial screening of 1748 studies. Our approach adopted an established SR procedure developed by the Centre for Evidence Based Conservation constrained by inclusion criteria and defined methods for literature searches, data extraction, meta-analysis and synthesis. Whilst similar studies exist to assess climate impacts on crop yield in Africa and South Asia, surprisingly, no comparable synthesis has been undertaken for Europe. Based on the reported results (n = 729) we show that the projected change in average yield in Europe for the seven crops by the 2050s is +8%. For wheat and sugar beet, average yield changes of +14% and +15% are projected, respectively. There were strong regional differences with crop impacts in northern Europe being higher (+14%) and more variable compared to central (+6%) and southern (+5) Europe. Maize is projected to suffer the largest negative mean change in southern Europe (−11%). Evidence of climate impacts on yield was extensive for wheat, maize, sugar beet and potato, but very limited for barley, rice and rye. The implications for supporting climate adaptation policy and informing climate impacts crop science research in Europe are discussed.  
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Author Sinabell, F. url  openurl
  Title Wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen für die Landwirtschaft Type Conference Article
  Year 2016 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 5 Issue Pages 11-13  
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  Area Expedition Conference Umweltökologisches Symposium. Landwirtschaft 2030 - Auswirkungen auf Boden, Wasser und Luft, 5. – 6. April 2016, Irdning-Donnersbachtal  
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Author van Lingen, H.J.; Plugge, C.M.; Fadel, J.G.; Kebreab, E.; Bannink, A.; Dijkstra, J. url  doi
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  Title Correction: Thermodynamic Driving Force of Hydrogen on Rumen Microbial Metabolism: A Theoretical Investigation Type Miscellaneous
  Year 2016 Publication PLoS One Abbreviated Journal PLoS One  
  Volume 11(12) Issue 12 Pages e0168052  
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  Abstract [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161362.].  
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