Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture
Dryland cropping regions are present on every continent except Antarctica and represent major small grain producing regions as well as major food grain producing regions. As the human population continues to grow there will be greater demand for food, fiber, and biofuel production. Society is emphas...
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fticar:oai:ojs3.epubs.icar.org.in:article/65876 2023-05-15T13:46:09+02:00 Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture Wienhold, Brian J Luchiari, Ariovaldo Zhang, Rui 2016-12-17 application/pdf https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAZ/article/view/65876 eng eng Arid Zone Research Association of India https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAZ/article/view/65876/28102 https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAZ/article/view/65876 Copyright (c) 2016 Arid Zone Research Association of India Annals of Arid Zone; Vol. 39 No. 3 (2000) 0570-1791 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2016 fticar 2022-09-19T09:25:59Z Dryland cropping regions are present on every continent except Antarctica and represent major small grain producing regions as well as major food grain producing regions. As the human population continues to grow there will be greater demand for food, fiber, and biofuel production. Society is emphasizing the quality of production in addition to the quantity produced. Increased production will be needed at the same time land is being lost to urban encroachment and degradation resulting from wind and water erosion, physical and chemical degradation, and other competing uses (e.g., natural areas). Increased productivity will require efficient capture, storage, and use of precipitation and efficient utilization of all available nutrient resources. Tools for quantifying the spatial variability in soil properties affecting water dynamics, tools for sensing crop stresses that can be alleviated through management, and methods for quantifying the spatial variability in nutrient availability are needed. As efforts are undertaken to increase productivity under dry land conditions, practices that are sustainable and preserve biotic and abiotic natural resources will need to be developed and adopted by producers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Indian Agricultural Research Journals ( Indian Council of Agricultural Research) |
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Dryland cropping regions are present on every continent except Antarctica and represent major small grain producing regions as well as major food grain producing regions. As the human population continues to grow there will be greater demand for food, fiber, and biofuel production. Society is emphasizing the quality of production in addition to the quantity produced. Increased production will be needed at the same time land is being lost to urban encroachment and degradation resulting from wind and water erosion, physical and chemical degradation, and other competing uses (e.g., natural areas). Increased productivity will require efficient capture, storage, and use of precipitation and efficient utilization of all available nutrient resources. Tools for quantifying the spatial variability in soil properties affecting water dynamics, tools for sensing crop stresses that can be alleviated through management, and methods for quantifying the spatial variability in nutrient availability are needed. As efforts are undertaken to increase productivity under dry land conditions, practices that are sustainable and preserve biotic and abiotic natural resources will need to be developed and adopted by producers. |
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Wienhold, Brian J Luchiari, Ariovaldo Zhang, Rui Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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Challenges Confronting Soil Management for Dryland Agriculture |
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challenges confronting soil management for dryland agriculture |
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