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  1. 2013-09-20 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of North West China. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country...
  2. This TVNI hosted webinar “Vetiver Grass for the control of stem borer of rice in China” was held on March 1st 2022. The webinar (55 minutes) comprises a presentation by guest speaker Dr. Zhongxian Lu of the Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,...
  3. In China’s rural areas, most villages do not have electricity, and commercial fuels like kerosene and coal are expensive. Thus the rural population still relies heavily on biological sources of energy. Fuelwood and crop residues (mostly straw) account for 80% of rural household energy use and 54%...
  4. Phiri, A. T., Zhao, X., & Chen, Q. (2024). Revitalizing Smallholder Farming in Africa: Insights from China’s Science and Technology Backyard Model.Research on World Agricultural Economy,5(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.36956/rwae.v5i2.1042 Smallholder farmers are crucial to African agriculture,...
  5. Shuang Zhou, Guangshuai Wang, Junpeng Zhang, Hongkai Dang, Yang Gao, Jingsheng Sun,Long-term saline water irrigation has the potential to balance greenhouse gas emissions and cotton yield in North China plain,Journal of Environmental Management,Volume 352,2024,120087,ISSN 0301-4797,...
  6. Zhao, Xinsheng, Allan Degen, Lizhuang Hao, and Shujie Liu. 2022. "Ruminant Lick Blocks, Particularly in China: A Review"Sustainability14, no. 13: 7620. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137620 A lick block (LB) is a solidified mixture of molasses, urea, minerals, filler, coagulant and binder that is...
  7. The diversity of plant species in Chinais extraordinary. With anareaalmost exactly that of the continental United States, China has nearly twice as many plant species, about 31,000 or one-eighth of the world's total, versus only about 20,000 for the U.S.A. and Canada combined. This number...
  8. Abstract, African Journal of Biotechnology, 2010 A field study was conducted to determine seasonal root biomass, root spatial distribution and water use efficiency (WUE) in milkvetch ( Astragalus adsurgens Pall.), sainfoin ( Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop.), alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) and...

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