Will it be possible to produce enough food by completely avoiding the use of mineral fertilizers?

These days there is lot of discussion on zero budget natural farming as a means for doubling the income of farmers in India. With little or no scientific evidence available to show that crop...

07 August 2019 287 101 View

Since 2015 all urea sold in India is neem coated urea. Is there any increase in production or reduction in the use of urea sold as neem coated urea?

In 2015, the Government of India ordered that all urea produced in the country or imported will be sold will be coated with neem oil at the rate of 0.5 kg per tonne. Neem oil is a nitrification...

09 October 2018 9,575 4 View

Why during the last 2-3 decades a large number of papers on integrated nutrient management have been published from South Asia and Africa?

What could be reason that during last 2-3 decades a large number of researchers from South Asia and Africa have published on integrated management of organic and inorganic sources of plant...

05 June 2018 6,267 27 View

Why farmers in developing countries have a tendency to manage fertilizers without getting their soil tested or consulting an expert?

Whether it is lack of faith of farmers on soil testing results and recommendations based on the soil tests or they have tendency to apply more fertilizers to ensure that yields do not suffer due...

03 April 2018 8,820 8 View

Phosphorus applied to soil and retained in the soil has been termed as legacy P. How can this P potentially substitute for P fertilisers?

In different regions of the world, legacy soil P accumulated from 1965 to 2007 ranged from 160 kg P ha-1 in Africa to 1115 kg P ha-1 in western Europe; world average was 550 kg P ha-1 (Sattari et...

07 August 2017 7,701 3 View

It is high time we need to be serious about soil health and soil security. May I invite your comments?

07 August 2017 8,228 63 View

What are the advances in nutrient management in rice other than improving cultivars that have potential to further enhance fertilizer use efficiency?

Some of the recent advances in nutrient management in rice are: site-specific nutrient management, controlled release and slow-release nitrogen fertilizers, urease and nitrification inhibitors,...

01 February 2017 4,865 13 View

Can Soil Health Cards provided to farmers in India help maintain soil health?

These soil health cards contain information about a few soil physical and chemical properties and some soil test values for plant nutrients.

01 February 2017 808 7 View

How can soil scientists make their research more useful?

There are three main ways in which soil science has failed its stakeholders. 1. Over-generalizing recommendations beyond the conditions for which they were developed. 2. Not properly...

01 January 1970 8,004 24 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 View

APA 7th In-Text citations with two references with three authors with the same surname, but four different author?

I have an issue with APA 7th in-text citation. II have two papers where the first three authors are the same, and the fourth is different. I am using the Mendeley desktop app, and automatically it...

02 March 2021 790 3 View

Where can I find life cycle inventory or assessment of non woven materials?

Dear network, I am looking for the LCA or LCI or at least the energy balances of the non woven fabrics process for my master project, in specific for natural fibers, yet I have found...

02 March 2021 9,662 1 View

Research on Supply Chain Management in Indian context?

Hi, I am planning to apply for the PhD degree in the Supply Chain Mgt. with specific area of "Cold Storage warehouses" during Pandemics and wars. Where lock downs and shut downs are frequent....

02 March 2021 285 2 View

How can the modification of garden soil cause global warming?

Hello, I am working on a soil project and I found a primary research article that tests how the modification of agricultural soil can cause global warming, using a thermal collector, however I...

02 March 2021 7,161 3 View

Can you share me how teacher education is managed in your respective national educational system?

I feel that the practice in teacher education in my country is below the expected performance level due to very poor management system. Hope I will learn something from your experiences.

02 March 2021 1,516 4 View

How does one access the Cranet survey data on HRM practices?

Hello, The Cranet website does not provide any lead to the data obtained from their multinational survey on HRM practices. Any help on accessing the data would be most appreciated. Thank...

01 March 2021 9,536 3 View

Is there any research regarding how training and development is going to change in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution?

As the organizations getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, to enhance the skills of their workforce what type of changes are necessary and going to occur in the training and...

01 March 2021 3,199 3 View

How Download/Extract citations of 1 given year ALL my publications in Google Scholar?

If you google this you find a lot of smart guys explaining you how to download 1 year of citations of 1 single paper of yours (or anyone else). I mean 1 year of ALL my papers. or ... ALL years or...

01 March 2021 1,121 9 View

How can I edit suggested publications?

Hi there! I regularly receive suggestion about papers and authors that are totally out of my area. Does anybody know how I can fix this? Thank you!

01 March 2021 9,574 4 View