Agricultural emissions reduction potential by improving technical efficiency in crop production

Arun Khatri-Chhetri Tek Sapkota sofina maharjan Paresh Shirsath (2023, [Artículo])

CONTEXT: Global and national agricultural development policies normally tend to focus more on enhancing farm productivity through technological changes than on better use of existing technologies. The role of improving technical efficiency in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction from crop production is the least explored area in the agricultural sector. But improving technical efficiency is necessary in the context of the limited availability of existing natural resources (particularly land and water) and the need for GHG emission reduction from the agriculture sector. Technical efficiency gains in the production process are linked with the amount of input used nd the cost of production that determines both economic and environmental gains from the better use of existing technologies. OBJECTIVE: To assess a relationship between technical efficiency and GHG emissions and test the hypothesis that improving technical efficiency reduces GHG emissions from crop production. METHODS: This study used input-output data collected from 10,689 rice farms and 5220 wheat farms across India to estimate technical efficiency, global warming potential, and emission intensity (GHG emissions per unit of crop production) under the existing crop production practices. The GHG emissions from rice and wheat production were estimated using the CCAFS Mitigation Options Tool (CCAFS-MOT) and the technical efficiency of production was estimated through a stochastic production frontier analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that improving technical efficiency in crop production can reduce emission intensity but not necessarily total emissions. Moreover, our analysis does not support smallholders tend to be technically less efficient and the emissions per unit of food produced by smallholders can be relatively high. Alarge proportion of smallholders have high technical efficiency, less total GHG emissions, and low emissions intensity. This study indicates the levels of technical efficiency and GHG emission are largely influenced by farming typology, i.e. choice and use of existing technologies and management practices in crop cultivation. SIGNIFICANCE: This study will help to promote existing improved technologies targeting GHG emissions reduction from the agriculture production systems.

Technical Efficiency Interventions CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MITIGATION PRODUCTIVITY CROP PRODUCTION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Smallholder maize yield estimation using satellite data and machine learning in Ethiopia

Zhe Guo Jordan Chamberlin Liangzhi You (2023, [Artículo])

The lack of timely, high-resolution data on agricultural production is a major challenge in developing countries where such information can guide the allocation of scarce resources for food security, agricultural investment, and other objectives. While much research has suggested that remote sensing can potentially help address these gaps, few studies have indicated the immediate potential for large-scale estimations over both time and space. In this study we described a machine learning approach to estimate smallholder maize yield in Ethiopia, using well-measured and broadly distributed ground truth data and freely available spatiotemporal covariates from remote sensing. A neural networks model outperformed other algorithms in our study. Importantly, our work indicates that a model developed and calibrated on a previous year's data could be used to reasonably estimate maize yield in the subsequent year. Our study suggests the feasibility of developing national programs for the routine generation of broad-scale and high-resolution estimates of smallholder maize yield, including seasonal forecasts, on the basis of machine learning algorithms, well-measured ground control data, and currently existing time series satellite data.

Sentinel-2 Smallholder Agriculture Yield Prediction CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA INTENSIFICATION SMALLHOLDERS AGRICULTURE YIELD FORECASTING

Proceso de limpieza de componentes industriales

Cleaning process of industrial components

Omar Annuar Guel Quiroz (2023, [Artículo])

Las condiciones experimentales para poder recuperar componentes críticos para un ensamble de un motor de combustión interna, así como también la validación de pruebas de calidad mediante pruebas milipore que detectan la cantidad y peso de partículas de un componente.Los componentes se recuperaron al pasar por un proceso de limpieza tipo aspersión usando un químico sometido a una presión para retirar los contaminantes del material a salvar si aplicar temperatura al químico.El químico usado en las pruebas tiene características de ser amigable con el medio ambiente para evitar la contaminación una vez que este se encuentre contaminado.

Experimental conditions to recover critical components for an internal combustion engine assembly, as well as the validation of quality tests through millipore tests that detect the quantity and weight of particles of a component.The components were recovered by going through a spray-type cleaning process using a chemical under pressure to remove contaminants from the material to be salvaged without applying temperature to the chemical.The chemical used in the tests has characteristics of being environmentally friendly to avoid contamination once it is contaminated.

Core Proceso Remanufactura Inmersión Aspersión Process Remanufacturing Immersion Spraying INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS ESPECIALIDADES TECNOLÓGICAS OTRAS OTRAS

Condiciones para modelar el riego por gravedad con propiedades hidrodinámicas equivalentes del suelo

Conditions for modeling surface irrigation with effective soil hydraulic properties

FELIPE ZATARAIN MENDOZA CARLOS FUENTES RUIZ LUIS RENDON PIMENTEL (2016, [Artículo])

Para diseñar el riego por gravedad es común hacer mediciones durante un evento de riego y deducir valores promedio o efectivos de la infiltración. Pero, la variabilidad espacial de los suelos puede ser de tal magnitud que la representatividad de estos valores puede cuestionarse. La hipótesis de este estudio fue que utilizar los valores efectivos de las propiedades hidrodinámicas del suelo es válido en ciertas condiciones de riego por gravedad. El objetivo fue analizar esas propiedades, con base en información experimental de infiltración y avance del riego en melgas, a través de la generación de campos correlacionados de la conductividad hidráulica con un método fundamentado en el análisis espectral.

Riego de superficie Infiltración INGENIERÍA Y TECNOLOGÍA

Abduction according to Peirce: reflections from the south on the crisis of representation brought on by COVID-19

Paulina Aroch (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

In this article, I reflect on the importance of abductive thinking for processes of material and conceptual reinvention in the context of the current public health crisis. Inseparable from the climate change engulfing the planet, this crisis provides the basis for a semiotic revolution. Therefore, I interrogate Peirce’s work without losing sight of my own time and place of interlocution. COVID-19 has brought with it a crisis of representation which, in contrast to that unleashed by the Holocaust and World War II, and to which the Frankfurt School responded, demands responses from the Global South. Beginning from Dussel’s call to defend life as a matter of ethical urgency in the face of its irresponsible objectification within colonial capitalist modernity –which arguably triggered the pandemic–, I trace a “nocturnal map” that registers the present meaning-making crisis, and allows for a reimagining and remaking of the world from elsewhere.

estudios de la comunicación semiótica crítica Sur Global crisis de representación COVID-19 HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA Critical theory interdisciplinarity Global South crisis of representation

Multicriteria assessment of alternative cropping systems at farm level. A case with maize on family farms of South East Asia

Santiago Lopez-Ridaura (2023, [Artículo])

CONTEXT: Integration of farms into markets with adoption of maize as a cash crop can significantly increase income of farms of the developing world. However, in some cases, the income generated may still be very low and maize production may also have strong negative environmental and social impacts. OBJECTIVE: Maize production in northern Laos is taken as a case to study how far can farms' performance be improved with improved crop management of maize with the following changes at field level: good timing and optimal soil preparation and sowing, allowing optimal crop establishment and low weed infestation. METHODS: We compared different farm types' performance on locally relevant criteria and indicators embodying the three pillars of sustainability (environmental, economic and social). An integrated assessment approach was combined with direct measurement of indicators in farmers' fields to assess eleven criteria of local farm sustainability. A bio-economic farm model was used for scenario assessment in which changes in crop management and the economic environment of farms were compared to present situation. The farm model was based on mathematical programming maximizing income under constraints related to i) household composition, initial cash and rice stocks and land type, and ii) seasonal balances of cash, labour and food. The crop management scenarios were built based on a diagnosis of the causes of variations in the agronomic and environmental performances of cropping systems, carried out in farmers' fields. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that moderate changes in crop management on maize would improve substantially farm performance on 4 to 6 criteria out of the 11 assessed, depending on farm types. The improved crop management of maize had a high economic attractiveness for every farm type simulated (low, medium and high resource endowed farms) even at simulated production costs more than doubling current costs of farmers' practices. However, while an improvement of the systems performance was attained in terms of agricultural productivity, income generation, work and ease of work, herbicide leaching, improved soil quality and nitrogen balance, trade-offs were identified with other indicators such as erosion control and cash outflow needed at the beginning of the cropping season. SIGNIFICANCE: Using farm modelling for multicriteria assessment of current and improved maize cropping systems for contrasted farm types helped capture main opportunities and constraints on local farm sustainability, and assess the trade-offs that new options at field level may generate at farm level.

Bio-Economic Farm Model Smallholder Farms CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA CASH CROPS INDICATORS SMALLHOLDERS CROPPING SYSTEMS MAIZE

Compuestos bioactivos presentes en geopropóleos de Melipona beecheii y su potencial uso en la medicina tradicional

ANGEL DANIEL HERRERA ESPAÑA OMAR ARISTEO PEÑA MORAN ROGER GASPAR CAUICH KUMUL (2023, [Artículo])

El interés actual por estudios con productos naturales, ha llevado a realizar investigaciones con geopropóleos. Este producto natural producido por especies de abejas sin aguijón (meliponinos), resulta de una mezcla de material resinoso vegetal, arcilla y secreciones salivales. Estudios farmacológicos realizados con extractos de geopropóleos de Melipona beecheii, han demostrado sus propiedades anticancerígenas, antimicrobianas y antioxidantes, las cuales se relacionan con la presencia de diversos compuestos bioactivos. Debido a sus propiedades terapéuticas, este producto natural puede ser considerado como una potencial alternativa dentro de la medicina tradicional maya.

ABEJA SIN AGUIJON ACTIVIDAD ANTIMICROBIANA FENOLES FLAVONOIDES PROPIEDADES TERAPEUTICAS BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA BIOLOGÍA ANIMAL (ZOOLOGÍA) INVERTEBRADOS INVERTEBRADOS

AGG-maize year 3 major achievements and next steps

Yoseph Beyene (2023, [Objeto de congreso])

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA MAIZE BREEDING PROGRAMMES INNOVATION HYBRIDS GERMPLASM

Editorial: Social and institutional innovations for achieving sustainable agricultural transformation in the global south

Paswel Marenya Jeetendra Aryal Annet Mulema Dil Bahadur Rahut (2023, [Artículo])

Agrifood Systems Transformation Global South Institutional Innovations CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA AGRIFOOD SYSTEMS GREEN REVOLUTION INNOVATION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

DESACTIVACIÓN DE FLUORESCENCIA COMO PRINCIPIO DE BIODETECCIÓN DE PROTEÍNAS

Edwin Johan Ortiz Riaño (2020, [Tesis de maestría])

"En nuestros días los inmunoensayos son la principal herramienta para el diagnóstico médico, el desarrollo de fármacos y el monitoreo medioambiental. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los inmunoensayos involucran procedimientos que requieren de muchos elementos para su desarrollo. En el presente trabajo, se desarrolló una novedosa plataforma de biosensado para la detección de IgG humana basada en el apagamiento de fluorescencia causada por el óxido de grafeno. Se utilizó solo un anticuerpo (conjugado con el fluoróforo isotiocianato de fluoresceína) en los procesos de captura y detección sin la necesidad de etapas de lavado. La simple plataforma de biosensado consiste en el recubrimiento de una microplaca de 96 pocillos (con fondo de poliestireno) con óxido de grafeno. La adhesión del óxido de grafeno es posible gracias a interacciones electrostáticas entre el óxido de grafeno (negativamente cargado) y la superficie de la placa modificada con grupos aminos (positivamente cargados). Cuando se agregó el analito y el anticuerpo (conjugado con el fluoróforo) se realizó una cinética durante dos horas con lecturas cada 5 minutos de la intensidad de fluorescencia, observando que cuanto mayor era la concentración del analito menor era el apagamiento de fluorescencia. Esta propuesta mostró una excelente detección para IgG humana, con una aceptable precisión (desde 0.27 % hasta 4.80 %). El límite de detección alcanzado fue 2.71 ng mL y el límite de cuantificación alcanzado fue de 15.5 ng mL. De igual forma, fue posible la cuantificación de concentraciones desconocidas del analito dentro de un rango aceptable de exactitud (desde 73 % hasta 126 %). Todo esto hace de esta plataforma de biosensado una buena opción para la detección de diversos tipos de analitos (biomarcadores) con potencial futuro en diagnóstico."

Inmunoensayo Plataforma de Biosensado Óxido de Grafeno Isotiocianato de fluoresceína Apagamiento de fluorescencia Límite de cuantificación Límite de detección CIENCIAS FÍSICO MATEMÁTICAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA FÍSICA ÓPTICA ÓPTICA