Separating the impacts of crop diversification and rotations on risk

By G. Helmers, C. Yamoah, G. Varvel. 2001

56 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science, Soil Science

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In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. Jean-Paul Chavas
2. Salvatore Di Falco

In Plant Science

1. Trenton F. Stanger
2. Jean-Paul Chavas
3. J. Lauer
4. P. Pedersen
5. J. D. Bruin

In Soil Science

1. Jean-Paul Chavas
2. J. Lauer
3. Trenton F. Stanger
4. Salvatore Di Falco

Citations in the corpus

• ROTATION IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS OF ZAMBIA: EFFECTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND WATER RELATIONS (2010, background): “Rotations may play an important role in diversifying farmers’ incomes and spreading the risk of crop failure (Helmers et al., 2001).”
• The Profitability and Risk of Long-Term Cropping Systems Featuring Different Rotations and Nitrogen Rates (2008, background): “Similar fi ndings have been observed by Helmers et al. (2001), where they compared a CS rotation with corn and soybean planted continuously and found that production risk was reduced when the crops were planted in rotation, even though yield variance was higher in the rotated crops than for the…”