Investigation of Feasibility and Effect of Alternative Farming System on the Grain Yield of Barley and Forage Production in Western Semi-arid Region of Golestan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Range Management

Armin Arrekhi ¹ , Hamid Niknahad Gharmakher ² , Sonoko Bellingrath Kimura ³ , Johann Bachinger ⁴ , Ralf Bloch ⁵

1 - Leibniz-Zentrum
2 - Department of Rangeland Management, College of Rangeland and Watershed Managemet, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Humboldt University of Berlin
4 - Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
5 - Professor at Department of Agroecology and Sustainable Cropping Systems at Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development

Received: 2021-08-31 Accepted : 2022-02-05 Published : 2023-04-01

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