Intervention effectmodel-written summary

In drought years optimal sowing date with insurance improved income up to 48.0%.

A claim from Integrating rainfall index-based insurance with optimal crop management strategies can reduce financial risks for Australian dryland cotton farmers · 2024

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesimulated

Claim · model-written summary

In drought years optimal sowing date with insurance improved income up to 48.0%.

Treatment
combined optimal sowing dates with rainfall index-based insurancee0
Outcome
income improvemente0
Direction
improvemente0
Value
up to 48.0%e0
Qualifier
in drought yearse0

Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSetting

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Gossypium hirsutum
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Verbatim

e0

“in drought years, the income improvement for farmers who combined optimal sowing dates with rainfall index-based insurance was up to 48.0%”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1269–1407
e1

“cotton lint yields”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 616–634

Title

Integrating rainfall index-based insurance with optimal crop management strategies can reduce financial risks for Australian dryland cotton farmers

Thong Nguyen-Huy; Jarrod Kath; Louis Kouadio; et al. Sustainable Futures 2024. doi:10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100249

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rainfall · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

12 papers: 7 positive, 5 negative or no effect

6 papers in the same direction as this claim · 5 in the opposite direction

  1. negative
    The rainfed cotton treatment tended to have the lowest yield in both years

    Comparison of precision and conventional irrigation management of cotton and impact of soil texture · 2020

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Rainfed cotton tended to have the lowest yield in both years.

    Comparison of precision and conventional irrigation management of cotton · 2019

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Extreme rainfall reduced cotton yield at lower fruiting branches.

    Extreme rainfall and soil water consumption differences increase yield shedding at lower fruiting branches, reducing cotton water productivity under different sowing dates · 2024

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Limited rain in La Niña years reduced simulated cotton lint yields by 5 to 30% compared with Neutral and El Niño phases when initial soil water was 75 and 50%.

    Modeling Cotton Lint Yield Response to Irrigation Management as Influenced by El Niño–Southern Oscillation · 2014 · compared with yield estimates for Neutral and El Niño phases

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Excessive rainfall and cooler temperature limited cotton growth and yield in 2010.

    Impact of Tillage and Herbicides on Weed Density, Yield and Quality of Cotton in Wheat Based Cropping System · 2013

    Opposite direction

  6. positive
    Rainfall-conserving cultivation produced large increases in cotton yield on Loess Plain soils.

    Rainfall Conservation and The Yields Of Sorghum and Groundnuts in Northern Nigeria · 1966

    Same direction

  7. positive
    Weather.com forecast irrigation produced significantly higher cotton yield than rainfed management.

    Using Precipitation Forecasts to Irrigate Cotton · 2015 · compared with rainfed cotton

    Same direction

  8. positive
    Diversified rainfed systems sustained crop productivity compared with cotton cropping systems over 11 years.

    Effects of Diversification of Rainfed Cropping Systems to Enhance Sustained Yields for Semi-Arid Tropical Agroecosystems: Effects of 11–Years of Farmers’ Practice · 2015 · compared with rainfed cotton cropping systems

    Same direction

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sowing time · yield · Gossypium hirsutum (cotton)Positive and negative results

95 papers: 66 positive, 29 negative or no effect

65 papers in the same direction as this claim · 28 in the opposite direction · 1 reporting no difference from an alternative

  1. no effect
    Delayed sowing did not increase Bollgard II yield through greater leaf area at flowering.

    Managing yields of high fruit retention in transgenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) using sowing date · 2008 · compared with normal sowing dates

    Opposite direction

  2. negative
    Late planting reduced cotton yield in one of three years and two of three genotypes.

    Planting Date and Potassium Fertility Effects on Cotton Yield and Fiber Properties · 1998

    Opposite direction

  3. negative
    Cotton yield declined with later planting dates.

    Effect of cultivars and sowing dates on yield and quality of Gossypium hirsutum L. crop · 2009

    Opposite direction

  4. negative
    Delayed planting reduced cotton yields.

    Effect of Planting Date on the Yield and Fiber Properties of Three Cotton Cultivars1 · 1973

    Opposite direction

  5. negative
    Mid-May planting decreased average cotton lint yield across four environments by 31%.

    Cotton Response to Starter Fertilizer Placement and Planting Dates · 1991

    Opposite direction

  6. negative
    Late sowing reduced boll weight.

    Sowing date and boll position affected boll weight, fiber quality and fiber physiological parameters in two cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) cultivars · 2012 · compared with normal sowing date

    Opposite direction

  7. negative
    Seed cotton yields per plant and feddan decreased with each 15-day planting delay.

    Effect of delaying planting date on yield, fiber and yarn quality properties in some cultivars and promising crosses of Egyptian cotton. · 2015

    Opposite direction

  8. no effect
    With adequate moisture, planting date generally did not significantly affect Temik-TSX plot yields.

    Effects of Planting Date and Early‐Season Pest Control on Yield in Cotton · 1990

    Opposite direction

86 papers more in this group

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Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.