Agricultural biographics vs agricultural biographistics: concept, information resource, reflexive potential

Global Agricultural Concept Scheme: A Hub for Agricultural Vocabularies

Thesauri are used to tag semi-structured documents, texts, while more complex semantic structures are used to describe (annotate) scientific data. We are creating a Global Agricultural Concept Scheme (GACS) by mapping AGROVOC, CABT and NALT – three major thesauri in the area of food and agriculture, with a beta release in May 2016. We see GACS as a hub linking user-oriented thesauri with semant...

Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

Sample Courses and Course Materials in Agricultural Economics Supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the DLESE offers access to electronic materials in all aspects of earth science education, including agricultural economics, for both teachers and learners at all levels. Has searchable database with such materials as maps, images, online courses, field and lab activities, curricu...

Ecological Potential assessment of soil in agricultural lands in Hamedan Province, Iran, using geographic information system

The main purpose of the present study was to assess the ecological capability of agricultural soils using geographic information system (GIS). This research was conducted during 2014 in Hamedan Province, Iran. A cross-sectional study was conducted mapping the 10 factors of soil characteristics (texture, depth, erosion, and aggregation, percentage of slope, direction of slope, height, soil salin...

Agricultural and Forest Resource Surveys from Space

Information Communication Technologies in Agricultural Extension Delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda

  The study examined the role of information communication technologies in extension delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of Nigeria.  The objectives were to: examine the agricultural extension delivery of ATA; identify ICTs relevant in agricultural extension and application of ATA; examine roles of ICTs in extension of ATA and identify constraints to the use of ICTs in extensio...