World agricultural production

Mapping livestock-oriented agricultural production systems for the developing world

Questions as to whether public investment in international agricultural research is a ‘Good Thing’ or not may best be addressed using two arguments: (1) justifications based on whether or not past investments have yielded substantial benefits to societies and the resource-poor; and (2) that future investments need to be made as effectively and efficiently as possible, which means they must be t...

Agricultural Production

Agricultural production is not keeping up with the world demand for food because the human population is increasing faster than agriculture’s food production capability (Pimentel et al., 1999). Uneven distribution of food, the inability of the poor to purchase food, and political unrest also threaten world food security for human society. Currently, more than 3 billion humans worldwide are maln...

rethinking agricultural production collectivities

Soil Amendments for Agricultural Production

The word organic, applied to fertilizers, indicates that the nutrients are derived from the remains or by‐products of a once‐living organism. Farmers are continually searching for alternatives to synthetic inorganic fertilizers to alleviate the escalating production costs associated with the increasing costs of energy and fertilizers and the problems of soil and surface water deterioration asso...

Diversification of Agricultural Production in China:

The Agricultural Basic Act, enacted in Japan in 1961, set a policy agenda of altering the course of the Japanese farm sector over the following several decades (National Chamber of Agriculture, 1961). One of the most important concepts articulated in the Act is the transformation of the agricultural product mix : Article 2 stipulates that the government should implement appropriate measures to ...