The CTAHR Economic Issues publication EI-3, Agriculture’s Contribution to Hawaii’s Economy— An Update, reported that in year 2000 agriculture con­ tributed 3.3 percent of total Hawaii sales, 2.2 percent of total real GSP, 3.8 percent of employment, and 2.2 per­ cent of labor income. That publication measured the contribution of agriculture in terms of its size relative to the entire Hawaii econ...

This paper presents a study of neural network model for prediction of Indian rainfall. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the applicability of ANN. In this paper the performance of different networks have been evaluated and tested.The multilayered artificial neural network with learning by backpropagation algorithm is used .The paper implements weather prediction by building training and ...

We develop a general framework for multifunctional agriculture, which includes not only public goods but also rural viability as a non-public good item. We contribute to the literature in two ways. First, we demonstrate how the broader definition of multifunctional agriculture differs from the agrienvironmental multifunctionality, and how agri-environmental policy should be reformed to include ...

Agriculture is an important branch in Ukraine’s economy. The share of agriculture’s GDP the national economy more than 10%. development agriculture stimulates other sectors According to results analysis employment dynamics agriculture, it was concluded that there a negative tendency. That why aim article specify factors impact on and assess degree their influence. To achieve this goal, differen...

Innovation spurs economic growth and development. Pro-poor innovation in rural areas is more likely to occur through small-scale ventures and entrepreneurs than industrial research and development. Whilst previous rural development policies have focussed on small-holder agriculture, the fact is that most rural poor are landless poor and therefore unlikely to benefit greatly from agriculture-bas...

The multifunctional farm sector in Cyprus poses threats on the island’s water resources, but also highly contributes to preserving the cultural identity, incomes and employment in rural areas. This paper presents an application of the Choice Experiment method, in order to evaluate these features of Cypriot agriculture, which are externalities, as farmers are not remunerated in markets for such ...