This paper aims at understanding the scope for promoting agro-tourism in Goa, examining the existing Agro-tourism destinations in Goa and the role of ICT in promoting such destinations. It also makes an attempt to understand the opportunities and challenges for ICT in Agro-tourism. A Case-Study was undertaken to study the extent of ICT implementation in Pascoal Organic

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...

Over the years the Indian economy has undergone a structural change in its sectoral composition: from a primary agro-based economy during 1970s, the economy has emerged as predominant in the service sector since the 1990s. This structural change and uneven pattern of growth of agriculture, industry and services sector in the post reforms period is likely to appear substantial changes in the pro...

Tea industry plays a major part in the economy of the North Eastern region of India. About 54% of the tea produced in India comes from North East region. The energy requirement of the industry is high and is being provided by utilization of conventional fuel till now. But the increasing prices of fossil fuel have affected the economy of the industry and the production prices have gone up. This ...

Agricultural and agro-industrial residues (agro-residues) containing high amounts of carbohydrates, such as cellulose and hemicellulose, are produced in large amounts annually worldwide.1,2 Agro-residues are attractive raw materials of biorefinery processes producing value-added products due to their relatively low commercial value, renewability and abundant availability.3 Biorefining of agro-r...

This study determined the situation of rural tourism and agro-tourism in Tehran Province as well as the expected economic impacts of agro-tourism development on it. In this research, we used documental research method and field research based on questionnaires and face-to-face interview. It was found out that despite different tourist attractions in rural areas of Tehran province, tourist arriv...

Highly hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs), like pyrethroids, adsorb strongly to eroded soil and suspended sediment. Therefore, total suspended solids (TSS) concentration in the water column of receiving waters is important for determining the proportion of chemical in the sediment-sorbed vs. the dissolved (bioavailable) state. However, most current regulatory exposure models, such as the Expo...

This paper describes research using an agent-based artificial agro-ecosystem model to simulate the interaction between pest movements and trap crop physical design. The result of simulation shows that artificial agro-ecosystem model has a broad application prospect in the field of agro-ecosystem management.

Agro processing is defined as set of techno-economic activities, applied to all the produces, originating from agricultural farm, livestock, aquacultural sources and forests for their conservation, handling and value-addition to make them usable as food, feed, fibre, fuel or industrial raw materials. Agro processing sector has experienced expansion during last 5 decades, starting with a handful...