OBJECTIVE To characterize the risk of interactions that may lead to the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis between cattle and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on farms in northern Minnesota. SAMPLE 53 cattle farms in northwestern Minnesota adjacent to an area where bovine tuberculosis-infected cattle and deer were detected. PROCEDURES A semiquantitative deer-cattle interaction as...

Starting from the observation that an important next stage in exploiting the ocean energy is to install large arrays of several identical devices in order to raise their overall electricity production, the present work has as objective to assess the local and coastal impact of a large wave farm that would operate in the Portuguese coastal environment. The target area is the Portuguese maritime ...

This research focuses on the efficiency of recommended heavy use area protection (HUAP) pads installed in poultry houses utilizing Choptank River, a tributary Chesapeake Bay. The Bay watershed is severely affected by crop agriculture and feeding operations. Water quality degradation along with scarcity water significant concern this area, suggesting need for changes both environmental groundwat...

Isfahan Agriculture Research Center, I.R. Iran * Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected] Abstract The survey conducted to assess the incidence of root-knot disease on tomato in 8 localities in and around Aligarh (India) showed that the crops of tomato in all the 8 localities were infected with root-knot nematodes. Highest frequency (90%) was found in Idgah area, closely followe...

In this study, we examine the distributional effects of research versus consumer promotion. A few years ago, a notable article by Wohlgenant (AJAE 75, 1993) investigated this issue and concluded that producers would benefit more from research on farm-level production than from research on marketing services and promotion. His findings have drawn important policy implications for the allocation ...

BACKGROUND Avian influenza (AI) is an important zoonotic disease responsible for significant losses in most sub-Saharan countries. However, the role of poultry other than chicken in the epidemiology of the disease, especially after the first AI outbreak in Ghana, has not been fully elucidated. The obiective of this study is to determine whether the AI virus infection that was reported in the ar...

This paper presents a synthesis of the main theoretical and empirical contributions that analyse production choices of farm households living and operating in developing countries. The review is particularly concerned with recent micro-economic contributions that highlight the trade-off farm households typically face, between full-income risk and expected return, while making production decisio...