ESEE 2015, Chania, GreeceConference dates: July 4 – 7, 2017Conference Theme: Transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and educationThe 23rd European Seminar on Extension (and) Education (ESEE) will be held in the MediterraneanAgronomic Institute of Chania, and hosted by the Lab. of Agricultural Extension, Rural Systems &Rural Sociology, Dept. of Agricultural Economics &...

The Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University (BCI) has developed bilingual educational tools based on audiovisual technology to improve technical knowledge within livestock operations. The Dairy Animal Care and Quality Assurance (DACQA) program is available in a package of 36 multimedia modules with a total length of 2hrs and 42 min of training material to train animal care givers in ar...

Adult Beagles (36) and mixed-strain hounds (4), in 8 groups of 5 dogs each, were used to evaluate organic matter digestibility of 4 diets having no fibrous ingredient (CON), beet pulp (BP), soybean hulls (SH), or cellulose (CEL), with or without 0.11% mannan oligosaccharide (MOS; Bio-Mos r , Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY). Analyzed total (and soluble) fiber percents, respectively, were: 8.1 ...

Emulsifying salts (ES) are used for process cheese production, however, it is not completely understood how ES influence the physical and chemical properties of process cheese. The purpose of this study was to understand the interactions between ES and milk proteins using a simple model system. In this system, milk protein concentrates (MPC) solution was used as the source of milk protein and t...

soil erosion is one of the most important forms of land degradation that threatens continued and sustained agricultural production in ghana. the most severely affected areas are the three northern regions especially upper east region, where large tracts of land have been destroyed by water erosion leading to soil depth reduction and decline in soil fertility. this study was carried out in talen...

the coniferae which are propolis sources in iran i- pinaceae   hassan nazarian* *imam khomeini higher education center, agricultural research, education and extension organization e.mail: [email protected]   abstract the coniferae are from important propolis sources of iran. pinaceae have a particular importance in this taxon. all species of this family do not have any natural distribution ...

the effects of agricultural information on the technical knowledge of the greenhouse owners in south khorasan province are dealt with in this study. research a descriptive-correlational methodology was ployed, and in terms of time, it was limited to the activities of the elements of knowledge and agricultural information as obtained from greenhouses during 2009. the study population consisted o...