many real water resources optimization problems involve conflicting objectives. in this study, multiobjective genetic algorithm nsga-ii, has been developed for optimization the conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater resources and optimal management of supply and demand of agricultural water. here, optimal allocation of land and water resources to the dominant products in najaf abad pl...

Key Laboratory of Development and Evaluation of Chemical and Herbal Drugs for Animal Use, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China; Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystr. 10, 31535 Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, I...

a r t i c l e i n f o The concept of sustainable economic growth is closely linked with the agricultural growth. This is especially true in the context of underdeveloped countries. Pakistan is a typical underdeveloped country that has huge labor force employed in conventional rural economy and more than half of the population relies on agriculture for subsistence. The study examines the agricul...

9 7 8 9 2 2 1 2 6 8 1 2 3 IL O -U N C TA D S H A R E D H A R VE S TS : A gr ic ul tu re , Tr ad e, a nd E m pl oy m en t Agriculture employs more than a billion people in developing countries, representing 48 per cent of the developing-country labour force. This book analyses how agricultural trade affects labour markets in developing countries and in particular what it implies for the creation...

Female agricultural contributions decline with agricultural intensification. W e formulate a n d test a theory of t h e processes of agricultural intensi fcation that explains a high proportion o f t h e variance i n female contributions t o agriculture. Five variables show replicable effects across two or more regions o f t h e world. These are n u m b e r o f d r y months , importance of dome...

this paper tries to express the investment behavior of irans economic sectors during 1959-2001 by means of proposing an econometric model. the results of the model are offered in two options: present status continuation and desirable status. the first option reveals that the continuation of the present trends in iran will lead to the economic growth of 3.9 percent and total investment growth of...

EMS Induced Mutants of Upland Rice Variety Nagina22: Generation and Characterization T MOHAPATRA1+, S ROBIN2, N SARLA3, M SHESHASHAYEE4, A K SINGH5, K SINGH6, N K SINGH1, S V AMITHA MITHRA1 and R P SHARMA1* 1National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India 2Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu, India 3D...