Online quality assessment of various horticultural products using machine vision provides not only quick but also objective, consistent and quantitative measurement. Horticultural products of different sizes and shapes (circular or elliptical) are classified based on the area occupied, which is calculated by known geometrical method. Another factor in the classification is the detection of defe...

This paper distills core lessons about how researchers (scientists, engineers, planners, etc.) interested in promoting sustainable development can increase the likelihood of producing usable knowledge. We draw the lessons from both practical experience in diverse contexts around the world and from scholarly advances in understanding the relationships between science and society. Many of these l...

BACKGROUND The tourism industry which is one of the most dynamic economic activities in today's world plays a significant role in the sustainable development. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to tourism, sustainable tourism must be taken into huge account; otherwise, the environment and its health will be damaged irreparably. METHODS To determine the level of sustainability in this ...

This paper presents insights and action proposals to better harness technological innovation for sustainable development. We begin with three key insights from scholarship and practice. First, technological innovation processes do not follow a set sequence but rather emerge from complex adaptive systems involving many actors and institutions operating simultaneously from local to global scales....

Azerbaijan is the largest country in Caucasus. The Republic of one richest countries post-
 Soviet area terms natural resources, which spans 9 out 11 existing climatic zones. This circumstance requires a special
 approach to dealing issues agriculture. has an old history growing many Mediterranean subtropical and
 nut-fruit crops, such as Juglans, Corylus, Castanea, Amygdalus, Pi...

Advances in horticulture plant biotechnologies provide new opportunities for researchers to study the field of vegetative propagation and genetic engineering. Developments of clonal propagation methods, especially somatic embryogenesis (SE), have numerous potential applications. This paper reviewed progress of research on SE in horticultural plants in last decade; analyzed plant regeneration ha...

In this paper we address the question of farm-nonfarm linkages at the household level for a case-study in Senegal. We examine whether increasing off-farm employment opportunities for rural households – resulting from increased horticulture exports and associated agro-industrialization – has benefitted the smallholder farm sector through investment linkages. We use data from a household survey i...