Mr. Peacock is an Associate Animal Husbandman at the Agricultural Research Center, Ona. Dr. Koger is an Animal Geneticist and Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Palmer are Meat Scientists at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Dr. Crockett is an Associate Animal Geneticist at the Agricultural Research and Education Center, Belle Glade. Dr. Franke is an Associate Animal Geneticist, Louisiana State Univer...

Indonesia sustained an average increase in agricultural output of 3.6% per year between 1961 and 2006, resulting in a more than fivefold increase in real output. This paper constructs Tornqvist-Thiel indices of agricultural outputs, inputs and total factor productivity (TFP) to examine the sources of growth in Indonesian agriculture over this period. The paper extends previous work on measuring...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Expression and Construction of Yeast Expression Vector Containing CsTCTP1 Gene from Cucumber in Yeast Two-Hybrid System Qiu-Min Chen, Na Cui , Yang Yu, Xiang-Nan Meng and Hai-Yan Fan 2,* College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, PR China Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Ministry of Education, Shenyang Agricultural Uni...

Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Zhichao Jin and Yonggui Robin Chi Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore 637371, Singapore Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Universit...

This paper addresses the issue of self-selection of individuals in international labour migration, non-agricultural and agricultural employment in Tajikistan and its link to earnings from these activities. Unlike most empirical studies, we could attribute selection bias on unobservable characteristics to the allocation of individuals to alternative employment sectors and analyse its impact on e...

When we last month interviewed Professor Klaas Jan Beek, Congress Director and former ITC rector, he mentioned (off the record) the name of Martien Molenaar as a member of the hard core photogrammetric tribe at ITC, which had yet to be convinced that the future of the institute lay in RS and GIS. In 1983 Molenaar was appointed professor at Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), where Beek ha...

Wanxue WEN*, Xiaoling CHEN*, Zhiqing HUANG**, Meng XU, Daiwen CHEN, Bing YU, Jun HE, Junqiu LUO, Xiangbing MAO, Jie YU, Ping ZHENG, Hong CHEN Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, P....

Sample Courses and Course Materials in Agricultural Economics Supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the DLESE offers access to electronic materials in all aspects of earth science education, including agricultural economics, for both teachers and learners at all levels. Has searchable database with such materials as maps, images, online courses, field and lab activities, curricu...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students at Razi University. Statistical population of this study consisted of all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (N=186), that 164 of them were selected as research sample using proportionate stratified sampling method. The main instrument in this study was questionnair...

Farmers' perception of the environmental impacts of modern agricultural technology diffusion and factors determining such awareness were examined using survey data from 21 villages in three agro-ecological regions of Bangladesh. Results reveal that farmers are well aware of the adverse environmental impacts of modern agricultural technology, although their awareness remains confined within visi...