Land use mapping is fundamental for assessment, managing and protection of natural resources of a region and the information on the existing land use is one of the prime pre-requisites for suggesting better use of terrain. Advances in satellite sensor and their analysis techniques are making remote sensing systems realistic and attractive for use in research and management of natural resources....

Biodegradable materials are used in packaging, agriculture, medicine and other areas. In recent years there has been an increase in interest in biodegradable polymers. Two classes of biodegradable polymers can be distinguished: synthetic or natural polymers. There are polymers produced from feedstocks derived either from petroleum resources (non renewable resources) or from biological resources...

the purpose of this paper is to analyze the willingness of clergymen towards their participation in agriculture and natural resources extension and education programs (anreep). the population of the study consisted of all the clergymen who dialed anreep. using coronbach alpha formula along with stratified random sampling techniques a number of 260 clergymen were selected. a questionnaire, desig...

the present research work was carried out to assess the relationship between outreach services of a faculty member, and his academic tasks of teaching performance and research productivity. a number of 95 faculty members from the colleges of agriculture and natural resources constituted the statistical population of the study. a questionnaire was employed for collection of data on outreach serv...

the main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and organizational commitment among employees at khuzestan ramin university of agriculture and natural resources. this study is applied and research method was survey research. population of the study has been staff of khuzestan ramin university of agriculture and natural resources )n= 210). the sample was i...

Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; National Laborato...

a State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China b Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China c Agri-Environmental Services Branch (AESB), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 960 Carling Av. Ottawa, ON, Canad...

1Department of Environmental Biology and Health, CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana 2Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Energy and Natural Resources Sunyani, Ghana 3Department of Agriculture, Methodist University, Wenchi Campus, Brong Ahafo, Ghana 4Department of Environmental Resources, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands 5UNESCO Regional Sc...

It has been recognized that American Indian populations don’t take full advantage of federal programs aimed at enhancing agriculture and natural resource management practices. Emm and Singletary (2009) claim that some of the problem stems from these programs not being designed with the American Indian in mind. They coined the term “Indian situation,” referring to the lack of understanding agric...