In Southern Spain, olive (Olea europaea L.) growing is an important part of the economy, especially in the provinces of Jaén, Córdoba and Granada. This work proposes the first stages of an Information and Decision-Support System (IDSS) for providing different types of users (farmers, agricultural engineers, public services, etc.) with information on olive growing and the environment, and also a...

For ten to fifteen years through the mid-2000s, the literature on " horticulture " in Africa was largely synonymous with horticultural exports to developed countries. Yet rising food safety and environmental standards in developed countries have made it more difficult for new countries to enter the market and for smallholder farmers in established countries to remain in the market. At the same ...

A wide gap exists between the rapid acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops for cultivation by farmers in many countries and in the global markets for food and feed, and the often-limited acceptance by consumers. This review contrasts the advances of practical applications of agricultural biotechnology with the divergent paths-also affecting the development of virus resistant transgenic c...

Given the role that knowledge management can play consistently on the changes and the need to develop human resources in the implementation of knowledge management on the one hand and important position of cooperative sector In country economics, on the other hand, led to that the researchers study the relationship between knowledge management and human resource performance of the agricultural ...

Given the role that knowledge management can play consistently on the changes and the need to develop human resources in the implementation of knowledge management on the one hand and important position of cooperative sector In country economics, on the other hand, led to that the researchers study the relationship between knowledge management and human resource performance of the agricultural ...

Table 9: Indicative list of categories of target audiences and the products and processes that may be used to build and sustain knowledge sharing and learning .. Executive Summary Over 700 million people depend on aquatic agricultural systems (AAS), and some 250 million live on less than US$1.25 a day. Living in coastal zones and along river floodplains, these communities are not only poor, the...

This research aims to develop automatic knowledge discovery system from semi-structured Thai text for supporting plant diagnosis. Plant disease diagnosis is very important for farmers to be able to cure infected plants before infections become more severe. Prior to diagnosis, farmers need to gain knowledge retrieved primarily from text, including unstructured and semi-structured document. As th...

Opportunities to use data and information to address challenges Background: in international agricultural research and development are expanding rapidly. The use of agricultural trial and evaluation data has enormous potential to improve crops and management practices. However, for a number of reasons, this potential has yet to be realized. This paper reports on the experience of the initiative...

Agriculture sector of Indian Economy is one of the most significant parts of India. And it is the largest contributor to India’s GDP. But for the last few decades there is a large in degradation in overall agricultural production. This is due to certain problems faced by rural farmer lack of education and emerging technology. The information technology opens a new door to bring the agricultural...