Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the most versatile emerging crops having wider adaptability under varied agro-climatic conditions. Globally, maize is known as queen of cereals because it has the highest genetic yield potential among the cereals. It is cultivated on nearly 150 m ha in about 160 countries having wider diversity of soil, climate, biodiversity and management practices that contributes...

Surveys for more than 9,500 households were conducted in the growing seasons 2002/2003 or 2003/2004 in eleven African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger and Senegal in western Africa; Egypt in northern Africa; Ethiopia and Kenya in eastern Africa; South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa. Households were chosen randomly in districts that are representative for key agro-...

The purpose of this study is to investigate key characteristics for the competitiveness in Greek agro-firms during the time period 2004 to 2011, based on firm level financial data. The study attempts to determine the firms’ efficiency as well as the impact of exporting activity in agro-firms competitiveness, and more specifically in fisheries, farms with livestock and farms with fruits, vegetab...

Since the online agro-products information is difficult to assess, it is critical for consumers to foster consumers’ initial trust in the social commerce (s-commerce) context. On the basis of the existing research, this paper first analyzes the connotation of agro-products communication based on s-commerce. Then, it combines the inherent characteristics of agro-products, and takes the consumer ...

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an important and manageable property of soils that impacts on multiple ecosystem services through its effect on soil processes such as nitrogen (N) cycling and soil physical properties. There is considerable interest in increasing SOC concentration in agro-ecosystems worldwide. In some agro-ecosystems, increased SOC has been found to enhance the provision of ecosyst...

Abstract The effect of climate change on agriculture in the UK is here assessed using a comprehensive series policy-relevant agro-climate indicators characterising changes to resources and hazards affecting productivity operations. This paper presents projections these across with gridded observed data UKCP18 representing range greenhouse gas emissions scenarios. can be used inform mitigation a...

1 Ph.D., post-doctoral studies at Department of Agro-industrial Management and Technology-FCA/UNESP-Botucatu e-mail: [email protected] 2 Professor, Department of Animal Production – FMVZ/ UNESP-Botucatu 3 Professor, Department of Agro-industrial Management and Technology FCA/ UNESP-Botucatu 4 Ph.D. student in Animal Science FMVZ/ UNESP-Botucatu 5 Department of Agro-industrial Managemen...

Carbon dioxide production during composting of agro-waste can be taken as the indicator of rate, progress and termination of compost phenomenon and stabilization of organic matter, leading to a balanced compromise between complexity of mathematical model and extensive experimentation. Modeling and simulation of composting of agro-wastes based on experimentally measured carbon dioxide production...

The alkaline-tolerant marine-derived fungus Chaetomium globosum was tested for the production of enhanced levels of cellulases and free phenolics under highly alkaline conditions using agro wastes (cotton seed, sugar cane bagasse) as substrates under solid state fermentation (SSF) processes. In both the agro wastes used, an increase in cellulases (β-endoglucanase, β-Glucosidase, and β-exoglucan...