The last few decades have seen fundamental changes in food consumption patterns and life styles around the world. These changes have brought about a rapid rise in overall calorie intakes, increased consumption of livestock products as well as a shift towards increasing sedentariness. Increased food consumption and lower calorie expenditures have resulted in a rapid increase in the prevalence of...

This paper is discussed the Anhui agricultural industrialization using the method of principal component analysis. The indexes include per capita net income of farmers in Anhui province, non-agricultural employment rate, urbanization rate, the total power of agricultural mechanization, universal ratio of rural water, car villages, the proportion of industrial waste water by sewage treatment in ...

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issues paper Acknowledgements Minority Rights Group International (MRG) gratefully acknowledges the support of all organizations and individuals who gave financial and other assistance for this paper, including the Department for International Development (UK) and CORDAID. She is an economist specializing in the analysis of poverty, inequality and redistribution in developing countries, the eco...

during this research, bacteria resistant to metals were evaluated in the soil of isfahan province.according to the sampling locations the soils are classified as agricultural soils, non-agricultural soils andsediments of the zayanderood riverbank. the bacteria resistant to lead (2 mm), copper (5 mm), cadmium(0.5 mm) and arsenic (5 mm) were identified, and then during later stages, the minimum i...

In the recent years, agricultural soils have received more chemicals in various forms for higher yields. This may result in the accumulation of metals in soils which subsequently may be transferred into the agricultural crops. In the present investigation, nickel content of 58 composite soil samples and also agricultural crops, is studied. Ni in samples of soil and agricultural products were ex...