After harvesting wheat, the main concern is classifying wheat seeds according to their quality, size, variety and etc. there are different procedures to measure parameters and analyzing wheat seeds but they are time-consuming and error-prone. An automated system is developed being capable to analyze and classify wheat seeds faster with higher confidence level based on defined attributes, the sy...

From the biology's point of view, pollination is an important step in the reproduction of seed plants. From the software engineer's view, pollination may evolve to a promising, biologically inspired paradigm for future, selfmanaging computing systems. This estimation is based on the self-* properties implied inherently by the pollination process between plants and insects. To exploit these char...

Since the 1980s, many developing countries have introduced policies to promote seed industry growth and improve the delivery of modern science to farmers, often with a long-term goal of increasing agricultural productivity in smallholder farming systems. Public, private, and civil society actors involved in shaping policy designs have, in turn, developed competing narratives around how best to ...

Granivorous animals may prefer to predate or cache seed of certain plant species over others. Multiple studies have documented preference for larger, non-native seed by granivores. To accomplish this, researchers have traditionally used indirect inference by relating patterns of seed removal to the species composition of the granivorous animal community. To measure seed removal, researchers pre...

We explore how seed systems enhance access to seeds, and information for climate-change adaptation in farming communities Kenya, Tanzania Uganda, as well gender-driven roles institutional dynamics influence the process. Men women farmers equally experience related effects, including drought, short rainy seasons increased pest disease incidence. Our study relies on exploratory data analysis of 1...

for planting fine seeds in cellular trays, an automatic pneumatic seeder was designed, constructed and evaluated. catia software was used to design and analysis the system parts of the seeder. different parts of the seeder, including vibrating seed hopper, vacuum boom, seed picking nozzles, seed tube, pneumatic system and electronic control unit for automation of the seeder, were designed and c...