“Progress during the past years in the technological and methodological aspects of research (in agricultural education) has not been accompanied by comparable improvements in another very important aspect of research, namely, the relevance, significance, and importance of problems and issues that we investigate . . . I propose that our highest priority for continuing progress in research in agr...

Mr. Peacock is an Associate Animal Husbandman at the Agricultural Research Center, Ona. Dr. Koger is an Animal Geneticist and Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Palmer are Meat Scientists at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Dr. Crockett is an Associate Animal Geneticist at the Agricultural Research and Education Center, Belle Glade. Dr. Franke is an Associate Animal Geneticist, Louisiana State Univer...

Indonesia sustained an average increase in agricultural output of 3.6% per year between 1961 and 2006, resulting in a more than fivefold increase in real output. This paper constructs Tornqvist-Thiel indices of agricultural outputs, inputs and total factor productivity (TFP) to examine the sources of growth in Indonesian agriculture over this period. The paper extends previous work on measuring...

Bao-Sheng Li, Yuhuang Wang, Zhichao Jin and Yonggui Robin Chi Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore 637371, Singapore Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Universit...

This paper addresses the issue of self-selection of individuals in international labour migration, non-agricultural and agricultural employment in Tajikistan and its link to earnings from these activities. Unlike most empirical studies, we could attribute selection bias on unobservable characteristics to the allocation of individuals to alternative employment sectors and analyse its impact on e...

When we last month interviewed Professor Klaas Jan Beek, Congress Director and former ITC rector, he mentioned (off the record) the name of Martien Molenaar as a member of the hard core photogrammetric tribe at ITC, which had yet to be convinced that the future of the institute lay in RS and GIS. In 1983 Molenaar was appointed professor at Wageningen Agricultural University (WAU), where Beek ha...

Wanxue WEN*, Xiaoling CHEN*, Zhiqing HUANG**, Meng XU, Daiwen CHEN, Bing YU, Jun HE, Junqiu LUO, Xiangbing MAO, Jie YU, Ping ZHENG, Hong CHEN Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China Ministry of Education, Institute of Animal Nutrition, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan, Sichuan, P....

Sample Courses and Course Materials in Agricultural Economics Supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the DLESE offers access to electronic materials in all aspects of earth science education, including agricultural economics, for both teachers and learners at all levels. Has searchable database with such materials as maps, images, online courses, field and lab activities, curricu...

Farmers' perception of the environmental impacts of modern agricultural technology diffusion and factors determining such awareness were examined using survey data from 21 villages in three agro-ecological regions of Bangladesh. Results reveal that farmers are well aware of the adverse environmental impacts of modern agricultural technology, although their awareness remains confined within visi...