www.frontiersinecology.org © The Ecological Society of America C of beneficial arthropods in agricultural landscapes is increasingly justified based on the value of the services they provide to society. The annual value of natural enemies and native pollinators to agriculture has recently been estimated at nearly $8 billion in the US alone (Losey and Vaughn 2006). These arthropod-mediated ecosy...

the main objective of this study is to examine the impacts of two demand side policies, namely; expanding food industries and externally increase in households’ demand for agricultural goods ,on the growth of products in agricultural subsector. to this end, a social accounting matrix (sam) is constructed based on the latest iranian input- output table released in 2001. then, production multipli...

While agricultural services are shrinking, the num­ber of nontraditional farms run by immigrant farm­ers is rising in U.S. suburban regions. This study attempts to understand Chinese farmers’ experience accessing and resources New York metropolitan area explores need for changes ser­vices meet changing demand. Thirteen farmers region were recruited participate a semi-structured interview under­...

the support of agricultural sector is adopted in various countries of the globe through different means and mostly with the aims such as increasing farmers incomes, protecting domestic products, ending dependence (on foreign goods), augmenting employment and reducing poverty. this paper tries to survey the support policies in agricultural sector in different countries as far as their components...

Although business services outsourcing has grown dramatically in size and scope over the last decade, firms continue to encounter difficulties in managing and delivering services. An important choice for service providers is whether to use a standardized set of processes for service delivery across delivery centers. The standardization of processes through the implementation of frameworks such ...

the purpose of this study was investigation of east azerbaijan researchers and extension agents’ view about the role of extension services on agricultural development. the methodology was descriptive-correlation which is carried out by survey method. in this study, the sample population was 335 people including all researchers and extension agents working in the agricultural sector. to assess t...

the main purpose followed in the ongoing research was to investigate the role of the extension factors (experience of familiarity with agricultural extension services, participation of paddy farmers in extension - educational courses, their participation in farmer field school (ffs) programs, and their number of extension contacts regarding ipm) in the adoption of ipm technology among paddy far...

Beijing agricultural comprehensive information service plays an important role in agricultural resources using and rapid development of the rural economy. Combined with the Web Service and its extension technology, Beijing agricultural information service platform was built with the base of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) framework. The platform enables efficient management and using of agr...