On Farm Research (OFR) ist eine Methode zur Beurteilung von Precision Farming (PF). Sie umfasst die Planung, Anlage und Auswertung von praxisnahen, großflächigen Feldversuchen, unter Einbeziehung von Precision Farming Technologien. Diese werden im landwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen durchgeführt.

On the Background of precision farming and the precision positioning of variable rate fertilization, the precision farming was achieved and the per unit yield was raised by the integrated positioning method using GPS, electronic compass, and gyroscope.

Agricultural extension organizations worldwide face challenges of professional competence among their employees. Planning, training and management of human resources within extension organizations are essential to increase the capabilities and overall effectiveness of extension personnel. This paper examines the training needs of agricultural extension workers in the state of Himachal Pradesh, ...

Freshwater turtles are being exploited for meat, eggs, traditional medicine, and pet trade. As a response, turtle farming became a booming aquaculture industry in the past two decades, specifically in the southeastern states of the United States of America (US) and across Southeast Asia. However, US turtle farms are currently producing turtles only for the pet trade while commercial trappers re...

this study examined the effects of agricultural child labour on children’s perception of farming occupation in delta state, nigeria. a total of 336 respondents comprising of 112 farming household heads and 224 children in the selected households were used for the study.farming activities of the children were highest during weekends. highest level of participation was recorded in herbicide and p...

In this study, the comparative advantage of main agricultural products and its relation to cropping pattern was studied in Ilam Province. For data analyzing the comparative advantage and government policies effects indices, Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) were used. The obtained results for the comparative advantage indices of Domestic Resource Cost (DRC), Social Cost Benefit (SCB) and Net Social ...

Over the past few decades the area of farmland under organic management has significantly and continuously increased [1]. This trend, observed across all continents, has been accompanied by a strong expansion of the market for organically produced goods, and a substantial increase of organic farming research efforts, funded through national and international programmes. At the same time, with t...

Farming is done not only by humans, but also by some ant, beetle and termite species. With the discovery of a stingless bee farming a fungus that provides benefits to its larvae, bees can be added to this list.

Abstract Challenging the initial expectation that all post-Soviet economies will evolve from collective toward fully individualized farming, I argue they separated into two different reform paths. In European successor countries and Kazakhstan, corporate family farms coexist, labor exited agriculture, capital inflow boosted productivity (a “Westernization”). Transcaucasian other Central Asian c...