Knowledge on berry size in grape vineyards can be a great asset for growers to help manage their crop whether for yield assessment or grape quality control. Having the ability to size berries of an entire field would allow growers to effectively monitor their vineyards at various stages of the growing season. Manual methods for determining berry size distribution of an entire field can be time ...

In Florida, 7,100 acres of fresh strawberries (Fragaria ×ananassa Duch.) were planted in fields during the 2003–04 growing season using polyethylene mulch raised beds and drip irrigation. Florida is the second largest fresh market strawberry-producing state behind California. Because Florida enters the market prior to California during the winter months, Florida strawberry value per pound excee...

Grape growers in California utilize a variety of biological, cultural, and chemical approaches for the management of insect and mite pests in vineyards. This combination of strategies falls within the integrated pest management (IPM) framework, which is considered to be the dominant pest management paradigm in vineyards. While the adoption of IPM has led to notable and significant reductions in...

Pheromone-baited traps have been widely used in integrated pest management programs, but their economic value for growers has never been reported.  We analyzed the economic benefits of long-term use of traps baited with the citrus fruit borer Gymnandrosoma aurantianum sex pheromone in Central-Southern Brazil. Our analysis show that from 2001 to 2013 citrus growers avoided accumulated pest losse...

the aim of this study was to examine potato growers' perceptions of risk sources and risk management strategies and their risk management behavior. a survey research method was used in this study. the data originated from a sample of potato growers (n= 128) of ardabil province in the cropping year of 2013. the respondents were divided into two groups of less risk-averse (lra) and more risk-aver...

this research used a survey method to investigate wheat growers’ beliefs and perceptions regarding the use of weather information in farming decisions in fars province. a multi-stratified random sample with six strata was used to collect data. the sample consisted of 314 wheat growers divided into six strata based on their climatic zones. the data collection instrument was a questionnaire the v...

Objective: The present paper aims to identify the Critical Success Factors for management of cooperatives coffee growers. intention is contribute improvement and subsidize formulation strategies in these organizations.Methodology: A consultation was made specialists who work with agricultural agribusiness, using Delphi Technique as a methodological tool.Originality: Consultation specialists, th...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of date growers in Saravan County using non-parametric methods. The measurement of date farmers’ efficiency and the comparison of their performance to with one another can play an important role in improving their efficiency and productivity. One of the common methods to measure efficiency is data envelopment analysis (DEA). Despite its ad...

In Benin, cashew value chain is a promising sector in terms of its export earnings potential and contribution to the diversification country agricultural sources income. However, efficiency hindered, among others, by information asymmetry issue. Market system (MIS) has been used as an alternative for addressing such Unfortunately, most african countries, MIS still depend on donor their financin...

A fruit-grower with large, atypical lung infiltrations and lung fibrosis triggered off an investigation of fruit-growers during the spraying season. An interview was carried out together with a Wright peak flow meter test and an x-ray examination of the chest. No fewer than 156 spray preparations were used by the group; individual fruit-growers used between three and 27. In connection with spra...