Producers in semi-arid and highland regions have difficulty increasing diversity crop rotations due to unfavorable conditions imposed by cool temperatures, inadequate rainfall, shorter growing periods. In such conditions, some cultural practices that increase productivity as fertilization appear a promising alternative. Fertilization the form of fertilizer substantial influence on sunflower (He...

A greenhouse trial assessed the effects of biochar and vermicompost as partial substitutes conventional growing media on leafy vegetables’ yields changes NH 4 + -N NO 3 − in medium leachates. Six mixtures [(a) coir, (b) coir biochar, (c) vermicompost, (d) peat, (e) peat +vermicompost, (f) biochar] combined with three nitrogen (N) rates [0% (0 g N·pot −1 ), 50% (0.5 100% (1.0 ) commercial recomm...

Recycling organic waste is most important for preserving natural resources. The research objective was to quantify the effect of application vermicompost and leachate on yield quality strawberries compare it with a standard fertilization program mineral fertilizers during 3-year production cycle. Five treatments were studied: control—without fertilizer (Ø); (V); + foliar (VL); through fertigati...

In this study effect of application of food waste vermicomposts to soil on antioxidant compounds, fruit yield and quality of sweet pepper (Capsicum annum L.) were investigated in field condition. Four vermicompost levels (0, 5, 10 and 15 t/ha) were applied to soil based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that the highest (21.87 kg m2)and lowest (14...

The first objective of this study was to investigate the capabilities of ERS-2 SAR data (supplemented by one optical image) for producing fully validated regional area estimates of important crops. This study included the development of a sampling strategy in order to determine whether subsets of the region could be extrapolated to obtain similar area estimates to those obtained for the entire ...

Vermicomposts processed commercially from food wastes and paper wastes were applied, to 4.5 m(2) field plots, under high plastic hoop tunnels, at rates of 5 or 10 tha(-1) to evaluate their effects on the growth and yields of strawberries (Fragaria ananasa) var. 'Chandler'. The vermicomposts were incorporated into the top 10 cm of soil and supplemented, based on chemical analyses, with amounts o...

In the present work bagasse (B) i.e waste of the sugar industry, was fed to Eisenia fetida with cattle dung (CD) support as feed material at various ratios (waste: CD) of 0:100 (B0), 25:75 (B25), 50:50 (B50), 75:25 (B75) and 100:0 (B100) on dry weight basis. Co-composting with cattle dung helped to improve their acceptability for E. fetida and also improved physico-chemical characteristics. Bes...

Der Transparenz von Wertschöpfungsketten des Agribusiness und dem dazu erforderlichen Ausbau der Informationsinfrastrukturen wird eine zunehmend größere Bedeutung beigemessen. Das Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es vor diesem Hintergrund, den Beitrag leistungsfähiger Informationstechnologien (IT) zum Aufbau tragfähiger Informationsnetzwerke aus einer theoretischen Perspektive zu beschreiben und das Po...

Trust is recognised as an important component for Business-to-Business (B2B) e-commerce success and consolidation among the agribusiness operators, but few studies link trust and e-commerce in agri-food markets. The implementation of trust into technical and organisational solutions is a prerequisite for using the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) potential in the agribusiness netw...