In the mind of the general public, the rural sector is equal to agriculture and for a great majority of policymakers, rural development continues to mean agricultural development. Not surprisingly, it is a sector traditionally covered at the governmental level by the ministries of agriculture, and at the international development level by agencies with an agricultural development mandate such a...

The establishment in 1995 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the adoption of international trade agreements pertaining to food regulation currently have a significant impact on domestic regulatory policies established by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies responsible for protecting consumers and ensuring the safety of the...

Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001–0021, Japan (K.M.); Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113–8657, Japan (K.M., H.O., T.F.); Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060–8589, Japan (S.W., S.T., K.I., J.T., S.N.); and Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization,...

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WPSAR Vol 3, No 2, 2012 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3.1.005 www.wpro.who.int/wpsar 1 a Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. b Food Safety, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Offi ce for the Western Pacifi c, Manila, Philippines Submitted: 6 March 2012; Published: 14 June 2012 doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2012.3....

1. Agriculture is the predominant user (75-80%) of the available freshwater resource in many parts of the world. At present most of the water used to grow crops is derived from rainfed soil moisture, with non-irrigated agriculture accounting for some 60% of production in developing countries. Although irrigation provides only 10% of agricultural water use and covers just around 20% of the cropl...

Four Saudi Arabian indigenous sheep populations including Najdi, Hbsi, Arb, and Naemi were genotyped for 16 microsatellite markers recommended by the food and agriculture organization (FAO). This study aims to provide information on the genetic structure of the breeds analyzed and give indications and proposals for the cross breeding program. All loci were polymorphic in all populations and loc...