The study on gender and net farm income of cassava-based farmers under individual land tenure system was done in Abia State of Nigeria. The main objective was to determine the Net Farm Income (NFI) and the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) of the cassava farmers by gender vis-aviz their income levels as well as food security in the state. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted while data we...

eremurus and forage are main by-products in the khazangah rangelands of makoo region. eremurus is harvested and used by local people in a period of 30 days during the spring in this region. at this study, eremurus and forage have been evaluated financially and the data were obtained through field work using unstructured interviews as well as direct observation. the harvested eremurus value was ...

In this study, we propose an object-based multimedia model for specifying the QoS (quality of service) requirements, such as the maximum data-dropping rate or the maximum data-delay rate. We also present a resource allocation model, called the net-profit model, in which the satisfaction of user’s QoS requirements is measured by the benefit earned by the system. Based on the net-profit model, th...

the price of water in agriculture plays an important role in the water allocation management. therefore, the optimum strategies of cropping pattern could be designed when water price analysis are considered in a predetermined economic framework. in the present study, a programming model was developed using the genetic algorithm for optimal water allocation in the eastern north of khuzestan prov...