Private rights in living objects have always been controversial. Agriculture provided the first wave in human civilization. Therefore, agriculture including plant breeding and agricultural methods pre-dated any form of IPR protection unlike industry and commerce. Traditionally, IPR was not applied to agriculture. In recent times, this position has changed and increasingly agriculture is seen as...

Agriculture has multiple functions to fulfill for the development of the Sub-Saharan Africa countries: a source of growth, an instrument for poverty reduction, and a contribution to the provision of environmental services. Yet, it is still used far below potential, with gains in land and labor productivity lagging below those of other regions. Successful use of agriculture for development will ...

1Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Fungi and Mycotoxins of Fujian Province, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 2Key Laboratory of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology of Education Ministry, and School of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 3Key Laboratory of Agroecological Processing and Safety Monitoring, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China 4Ins...

Introduction.........................................................................................................76 Scope and purpose of the paper.......................................................................79 Sustainability, globalisation and organic agriculture ..........................................79 Dimensions of sustainability ................................................

C. JACYN BAKER1*, NORTON MOCK1, KENNETH L. DEAHL2, BRYAN BAILEY3 and DANIEL P. ROBERTS4 Microbiology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, ARS, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A., Vegetable Laboratory, ARS, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A., Alternate Crops and Systems Laboratory, ARS, United States Department of Agriculture, Belt...

The purpose of this study was to describe the attitudes of Illinois secondary agriscience students and their parents toward the agricultural industry and educational programs in agriculture. Students were sampled based upon enrollment in science applications in agriculture courses. A corresponding number of parents was also selected (one parent per student). Results indicated that approximately...

The paper focuses on conservation agriculture (CA), defined as minimal soil disturbance (no-till, NT) and permanent soil cover (mulch) combined with rotations, as a more sustainable cultivation system for the future. Cultivation and tillage play an important role in agriculture. The benefits of tillage in agriculture are explored before introducing conservation tillage (CT), a practice that was...

Department of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering, 57 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A9, Canada; Centre for Hydrology, 117 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C8, Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, 5403 1 Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1, Canada; and Agriculture...