A critical step in the quantification of soil quality (SQ) is the selection of SQ benchmarks. The benchmarks used in this study were SQ ratings made by 32 farmer collaborators representing a range of farming systems, scales of operation and geographic locations in the Mid-Atlantic region of USA. Soils from 45 pairs of sites identified by their farmers as having good and poor SQ were sampled ove...

Agriculture is the backbone of Ethiopia country economic development strategy and main source livelihood in terms employment, generating foreign currency raw materials for industries. Farmer Training Centers (FTCs) was established as a means to develop human resource enhance innovation needed transform sector productive market oriented system. The purpose this study analyze relevance effectiven...

This study examines the impact of contract farming with Farmer Organizations on farmers’ income. Contract farming with farmer organizations is a smallholder farmer-inclusive contract farming system. Field surveys were conducted in August 2010 with 75 farmers (including 39 contract farmers) in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia. The analysis—i.e., using a treatment effects model—indicates that cont...

The development of agriculture in Israel is strongly dependent upon the efficient use of irrigation water. Efficient use has led to a constant decrease in water consumption from an average of 8700 m/ha in 1951 to 5600 m/ha in 1990. In 1996, the Israeli farmer applies approximately 50% of the N and P2O5, and 65% of the K2O through fertigation. The Israeli experience is also applicable in China. ...

We’ve all been given a problem in a calculus class remarkably similar to the following one: Farmer Ted is building a chicken coop. He decides he can spare 190 square feet of his land for the coop, which will be built in the shape of a rectangle. Being a practical man, Farmer Ted wants to spend as little as possible on the chicken wire for the fence. What dimensions should he make the chicken co...

With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous assessment of the impacts of farmer innovation is lacking. Consequently, we analyse the effect of farmer inn...

Objective – To study the incidence of male factor infertility and type of semen abnormality in the farmer couple attending our infertility outpatient clinic. MethodDatabase of 3100 patients with male factor infertility were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided in two groups for analysis: group 1 – farmer , group 2 – non farmer. Records of semen analysis and serum FSH (Follicle stimul...

mKRISHI platform which provide best agriculture methodology and practices to the farmer which will satisfy all needs of Farmer using ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Using modern ICT platform, Agriculture field will establish better market to customers that will give more assurance of food safety and there quality. This project is going to develop to improve quality of food mater...

went out immediately after. He kept all he earned and was the envy of his fellows. In this unassuming way was started a system of training through employment out of our hands. It was, however, in Agriculture that daily licence had its main development before the Second World War and here it appears too, to have arisen somewhat casually out of a social contact with a neighbouring "gentleman farm...