Agriculture remains a sensitive issue during multilateral trade negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO). Similar problems arise at the bilateral level, as in the case of trade talks between the United States and the Dominican Republic. The study explores the determinant of agricultural industry competitiveness in the 21st century, particularly in the case of U.S. and Dominican ag...

-The commercial exploitation of the biochemical diversity of microorganisms has resulted in the development of the fermentation industry and the techniques of genetic manipulation have given this well-established industry the opportunity to develop new processes and to improve existing ones. Microorganisms are capable of growing on a wide range of substrates and can produce a remarkable spectru...

abstract using tobit model, this study investigated factors affecting on crop risk frequency of farmers in the north khorasan province. data was collected through interviewing 120 farmers of north khorasan province in 2008. results showed that age, farm ownership and off farm employment affected frequency of risk negatively. non-agricultural activity, participating in a crop supervisory plan an...

By J. ARTHUR HARRIS, headj Department of Botany, University of Minnesota, and collaborator, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture; CLARA T. HOFFMAN, field assistant, Office of Alkali and Drought-Resistant Plant InvestigationSy Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture (1923-24); and WALTER F. HOFFMAN", assistant agricultural biochemist, Division of Agricultur...

Most of the carbon-based compounds currently manufactured by the chemical industry are derived from petroleum. The rising cost and dwindling supply of oil have been focusing attention on possible routes to making chemicals, fuels, and solvents from biomass instead. In this context, many recent studies have assessed the relative merits of applying different dedicated crops to chemical production...