Alternative agricultural systems that emphasize ecological and community resilience provide a bridge between traditional agriculture and natural resourcemanagement. These can be referred to as agri-ecological systems and include systems such as Organic Agriculture, Biodynamics, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Permaculture, Farmers Markets and Community Gardens. This paper reports on curr...

Alishewanella species are expected to have high adaptability to diverse environments because they are isolated from different natural habitats. To investigate how the evolutionary history of Alishewanella species is reflected in their genomes, we performed comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of A. jeotgali, A. aestuarii, and A. agri, which were isolated from fermented seafood, tidal...

Sociological studies of global agriculture need to pay close attention to the protectionist aspects of neoliberalism at the global scale of environmental governance. With agri-food studies in the social sciences broadening interrogations of the impact of neoliberalism on agri-food systems and their alternatives, investigating global environmental governance (GEG) will help reveal its impacts on...

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...

A standard performance testing protocol for mechanical manure solids separators has been developed and tested. The protocol measures separator press-liquor throughput and dry-mass capture efficiency across a range of input total solids (TS) concentrations. This protocol was used to test two commercially available screw-press manure solids separators, a Vincent KP-6L and a PressTech Agri-Press w...

Nanotechnology is one of the most important tools in modern agriculture, and agri-food nanotechnology is anticipated to become a driving economic force in the near future. Agri-food themes focus on sustainability and protection of agriculturally produced foods, including crops for human consumption and animal feeding. Nanotechnology provides new agrochemical agents and new delivery mechanisms t...

This study aims to determine technically the implementation of organic growing media processing business on PO. 2 Tia Agri. To find out economically large costs, revenues, profits and feasibility In its implementation, “PO. Agri” in Banyu Irang Village, Bati-Bati District, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan Province general has been running well. Production activities consist several main sta...

Pedology and Precision Agriculture Laboratories, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 979, Ave de Bourgogne, SteFoy, Quebec, Canada G1W 2L4 (e-mail: [email protected]); Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, 850, Lincoln Road, PO Box 20280, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 4Z7; and Institute of Research and Development in Agri-Environment, 2700 Einstein St., Quebec, Queb...

This article provides a fact sheet of the European Union (EU) agri-environmental indicator soil erosion. It consists of an overview of recent data, complemented by all information on definitions, measurement methods and context needed to interpret them correctly. The soil erosion article is part of a set of similar fact sheets providing a complete picture of the state of the agri-environmental ...

Recently, It has become a rapidly aging society. Coupled with a decrease in the number of farmers, this has becomes a serious problem in agriculture. Agricultural work includes a great deal of heavy work and special work postures, imposing a large physical strain on farmers. Therefore, we developed the Wearable Agri-Robot, which was designed as an exoskeletal mechanism to assist in the wearer’s...