Im Beitrag werden wichtige Web 2.0 Technologien kurz vorgestellt. Welche praktische Anwendung hat die Technologie im Bereich des Agribusiness, einschliesslich der Landwirtschaft? Bieten diese Anwendungen ihren Anwendern einen deutlichen ökonomischen Vorteil? Der Beitrag schließt mit einer subjektiven Prognose des Anwendungserfolgs einzelner Web 2.0 Technologien in der Landwirtschaft und im Agri...

Australia’s publicly owned and managed National Parks estate has been largely quarantined from the micro-economic reforms that have been instituted across most other sectors of the economy. The public good, natural monopoly and equity arguments that are used to justify a continued dominance by the public sector in the production and provision of Park benefits are not watertight. Opening up the ...

To improve the incomes of farmers in China, the Chinese government is paying increased attention to the reform of its agricultural subsidy policy. However, the effectiveness of the subsidy remains insufficient and thus fails to encourage farmers to cultivate their land and develop sustainability. Thus, there is a need for a novel model that will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of subsi...

Motives, values and attitudes are key components of the decision-making process. Behavioural studies in agribusiness focus on using these three components to understand the decision-making processes of farmers (Morris & Potter 1995). Literature on three behavioural theories is reviewed with the aim of concluding if the theories can be combined for agribusiness research. Fishbein and Ajzen’s The...

In spite of much research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) responses to secondary stakeholders (i.e., social movements, activists, media, civil society and non-governmental organizations), the debate on how companies learn from pressure and collaboration with these societal groups is still open. Building upon stakeholder and knowledge management theories, this paper analyzes how seconda...

Most agribusiness firms are small. Regardless of the measurements or standards employed, this assertion remains valid. It is perhaps, the natural end product of our free enterprise economy, where entrepreneurial spirit remains more pervasive than the economies of size. Or perhaps this characterization of the agribusiness industry is linked inseparably to the very atomistic nature of our total a...

Globally, there are a number of treatments indicated for the control of invasive alien plant species like parthenium. The production and use of vermicomposts from weeds or other wastes in agriculture is economical and eco-friendly. The unique advantage of using vermicomposting is that it helps to build and sustain soil condition and fertility for sustainable agricultural activities. The present...

Pineapple wastes, an abundant organic waste in Accra, Ghana, were vermicomposted using native earthworms (Eudrilus eugeniae Kinberg) collected from the banks of streams and around bath houses of this city. Triplicate pilot-scale vermidigesters containing about 90 earthworms and three other control boxes with no earthworms were fed pineapple pulp or peels, and the loss of wet mass was monitored ...

The system for production of inoculum of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) using sand and vermiculite irrigated with nutrient solution is promising. However, organic amendments added to the substrate can stimulate sporulation of AMF and replace the nutrient solution. The aim of this study was to maximize the production of AMF (Acaulospora longula, Claroideoglomus etunicatum, Dentiscutata heter...

The title of this article restricts our discussion to our colleges of agriculture and their agricultural training for commercial farm management. As most economics departments is not, in and of itself, adeare aware, however, the structure of the entire agriquate to this purpose" [2, p. 449]. He claims that the cultural business complex has changed greatly in "...typical undergraduate curriculum...