Vietnam has become the second largest rice exporter in the world. However, the food security is still a local urgent necessity for the farmers in several parts of the country, particularly, in area where most of arable land used to low paddies have been transferred to uncertain crops causing many difficulties to farmers on their food need. The current and potential contributions of aquaculture ...

Problem: The Dutch aquaculture industry is based on fish production in recirculating aquaculture systems. Enforced by legislation the fish farmers have to reduce the waste discharge and are not allowed to discharge farm effluents on the surface waters. The government expresses waste discharge in inhabitant equivalents (I.E = average daily waste production of 1 person during 1 year, expressed in...

Broiler is a readily available meat source catering the need of meat eating people. The disposal of broiler waste such as carcasses, blood, feather and offal produced from slaughtering broiler birds need to be disposed or utilized properly. Considering this, the present study was purposively conducted in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu to identify the existing disposal method and recommend ...

This research aims to calculate the income and welfare of rice farmers who processsmoked fish do not process. The was carried out in Kebon Damar Village from July August 2019 using a survey method. determination sample done stage (multistage sampling). this amounted 57 farmers. data were analyzed analysis, R-C ratio, household according 1997 Sajogyo’s criteria. results showed that largest contr...

Irrational use of pesticides is increasingly threatening our ecosystem, health and environment. This study investigated the use of pesticides in vegetable farms and its impact on health and environment. Three contrasting sites under three sub-districts where vegetable production were common were considered for this study. From each sub-district 60 farmers who had been using pesticides applicati...

Growing concern about water quality issues, along with a series of fish kills in 1997, prompted Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia to adopt regulations to reduce nutrient pollution from agricultural nonpoint sources. All three states required farmers to follow a state-certified nutrient management plan that would "optimize crop yields and minimize environmental losses," although the policy-making...

The current study was designed to investigate the post-harvest handling situation in the marketing channel of shrimp/prawn of Bangladesh. A total of 75 farmers, 75 forias, 70 depot owners, 30 auctioneers, 30 commission agents and 20 factory owners were interviewed on the post-harvest and marketing of shrimp/prawn from Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat district. Most of the farmers and local traders...