the necessity to use pesticides in agriculture, provides environmental pollution at the same time, and significant part of the agri-economy is allocated to this reseon. therefore, it is important issues to use of pesticides, with the highest degree of effectiveness and minimal loss. in this study, electrostatic spraying and its functional factors were evaluated. the applied experimental design ...

Consumer's attitudes to, and acceptance of, emerging technologies and their applications, are important determinants of their successful implementation and commercialisation. Understanding the range of socio-psychological, cultural and affective factors which may influence consumer responses to applications of nanotechnology will help "fine-tune" the development of consumer products in line wit...

We propose a new method of biometric authentication, called agri-biometrics that identifies an individual fruit using a single image of its rind patterns. Our proposed method normalizes the rotations in depth of the fruit and extracts a set of image features, which are compatible to the 'minutiae', from the normalized image; thus, it enables us to apply a state-of-the-art technique of fingerpri...

improving the resource use efficiency in agro- ecosystems is an importantfactor for reducing environmental pollution. to evaluate phosphorus (p) efficiency andbalance indicators, research was conducted in wheat and saffron production systems inthe qaenat region (south khorasan province, iran) during 2011 and 2012, based on themethod of the organization for economic co-operation and development ...

1 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Food Research and Development Centre, 3600 Casavant Blvd. West, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada J2S 8E3 2 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre 5403-1 Avenue S, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chinook Regional Hospital, 960-19 Street S, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 1W5 4 CEERAM SAS, 1 allée de l...

1. Increasing concern over the environmental impact of agriculture in Europe has led to the introduction of agri-environment schemes. These schemes compensate farmers financially for any loss of income associated with measures that aim to benefit the environment or biodiversity. There are currently agri-environment schemes in 26 out of 44 European countries. 2. Agri-environment schemes vary mar...

We develop a general framework for multifunctional agriculture, which includes not only public goods but also rural viability as a non-public good item. We contribute to the literature in two ways. First, we demonstrate how the broader definition of multifunctional agriculture differs from the agrienvironmental multifunctionality, and how agri-environmental policy should be reformed to include ...

Yunhua Chang,†,§,∥ Xuejun Liu,*,‡ and Peter Christie‡,⊥ †State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China ‡College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China College of Geo...

Agri-food systems are fundamental to development. Over and above their contribution to a country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which is less than the contribution of the manufacturing and services sectors, the multiple strategic functions of agriculture in economic, social, and environmental development determine that its participation is far greater than its share of GDP. The agri-food secto...