Since 2001 the European Commission banned the use of meat and bone meal and its byproducts in diets for livestock animals (EC directive 999/2001) in order to assure consumer safety on animal products. Consequently, soybean meal became the most utilised protein source in the intensive livestock systems. Moreover, the proteins of this source are low degradable in the rumen and well proportioned t...

drought is the most restricting factor in agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions. this research was conducted on 19 facultative and winter wheat genotypes grown under normal irrigation (n), early post-anthesis (s1), and late post-anthesis (s2) drought stress conditions. the experiments were conducted at karadj, arak, and jolgehrokh agricultural research stations in iran, during 2...

Supply chain demand prediction plays a very important role for enterprises to realize sales and markets management target effectively, especially for fresh agricultural product enterprises. A new model for supply chain demand prediction for fresh agricultural product enterprises is presented based on improved BP neural network. First the advantages and disadvantages of BP neural network algorit...

We conducted an exploratory investigation of factors influencing the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) methods in the agricultural product distribution industry. Through a literature review and field research, and based on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) theoretical framework, this paper analyzes factors influencing RFID adoption in the agricultural product distrib...

This study examines the multiplier effects of the grain subsidy program in China, which is a large food self-sufficiency project that is implemented as a cash transfer program. Income multiplier effects have not been examined in the evaluation of the grain subsidy program although increasing the income of farmers is the original goal of this project. A large number of household-level observatio...

Yield monitors are a recent development in agricultural machinery that allow grain producers to assess the effects of weather, soil properties, and management on grain production. They are a logical first step for those who want to begin practicing sitespecific crop management or “precision agriculture.” The accuracy of these devices depends on appropriate installation, calibration, and operati...