It is a trend to use information technology to lead the development of modern agriculture. The IntelliSense Internet of Things will be an important support for intensive, high-yield, high-quality, efficient, ecological security agriculture. In this paper, we give solutions and key technologies of facilities agriculture based on the Internet of Things technology. On this basis it designs and imp...

This paper was undertaken to estimate the contribution of the agriculture sector to the Tanzanian economy. The study focused on time series data collected for the period of thirty years (1981 2010) in Tanzania Mainland. However, the Mean Model was employed to estimate the contribution of agriculture sector to the Tanzanian economy. Moreover, the significant contribution of crops, livestock and ...

In the background of the digital agriculture advanced step-by-step, Shanghai government is also accelerating the pace of agricultural informationization. “Precision Agriculture” has become a pointcut of “Digital Shanghai”. Building the Operating System of Shanghai Agricultural Economy is a meaningful practice in Shanghai digital agriculture engineering. Its powerful function of spatial data ana...

The objective is to identify the spatial and temporal variability of the hydrochemical quality of the water column in a subtropical coastal system, Daya Bay, China. Water samples were collected in four seasons at 12 monitoring sites. The Southeast Asian monsoons, northeasterly from October to the next April and southwesterly from May to September have also an important influence on water qualit...

During the last part of the nineteenth century, Finnmark province and the northern part of Troms experienced a decline in intergenerational coresidence. This article discusses what impact ethnic affiliation and economic activity had on the living arrangements of the elderly, and what contributed to the change. Logistic regression shows that ethnicity played a role but its effect disappears afte...

The decrease in the number of children living on traditional farms in France during early childhood and changes in diet could both play a role in the increase in asthma prevalence over the last decades. This study aimed to assess 1) the association of farming lifestyle in childhood and asthma, and 2) whether diet in adulthood modifies the association between farming lifestyle in childhood and a...

Since 2011, French public policy has been encouraging a reduction in the use of antibiotics in animal farming. The aim of this article is to look at how some farms have already managed to lower their consumption of antibiotics, and to highlight the levers of change in farming health practices. Our research uses a qualitative study based on 21 semi-structured interviews with farmers and veterina...