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EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,098 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractProtecting crop species from biotic and abiotic constraints in the era of Global Change: are we ready for this challenge?Marco Landi, Giovanni BenelliReliable and affordable supply of food is of crucial importance to the progress and stability of human societies. During the last century, we have assisted to an extraordinary increase of crop yields, especially for the most widespread and consumed crop species, such as rice, wheat, corn and soybean. The Broadbalk experiment, one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 4 Jun 2016 · 8,402 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWomen’s Participation in Agricultural Activities at Forest Land Areas of BangladeshRajwana Munmun, Md. Asaduzzaman Sarker, Mohammad Jiaul Hoque, Khondokar Humayun KabirWomen first initiated agricultural practices and demonstrated the art of science of farming. Women played a key role in the conservation of basic support system. The main objective of this research was to determine the extent of participation in agricultural activities by the rural women in Madhupur forest areas. An attempt was made to explore the potentials factors that influence … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 9 May 2015 · 7,341 accessesView PDFCite
EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractON THE CHALLENGES OF THE USE AND INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCESMariano MartínOverview: Although renewable energy sources are plentiful, their availability is highly volatile in time and distributed across regions while and the processes that transform them into useful power or chemicals are underdeveloped. In this work we discuss on the scope for the use and integration of renewable energy sources and the future development of the alternatives. Energy, the sources and … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 11 Sep 2014 · 7,543 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractANALYSIS OF THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COMPETENCE AND PERFORMANCE-FOCUSING ON FARMERS AND EXTENSION WORKERSSue-Ho Chae, Yoon-Doo Kim, Hae-Jin LimThe purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the competence of farmers and extension workers and the performance of the agricultural organizations in which they are involved. To this end, 20 competences of farmers and agricultural extension workers (10 of each), based on preceding studies, were selected as the independent variables. The dependent variable was defined as … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 4 Jan 2014 · 7,480 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractORGANIC FARMING FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGERajib Roychowdhury, Upasana Banerjee, Svetla Sofkova, Jagatpati TahSustainable development has caught the imagination and action of the world for more than a decade. Sustainable agriculture is necessary to attain the goal of sustainable development. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), sustainable agriculture is the successful management of resources to satisfy the changing human needs while maintaining or enhancing the quality of environment and conserving natural … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 5 Jul 2013 · 10,259 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIdentifying the Factors Affecting the Participation of Agricultural Cooperatives' MembersBagher ArayeshProblem statement: 40-year history of agricultural production cooperatives in the country shows that this type of exploitation system has faced many ups and downs during this period. First, despite the help and support by the government, the cooperative sector has not been able to play a major role in the development of the country and its share has not exceeded … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2011 · 8,938 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment of Cultural Management and Inheritance by Community ParticipationPichayapol Nguanthaisong, Souneth Phothisane, Sastra LaoakkaProblem statement: Museums were places where all collections, which indicated values of arts and cultural heritages that were useful for learning, were kept. Establishment of museums was successful by having development, systematic management, cultural inheritance, knowledge transferring, participation and support. Approach: This study aimed to study backgrounds of museum development in temples in the area of the lower northeastern, to … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 8 Feb 2011 · 8,004 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractManagerial Administration of Farming Machinery for Rice ProductionYosphatrachai Phuangpee, Pradtana YossuckProblem statement: This research was conducted due to an increase of agricultural machinery cost for rice production (46.00%) of farmers in Phichit province. Based on an analysis of cost reduction using the method of John Deere, it was found that this may decrease from 46.00-28.50% of the total cost. Thus, there was a question how to mange the agricultural machinery. … …Energy Research Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 Oct 2010 · 7,834 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCompetencies Influencing Extension Workers’ Job Performance in Relation to the Good Agricultural Practices in MalaysiaNeda Tiraieyari, Khairuddin Idris, Jegak Uli, Azimi HamzahProblem statement: The bottom line in agricultural trade is that manufacturers are demanding agricultural products that are produced in a sustainable way and with assurance that they are truly conforming to the standards of Good Agriculture Practice. Towards this objective, attention has been given on sustainable agricultural productions in Malaysia. This study is an attempt to investigate job performance of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 10 · 31 Oct 2010 · 8,561 accessesView PDFCite