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Great Eccleston Show 2017

Great Eccleston & District Agricultural Society The next Great Eccleston Show is on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July 2017 The Great Eccleston Show is a two day event and is a showcase for every aspect of rural endeavour and the whole range of crafts and skills associated with the country. With cooking, handicraft, horticulture and local arts, this north west agricultural show is a big ...

Jun. 22, 2017

By R.E. Buildings Limited

Analysing organisational learning capacity as a window on the national agricultural innovation system: a participatory approach in Nicaragua

The agricultural innovation system can be strengthened by increasing the learning capacity of research and field organisations. Participatory methods were developed to study three dimensions of the capacity of such organisations in Nicaragua to access and analyse information, highly correlated to learning capacity – the individual routines of their professionals, the formal procedures of the ...

Mar. 12, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Mennonite communities in Belize

This paper addresses the entrepreneurial activities within different Mennonite communities in Belize and the way religious differentiation plays a role in their entrepreneurship. In spite of the fact that most Mennonites live quite isolated from the wider society, building upon their Christian beliefs, agricultural skills and a strong working ethos, they have been able to establish a strong and ...

May 23, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

China’s township enterprises

China’s township enterprises, promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture, have developed on the basis of the handicrafts industry and the processing of agricultural products and by-products. They have flourished since 1978, becoming the mainstays of the rural economy. In 1999, 2,500 billion yuan in industrial output value was produced by the township enterprises, and the value of exported ...

Nov. 29, 2019

By BIOSANI

Application of initial value method in the static analysis of laterised concrete cylindrical shells under hydrostatic loading

In Nigeria, the prices of building materials continue to increase sharply that there is growing need to explore the possibility of utilisation of local raw materials as alternatives for farm building construction. This study investigated the performance of a laterised cylindrical shell under hydrostatic loading. The properties of laterised concrete at optimum mix proportion were adopted in ...

Oct. 8, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

On the Road: Women Farmers ‘Making Waves’ at Leadership Meeting in Florida

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting with a dedicated group of women farmers and ranchers who are actively taking on leadership roles in farm organizations, cooperatives, and in their communities. They had gathered in the sunshine state for the National Farmers Union Women’s Conference to discuss opportunities and challenges on their own operations, what they believe the future ...

Jan. 29, 2014

By National Farmers Union (NFU)

Agriculture, business and development

This paper argues that building effective partnerships between multinational corporations and local Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is essential for stimulating growth in African agricultural economies. Policies that provide incentives for multinational corporations to build domestic capacity are critical to growth. Africa therefore needs to create enabling environments for business ...

Jan. 2, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

StealthNet and OvoControl: A one-two Punch

A large steel farm building that houses a university’s agricultural animals had a serious problem. Though there is a roof, two of the sides are wide open, and the roof’s open beam structure provided thousands of feet of perching surfaces for pigeons. StealthNet to the Rescue Bird Barrier’s StealthNet was installed tightly under all the roosting points, and down the walls as ...

Jan. 11, 2016

By Bird Barrier

Strengthening agricultural innovation capacity: are innovation brokers the answer?

Taking the case of Dutch agriculture as an example, this paper examines the emergence and role of innovation brokers in stimulating agricultural innovation system interaction and innovation capacity building, and reflects upon their potential role in developing and emerging countries' agriculture and how their emergence and functioning can be fostered. It concludes that innovation brokerage is ...

Apr. 12, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Influence of Capacity Building on Technical Efficiency of vegetables and rice farmers in Bangladesh: JICA intervention in Comilla project

This study examines the influence of Capacity Building (CB) on Technical Efficiency (TE) of farming community in the Comilla project area, Bangladesh, which occurred due to the intervention of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The results indicated a significant variation in TE of vegetable and rice Production Inside (IP) and outside the project area. The farmers with low-, medium- ...

Jan. 8, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Towards collaborative agro-innovation in developing countries: the Caribbean perspective

Innovation has been recognised as a distinctive input to wealth creation through the stimulation of new ideas, processes and products. A nation's economic prosperity has been attributed to the concerted efforts in research and development, technology transfer and collaboration among firms, knowledge institutions and the government. This paper discusses the challenges and determinants of ...

Nov. 23, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Exploring markets through NWP membership

We are expanding our network and exploring markets through NWP.” Peter Scheer of the Semilla Sanitation Hubs start-up joined the NWP network in early 2018. He has already made progress. Potential of NWP membership “We make closed system sanitary facilities such as toilets, sinks and showers. The yellow, grey and black waste water is purified for reuse as irrigation water while the ...

Aug. 29, 2020

By The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP)

Farmers facing rapid agricultural land condition changes in two villages in the Upper Amazon, Peru: can action learning contribute to resilience?

The article presents findings of local experimentation for managing land degradation problems in swidden farming, and the institutional setting for such experimental activities within a resilience theory framework. By using action research (AR) methodology, which included in-depth interviews and joint field experiments, the research process facilitated collective learning related to land ...

Apr. 12, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Control of environmental health and removal of rats by α2-adrenergic antagonist and potassium channel blocker

In stress, sympathetic system stimulation inhibits insulin release via postsynaptic alpha 2 (a2)- adrenoceptors on the pancreas beta cells, intense sympathetic stimulations interrupt the activation of beta cells in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Some of the researchers believe that pretreatment with clonidine potentiated hyperglycemia. Glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis or decrease of glucose ...

Aug. 26, 2006

By University of Tehran

Building a static farm level spatial microsimulation model for rural development and agricultural policy analysis in Ireland

Using statistical matching techniques, economists can now create attribute rich datasets by matching across the common variables in two or more datasets. The farm level spatial microsimulation model developed in this paper uses one of many combinational optimisation techniques – simulated annealing – to match the Irish Census of Agriculture to the 2005 Irish National Farm Survey (NFS). Using the ...

Jun. 2, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Tunisia: Reform of irrigation policy and water conservation

An arid country with limited water resources, Tunisia depends heavily on irrigated agriculture. The sector contributes 30-40% of the value of agricultural production, and is highly important in some regions. However, abstraction for irrigation accounts for 83% of the available water resources, competing with other uses. To conserve water resources and encourage demand management in the irrigation ...

Apr. 5, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Understanding the role of disturbance in peri-urban agricultural systems and communities: new concepts and principles to guide strategic intervention

New conceptualisations of peri-urban zones are needed to trigger a deeper understanding within professionals and practitioners of appropriate intervention strategies that build the resilience of sustainable agriculture and food production within peri-urban communities. This paper posits a theoretical construction of the peri-urban zone, derived from applying a biomimicry framework. Biomimicry is ...

Oct. 26, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

Led grow light bar

1. Urban Vertical Agriculture - Horticulture LED Production Module grow 2. High PPFD, One Bar equivalent to 3 T8 Tube, Build your plant farm with fewer lights! 3. Different LED chips in one lens, Spectral radiation uniform, Lens + Reflector cup, Concentrating radiation, Energy saving 50%,Beam angle 60 ° 4. Ultra-thin 21mm,multi-shelf lighting plant growth lights 5. Silicone potting waterproof ...

Jun. 21, 2018

By Koray Opto-electronic Co. Ltd.

This Spring, Make your Seed Work Harder for you

Just like other investments I make, I want my seed to work as hard as possible for me to see the return in the fall. Of course, the decisions I make between now and then influence how good of a harvest season I’ll have. Over the years, using variable rate seed prescriptions has helped ensure I’ve got the right amount of seed in the right areas of the field to make a return. Now, ...

Feb. 12, 2020

By The Climate Corporation

Irrigation water governance in practice: the case of the Canale Emiliano Romagnolo district, Italy

Irrigation is an essential element of agricultural production whose absence would create great economic hardship in many regions of the global South. Yet irrigated agriculture uses 70% of global fresh water withdrawals, putting major pressure on global water resources. Whilst much research has focused on technological solutions to improve irrigation efficiency, irrigation water ...

Jun. 20, 2014

By IWA Publishing

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