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Competitiveness and environmental policies for agriculture: testing the Porter hypothesis

Porter hypothesis suggests tougher environmental regulations could spur technological growth, leading to an increase in productivity of market outputs, simultaneously providing greater environmental protection. This study tests the Porter hypothesis in US agriculture using state level data from 1973 through 1996. Luenberger productivity indexes, which are dual to the profit function and do not ...

Jan. 24, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Pilot Test for Dinoseb Reduction at an Agricultural Facility

Site Summary Dinoseb (2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol) is a phenolic herbicide used on soybeans, vegetables, fruits and nuts, citrus,and other field crops for the selective control of grass and broadleaf weeds. It is also used as an insecticide in grapes,and as a seed crop drying agent. In 1986 dinoseb was banned as a commercially available product in the U.S. becauseof the potential ...

Jan. 1, 2004

By REGENESIS

HRC Pilot Test Reduces Fertilizer Contamination at an Agricultural Facility

Site Summary Ammonia nitrate is the most common chemical used in fertilizers, providing nitrogen to plants for growth. Dichloropropane (DCP) has also become popular in agriculture as the most common pesticide sprayed on fruit and nut crops to control nematodes. When released into groundwater, nitrate and DCP can be hazardous to human health. A distributing facility in Northern California housed ...

Jan. 1, 2004

By REGENESIS

A test of agricultural labour market efficiency in the Gezira scheme, Sudan: a production function approach

This study is concerned with testing the efficiency of the rural labour market in the Gezira scheme. One hundred and fifty respondents were randomly selected through a field survey during the 2003?2004 season. A Cobb-Douglas production function was fitted to the data. The results indicated that labour markets in Gezira do not behave as predicted by the neoclassical theory. Labour allocations are ...

Oct. 12, 2007

By Inderscience Publishers

Case study - Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS)

There are 13 research institutes under the GDAAS, including specific foods and crops and fertilizer research. The main mission of the institution is to carry out non-profit research around agricultural science and techniques. As one of the most important agricultural crops institutions, the Crops Research Institute has been focusing on the development of new varieties of crops, cultivation ...

Apr. 8, 2016

By Geotech

Agricultural Residuals Drive Producer-Owned Energy

Farmer-owned renewable energy enterprises are increasing rapidly — with alternative fuels such as biodiesel, ethanol and distiller’s grains becoming mainstream. MINNESOTA is home to 16 ethanol plants generating approximately 550 million gallons per year. Most of these new facilities are producer-owned. Many others are under construction or are in the planning process. In 2005, Minnesota farmers ...

Feb. 1, 2007

By BioCycle Magazine

Recent Papers on Water Reuse in Irrigation and Agriculture

The long-term goal of this research is to develop the infra-technologies to reclaim effluents from wastewater treatment plants and reuse them for agricultural water demands. The objectives of this were: 1) to study the effects of various wastewater treatment levels on crop growth and yields; 2) to determine the pollution loads from wastewater ...

Mar. 19, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Composting of biodegradable organic wastes for sustainable agriculture

Investigators: M.A. Ali Khan, Manoj Kumar, Kavita Kashyap, Ruby Rani, Sanjay Yada, Priti Kaushik Siraohi Environmental Science Lab. Dept. of Botany, Simbhaoli, Ghaziabad, India Objectives: To recycle, reduce and reuse hazardous distillery spent wash (DSW). Pressmud cake (PMC) fly ash, Eicchornia/Azolla/trash/litter and DSW inoculated with Trichoderma viride were observed for temperature based ...

Jun. 29, 2009

By BioCycle Magazine

Physical Contaminant Testing Of Composts

Changes are in progress in multiple countries on weight-based limits for physical contaminants in composts. The net effect may be higher quality compost products. Maintaining and improving compost product quality is vitally important for ensuring continued confidence in organic waste recycling industries around the world. One quality criterion of particular interest from the general ...

Sep. 1, 2016

By BioCycle Magazine

The essential oils in agriculture as an alternative strategy to herbicides: a case study

In this study we investigated the allelopathic effect of some essential oils extracted from aromatic plants to inhibit weed seed germination. The study was performed to evaluate the potential genotoxic effect of lavender on Vicia faba root meristems by genotoxicity tests (comet assay and micronuclei test) and to evaluate microbial diversity fluctuation by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism ...

May 5, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Low-tech options for chicken manure treatment and application possibilities in agriculture

SUMMARY: Problems related to chicken manure disposal are a relevant issue in many countries of Asia due to the constantly increasing demand for chicken products. An application without treatment or non-appropriate disposal can become risky for environment and humans. Simple treatment techniques which convert the manure into valuable fertilizer are needed. A low-tech option is currently under ...

Aug. 21, 2006

A comparison of the herbicide tolerances of rare and common plants in an agricultural landscape

Declining plant biodiversity in agroecosystems has often been attributed to escalating use of chemical herbicides, but other changes in farming systems, including the clearing of seminatural habitat fragments, confound the influence of herbicides. The present study introduces a new approach to evaluate the impacts of herbicide pollution on plant communities at landscape or regional scales. If ...

Jan. 31, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Comparing RGB-based vegetation indices with NDVI for agricultural drone imagery

Abstract Agribotix conducted a post hoc test of two vegetation indices, VARI and TGI, that used only the three visible-band signals from an unmodified CMOS camera. The results were compared to NDVI, which is generally considered to be a reliable measure of field health and the underlying RGB image. While the results are somewhat encouraging in limited cases, it is clear that neither VARI nor ...

Apr. 30, 2017

By Agribotix LLC

A Concentric Analysis of the Impact of Urbanization on the Threatened European Tree Frog in an Agricultural Landscape

Abstract: Pond-breeding amphibians are affected by site-specific factors and regional and landscape-scale patterns of land use. Recent anthropogenic landscape modifications (drainage, agriculture intensification, larger road networks, and increased traffic) affect species by reducing the suitable habitat area and fragmenting remaining populations. Using a robust ...

Dec. 1, 2004

Development of Waste Sawdust as a plant protection material for horticulture and agriculture

Untitled Document Lignin is one of the major wastes of modern society, in the form of wood waste such as sawdust. In nature, lignin is ...

Apr. 1, 2005

By WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme)

The transport of three emerging pollutants through an agricultural soil irrigated with untreated wastewater

The aim of this work was to determine the mobility of naproxen, carbamazepine, and triclosan through a wastewater-irrigated agricultural soil. Transport experiments were carried out using undisturbed soil columns taken at 10 and 40 cm depths. The mobilization of the pollutants was evaluated using two hydrological regimes transient flow for superficial columns and steady-state conditions for the ...

Mar. 11, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Assessing the prediction capacity of an agricultural supply positive mathematical programming model

In this paper, the calibration and prediction capacity of a supply response positive mathematical programming model (PMP) for the Alentejo region are evaluated. The model is calibrated with prices and agricultural subsidies of the base year (2000), using the specification rules of the cost function standard, Paris standard, average cost and exogenous elasticities. Then, the model is utilised for ...

Apr. 25, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

CRISPR is coming to agriculture — with big implications for food, farmers, consumers and nature

Gene editing offers dramatic advances in speed, scope and scale of genetic improvement. It also offers an opportunity for more nuanced GMO governance. Very few technologies truly merit the epithet “game changer” — but a new genetic engineering tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is one of them. Since we first developed the ability to alter the genetic material inside a plant or animal in ...

Jan. 28, 2016

By Ensia

Towards new modes of governance of the research–development continuum to facilitate the dissemination of agricultural innovations in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam

The mountainous regions of northern Vietnam have, thus far, failed to share the impressive economic development that has blessed the rest of the country in the past decade. Despite the multiplicity of Research and Development (R&D) projects working there with the common objectives of agricultural development and poverty alleviation, lack of coordination among projects can limit the effectiveness ...

Sep. 1, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Glyphosate-based herbicides on weeds management and maize performance under conservation agriculture practices in eastern Kenya

A three-season research study was conducted at Embu Agricultural Research Station farm to determine the effect of glyphosate-based herbicides on weeds management and maize ( Zea mays L. ) performance under zero-tillage conservation agriculture practice. Glyphosate herbicide sprays were prepared from Roundup Turbo product at the rate of 2.5 L ha –1 and Roundup Weathermax at 1.5, 2.5 ...

Jul. 30, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

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