agriculture well Articles
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Making use of biotechnology applications in Turkish agriculture: Why is it not yet happening?
One of the primary challenges for developing countries is to create new opportunities for sustainable economic development through the use of new technologies such as biotechnology. In this context, the use of agricultural biotechnology to produce cheap biofuel made from agricultural crops as well as agricultural waste (cellulose) might have a great potential to promote rural development in ...
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Songhai Centre, Benin, West Africa - Case Study
Our first Power Pallet was installed at the Centre Songhai, which will eventually be operating four PP20 Power Pallets at their headquarters at Porto-Novo in the Republic of Benin. In addition to their work with biomass gasification, Songhai is focused on sustainable agriculture as well as microenterprise and IT for rural communities. The center trains young Africans to become responsible ...
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The School Environment Protection Act - Will an Unprecedented Compromise Fall by the Wayside (PDF)
On June 19, 2001, Congress crossed new territory. On that day, the United States Senate unanimously consented to Senator Robert Torricelli’s (D-NJ) Amendment 805 to H.R.1, known as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act in the House and the Better Education for Students and Teachers Act (BEST Act) in the Senate. The Amendment—the School Environment Protection Act (SEPA) -- was the product of intense ...
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Opportunities for saving and reallocating agricultural water to alleviate water scarcity
As water scarcity worsens globally, there is growing interest in finding ways to reduce water consumption, and for reallocating water savings to other uses including environmental restoration. Because irrigated agriculture is responsible for more than 90% of all consumptive water use in water-scarce regions, much attention is being focused on opportunities to save water on irrigated farms. At ...
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Common problems in purchasing fertilizer pelletizer and other equipment
Each kind of fertilizer pelletizer has its own characteristics, and granulation is affected by many factors. The best way to choose the appropriate granulation method and equipment is to compare the actual granules. Huaqiang organic fertilizer making machine factory has been advocating to serve agriculture well and promote the development of fertilizer enterprises since the production of ...
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PTO Shaft Replacement of Weasler
Specifications for 14 Series PTO shafts Specifications for 14 Series PTO shafts Bore 1 1.37 inches 35 millimeters Bore 1 1 3/8-6 SPLINEBore 2 Minus End YokeCompressed (Closed) Length 51.75 inches 1314 mm Compressed Overall Length 60.00 inches 1524 mm Connection 1 SPRING-LOKConnection 2 YOKE ArmsExtended Length 90.75 inches 2305 mm Extended Overall Length 99.00 inches 2515 mmHP@1000RPM 48 HP 36 ...
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Why are antibiotic residues in farmed shrimp a big deal?
Introduction The accidental discovery of antibiotics, penicillin, by Alexander Fleming in the late 1920s (1) reshaped human and animal medicine. Initially the focus was on limiting the impact of infectious disease processes in humans. As their usage increased, it was observed that they also could play an important role in the production of animals and they eventually were deemed essential to ...
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Innovative farm policies and their impact in a French frontier zone: reviving old conflicts in Guadeloupe (FWI)?
Society now expects agriculture to fulfil new functions to improve quality of life. This requirement has been reinforced by recent crises. The 1999 French Agricultural Framework Law (LOA) formalised agricultural multifunctionality and included payments to farmers for new practices, which satisfy both social and environmental functions, in addition to economic ones. A voluntary territorial farm ...
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Prospects of desalination for irrigation water in the Sultanate of Oman
The most limiting factor for the agricultural sector in the Sultanate of Oman is a lack of water, and security of supply in terms of both quantity and quality. Salinization of both soils and groundwater systems along the coastal strip of Al-Batinah has placed a substantial burden on farmers regarding crop selection and, therefore, farm profitability. Desalination of brackish and seawaters ...
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Playing hide and seek below the soil
Below the soil of a diverse grassland area you’ll find a jungle of plant roots. It is also home to a wide variety of bacteria and fungi, of which some are pathogenic and looking for a host in the tangle of roots. It appears that this is much more difficult when there is a larger diversity of plants as the host plant is more able to hide among the varied crowd. Greater plant diversity ...
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Food and water insecurity: re-assessing the value of rainfed agriculture
ABSTRACTRainfed agriculture has potential to produce needed cereals for the growing populations of West and Central Asia even though rainfed agriculture is perceived as risky. The value of rainfed agriculture to produce competitively should be re-assessed. This requires the concerted efforts of farmers, researchers, and policy makers to work on the technical factors that determine agricultural ...
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Database “organic and mineral residues”
In the spirit of the material recycling concept in Germany (KrW-/AbfG, 1994), wastes are to be recycled as completely as possible, avoiding any impairment for mankind and the environment. In this connection, avoidance of material burdens by excessive nutrient and pollutant discharge is particularly important in the treatment, recycling and bringing into circulation of waste materials for re-use ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Boosting bioenergy needn`t sacrifice food security
Increasing the production of energy from biomass (bioenergy) needn't come at the expense of growing food crops — done right, it can enhance food security and prosperity in Africa, say Lee R. Lynd and Jeremy Woods. Assessments of the impact of bioenergy on food security have focused too heavily on the drawbacks of competing for land, without considering the potential benefits for rural ...
By SciDev.Net
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Digitanimal at the 11th European Conference on Precision Agriculture
The eleventh European Conference on Precision Agriculture was held last 16-20 July in Edinburgh, Scotland, celebrating 20 years since the first Congregation. The event brought together more than 500 congressmen from all over the world, with especially high participation from countries such as South America, North America and Asia, especially from China. The main research centers of Precision ...
By Digitanimal
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Nitrapyrin
Nitrapyrin is an organic compound with the formula ClC5H3NCCl3. It is a widely used nitrification inhibitor in agriculture as well as a soil bactericide and has been in use since 1974. Nitrapyrin was put up for review by the EPA and deemed safe for use in 2005. Since nitrapyrin products is an effective nitrification inhibitor to the bacteria nitrosomonas it has been shown to drastically the ...
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Climate and Economic Benefits of Agroforestry Systems
Introduction Agriculture is well known as a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, but emerging practices in land management have the potential to curtail these emissions and reverse much of the ecological and climate harm caused by overly intensive systems. One such practice, cultivation and conservation of trees in agricultural practices, or agroforestry, is an important ...
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7N Series PTO Shaft – Replacement of Bondioli & Pavesi PTO Shaft
A 7N Series shaft is a kind of powered take-off (PTO) shaft specifically designed for use by agricultural equipment. It is distinguished through its 7N series yokes. These are a kind of pto u joint that permits the shaft to move to absorb shock. This makes it suitable for equipment subject to vibrations, for instance, balers and harvesters. SevenN Series PTO shafts are offered in a range of ...
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When population growth and resource availability collide
As land and water become scarce, competition for these vital resources intensifies within societies, particularly between the wealthy and those who are poor and dispossessed. The shrinkage of life-supporting resources per person that comes with population growth is threatening to drop the living standards of millions of people below the survival level, leading to potentially unmanageable social ...
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3 Series PTO Shaft – Replacement of Bondioli & Pavesi PTO Shaft
An 3 Series PTO shaft is a kind of drive shaft utilized to transfer the power of the tractor pto shaft into an instrument. It is distinguished by the three-splined design that is connected to it the PTO of the tractor. The 3 Series shafts for PTOs are usually constructed of aluminum or steel and come in various lengths and designs. Three Series PTO shafts can be utilized with a variety of ...
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Our global Ponzi economy
Our mismanaged world economy today has many of the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme takes payments from a broad base of investors and uses these to pay off returns. It creates the illusion that it is providing a highly attractive rate of return on investment as a result of savvy investment decisions when in fact these irresistibly high earnings are in part the result of consuming ...
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