commercial agriculture Articles
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Coevolution, agricultural practices and sustainability: some major social and ecological issues
This paper outlines the major social and ecological issues involved in the coevolution of social and ecological systems by initially reviewing relevant aspects of the recent literature relating to economic development and their implications for agricultural development. Coevolutionary qualitative-type models are presented. There has been a failure among advocates of structural adjustment policies ...
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Grain Bin Safe Entry Tips
Every year we hear about tragedies and injuries in grain bins. Grain storage continues to get larger and large bins are used regularly on farms and commercial agriculture businesses. They are a necessary piece of equipment, but safety needs to be top of mind whenever entering a grain bin. Make safe entry a ...
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Thailand's disappearing forests: the challenge to tropical forest conservation
Despite the ever-increasing concern about their conservation, tropical forests in Thailand are undergoing depletion and degradation, because the government pursued a policy of increasing national revenue through commercial logging and forest encroachment for the expansion of commercial agriculture until the end of 1980s. The pace of deforestation was further accelerated by the ever-growing ...
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Perspective: The role of universities in transforming African agriculture for economic development - producing knowledge farmers and entrepreneurial leaders
Universities play important roles in socio–economic development by contributing to the advancement and dissemination of new knowledge, and developing human capacity. African agriculture has the lowest yield and productivity compared to the rest of the world. The continent is the most food insecure and has the highest youth unemployment. Transforming smallholder agriculture into industrial ...
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Characteristics & Advantage Of Commercial Farming
Commercial farming is a method where the crops and livestock are raised to sell products in order to make money. To raise commercial farming, a huge amount of capital investment is necessary. Along with that, it needs large scale farms, modern technologies, innovative farm machinery, good irrigation methods, chemical fertilizers etc. to produce a high yield. Commercial farming has the main ...
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Agricultural biotechnology policies and research investments in Mexico
This paper examines the agricultural biotechnology research situation in Mexico. In addition to providing insights into the institutional and policy evolution, it analyses a quantitative survey of biotechnology investments in the 14 most important national public and private research organisations from 1985 to 1997. During this time period, Mexico experienced a noteworthy biotechnology ...
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With Rising Fertilizer Prices, GroGuru’s Solution has Even More Value for Farmers!
Efficient use of water in commercial agriculture applications enabled by the GroGuru solution keeps fertilizer in the root zone of the crop, reducing Nitrate usage and leaching into the groundwater, and providing improved management capabilities for sustainable ...
By GroGuru
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Why land rights should be on the Rio+20 agenda
As government leaders prepare for next month’s UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil, one issue is conspicuously absent from the agenda: land rights. Strong property rights—the rights for people to access, control, transfer, and exclude others from land and natural resources—create incentives to invest in sound land management and help protect land from ...
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Greenhouse
GREENHOUSES In the agriculture industry, commercial greenhouse dehumidifier is a very important part, which is globally utilized for the production of high value vegetables and fruits. WHY DEHUMIDIFIERS ARE NEEDED IN GREENHOUSES Normally, in day time, the inner climate of greenhouse is incredibly warm. Excessive heat and too much moisture will shrivel fruit and can easily devastate your ...
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Proactive approach to slug control recommended to potato growers
If left untreated, slugs can cost the potato industry £53 million each year. With predictions of a high pressure slug season ahead, and the potential damage these pests can do to a crop both physically and financially, Robert Boothman, commercial director of Boothmans Agriculture, explains how to keep one step ahead of the pest. “The milder, wet winter and lack of ground frosts ...
By Certis UK
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How to choose the best de-icing material for the job
From beet juice to classic rock salt to urea, we now have plenty of choices when it comes to eliminating ice from roadways. However, most snow removal pros are still looking for a silver bullet: A material that will de-ice roads in any condition, for a reasonable price, without harming the environment. ...
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Evolution of satellite image data in agriculture
Mapping and monitoring of agricultural areas are an ideal application for satellite image data as big areas can be easily covered in a very cost-efficient way. Today, it is essential for farmers not just to get data, which would increase their workload, but to get concrete, straight-to-the-point recommendations on what precisely to do on the field in terms of irrigation, fertilizing, and ...
By cloudeo
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Indoor agriculture - Can it feed the world?
The future of agriculture is ever-changing… And in the bid to feed the world by 2050 there are a number of key challenges, but also exciting opportunities. With an ever-rising global population, climate change, food security and working out how to produce enough nutrient-dense food for the masses are high priorities for the agriculture sector. These colossal world issues present many ...
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Providing Grain Storage for Farms, Agriculture Operations and Businesses
Grain handling, storage and drying equipment is needed on many farms, large agriculture operations and some commercial businesses. K & S Millwrights has worked with various types of locations across the seven state Midwest area of Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Illinois since ...
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NPK Compound Fertilizer Development and Fertilizer Plant Production
Chemical fertilizer provides nutrients for continuous agricultural production, but single chemical fertilizer hasn't high utilization rate, limited promotion ability to crops, and a large amount of application is not conducive to crop growth. NPK compound fertilizer production has become the main trend of fertilizer. The granulation process of NPK fertilizer production line can make basic ...
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Effects of biowaste compost on vegetative growth, Yield and fruit quality of james grieve apples
In Lower Austria 69 agricultural composting plants are in operation in addition to municipal and commercial composting plants. The agricultural composting plants process separately collected organic household waste as contractual partners for the neighbouring municipalities. The compost produced is used to a large extent on the agricultural fields of the plants' owners. In order to improve the ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Application status of bio organic fertilizer and granulator machine
Application status of bio organic fertilizer At present, the application of bio organic fertilizer in some green and organic agricultural products has achieved good results, which plays a good demonstration role in the promotion and application of bio organic fertilizer. Although the current agricultural application of bio organic fertilizer enthusiasm is not high, the use rate is relatively low, ...
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