Livestock Production Articles

The main objective of this paper was to measure the linkages of the mining industry in the Jordanian economy and to determine whether any of the industry sub-sectors can be considered as key sectors. The paper showed that mining had a strong forward and backward linkage to the whole economy and five sub-sectors were considered as the key sectors. These were crude oil and refinery (2.90), ...

Mar. 4, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

In recent years, hormones and hormone–like compounds have been frequently used in vegetable and livestock production to obtain a high yield performance in a shorter period of time. These anabolic agents are used for increasing the rate of weight gain, improving the feed efficiency, storing protein and decreasing fatness (Sawaya et al., 1998). But depending on the use of anabolics in animal feed, ...

Aug. 24, 2007

By University of Tehran

The AgriBMPWater project has been imagined and built in a pluri-disciplinary approach and framework, with the study of the object 'BMPs' using several disciplines at the same time (hydrology, economy, sociology, geography and agronomy). The knowledge of the object in each discipline is deepened by a fertile multi-field contribution: borders of disciplines have been broken down, allowing ...

Mar. 7, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers