Agriculture Research Papers

Identification of Interfunctional Coordination Items Important for Business Performance of SMEs

This paper provides a deeper analysis of the relationships between interfunctional coordination (IFC) and business performance (BP). IFC is studied in many fields such as marketing, management, logistics, informatics or human resources. The...

Fashion Concept as Culturally Projected Within Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) Beauty Pageant in Ghana

The orientation toward continuous change can be found in the modern society through beauty pageants. Fashion is one of the most visible media of change which is reflected in aesthetics, politics, economics, cultural and social life. The Gha...

Effects of molasses and commercial inoculant on silage quality of cultivated nettle (Urtica dioica L.)

Cultivated nettle Urtica dioica L., a member of the Urticaceae family, is widely distributed throughout the temperate regions of the world and can be used as a nutritious feed for animals through the winter period. The aim of this research ...

Study of Effect of Climate Change on Potential Evapotranspiration in Arid Areas Using Geostatistics (Case Study: Yazd Province)

In water systems, precipitation is considered as input and evaporation as the output of the system. Water availability can be estemated from the relationship between these two factors. Therefore, evapotranspiration is the most important fac...

Heat Stress in Livestock: Impacts and Ameliorative Strategies—a Review

               Heat stress is one of the most important climatic conditions which adversely affects agricultural and livestock production worldwide. High ambient temperature with direct and indirect solar radiation, wind speed and relative ...

Sistemi ortofrutticoli sostenibili

The sustainability of agricultural production systems is a recurrent topic in the public debate, tightly linked to resource use efficiency and energy saving principles. "Higher yield with lower input" is the paradigm that will guide us in t...

LAGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EУ ORGANIC FARMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

There are several common elements of the EU policy in the field of organic farming and environmental protection. Some of them stem from joint aims and instruments and some of them are formally established. Basically speaking, the main commo...

Public Food Procurement as a Driving Force for Building Local and Agroecological Food Systems: Farmers’ Skepticism in Vega Baja del Jarama, Madrid (Spain)

In the last decade, efforts to re-localize the food system have been gaining ground in a way that is intended to induce changes in the primary sector, thereby improving its conditions and sustainability. The European Union has identified fo...

Importance of Investigating Linguacultural Variability in Learning Foreign Languages

The aim of the article is to investigate and prove the importance of linguocultural variability in the study of foreign languages. Results. In general, the question “Does language determine culture or culture determins language?” is still d...

The effect of cropping pattern on the profitability of liquid fertilizer usage in dry season vegetable production in the Southern Guinea savannah zone of Nigeria

Liquid fertilizers in dry season vegetable production are applied using different cropping patterns with little or no empirical evidence on which pattern is the most profitable. This study, therefore, investigated the effect of cropping pat...

AGRICULTURE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHALLENGES – THE PROBLEM OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

Changes in seasonal weather cycles, a growing number of extreme phenomena, an upward trend in temperature and changes in the distribution of rainfall, significantly affect the functioning and effectiveness of agriculture. However, agricultu...

Application of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in Water and Soil Conservation of Loess Plateau

Comparing to the traditional monitoring and evaluation,the participatory monitoring and evaluation is more preponderant obviously,which is more and more widely used at home.The concept of the participatory monitoring and evaluation is descr...

INFLUÊNCIA DA MATURAÇÃO DO FRUTO NA GERMINAÇÃO DE SEMENTES DE NIM (Azadirachta indica a. juss.)

三峡库区典型农业小流域次降雨产沙过程及其影响因素

为探究引起三峡库区农业小流域土壤侵蚀的主要次降雨因子，通过天然降雨观测资料，分析忠县石盘丘小流域2019年侵蚀性降雨年内分布特征和典型次降雨条件下A和B 2个集水区产沙过程的变化规律，采用相关性分析方法，揭示次降雨产沙的主要影响因素。结果表明：（1）全年119场降雨资料中，有19场为侵蚀性降雨。全年侵蚀性中雨共发生10次，是侵蚀性降雨中最常见的降雨类型。暴雨及以上降雨是造成研究区产沙量最大的降雨类型。（2）在典型中雨、大雨和暴雨产沙事件中，B集水区产沙量分别是A集水区的5.1...

Geographical research

This chapter discusses how geographical research can contribute methodologically to CAS. Spatial categories that are prominent in CAS, such as territorialisation or place, need to be related to other dynamics such as networks and scale. The...

Lagging behind the Joneses: Relative Deprivation and Household Consumption in Rural China

Based on the Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) 2010–2018, this article investigates how relative deprivation influences household consumption in rural China. High-dimensional fixed-effects (HDFE), the instrumental variable (IV), and causa...

Assessment of the state administration effectiveness in the field of small business control in Slovakia

The agenda of small business in Slovakia is administered by state administration - district offices which registry and also control the entrepreneurs. The control units in the period 2008–2011 and its evaluation in terms of efficiency were ...

Inter-Firm Land Optimization and the Advancement of New Quality Productive Forces—Empirical Evidence Based on Micro-Enterprise Data

In the context of advancing new quality productive forces (NQP), the optimization of factor allocation is of critical importance. This study empirically examines how inter-firm land allocation affects the development of NQP and explores the...

Influence of Non - Condensable Gases on the Processes of Heat and Mass Transfer during Film Condensation of Steam in Heat Exchangers

The aim of the article is a quantitative assessment of the influence of non-condensable gases on the intensity of heat and mass transfer processes during film condensation of steam in the specific conditions for heat exchanger. The task is ...

Effect of early and late post emergence herbicides on weed suppression, crop injury, and biomass yield of industrial hemp in semiarid conditions

Abstract Industrial hemp is receiving attention for its numerous benefits, particularly in the fiber industry. Weed competition is a primary concern for hemp cultivation, causing reduced yields and inferior‐quality fiber. However, little is...