11. Same as before, the analysis grants values of higher magnitude to agricultural holdings of higher aggregation intensity class. 2.15.3.1.2.2 Crop value The second group of economic criteria concerns those that determine crop value by taking in consideration economic indicators on a crop type ...
Yet another significant achievement of NATP has been the establishment of the new district based Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) model for technology dissemination with the full participation of farmers in 28 districts of the country. The model is now being replicated in 252 districts...
not factoring benefit sharing and engagement of farmers and other stakeholders. The cross-sectoral impacts are largely neglected. The Indianagricultural sectorneeds a facelift where the conventional approach of subsidies and grants should be transformed to simulating investment flows and promoting entrepreneur...
Guest editors: Andrea Marescotti (University of Florence, Italy), Christopher James Maughan (Coventry University, UK), Erik Mathijs (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Giovanni Belletti (University of Florence, Italy), Matteo Mengoni (University of Florence, Italy), Moya Kneafsey (Coventry ...
across all sectors, particularly for producers of grains such as soybeans and corn, which constitute some 70% of the agrochemical, biological, specialty, and agricultural equipment market. Decreased commodity prices, coupled with adverse weather conditions, led to a sharp decline in farmers' ...
Sustainable agricultural progress is one of the world’s greatest challenges in the twenty-first century as the global population is estimated to rise
For sure, these events have taken the wind out of the sails of the growth. In fact, even with the trend towards containing climate change and consumers being more health conscious and demanding less chemical residues in their food, farmers have resisted using more biosolutions unless they could...
According to the FAO, African countries that are most sensitive to ecological changes usually rely more on the agricultural sector for their finances. These countries also have more urgent needs for agricultural economic development, such as rural infrastructure construction, increasing farmers’ income,...
Money available for agricultural entrepreneurs; Farmers are taken on a guided tour of grants, loans and expertiseJOHN EVERLY
Western chimpanzees (P. t. verus) at Bossou, Guinea, have a longer history of coexistence with farmers for whom the apes are a totem, and have exploited agricultural crops for generations28,29. While considerable deforestation has occurred at Bossou, remaining forest is sacred in local mythology...