Sustainable agriculture is defined as “the efficient production of safe, high quality agricultural products, in a way that protects and improves the natural environment, the social and economic conditions of farmers, their employees and local communities, and safeguards the health and welfare of all...
As to response to the urban sprawl,urban agriculture can provide more green spaceto make up for seriously land consumption.However,it is not recognized thaturban agricultureis aeffective way to improve the urban environment in many cities.Therefore, the urban agriculture and urban farm should be ...
Recently the global attention has risen on precisionagriculture, a farming practice which has been introduced in the 1980s, along with the pressure of food andsustainabilityneeds and the augmentation of intelligent farm technologies (Wolfert et al., 2017).Precision agricultureis defined as an approac...
This technical study focuses on the role of micro-organism genetic resources for agriculture and the influence of a changing climate. Agriculture is defined as crop-based food production for yield and quality. It excludes micro-organism genetic resources associated with livestock, fish and non-food-...
The term 'northern limit of agriculture' is defined as a line drawn on a map through the most northerly points where crops are grown in the open or under glass. The most important features of climate in the N. are the short growth period, the polar day and the effect of permafrost on...
who is hereby defined as one engaged in agriculture or farming as herein defined, or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparations for the market, delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market. (Sec. 1a, Ch...
there are actions and initiatives that are progressing New Zealand towards a zero-waste future. Defined as an approach that aims to eliminate or significantly reduce the amount of waste generated by human activities through sustainable practices and strategies, the goal of zero waste ...
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal. CitesYearValue Self Cites 2014 0 Self Cites 2015 1 Self Cites 2016 7 Self Cites 2017 17 Self Cites 2018 24 Self Cites 2019 35 Self Cites 2020 31 Self Cite...
First is to control the environmental status of the plant factory so as to meet the needs of plant growth dynamically. Second is to keep track of the energy consumption, growth cycle, and plant appearance of plant factory, incorporating it in the production status of the most energy saving, ...
Soilless cultureis a technique to grow plants without soil, using inert media (rockwool, clay pebbles, coconut fibers) or no media, and supplied with a nutrient solution (i.e., water and soluble nutrients). Currently, the termssoilless cultureand hydroponics are used as synonyms; however, hydr...