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growers, etc ; Isoptera; RNA interference; administrative management; arthropods; chemical control; crop yield; crops; humans; information; insects; methodology; pests; research; soil fertility; technology; vigor; Show all 17 Subjects
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... Termites are eusocial arthropod decomposers, and improve soil fertility, crop yield, and also are used by humans for their benefits across the world. However, some species of termites are becoming a threat to the farming community as they are directly and indirectly causing major losses to the agricultural system. It is estimated that termites cost the global economy more than 40 billion USD annua ...
growers, etc ; Camellia sinensis var. assamica; case studies; crop production; economic sustainability; farm management; income; leaves; organic foods; organic production; production technology; tea; India; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The last few decades have seen a significant increase in the land under tea cultivation in the major tea growing regions of the world, mostly owing to the increase in the number of small-scale tea growers. These small-scale tea growers often resort to unsustainable agricultural practices. However, some of the growers in a few tea growing regions are converting to sustainable production systems lik ...
growers, etc ; agricultural sciences; coconuts; coir; conveyors; cultivators; entrepreneurship; forces; nuts; objectives; reels; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The objective of this research is to develop a dehusked coconut grading machine for coconut cultivators and entrepreneurs. The basis of design is characterized by a tapered belt conveyor and sizing board with openings of increasing aperture which run along the edge of the belt conveyor. Dehusked coconuts are fed onto the tapered belt conveyor where the gravitational force pushes the nut towards th ...
growers, etc ; development policy; forest plantations; income distribution; industry; livelihood; models; poverty; Laos; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Lao People's Democratic Republic (hereafter Lao PDR or Laos) has implemented policies to expand plantations on the basis of their contribution to economic development, improvement of local livelihoods, poverty alleviation, developing linkages between the processing industry and smallholder growers, and improving environmental outcomes. Despite the significant inflow in foreign investment in forest ...
growers, etc ; area; assets; computer software; focus groups; forestry; household income; household surveys; interviews; profitability; profits and margins; questionnaires; research; researchers; sampling; social sciences; socioeconomic status; trees; Tanzania; Show all 19 Subjects
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... This study aimed at determining the extent to which the smallholder tree growers benefit from tree growing activities. It strove to accomplish the following: (i) analyse costs and benefits associated with tree growing activities; (ii) determine profitability indices; and (iii) assess economic status of respondents in the study area. Stratified random sampling technique was used to draw respondents ...
growers, etc ; aquaculture industry; case studies; ecosystem services; interviews; oyster culture; oysters; shellfish; Maryland; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Ecosystem services provided by oysters are regularly cited to gain support for the continued development of oyster aquaculture, but we have limited understanding of whether and how these benefits influence those who grow oysters. Participant observation and semi-structured interviews occurred with 57 oyster growers in Maryland (United States) to detail factors motivating entry into the oyster aqua ...
growers, etc ; Macrolophus; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; habitats; host plants; population density; rearing; surveys; tomatoes; New Zealand; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Macrolophus pygmaeus, a predatory mirid used to manage greenhouse whitefly, was illegally imported into New Zealand, and for a time was reared and sold to commercial tomato growers. We designed and implemented a risk-based detection survey to determine whether M. pygmaeus was still present in New Zealand a decade later. The survey was designed to have an 80% chance of detecting a single low densit ...
growers, etc ; aquaponics; business enterprises; ecosystem services; entrepreneurship; farming systems; fish; hydroponics; surveys; sustainable agriculture; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Aquaponics or the integration of aquaculture and hydroponic farming, is a sustainable food production system that is currently popular more as a hobby rather than on commercial scales. Recent increase in scientific and public interest in aquaponics and its environmental benefits supports research that addresses technical, economic, and legislative barriers to wider adoption of these systems. A suc ...
growers, etc ; case studies; crop production; entrepreneurship; farms; financial economics; market access; organic production; tea; India; Show all 10 Subjects
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... A few small tea growers in Assam, India, shifted to organic production of tea considering the ecological and economic benefits of organic cultivation. However, lack of sufficient training, technical know-how, inadequate experience, and market access posed serious threats to sustaining their business. Amidst the difficulties, some of these growers managed to overcome the initial problems of the pro ...
growers, etc ; Abelmoschus esculentus; case studies; education programs; educational status; okra; pest control; planning; planting; weed control; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Any increase in okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] production depends on effective use and application, of appropriate management practices. This will likely require changes in knowledge, and skills, of okra growers that can be accomplished by training. The study was conducted to identify the training needs of okra growers. Slightly more than half (54.6%) of okra growers required a medium l ...
... Vietnam has set an example for developing tropical countries on how plantation forestry and wood product sectors can improve rural development, the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people and national income.For sustainable growth, plantation forestry in Vietnam must expand production of both pulp wood and saw logs and secure long-term wood supply. Wood production is substantially in the ha ...
growers, etc ; Tetranychus urticae; abamectin; acaricides; mortality; Mexico; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Cut rose growers in the municipalities of Villa Guerrero, Tanancingo, Coatepec Harinas, and Ixtapan de la Sal, in the state of Mexico, Mexico, have reported low effectiveness of abamectin in the control of Tetranychus urticae, possibly due to development of resistance. The objective of this study was to determine the response of 4 field populations and 1 population susceptible to this acaricide. T ...
growers, etc ; agricultural colleges; albino; antioxidant activity; beets; color; cultivars; field experimentation; polyphenols; total soluble solids; turnips; weight; Show all 12 Subjects
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... This study aimed to evaluate yield parameters, antioxidant activity (AOA), total polyphenol content (TPC) and total soluble solids (TSS) in beetroot cultivars with different flesh colours. Field experiments were established at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra in 2016 and 2017. Within the study, 16 beetroot cultivars were tested, including 11 red-fleshed (‘Boltardy’, ‘Boro’ F₁, ‘Crosby ...
... The soil-borne fungus Rhizoctonia solani causes damping-off on sugar beet seedlings. Growers rely on fungicides to protect sugar beet in fields affected by R. solani. Quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) fungicides, such as azoxystrobin, have been applied as in-furrow and foliar sprays to manage R. solani, but repeated use of QoI fungicides pose risks in fungicide resistance. Penthiopyrad is a novel fu ...
growers, etc ; biomass; cultivars; fruit growing; fruit yield; greenhouses; leaves; peat; rockwool; rooting; strawberries; survival rate; water stress; South Korea; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Runner propagation is an important process in strawberry cultivation, which influences plant survival and fruit yield during the commercial production. In South Korea, this process is carried out on plug tray benches that are set off the ground in greenhouses, rather than in open fields. During the propagation, the propagation media and fogging systems play an important role in the survival and ro ...
growers, etc ; alfalfa; chemical industry; decision making; farming systems; focus groups; information sources; insect control; insect pests; motivation; roots; Wyoming; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Drawing on data from four focus groups with alfalfa farmers conducted in Spring 2014 and 2015 in four counties in Wyoming, USA, we analyse how farmers make decisions about insect pest management. Our generative focus group data allow us to examine how farmers frame and value different sources of information and why and when they rely on them. Our results reveal that in order to be useful, expert i ...
growers, etc ; coatings; cooling; crop yield; environmental factors; greenhouses; heat; optical properties; radiometry; simulation models; solar radiation; tomatoes; tropics; winter; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Greenhouses shelter the crop from unfavourable environmental conditions and the covering largely contributes to creating beneficial growing conditions inside. There is no perfect greenhouse cover for all combinations of crop and climatic regions. Usually a greenhouse cover has permanent optical properties determining the amount of solar radiation entering the greenhouse. Consequently during crop g ...
growers, etc ; Rhodomonas; Ruditapes philippinarum; absorption; breeding; dietary protein; energy; energy requirements; food composition; growth performance; metabolizable energy; microalgae; phenotype; Show all 13 Subjects
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... A range of phenotypes differing in growth rate were designed in the Manila clam by combining separate breeding families with size segregation within each family to constitute fast and slow growing groups. Physiological components of the energy budget and scope for growth (SFG) were then compared between these different phenotypes during the acute and chronic responses to two diets that were isocal ...
... Citrus greasy spot (CGS), caused by Zasmidium citri, induces premature defoliation and yield loss in Citrus spp. The epidemiology of CGS is well understood in high humidity areas, but remains unaddressed in Brazil, despite differing climatic conditions and disease management practices. The spatiotemporal dynamics of CGS were characterized in the Recôncavo of Bahia (Brazil) at four hierarchical lev ...