Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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A Conceptual Approach for Business Incubator Interdependencies and Sustainable Development
Abstract Sustainable development is an important dimension for business incubators to improve tenant-businesses in the coffee value chain. This study focuses on business incubators addressing social and economic dimensions of sustainability in...
2016 / Roberto Hernández, Giuseppina Carrà -
Selected Physical Properties, Texture and Sensory Characteristics of Extruded Breakfast Cereals based on Wholegrain Wheat Flour
Abstract Directly expanded breakfast cereals were processed with a single screw extrusion-cooker TS-45 with L:D=16:1 at screw speed 120rpm, shaped on the circular open die 2mm in diameter. Wholegrain wheat flour in amount of 50, 60 and 70% of total...
2015 / Agnieszka Wójtowicz, Marcin Mitrus, Tomasz Oniszczuk, Leszek Mościcki, Magdalena Kręcisz, et al. -
The Potential of Bamboo as Building Material in Organic Shaped Buildings
Abstract Bamboo has been widely known as a sustainable building material due to some reasons among others are bamboo can be easily cultivated and harvested in a relative short time and can be reused. Bamboo as building materials is easy to bend and...
2016 / Esti Asih Nurdiah -
Economic impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies in Vanuatu and Timor-Leste
Abstract The fisheries sectors in Vanuatu and Timor-Leste are important sources of food and income. Similar to other developing countries and those in the Pacific, they are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change more so because of their...
2016 / Mark W. Rosegrant, Madan Mohan Dey, Rowena Valmonte-Santos, Oai Li Chen -
Manufacturing Resilience via Inventory Management for Domestic Food Waste
Abstract The ability to feed 9 billion people by 2050 will rely on processed foods being delivered through complex and dispersed international supply chains. Currently as much as a third of all food grown is lost as waste at various points along...
2016 / E. Woolley, G. Garcia-Garcia, R. Tseng, S. Rahimifard -
Dry Methane Reforming Performance of Ni-based Catalyst Coated onto Stainless Steel Substrate
Abstract In this work, the Ni-based catalysts (10wt.%Ni/Al2O3-MgO and 10wt.%Ni/MgO) were synthesized by sol-gel method. Each catalyst was prepared as catalyst pellets and catalyst-coated plate, stainless steel plate coated with catalyst. The...
2015 / Suntorn Sangsong, Monrudee Phongaksorn, Sabaithip Tungkamani, Thana Sornchamni, Rungroj Chuvaree -
Spread and Potential Risks of Genetically Modified Organisms
Abstract Genetic engineering is a technique that allows to detect, isolate, multiply and transplant specific genes in another living organism. The introduction of genes in another living organism or other species is a process unstable and insecure...
2016 / Margherita Arcieri -
Addressing the yield gap in rainfed crops: a review2016 / Walter Anderson, Chris Johansen, Kadambot H. M. Siddique
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The Management Product in the Farmers Level and the Role of Supporting Institutions for Cocoa Fermentation Process
Abstract Indonesian cocoa production is significantly increasing, but the resulting quality is still low and varied. The main issue in improving the quality of cocoa, primarily in Blitar, and Jembrana, lies not in the lack of capacity of the...
2016 / Yuli Hariyati -
Research on the Energy Load During Incubation and the Energy-saving Potential of the Traditional Incubator
Abstract The heating and cooling load of a single incubator box was investigated, with a capacity of 38400 eggs incubated at common incubation temperature. According to the fact that incubators always work in the form of modules in large-scale...
2015 / Diduo Liu, Zhaoqi Liu, Zhengrong Li, Kai Liu -
An Integrated System for the Energy Production and Accumulation from Renewable Sources: A Rural Tower Prototype
Abstract The recent growth of renewable sources has led to relevant effects in terms of land consuming, social acceptance, distributed energy generation, non continuous production caused by non-programmable sources such as wind and solar one also...
2014 / Silvia Di Francesco, Alessandro Petrozzi, Valeria Montesarchio -
Planning Support for the Design of Quality Control Strategies in Global Production Networks
Abstract The increasing globalization forces manufacturing companies to organize their production in global networks, which include company internal sites as well as locations of external partners and suppliers. Each site in this network has an...
2016 / Tobias Arndt, Gisela Lanza -
Nutritional Composition of Five Varieties of Pap Commonly Consumed in Maroua (Far-North, Cameroon)2015 / Roger Ponka, Armand Abdou Bouba, Elie Fokou, Eric Beaucher, Michel Piot, et al.
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Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Wooden Furniture Industry Using Multi criteria Decision Making Method
Abstract Furniture manufacturing industry seems to be significant not only from economical and social standpoints but also from perspective of environmentally compatible industries. Accordingly, moving toward sustainable development in this sector...
2016 / Majid Azizi, Nemat Mohebbi, Fabio De Felice -
A Preliminary Study on a New Approach to Estimate Water Resource Allocation: The Net Water Footprint Applied to Animal Products
Abstract We propose the Net Waterfootprint (WFPnet) method to estimate the water footprint (WFP) of food products, in alternative to the current WFP method, based on absolute values. We compared the WFP and WFPnet methods for cattle milk and meat...
2016 / Alberto Stanislao Atzori, Caterina Canalis, Ana Helena Dias Francesconi, Giuseppe Pulina -
Fertilization of Nitrogen, Phosphor and Application of Green Manure of Crotalaria Juncea in Increasing Yield of Maize in Marginal Dry Land
Abstract This research aimed to analyze the effect of fertilization of N, P and application of green manure of crotalaria to increase yield of maize plant in marginal dry land. The experiment was carried out at the dry land of South Sulawesi...
2016 / Siti Subaedah, A. Aladin, Nirwana -
Chemi-mechanical Pulping of Durian Rinds
Abstract The physical, optical and mechanical characteristics of pulp and paper made from waste durian rinds as an alternative raw material for papermaking were investigated according to TAPPI and MS ISO standards. The durian rinds pulp was produced ...
2015 / Shaiful Rizal Masrol, Mohd Halim Irwan Ibrahim, Sharmiza Adnan -
The Impact of Structural and Operational Parameters of the Centrifugal Disc spreader on the Spatial Distribution of Fertilizer
Abstract The objective of this study was to specify the impact of structural and operational parameters of the centrifugal disc spreader on the spatial distribution of fertilizer varied in terms of physical properties (urea, ammonium sulfate,...
2015 / Artur Przywara -
Building Local Capacities in Natural Resources Management for Food Security in the Highlands of Northern Thailand
Abstract The objectives were to assess vulnerability context of the Karen community and to enhance community-based natural resource management in relation to agricultural systems and food security. We facilitated key informant and focus group...
2015 / Budsara Limnirankul, Thaworn Onprapai, Phrek Gypmantasiri -
Selected Aspects Of The Risk In The Supply Chain In Context Of The Supplier Quality Management2015 / Ivan Koblen, Katarína Lestyánszka Škůrková