Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries topic list of research papers
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Biofuel from Wastes an Economic and Environmentally Feasible Resource
Abstract Environmental arguments centre on the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the sake of both the global and local environments. In this respect, the replacement of fossil fuels by biofuels in the transportation sector is...
2014 / Devendra Pratap Singh, Rakesh Kumar Trivedi -
The effect of the rural tourism policy on non-farm income in South Korea
Abstract There has been growing concern as to whether the growing investment in rural South Korea is achieving the desired ends. Empirical evidence is required to assess the current policies. Based on the logic of those policies, this study conducts ...
2014 / JaeHee Hwang, SeongWoo Lee -
Food irradiation: A public health opportunity2004 / James H. Steele
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Sensory and Microbiological Parameters of Stored Wild Boar Meat
Abstract The influence of temperature on microbiological and sensory parameters of wild boar meat kept for 21 days was studied. Total viable count was higher in meat stored at 15°C than at lower temperatures on day 21. Colour saturation and hue did...
2015 / Gabriela Borilova, Radka Hulankova, Irena Svobodova, Frantisek Jezek, Zdenka Hutarova, et al. -
Integrating Product Design and Entrepreneurship Education: A Stimulant for Enterprising Design and Engineering Students in South Africa
Abstract This paper presents the effects of product design projects on Design and Engineering students’ innovation and entrepreneurial skills. Design project, among other things, focuses students’ attitudes and interests towards entrepreneurship....
2015 / R.J. Odora -
Collaborative Urban Logistics – Synchronizing the Last Mile a Singapore Research Perspective
Abstract The synchronized last mile logistics concept seeks to address, through coordinated collaboration, several challenges that hinder reliability, cost efficiency, effective resource planning, scheduling and utilization; and increasingly,...
2014 / Robert de Souza, Mark Goh, Hoong-Chuin Lau, Wee-Siong Ng, Puay-Siew Tan -
One Health in food safety and security education: A curricular framework
Abstract The challenges of producing and distributing the food necessary to feed an anticipated 9 billion people in developed and developing societies by 2050 without destroying Earth's finite soil and water resources present extremely complex...
2015 / J. Angelos, A. Arens, H. Johnson, J. Cadriel, B. Osburn -
Assessing the physical stability of archival cellulose acetate films by monitoring plasticizer loss
Abstract Cellulose acetate film plasticized with diethyl phthalate was subjected to artificial aging regimes and the loss of plasticizer determined by means of Thermogravimetric Analysis and Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Alterations in...
2013 / Emma Richardson, Miriam Truffa Giachet, Michael Schilling, Tom Learner -
An Application of Soft System Methodology in Batik Industrial Cluster Solo by Using Service System Science Perspective
Abstract This paper reports on the application of a methodological approach called soft systems methodology (SSM) in Batik Industrial Cluster Solo. Stages in the application of SSM are illustrated including the development of a rich picture and...
2014 / Santi Novani, Utomo Sarjono Putro, Pri Hermawan -
Faltering fisheries and ascendant aquaculture: Implications for food and nutrition security in Bangladesh
Abstract Bangladesh has made considerable progress against human development indicators in recent years, but malnutrition resulting from poor dietary diversity and low micronutrient intakes remains entrenched. Fish is central to the Bangladeshi diet ...
2013 / Ben Belton, Imke Josepha Mariana van Asseldonk, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted -
The Energy Balance Behavior in Open Street. Case Study City of Biskra, Algeria
Abstract This research studies the evaluation of the heat flow exchanged between the soil, with two different types (soil in concrete and soil in asphalt), and the urban environment on a streets of open shape. A method which takes into account all...
2014 / Boukhabla Moufida, Alkama Djamel, Moummi Noureddine, Bouzaher Soumia -
Mechanization in Ghana: Emerging demand, and the search for alternative supply models
Abstract Influential studies in the 1980s and early 1990s drew on the Boserup–Ruthenberg theories of farming systems evolution to argue that African countries were not yet ready for widespread agricultural mechanization. Through applying the...
2014 / Xinshen Diao, Frances Cossar, Nazaire Houssou, Shashidhara Kolavalli -
Selected Aspects of Dietary Habits in School-aged Youth in the Slovak Republic
Abstract Findings of the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey related to dietary habits in adolescents in Slovakia are presented. Anonymous questionnaire data from 4308 respondents aged 11, 13 and 15 years were...
2014 / Martina Baskova, Tibor Baska, Lubica Banovcinova -
The partial budget analysis for sorghum farm in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Abstract Before changing from one production method to another, the farmer considers many factors, such as agro ecological requirements, availability of required additional production resources (labor, credit, skill, farmland, equipment, etc.),...
2014 / M. El-Deep Soha -
Occurrence and quantitative microbial risk assessment of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in soil and air samples
Summary Background Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts can be transmitted by the fecal–oral route and may cause gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses. These zoonoses are common in rural zones due to the parasites being harbored ...
2014 / Ana Paola Balderrama-Carmona, Pablo Gortáres-Moroyoqui, Luis Humberto Álvarez-Valencia, Luciano Castro-Espinoza, Iram Mondaca-Fernández, et al. -
A Study of Wear Properties of Different Soybean Oils
Abstract Environmentally friendly lubricants have been gaining interests worldwide. Vegetable oils have potential to be used as the base stock for these lubricants when blended with proper additives. This study shows parameters affecting on friction ...
2013 / Kraipat Cheenkachorn -
The Effect of Potato Ridge Height and Harvest Date on Tuber Injuries2014 / Katarzyna Rymuza, Antoni Bombik, Dariusz Stopa, Zbigniew Pawlonka
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Protein freeze concentration and micro-segregation analysed in a temperature-controlled freeze container
Abstract To examine effects of varied freezing conditions on the development of spatial heterogeneity in the frozen protein solution, macroscopic freeze concentration and micro-segregation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) were investigated in a...
2015 / Ulrich Roessl, Stefan Leitgeb, Bernd Nidetzky -
Food and water gaps to 2050: preliminary results from the global food and water system (GFWS) platform2015 / R. Quentin Grafton, John Williams, Qiang Jiang
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Using Traditional Swidden Agriculture to Enhance Rural Livelihoods in Vietnam's Uplands2006 / Tran Duc Vien, Stephen J. Leisz, Nguyen Thanh Lam, A. Terry Rambo