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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Agricultural issues"”.
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Soybean Maturity Group Tradeoffs: Irrigation, Weed Control, and Nitrogen Fixation
… dealing with weed control and irrigation issues. Alternative weed control methods are analyzed in conjunction with irrigation risk analysis across soybean maturity group in response to agricultural issues of glyphosate resistance and declining ground water supply in the Arkansas delta …
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Fuelling the Fire: The effects of Instagram discourse about farm attacks on levels of fear of crime and victimisation
… accounts that post about rural crime and agricultural issues. These accounts report to a younger generation of mainly white South Africans who are concerned about these attacks; the accounts thus have the power to control the narratives and construct meanings and understandings of the …
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Feeding India: Community Gardens and their Food Security Potential
This thesis explores the historical reasons behind food insecurity in India, especially the changes in common property resource management and land ownership rights. Because common property resources are supplementary and require less expensive inputs, they are cheap, easy to grow, and available …
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Exploring Teaching Practices of the Agricultural Education at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
… of the Agriculture Faculty at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). This study is at the intersection of the critical assessment and examination of assumption and exploring options and plans stages of transformative learning theory (Mezirow, 2000) and the environment factor of Astin's …
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Graduate students' motivation to teach plant sciences to K-12 audiences
… (a) how learners can apply knowledge to emerging agricultural issues, (b) how professors (i.e., graduate students as teachers) coach and facilitate, intertwining teaching and assessing, and (c) how to engage with learners actively by providing useful and timely feedback. Second, graduate students …
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Conversations with Farmers: Agri-cultural practice change and the 'eco-innovator'
… a region of NSW. Whilst covering a spectrum of issues that affect contemporary farming, the mythological image of the 'innovative' farmer emerged from within the farming sub-culture. This thesis documents the ‘eco-innovator's’ change journey into regenerative farming practice, and ultimately, a …