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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Farming industry"”.
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The development of probiotics for use in the ostrich farming industry in South Africa
Ostrich farming in South Africa is an important industry but it often suffers from high mortality rates among the ostrich chicks. This is thought to be due in part to environmental stress, leading to the delay in the development of the microbiota, thus making invasion by pathogens likely. Very …
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Implications of the Resource Management Act 1991 for the marine farming industry in New Zealand
… social justice. This thesis examines the marine farming industry in New Zealand which has the potential for development within the purpose and principles of the Act. Prior to 1991, there were several obstacles arising from the institutional arrangements and the political situation which prevented …
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Food security, gender roles, and information exchange in the shrimp farming industry of Sri Lanka
… aquaculture in the country including shrimp farming. Prior to expanding shrimp farming in the country, more information was needed about the current state of shrimp farming and the potential of this livelihood to provide an equitable pathway to food security. A cross-sectional survey of …
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Technological change in the salmon farming industry in Chile : using investment decision tools to model an innovation path and a framework for developing a new technology
Salmon farming is one of Chile's main economic activities, as well as a major factor in the country's aquaculture sector, and critical to the economic growth strategies proposed by the government. Chilean salmon farming is ranked number two in the world, competing closely with Norway (number one), …
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Development of techniques to culture shrimp haemocytes and purify white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in order to study WSSV-haemocyte interactions
… under academic debate. In contrast, the shrimp farming industry has experienced a huge expansion in the last four decades. The conjugation of these two factors originated the emergence of many infectious diseases that threaten the sustainable development of the shrimp farming industry. Shrimp …
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Farmers with Upper-Limb Amputations and Their Daily Routine
… upper-limb amputees who are associated with the farming industry, the process of completing daily occupations may be challenging, especially for those who have not received guidance from occupational therapy. Currently, there is little research in the area of farmers with amputations and their …
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PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT OF THE CACAO AGRO-FOOD SYSTEM IN TABASCO (MEXICO): A FITNESS APPROACH
The farming industry and the agro-food system as a whole are now required to adapt to a challenging and more competitive environment. How the food industry can fit itself into such environment is the main question that is addressed in this study. The fitness approach, an exploratory framework, is …
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Drug plants of California
… the chemist.</p><p>The development of the drug farming industry will not only give employment to the state’s increasing population, but will enable our nation to be more self-sufficient and independent of other countries.</p>
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Understanding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreaks in Western Cape Ostrich industry: did network dynamics enhance vulnerability? Christine Moore.
… being of significant economic concern for the farming industry. Understanding how disease moves within and between these contrasting systems is vital to prevent large-scale, multi-system epidemics in the future. This study utilized network analysis to understand how the movement of ostrich …
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A biological data acquisition platform for problem animals in agricultural areas
… significantly impacted South Africa’s red meat farming industry and the farming community. The problem is difficult to analyse, has many aspects and the behaviour of these animals is poorly understood. To this end, this thesis investigated the design of a biotelemetry system capable of …
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Development of Wireless Sensor Network to Detect Lameness in Dairy Cows
… calving are three major problems in the dairy farming industry. They lead to economic losses and decreased animal welfare. With the industrialization of dairy farms, these problems are magnified due to the lack of skilled labor. This work introduces a design for a wireless sensor network to …
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We Belong to the Trees, A Collection of Short Stories
… of the violence against the working class in the farming industry. At its core, We Belong to the Trees highlights the tropical regions of Limpopo as the ordinary navigate Post-Apartheid South Africa. It implores one to think about issues such as land-restitution, violence, racism, poverty, crime, …
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The socio-economic implications of conversion from commercial agriculture to private game farming: The case study of Cradock, a small town in the iNxuba Yethemba Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… from commercial agriculture to private game farming (PGF). The study draws primarily on research conducted in the town, the history of which is rooted in the development and expansion of commercial agriculture that took place in the early 1800s. It is specifically concerned with the effects …
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Improving Disease Resistance for Shrimp Through Application of Probiotics in Feed
… of economic loss yearly to the aquaculture industry. Recently, one of the primary causative agents of disease has been Vibrio parahaemolyticus; in 2009, a new strain causing Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) or acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in shrimp emerged. Shrimp losses …
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Taming the tiger: the political ecology of prawn production in Tanzania
… and consequences of global shifts in the prawn farming industry from Southeast Asia to East Africa. The main contribution of my dissertation research is its integration of ecological theory with social theory through a political ecology approach. This is a major challenge in the field of …
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A comparative analysis of perceptions on land expropration by commercial and emerging farmers in Limpopo Province of South Africa
… The study revealed that males dominated the farming industry, with males outnumbering females, particularly among emerging farmers. Likert scale and ordinal logistic regression were used to analyse the data. Emerging farmers expressed the view that land should be expropriated. However, …
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The early Neolithic tor enclosures of Southwest Britain
… their proposed associations with settlement, farming, industry, trade and warfare indicate that they could reveal more about the Early Neolithic than many causewayed enclosure sites. Yet, despite being recognised as Neolithic in date as early as the 1920s, they have been subject to a …
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Historical Study of Burke's Garden High School: 1915 to 1960
… in 1915 that was located in a fertile farming community in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. The uniqueness of the geography of the area promoted a communal-based society whose citizens worked together for educational prosperity. This historical study documents the …
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Linking Local Knowledge and Satellite-Derived Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Information In Krabi Province, Thailand
… the results of a moderate, but sustained shrimp farming industry that only partially exploited mangrove forests. The three villages experienced a range of changes in mangrove forest area. The villagers' perceptions (collected through field surveys) did not match the results from the remote …
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