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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Mechanized agriculture"”.
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Impact of the Introduction of Mechanized Agriculture on a Traditional Rice-Growing Community in Sarawak, Malaysia
… the transformation from traditional practices to mechanized farming; and to derive policy lessons for project implementation in a rural setting. These objectives were addressed through surveys, interviews, focus group discussions and participant observation. This study demonstrates a need to …
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Between Wildness and Art: Ecology and Agency in Victorian Literature
… novels offer a future-oriented view of Victorian agriculture and industry that projects the consequences of pollution and mechanized agriculture within an ecological framework.
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Predictive Modeling of Organic Pollutant Leaching and Transport Behavior at the Lysimeter and Field Scales
… issue since the advent of industrialization and mechanized agriculture. Some contaminants such as PAHs may persist in the subsurface for decades and centuries. In a bid to address these issues, protection of groundwater must be based on the quantification of potential threats to pollution at the …
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Comparing impacts of new cropping systems on biodiversity in traditional rural China
… social and political reforms, where traditional agriculture is changing to unified, large-scale mechanized agriculture. This study serves as a baseline for conservation in small-holding agricultural areas of China, and points to the necessity of further studies at larger and longer scales.
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Technological innovations in catholic institutions contribute to sustainable entrepreneurship in Zambia.
… advancement from simple manual farm equipment to mechanized agriculture. The study equally examines changes in procedures, ideas and processes, for example use of sustainable organic farming methods instead of chemical fertilizers. Secondly the study reviews the socioeconomic impact of CTSS and …
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Agricultural loan evaluation with discriminant analysis
… evident, The shift in the past half century to a mechanized agriculture has greatly increased farm credit needs. The total real estate assets of farmers have increased from a low of $30.7 billion in 1933 to a value of $202.6 billion in 1969. In addition, non-real estate assets (machinery, …
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Mapping and Modelling of Vegetation Changes in the Southern Gadarif Region, Sudan, Using Remote Sensing
… and model the influences of the introduction of mechanized rain-fed agriculture and its rapid expansion on the natural vegetation in the southern Gadarif Region. To achieve these objectives the study utilized a series of techniques. Beside the intensive use of remote sensing imagery, interviews …