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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"agricultural industry"”.
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Fuzzy random regression to improve coefficient estimation for Malaysian Agricultural Industry
Conventional model setting of production planning is developed with numerical crisp values. Additionally coefficient values must be determined before the model is set. It is however troublesome and complex for decision maker to provide rigid values and determining the coefficient values for the …
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The agricultural industry as percieved by members of the general public of Louisiana
… Due to the reported relationship, an increase in agricultural knowledge may result in a more positive increase in perceptions of agriculture. The researcher recommends continuation and expansion in mass media promotion such as billboards, television ads, newspaper articles, web postings, use of …
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Teaching for Career Success: An Agricultural Industry Perspective of Preparedness Needs for Diverse Workforce Development
<p>This research examined agricultural graduate preparedness needs through the lens of agricultural industry professionals. In the rapidly changing industry environment, continual review of agricultural curriculum needs provides relevant curriculum recommendations for academic programs. This study …
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Urban Agricultural Education: Exploring Good Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Underrepresented Youth Into the Agricultural Industry.
The agricultural industry continues to face a shortage of qualified workers in high-skill, high-wage positions, while underrepresented youth remain largely excluded from agricultural education and careers. This study examines successful urban School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) programs that …
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Exploit the Land, Exploit the People: The Treadmill of Production and Community Advocates for Farmworkers in Texas
The structure of the agricultural industry in the United States has changed significantly since World War II, with consequences for agricultural laborers. This study is framed by Schnaiberg's (1980) treadmill of production theory, using semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 16 community …
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Development of a Real-Time 3D Mushroom Vision System for Autonomous Mushroom Harvesting
The agricultural industry is developing autonomous systems to sustain the demands of global population growth. There are many challenges associated with the development of autonomous systems for the agricultural industry because of their dynamic and constrained environments. An example is the …
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An agricultural high school for Ceres
… field of agriculture for it can be said that the agricultural industry of the Republic plays a leading part in the development of its potential resources and is of great importance to the country's wellbeing. It is the backbone of the country's economic structure, being equalled to in importance …
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A study of Japan’s protection for selected agricultural commodities in the period between 1972 and 1977
… at the level of protection afforded to Japan's agricultural industry (selected commodities), with respect to the 'self-sufficiency in foodstuffs' objective and the reliance on imported feedgrains. Specifically, this study incorporates non-tariff barriers (NTBs) into the tariff structure in …
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Virginia Agribusiness Council members' perceptions of basic skills for high school graduates
… prior to seeking entry-level employment in the agricultural industry. Available entry-level positions were categorized and the mean years of experience at each position identified. Skills were ranked in order of decreasing importance based on mean scores of the survey respondents. Overall, basic …
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Sembrando consciencia : the student/farmworker alliance and the growth of critical consciousness
… abuses that are faced by workers in the US agricultural industry. Since the 2001 inception of the Campaign for Fair Food (CFF), an ongoing partnership between the two organizations that seeks to bring major corporations to the table to ensure better wages and basic rights while on the job, …
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Synthesis of the bicyclic core of pyrrolizidine alkaloids
… and so have potential applications in the agricultural industry for the protection of crops.</p> <p>For these reasons, we were interested in developing a method to form the bicyclic alkaloid core that could be functionalized to generate many pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Specifically, our goal …
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A Model Institute: The Mansouria Agricultural Learning Laboratory and Community Center
… on increasingly smaller and less productive agricultural plots of land, families migrate to the cities in search of a better quality of life, economic opportunity, and services that are not present in current rural environments. The proposed project is an architectural proposal that seeks to …
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Microbial ecology of freshly sawn yellow-poplar lumber ( Liriodendron tulipifera L.) in two seasons
Each year, the forest products industry sustains considerable product loss due to a reduction in market value of lumber brought about by microbial discoloration. The current practice of treating green lumber with chemical biocides to protect it from discoloration, although successful, is a …
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Shifts in livestock technology, programming, and composition: exploring the future of livestock agriculture
… are three major components to our current agricultural industry. The first essay in this dissertation highlights a change in technology, improved genetics, and estimates the relationship between genetic selection and farm profitability. Genetic selection is measured by net merit, which is …
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Characterization of organics for anaerobic digestion by modelling augmented biological methane potential test results
… various forms of organic waste, such as food and agricultural industry by products, municipal solid waste, etc. Anaerobic digestion is also a net energy-producing process as it forms the energy laden gas, methane (CH4). The biological processes are, however, sensitive to organic characteristics …
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BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND ON-FARM CAPITAL INVESTMENT
… can help reduce the risk inherent in the agricultural industry that is associated with income variability. These programs are commonly in the form of insurance (production insurance, net margin insurance, etc.). There is a vast literature on investment decision under risk and uncertainty, …
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Biological War Against Agriculture and the Threat of Agricultural Bioterrorism
The agricultural industry of the United States is a vital component of the economy, composing 13 percent of annual GDP and employing millions of Americans. Little attention has been given to the possibility of someone intentionally targeting agriculture with biological agents as a form of warfare. …
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Enhancing productivity in agricultural packing operations through TPM and lean manufacturing: a case study of asparagus processing in Peru
… (TPM) and Lean methodologies in the Peruvian agricultural sector, focusing on asparagus packing operations. To this end, it develops an innovative model with the objective of increasing the productivity of asparagus packing, one of the main problems of the Peruvian agricultural industry. …
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Assessing the Economic Viability of Arkansas Farms under the 2018 Farm Bill
<p>For over a century, the American agricultural industry has relied on federal government support to aid in the maintenance and expansion of farming operations. Since 1933, a series of 18 farm bills have shaped agricultural policy into what is commonly known as the agricultural safety net. The …
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