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Profitability of Smallholder Sugarcane Farming Systems in Tanzania: A Comparative Analysis Between Block Farming and Traditional Farming Systems in Morogoro.
… evidence that smallholder sugarcane farming systems have substantial effect on the profitability of smallholder farmers. Primary data collected through semi structured questionnaires administered to a random sample of smallholder sugarcane farmers in Morogoro region were analysed by …
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Risk management in crop farming
The agricultural sector is heavily exposed to the impact of climate change and the more common extreme weather events. This exposure can have significant impacts on agricultural production. To deal with the financial impacts caused by natural hazards, crop insurance is an appropriate tool (Di Falco …
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Crop Farming in Aeroponic Indoor System
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Wick irrigation systems for subsistence farming
Irrigation on small-scale farms has been noted as a key method to help lift subsistence farmers out of poverty. With water scarity growing around the globe and lack of access to electricity still prevalent in rural areas, the need to develop an energy efficient irrigation system that simultaneous …
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Price hedging in salmon farming : is price hedging a viable, profit inducing option for salmon farming companies?
… price hedging is a viable option for salmon farming companies, and the effect hedging might have on profitability opportunities facing the companies on a year round basis. The desired result from this thesis is to present a statistical and economical evaluation of the effects of hedging on …
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Information dissemination for farming communities in Thailand
The use of information and communication technology tools has been applied in many disciplines, including agricultural sectors. It may be applied in many modules such as data gathering, data processing, information management and information dissemination. One issue that cannot be neglected is the …
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Flow through and around fish farming nets
<p>Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, tow tank and field measurements were used to investigate current flow through and around net panels and cages. For the numerical computations a porous media model was used to represent the net allowing efficient computation of both exterior and …
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Small-scale farming - contraints defining the sector
… growth model within the small-scale farming sector. Entrepreneurship within this sector needs to be sustained through efficient and effective means that will ensure these ‘ecopreneurs’ implement their visions for a sustainable future. Regarding the small-scale farming sector, the …
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Wendell Berry’s Cyclic Vision: Traditional Farming as Metaphor
… the growing conflict between traditional farming (which espouses a harmonious cyclic vision) and modern agribusiness (which espouses a discordant linear vision). As a traditional farmer wedded to the land, Berry derives his ideas and images largely from his practical experiences and form …
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Critical factors determining successful irrigation farming in Lesotho
… factors that determine successful irrigation farming in Lesotho in order to uplift the performance of irrigation and livelihoods of Basotho. A structural questionnaire was administered amongst 153 irrigation farmers and 31 extensionists randomly in the four southern districts of Lesotho, …
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The allocation of resources in Philippine corn farming
… collection of data, the proper stratification of farming areas (in terms of physical and seasonal factors) and collection of farm specific price information both for factors of production and output. Furthermore, a time series type of data gathering is suggested to allow for variations due to …
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The allocation of resources in Philippine corn farming
… collection of data, the proper stratification of farming areas (in terms of physical and seasonal factors) and collection of farm specific price information both for factors of production and output. Furthermore, a time series type of data gathering is suggested to allow for variations due to …
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Cultivating Agricultural Resistance: Alternative Farming as Slow Modernity
Contemporary methods of food production in the United States have become undeniably destructive ecologically. Two of the strongest symbols of that destruction from corporate industrial agriculture are CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) and monoculture crop production. This thesis seeks to …
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NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SWINE FARMING
… solution to address this issue. Swine farming, second only to ruminants in environmental impact, plays a significant role due to its nitrogen emissions, its high consume of feedstuffs in competition with human consumption, such as cereals, and its high reliance on soybean products, an …
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Farming activities and respiratory health in school age children
… study of the relationship between current farming exposures and childhood asthma, respiratory symptoms, and lung function. This thesis examined the prevalence of asthma in children living on and off farms and the risk of asthma and respiratory symptoms of children exposed to farming …
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