Development of Agricultural Engineering Discipline at Agricultural University

Factors Affecting Entrepreneurial Motivation of Agricultural Students at Razi University

The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting entrepreneurial motivations of agricultural students at Razi University. Statistical population of this study consisted of all agricultural undergraduate students (senior) (N=186), that 164 of them were selected as research sample using proportionate stratified sampling method. The main instrument in this study was questionnair...

University Spin-off Creation by Spanish Researchers in Agricultural Engineering

This paper describes how a team of university professors and graduate students created a technology-based company (spin-off) to as a means to deliver their research findings to the agricultural sector. The spin-off company was based on the use of new methodologies, equipment, instrumentation and sensors initially developed for various research projects. Successful field tests and positive feedb...

Egerton University Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

Despite the resurgence of parastatal marketing boards and strategic grain reserves over the last decade in eastern and southern Africa, there is little empirical evidence about how their activities affect smallholder input use and cropping decisions. This paper uses panel survey data from 1997-2007 on Kenyan smallholders to investigate the effect of Kenya’s National Cereal Produce Board activit...

Construction of an Experimental Chemistry Platform at Agricultural University

To address Agricultural University’s courses on the characteristics of chemical experiments, we designed an experimental chemistry platform. The platform includes modules on teaching resources, self-tests, interaction, and virtual experiments to build a user-friendly learning environment for the students. It was shown that the interactive teaching model engaged the students’ interest and helped...

Agricultural development : the impact of communication