Can agricultural cultivation methods influence the healthfulness of crops for foods?

A determination of the substitutablity of capital for labor in the cultivation of principal crops in iran

Assessment of Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Crops in Semnan Province Based on Water Productivity

Due to limited access to water, it is necessary to determine the comparative advantage of crops and horticultural products in different parts of the province and identify products that lack the desired productivity. Then, find ways to improve water productivity or replace products with higher comparative advantage with low-yield products. Based on this, the crop and economic productivity index ...

Identification and investigation of the area under cultivation in Lenjanat using Landsat 8 satellite images

The cognition of cropping pattern is important for planning and resource management .Remote sensing as a science and technology of spatial information and geographic information system due to having the analytical facilities can play a key role in determining the distribution of crops and their lands under cultivation. In this research, in order to identify and separate the lands under cultivat...

Measuring the healthfulness of food retail stores: variations by store type and neighbourhood deprivation

BACKGROUND The consumer nutrition environment has been conceptualised as in-store environmental factors that influence food shopping habits. More healthful in-store environments could be characterised as those which promote healthful food choices such as selling good quality healthy foods or placing them in prominent locations to prompt purchasing. Research measuring the full-range of in-store ...

Smallanthus sonchifolius and Lepidium meyenii - prospective Andean crops for the prevention of chronic diseases.

Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacon) and Lepidium meyenii (maca) were the traditional crops of the original population of Peru where they are also still used in folk medicine. These plants are little known in Europe and Northern America although at least yacon can be cultivated in the climatic conditions of these regions. This article deals with the botany and the composition, the structure of main...