In modern agriculture, the energy that is consumed in every stage of production can be divided in direct (e.g. fuels and lubricants) and indirect (e.g. machinery embodied energy, materials and agrochemicals etc). This energy consumption can be examined further in environmental level as environmental impact. Environmental impact regards to the CO2 that is emitted during the production process an...

In order to expose students in tertiary institution learning agricultural science the concept of farm mechanization, which could aid self-reliance after graduation, federal government Nigeria has provided machinery make teaching and effective this regard. The focus study therefore is assess deployment, management maintenance effect on mechanization for sustainable development college farms Nige...

I propose to consider the question, “Can machines think?” This should begin with definitions of the meaning of the terms “machine” and “think.” The definitions might be framed so as to reflect so far as possible the normal use of the words, but this attitude is dangerous, If the meaning of the words“machine”and “think” are to be found by examining how they are commonly used it is difficult to e...

ABSTRACT- Energy use patterns and the contribution of energy input vary among farming systems. The optimal use of improved farm machinery coupled with the optimal use of other recommended sources permit an increase in paddy yield up to potential levels. In order to determine the effect of production systems on energy use efficiency focusing on mechanization for paddy production in Khuzestan pro...

Using a descriptive approach, a study of the dynamics of farm mechanization was performed in the agricultural regions of Delicias, Chihuahua and La Begoña, Guanajuato, México. The study was aimed at identifying patterns of farm equipment utilization through multivariate analyses of relevant data. A total of 135 farmers were interviewed, along with 21 extension agents and 22 farm machinery deale...

This paper addresses the allocation of indirect or joint costs among farm enterprises, and elaborates two maximum entropy models, the basic CoreModel and the InequalityModel, which additionally includes inequality restrictions in order to incorporate knowledge from production technology. Representing the indirect costing approach, both models address the individual-farm level and use standard c...

This paper decomposes agricultural input factors into labor, land, fertilizer, and farm machinery in 31 provinces of China from 1990 to 2020. analyzes the factor’s contribution rates China’s growth using stochastic frontier model. The empirical results indicate that rate has weakened, with decreasing an increasing fertilizer machinery, land year by year. technological progress is increasing, th...

A population-based mail survey of 2,000 farms was conducted to identify rates and patterns of nonfatal agricultural injury in Ontario. Crude, age-adjusted, and stratum-specific rates of farm injury were calculated using data from the returned questionnaires. Patterns of farm injury and its treatment were described by person, place, and time. Response to the survey was 74% (1,364 of 1,842 farms ...

Traction performance tests were run by Alberta Farm Machinery Research Centre personnel on fourwheel drive tractors with single, dual and triple rubber tires and on track tractors with two and four rubber belt tracks. Traction power delivery efficiency was compared in various tilled and untilled soil conditions representative of the Northern Great Plains. Various ballast set-ups and tire inflat...

The relation between agriculture and energy is very close. Agricultural sector itself is an energy user and energy supplier in the form of bio-energy (Alam et al., 2005). It uses large quantities of locally available non-commercial energies, such as seed, farmyard manure and animate energy, and commercial energies directly and indirectly in the form of electricity, diesel fuel, chemical fertili...