This study aims to make sheet organic mulch from several agricultural wastes and determine the best type of material for making mulch. research was carried out at Greenhouse Faculty Agriculture Laboratory Agrotechnology, Agriculture, Samudra University, Langsa City, Aceh Province which took place February April 2021.This used a non-factorial completely randomized design (CRD) with four replicat...

In his plenar presentation to the Club of Bologna in 1989, Professor Renius introduced the “Project Foundation Matrix” (Figure 1) representation of the processes the agricultural industries use in the development of new products (Renius, 1989). This matrix provides a linkage between the new concepts for products that come from Product Planners or Advance Engineering groups and results in identi...

The fresh leaves of betel vine are popularly known as Paan in India, which are consumed by about 15-20 million people in the country. It is cultivated following the traditional methods in India on about 55,000 ha with an annual production worth about Rs 9000 million. On an average about 66% of such production is contributed by the state of West Bengal where it is cultivated on about 20,000 ha e...

On the example of a commercial microfinance institution (MFI) in Tanzania this paper investigates first whether agricultural firms have a different probability to get a loan and whether their loans are differently volume rationed than loans to non-agricultural firms. Second, we analyze whether agricultural firms repay their loans with different delinquencies than non-agricultural firms. Our res...

This paper has examined three features of the rural economy in the context of transition of Indian economy: (a) shift in rural employment pattern, (b) trends in rural wages and agricultural growth, and (c) relationships between agricultural wages, productivity and rural non-farm employment (RNFE) in India. The change over of farm employment to non-farm employment has been found higher for male ...

The ISO 14001 voluntary international environmental management standard, mostly used in the manufacturing industry, could be used in agricultural settings to increase quality of environmental management and decrease risk of environmental problems. Associated benefits might include reduced operating costs, increased competitiveness, and circumvention of future trade barriers. To see whether expe...

Many areas of the developing world lack affordable transportation. Habitants spend a significant percentage of their time transporting agricultural products and water manually, over rough terrain and long distances, and it can be difficult to get fresh produce to markets where it can be sold before spoilage occurs. Through a partnership between universities, non-governmental agencies (NGOs), an...