Thlaspi arvense L. (Field Pennycress; pennycress) is being converted into a winter-annual oilseed crop that confers cover benefits when grown throughout the 12 million-hectares U.S. Midwest. To ensure fit with downstream market demand, conversion involves not only improvements in yield and maturity through traditional breeding, but also composition of oil protein gene editing tools. The process...

A significant increase in demand among the population for turkey meat makes farming one of most competitive and economically profitable agribusinesses fastest growing segment poultry farming. The investment attractiveness turkeys increases annually by 20–30 %, profitability is from 20 to 25 %. Consumer demand, which ensures a constant sales market, sufficient fodder base, availability labor res...

<p>Este artículo analiza las modalidades recientes de proletarización los trabajadores rurales agronegocios flores y brócoli en la provincia Cotopaxi, sierra del Ecuador. Se trata un territorio rural donde modernización capitalista no requiere expropiación total recurso tierra; por lo mismo, utiliza tanto a sin tierra ubicados parte baja como campesinos indígenas que todavía disponen parc...

producers use computers and how (or if) new software technology will be used. Agronomists rely increasingly on computers, and more than half Agricultural producers lagged behind other businesses of all producers have access to computers. Increasing farm computer in computer ownership and use in the 1980s, but observownership has resulted in intensified efforts to transfer new software technolog...

Central concepts of contemporary life such as politics, civilization, and citizenship derive from the city’s form and social organization. The city expresses the socio-spatial division of labor, and Henri Lefèbvre proposes to view its transformation within a continuum from the political city to the urban, whereby it completes its domination over the countryside. The city’s transformation into t...

A nationwide study using delphi techniques was conducted to develop consensus andprovide focus and direction for future research activities concerning the adoption of electronic communication, information, and imaging technologies for instructional use in agricultural education settings. A panel of 61 distance education experts were identified The four objectives were to identify the: I)positiv...

Tropical forests are the only forest biome to have experienced increased rates of forest loss during the past decade because of global demands for food and biofuels. The implications of such extensive forest clearing on the dynamics of tropical river systems remain relatively unknown, despite significant progress in our understanding of the role of trees in riverbank stability. Here, we documen...

In recent decades, most Spanish Mediterranean agricultural regions have been transformed to meet global food demands and joined production networks: a convergence process that has granted them steady economic growth. certain cases, however, this transformation led of ecological degradation. This article focuses on the Torre-Pacheco case, in Campo de Cartagena region (southeast Spain, Murcia), r...

European Union (EU) and global sustainability policies emphasize the need to replace contentious pesticides with safe, efficient, cost-effective alternatives ensure sustainable food production. However, R&D for are lagging behind be broadened. Here, we discuss how RNAi-based technology can contribute pesticide risk reduction. Future Agriculture: Ensuring Sustainable Food Production in EUThe Far...

The unexpected introduction and spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has presented significant risks for every aspect Canadian society, including the food agricultural sector. suite Business Risk Management (BRM) programs, developed decades ago without any thought to possibility a global pandemic, are meant assist farmers in managing risks. This article discusses what extent these BRM ...