The ability of agricultural lands to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and help mitigate global warming has the potential to add value to farmland through the development of carbon-credit trading. Crucial to the creation of a market-based carbon credit trading system is the monitoring and verification of agricultural practices that promote carbon storage. Using remotely sensed images for thi...

A comparison of decision rules has been made for case studies of corn production using subsurface drip irrigation under three agricultural management practices (no irrigation, uniform irrigation, and variable rate irrigation). The uniform irrigation strategy appeared to perform the best than the other two management practices under different risk scenarios.

Abbreviations CDC US Centers for Disease Control FDA US Food and Drug Administration FR Federal Register FSMA Food Safety Modernization Act GAPs Good Agricultural Practices GMPs Good manufacturing practices HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points HARPC Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls LGMA The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement USDA US Department of Agriculture

Introduction One option for sequestering carbon in the terrestrial biosphere is to increase the carbon (C) stocks in agricultural soils. There is now an extensive literature on the amount of C that has been lost from soils as a consequence of humans disturbing natural ecosystems, and of the amount of C that might be returned to soils with improved management practices. Improvements in managemen...

Excessive nutrients transported from the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) have created a hypoxic zone within the Gulf of Mexico, with numerous negative ecological effects. Furthermore, federal expenditures on agricultural conservation practices have received intense scrutiny in recent years. Partly driven by these factors, the USDA Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) recently completed ...

A clear understanding of a model is important for its appropriate use. In this article, eleven watershed scale hydrologic and nonpoint-source pollution models are reviewed: AGNPS, AnnAGNPS, ANSWERS, ANSWERS-Continuous, CASC2D, DWSM, HSPF, KINEROS, MIKE SHE, PRMS, and SWAT. AnnAGNPS, ANSWERS-Continuous, HSPF, and SWAT are continuous simulation models useful for analyzing long-term effects of hyd...

In recent years, accidents in food quality & safety frequently occur, and more and more people have begun to think highly of food quality & safety and encourage food producers to be able to trace the origin of ingredients and process of production along the supply chain. With the development of IT, more and more practices have shown that the supply chain of agricultural products should rely on ...

There is limited literature on how to engage the rural women in agriculture and improve their contributions to household food security and income. This study aimed to contribute to literature on women engagement in agriculture through vegetable production using good agricultural practices. The empirical data used were drawn from technology demonstrations and experimentation, learning fields, an...

BACKGROUND There are inconsistencies about the effects of farmworker housing and workplace conditions and use of self-protective behavior practices and personal protective equipment (PPE). OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between workplace and housing conditions and farmworker use of pesticide safety practices and PPE. METHODS This study was conducted in 4 counties in North Carolina...