Agropellets are presented as a suitable product to be produced in certain agro-industries which could become Integrated Biomass Logistic Centres (IBLC) by taking advantage of its current resources during those periods their facilities underused. Wheat straw and maize stalk were selected blended with forestry wood an agro-industry dedicated animal feed production. The materials characterized ass...

Dans le but de contribuer façon durable à la sécurité alimentaire des ménages, cinq (05) grandes familles pratiques agro-écologiques (Gestion Intégrée l’Agriculture et l’Elevage (GIAE), Gestion Fertilité Sols (GIFS), Agro-Foresterie (AF), Conservation Eaux du Sol (CES), Agriculture (AC)) ont été introduites, depuis les années 90, dans zones cotonnières au Bénin. Trente ans après leur introducti...

Leaf-area (LA) is a plant-biometric index important to agro-forestry and crop production. Previous works have demonstrated the conservativeness of the inverse of the product of the fresh leaf’s density and thickness the so-called ‘Hughes’ constant’ (K). We use this fact to develop ‘LAMM’, an absolute method of LA measurement (i.e. no regression fits or prior calibrations with planimeters). Nor ...

This paper analyzes how sustained yield (SY) forestry is defined and implemented in Sweden and Russia, two countries with different forest-industrial regimes. We first compare definitions of SY forestry in national legislation and policies. Then we study forest management planning in two large forest management units with respect to: delivered forest products and values, how the harvest level o...

The purpose of this study is to investigate key characteristics for the competitiveness in Greek agro-firms during the time period 2004 to 2011, based on firm level financial data. The study attempts to determine the firms’ efficiency as well as the impact of exporting activity in agro-firms competitiveness, and more specifically in fisheries, farms with livestock and farms with fruits, vegetab...

Since the online agro-products information is difficult to assess, it is critical for consumers to foster consumers’ initial trust in the social commerce (s-commerce) context. On the basis of the existing research, this paper first analyzes the connotation of agro-products communication based on s-commerce. Then, it combines the inherent characteristics of agro-products, and takes the consumer ...