A substantial proportion of the worlds crops rely on insect pollination, yet for many we have little or no information as to which pollinators are most effective. Pollinator management has traditionally focussed exclusively on one species, the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Yet this bee is not able to adequately pollinate some crops, and is an unreliable pollinator in cold and wet climates. Natural ...

This article examines the business choices made by independent family farmers, when confronting the need to diversify away from traditional agricultural activities by starting farm-based tourism businesses. Based on interviews with farmers and drawing upon the concept of authenticity, the article explores the farmer’s conceptions of self and identity. In so doing, it addresses the dilemmas faci...

I IJOAN LOSSES ASSOCIAFED WITH declines in energy and agricultural prices) and the collapse of commercial real estate markets were the proximate cause of the high number of bank and savings and loan (S&L) failures of the past 12 years. Many researchers also blame government policies, howevei~such as restrictions on branch banking and limitations on the services that banks and S&,Ls may offer. S...

Oranges are the dominant agricultural product for Ehime Prefecture, Japan, and farmers can enjoy optimal added value from their production. One of government's motives boosting Japanese agriculture is diversification, which a form chain restructuring aimed at increasing sustainability in chain. The purpose study to map Japan understand characteristics actors its development potential. This rese...

The environmental, social and economic consequences of the use of fossil fuels has led to the search for new energy resources, such as energy crops which are expected to contribute in alleviating energy problem while they can lead to the diversification of the agricultural production. This research work investigates the acceptance of energy crops in the Larissa regional unit using questionnaire...

Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging provinces of China, Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Rising labour productivity in agriculture has been key, and still holds much promise. Labour mobility has also been important in Gansu. So far, rural diversification has not proven to contribute much to poverty reduction. Income transfer...

We use five waves of household surveys in Uganda, from 1992/3 to 2011/12, study income diversification and its effect on the welfare rural urban households during a period sustained economic growth poverty reduction, comparing 1990s 2000s, disaggregating by gender head. Diversification is measured terms access incomes agriculture (farming), agricultural wage, self-employment (informal), wage em...

the credit portfolio management and the optimal credit portfolio selection are identified as one of the most effective factors in banks’ credit risk. two main strategies in this regard include diversification versus concentration. in this study, at first, the status of diversification of iran’s banking sector is analyzed, then the relationship between diversification of the credit portfolio and...

Improvements in diet diversification and quality can be facilitated by greater cooperation between the agricultural and the nutrition communities, according to an expert panel that met in early 2002. Encouraged to think innovatively, the panelists agreed that modern technology offers the potential to increase the amount and nutritional content of the food supply in developing countries, especia...