Agricultural informatization is the basis for the modernization of agriculture, at present there are many different ways of construction and models in agricultural information systems. Agricultural informatization for the Theory and Application of the status quo, a comparative analysis of a typical agricultural information system, agricultural information service system architecture is advanced...

Matthew J. Helmers, associate professor, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University; Xiaobo Zhou, assistant scientist, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University; Heidi Asbjornsen, associate professor, Natural Resource and the Environment, University of New Hampshire; Randy Kolka, soil scientist, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station; Mark D. Tom...

This paper presents the significant function of the Chinese National Agricultural Library (CNAL) in the agricultural sci-tech innovation system in China, analyses the development of collection and service in the CNAL, explores the challenge towards sustain and develop information services for the agricultural sci-tech research and innovation, at last proposes the strategy for sci-tech document ...

National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA E-mail: [email protected]; 2Biotechnology Division for Fuels and Chemicals, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401, USA 3Eastern Regional Research Center, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA 4Department of Agr...

a U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA b U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 14th and Independence S.W., Washington, DC 20250, USA c Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, School of Agricultural Science, University...

Michael J. Bowman*, Bruce S. Dien, Patricia J. O’Bryan, Gautam Sarath and Michael A. Cotta USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 314 Biochemistry Hall, UN‐L Ea...

Observation of justice is one of the most important indexes influencing satisfaction of the personnel of an organization so that perceiving injustice will result in the personnel dissatisfaction thereby leaving negative influence on their performance [38]. This situation also influences the customers’ satisfaction in the service organizations where the personnel have direct and face-to-face con...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to investigate the benefits and limitations of using radio to communicate agricultural information to peasant farmers, and how radio can be successfully incorporated into agricultural extension service programmes. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used and applied to gather, analyse and interpret data. Twen...