Microalgal biofuel research in China has made noticeable progress, and algae cultivation for biofuel production is considered to be an important contribution to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) mitigation and energy security. In this paper, the algal biofuel potentiality in China was reviewed from the points of view of algal biodiversity, algal culture collection, GHGs (especially CO2) mitigation, and the ...

cotton as a strategic product plays an important role inthe economy of boshrouyehwhere is known as the major cotton producing center of khorasan-e-jonoubi. in this paper, efficiency of boshroyeh cotton farms in 2007 have been calculated using data envelopment analysis (dea) and determinants of efficiency were identified using tobit regression analysis. the data was collected from questionnaires...

The present research aims to apply several approaches for suitability evaluation of lands under cultivation ofalfalfa and barley in Chaharmil mechanized farming center, Ardestan town, Isfahan province, Iran. Climatic andsoil maps of the climate and soil data were provided in raster format. Land evaluation carried out using maximumlimitation, parametric and multi-criteria (Analytical Hierarchy P...

Cultivated land in China has faced severe challenges in recent years due to rapid urbanization. In 1997, the “cultivated land requisition-compensation balance” policy was implemented by the government to maintain the quantity and quality of cultivated land. Previous studies mainly focused on the quantity changes of cultivated land. In this study, from a quality perspective, we characterized the...

Predicting a realistic target yield is one of the critical problems in precision farming. An artificial neural network was employed to model the nonlinear relationship between cotton yield and the factors influencing yield. Using sixyear field data obtained from LuoYang Dry Land Research Center, the neural network model was developed and trained, and the RMSE for test data was 3.70%. The result...

Mannose-specific Allium sativum leaf agglutinin encoding gene (ASAL) and herbicide tolerance gene (BAR) were introduced into an elite cotton inbred line (NC-601) employing Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. Cotton transformants were produced from the phosphinothricin (PPT)-resistant shoots obtained after co-cultivation of mature embryos with the Agrobacterium strain EHA105 harbourin...

Irrigation for rice cultivation increases the production of Anopheles gambiae, the main vector of malaria in Mali. Mosquito abundance is highly variable across villages and seasons. We examined whether rice cultivation patterns mapped using remotely sensed imagery can account for some of this variance. We collected entomologic data and mapped land use around 18 villages in the two cropping seas...

The plight of the smallholder cotton farmer in Rwenzori region western Uganda starts with unfair terms hiring land for cultivation. next hurdle is loss ownership at earliest stage value chain after delivering produce to ginner. Even Fairtrade standards base minimum price on delivery seed ginnery, implying that not expected participate and share accruing additions further up chain. However, memb...