targeted extension for heterogeneous farming systems is a challenge in developing countries. farm type identification and characterization based on estimates of income from different farm components allows simplifying diversity in farming systems. use of multivariate statistical techniques, such as principal component analysis (pca) and cluster analysis (ca), help in such farm typology delineat...

linear programming has been employed in many areas of constrained optimization including in agricultural planning for a long time. one of the most important disadvantages of such a method is that there is only one optimum solution for a given objective function and constraints set. another method named nearly optimal linear programming has been developed for solving the problem. this method can...

Today export diversification has become one of the most important economic objectives of development strategies in the developing countries. For various reasons, such as preventing instability in export prices of primary products in global markets, reducing fluctuations in exchanges of them compared with industrial goods, producing dynamic benefits resulted from exporting various goods and incr...

Have you ever wondered what prompts Ontario family farmers to diversify, land use planning policies allow for alternative uses on farms and how can continue preserve agricultural lands as farming continues change? This primary research objective is understand on-farmdiversification impacts the farm intersection of on-farm diversification preservation through public policy in Ontario. The 2016 O...

Value-added (VA) technologies can help farmers in the specialty crops industry generate new products, increase off-season income sources, expand market access, and improve overall profitability. The United States Department of Agriculture defines VA agricultural products as those that have been changed physically or produced a manner enhances their value. Drawing from this definition, we invest...

In temperate forested regions, historical agricultural production and value have been characterized by booms busts. Agricultural diversification can encourage more stable development in the future. Census Survey data from 1840 to 2017 were used estimate crop livestock species’ product for Maine, USA. These also calculate diversity indicators over time such as species richness, relative abundanc...

This piece of work aims at prioritizing the issues involved in agricultural business in India from farmer’s perspective. This study is carried out in Bargarh district of the state called Orissa located in eastern part of India. Agricultural diversification in the state of Orissa in general and Bargarh district in particular is highly intensified towards vegetables production which gives farmers...