The present research is conducted to find out the services and facilities of tobacco companies in promotion of tobacco crop in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A multi-stage sampling technique applied for selection sample size. In this method, 135 tobacco growers were selected from fifteen villages of tobacco growers. The principle researcher interviewed selected respondents f...

The biophysical properties of a crop are good indicator potential stress conditions. However, these visible cannot indicate areas exhibiting non-visible stress, e.g., early water or nutrient stress. In this research, maize including canopy height and Leaf Area Index (LAI), estimated using drone-based RGB images, were used to identify stressed in the farm. First, APSIM process-based model was si...

A growing number of studies have shown that adequate spatial access to healthy foods leads to increased fresh produce consumption and reduced risk of chronic diseases. Annual dynamics of spatial access to 1,539 vendors of fresh produce (including farmers markets and roadside farm stands) are analyzed in Massachusetts. Travel distance to the nearest fresh produce vendor was calculated for each c...

This chapter analyzes the technical efficiency of banana production among Ugandan smallholders by estimating a stochastic production frontier model with inefficiency effects. The empirical models are formulated within the overarching framework of the agricultural household specified in Chapter 2. The data design is also summarized in Chapter 2, although additional information about soil quality...

Wind power prediction of wind farm plays a decisive role in stable electric power system operation.The BP neural network’s basic principle was introduced, and the numerical weather prediction (NWP) data and power data of wind farm as the training data of BP neural network was selected and trained; a linear regression model about the sample prediction error was presented, which considers the cou...

introduction: aim of present research was to review the effect of resistance training on glycemic indexes of streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. methods: for this purpose 36 male rats with weight 308/82±29/57 selected. one week after induction of diabetes diabetic rats were randomly divided into two groups including resistance training and control and healthy rats divided in to two groups inc...

1 Small Farms and Sustainability : A Case Study in Madison County, New York " The Feds just don't understand local issues. What we need is a countrywide…a worldwide support of local foods…of organic foods…real organics that is. If the support doesn't start at the top, we'll probably never get there. "-Madison County Farm Owner, 2010 Introduction The small farm has always been a vital part of th...