Term Definition alga(e) Primitive, often aquatic, plants that carry on photosynthesis but lack the flowers, roots, stems, and leaves of higher plants. algal bloom High concentrations or densities of algae. allopathy The suppression of growth of an organism by another due to the release of a toxic substance. amino acids The building blocks for the synthesis of proteins. Can be a source of nitrog...

the study was conducted to indicate the determinants of technical efficiency of the dairy farmers in ada’a district of oromia state, ethiopia. the study was arranged in four purposively selected peasant associations of the peri-urban and four kebeles of the urban dairy production sub-systems from which thirty dairy farmers were selected randomly. a total of two hundred forty respondents were pe...

This study aims to see the effect of practicing urban farming in limited space landed houses, especially during this pandemic. Pandemic forces us stay at home all times while continuing do our daily activities working and studying. results a shifting time consumption we used spend commuting work for other activities, including home. Urban is activity growing producing food city, as one basic ne...

Pandemi COVID-19 memperparah kerawanan pangan di pusat-pusat perkotaan karena terganggunya rantai pasokan pangan. Urban farming dinilai menjadi solusi yang baik untuk memperbaiki kondisi tersebut. Namun, terjadi kesenjangan keterlibatan wanita dalam kegiatan urban farming. Jadi, studi ini bertujuan menjelaskan mekanisme psikologi keputusan partisipasi aktif Kampung Ramanuju Baru, Cilegon dengan...

Parkinson disease associated with farming and exposure to agricultural chemicals has been reported in numerous studies; little is known about Parkinson disease risk factors for those living in urban areas. The authors investigated the relation between copper, lead, or manganese emissions and Parkinson disease incidence in the urban United States, studying 29 million Medicare beneficiaries in th...

Japan's rice sector is supported by high prices paid by consumers that allow many farm households to maintain small rice farms. Japan's government controls trade within a tariff-rate quota and imposes a prohibitively high tariff on imports outside the quota. Within Japan, diversion programs pay farmers to substitute other crops for rice since, without government-mandated diversion, supply would...

Successes • Many people showed up at the public meeting. • The citizen group wants to continue beyond the MERIT project. • Increased level of knowledge on both sides of the table. • A deeper understanding of pesticide sources and precautionary actions. • Implementation of cooperative farming contracts is not only a question of money. • There are new opportunities to establish waterworks coopera...