--Agroforestry is the deliberate introduction of multipurpose woody perennials (MWPs) into agroecosystems for the purpose of enhancing agricultural productivity, natural resource conservation, and human environments. This introduction promotes the biodiversity within the agroecosystem and thus its sustainability. This biodiversity is only a fraction of its potential due to the limited number an...

This study aims to examine the impact of the China–ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) on China’s international agricultural trade and its regional agricultural development, using the Global Trade Analysis Project model and the China Agricultural Decision Support System. Our analysis showed that: (i) CAFTA will improve resource allocation efficiencies for both China and ASEAN and will promote bilater...

Along with the development and permeation of Internet, it has become an important commercial platform to spur economic development. Aimed at practical problems such as laggard network infrastructure, low economic supportability and inadequate literacy in country area, China has brought up rural information utilities like agricultural information machine, which can provide country families with ...

Since land resource database development in 1987/1988, a large amount of digital data in spatial, tabular and metadata format has been collected and generated. There are some application softwares of soil database to manage such a large amount of data, i.e.: Side & Horizon (SHDE4), Soil Sample Analysis (SSA), and Land Unit in dbf file, while Site and Horizon is in DataEase formats. The database...

Analysis of agricultural sub-sectors personnel some priority and border geostrategic territories (regions) revealed negative trends main problems in the human resources formation management business. The potential structure economy is formed without practical application educational standards production competencies effective use digital systems field their management. In this regard, particula...

Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Julian Alston is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, and associate director, Science and Technology, at the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. Bruce Babcock is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Agricultu...