Large areas of South Africa are only suitable for animal production off natural veld, and it is in these ecosystems that the goat has the biggest potential. Developing this potential, however, will require a co-ordinated and multi-functional approach where subject matter specialists work together as a team. Past research and development initiatives in South Africa have concentrated largely on t...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to investigate the benefits and limitations of using radio to communicate agricultural information to peasant farmers, and how radio can be successfully incorporated into agricultural extension service programmes. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used and applied to gather, analyse and interpret data. Twen...

Rapid development of modern e-commerce technology has greatly improved the efficiency of China’s agricultural product supply chain operation , and the traditional e-commerce of agricultural products mode and path have been far from enough to solve new problems that modern economic development brought in China. This paper synthesizes the domestic and foreign development status of e-commerce of a...

purpose: this study considers deterring factors for agricultural development in rural areas of khondab county as an arising effect of previous governmental officials; while natural factors cannot be ignored. methodology: the research method of this study is the analysis of documents and surveys (questionnaires, field interview). the sample of the study consists of 370 farmers from 25 rural sett...

• This paper aims to give a macroeconomic insight on the role of biogas sector in Ethiopia. The annual outputs reached USD 7.7 million 2015/16. Installing digesters contributes 1.4 each year construction industry. economic contributions domestic partly depend effective utilization slurry as fertilizer. Agricultural policies country should highlight and link with extension services. Domestic tec...

Energy Poplar (Enhancing Poplar Traits for Energy Applications) is an EC Seventh Framework Programme project aimed at further improving poplar trees as an energy crop. The work is directed to understand and improve traits such as yield and wood properties coupled to Bioethanol production. The project also addresses environmental and economical sustainability questions. The final goal of ENERGYP...