The aim was to identify the determinants of female labour participation and willingness work in one poorest agricultural areas Ecuadorian Andes with a high indigenous population. A stratified random sample 268 women by parish used collect information. Social, demographic, economic variables, as well norms, values, beliefs, social structure were consulted. hypothesis test means possible differen...

Access to agricultural markets and marketing information are essential factors in promoting competitive markets and improving agricultural sector development. The agricultural sector employs majorities in developing countries and it contributes greatly to the development of these countries. Unluckily, majorities of the farmers are smallholders living in isolated rural areas and thus lack approp...

Agricultural informatization is the basis for the modernization of agriculture, at present there are many different ways of construction and models in agricultural information systems. Agricultural informatization for the Theory and Application of the status quo, a comparative analysis of a typical agricultural information system, agricultural information service system architecture is advanced...

Xinjiang is located on the northwest border of China, which is an important agricultural production and export base. In order to establish integrated management of agricultural products and service information system, China put forward the "Golden Agriculture Project" program in 1994, whose construction development is still insufficient because of the backward informatization level in Xinjiang....

Beginning with the current situation of agricultural information construction in Jiamusi area, the achievements obtained from agricultural information construction are clearly known by discussing current work conditions. On the basis of thorough investigation, the existing problems of agricultural information construction are found. The reasons of these problems are analyzed in detail, and then...

In order to improve the agricultural automatic and intelligent level, this article analyzes the research situtation domestic and foreign agricultural Internet of things, and constructs the model of agricultural informationization based on Internet of things. The model has three sub models: agricultural information collection modle, agricultural information transmission model and intelligent agr...

Labour productivity affects food security, but quantifying this relationship has been scarce with respect to empirical literature. The Central Madagascar dataset explores the influence of labour productivity and related variables on the food security status of cassava farmers. Drawing on both theory and empirical evidence, this paper argues that fundamental effects of links between labour produ...

Agriculture and health are linked in many ways. First, agriculture is essential for good health: it produces the world's food, fibre and materials for shelter; in many countries it is also an important source of livelihood among the poor. At the same time, agriculture can be linked with poor health, including malnutrition, malaria, foodborne illnesses, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immu...

Rapid multi-residue analysis of pesticides in agricultural products was studied by using LC-MS/MS. Pesticide residues in 10 g of homogenized agricultural products were extracted with 30 mL of acetonitrile and salted out with 4 g of anhydrous magnesium sulfate and 1 g of sodium chloride in the presence of citrate salts for buffering in a disposable tube. Co-extractives were removed by use of our...