To promote global food and ecosystem security, several innovative farming systems have been identified that better balance multiple sustainability goals. The most rapidly growing and contentious of these systems is organic agriculture. Whether organic agriculture can continue to expand will likely be determined by whether it is economically competitive with conventional agriculture. Here, we ex...

This research aims to analyze the productivity of freshwater fish farming with a floating net caramba system in Cibinong Village, Jatiluhur District, Purwakarta Regency. In addition some characteristics farmers and aquaculture businesses, an assessment good methods is also used as complementary data for research. zone 1 or coincides namely at Port LLASDP Usman Embankment. The study will run fro...

In the semi-arid area of West Texas, drinking water is a precious commodity. Drinking water sources include water from Lake Meredith and groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer. Water usage in this area includes farming and irrigation, municipal use or cooling water for electricity generation. As population continues to grow and water usage increases, especially during periods of drought, the ava...

Broccoli is a food often consumed for its potential health-promoting properties. The health benefits of broccoli are partly associated with secondary plant compounds that have bioactivity; glucosinolates and phenolic acids are two of the most abundant and important in broccoli. In an effort to determine how variety, stress, and production conditions affect the production of these bioactive comp...

The present study describes two different methods for the preparation of superabsorbent polyacrylamide (PAAm) hydrogels for application in farming of sandy soil. The two methods were employed to induce the crosslinking of the polymer matrix. In the first method a PAAm paste was exposed to gamma rays, while in the second method the polymer was thermally treated in the solid phase. Crosslinked PA...