the main purpose of this survey was to assess research-oriented competencies (systematic inquiry and situational analysis competencies) needed by experts and evaluators in the ministry of jihad-e agriculture. a survey method was employed and data collected through questionnaire the reliability of which was approved through a pilot test with cronbach's coefficient alpha=0.97. validity of th...

This research was about the application of decision support system in agriculture. The subject of study was the corn cultivated in Jilin province, northeast of China. The research synthesized expertise and experience on corn cultivation, plant protection, soil and fertilizer, and synthesized agriculture ecology from experts, integrating computer technology, principle of decision support system ...

Conflict over the use of our nation's natural resources, along with increased ecological problems, has led land managers to seek cooperative means to resolve natural resource conflicts and problems. Collaborative resource management is one such approach that communities began using in the 1980s and 1990s. A 2004 Executive Order on Cooperative Conservation encourages such efforts. GAO was asked ...

This paper reports and discusses the results of a survey conducted among experts working in the field of decision support systems (DSS) in Australian agriculture. It also reviews the literature on DSS in the light of these experts’ responses. The findings from this survey have consolidated our understanding of the current state of DSS in Australian agriculture. The uptake of DSS by farmers has ...

The CGIAR Independent Science & Partnership Council (ISPC) has complemented the work of the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), by providing fora for discussion between the CGIAR and partners on the challenge of identifying how agricultural research can contribute to improved human nutrition. In an era when the quantity of food produced globally is not t...

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International experts were invited by WHO to join an international team, which visited Riyadh 4-9 June 2013. The joint Saudi/WHO team comprised officials from the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and public health institutions and hospitals in...