Document Information: Title: On consolidation model in e-bill presentment and payment Author(s): Olufunke Vincent, (Artificial Intelligent Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Olusegun Folorunso, (Artificial Intelligent Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria), Ayodele Akinde, (Artificial Intelligent Gr...

X.-Z. HUANG *, M. A. CHAHINE, J. G. FRYE , D. M. CASH , E. P. LESHO, D. W. CRAFT 1, L. E. LINDLER3 AND M. P. NIKOLICH 1 1 Division of Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA 2 Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, USA 3 Chemical Biologic...

TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA1, ZAYAR SOE2, SHINE SHANE NAING2 & ANDRZEJ WOLSKI3 1Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, c/o JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Myanmar Office, #701 Sakura Tower No. 339, Bogyoke Aung San Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. E-mail: [email protected] 2Fluit Fly Laboratory, Plant Protection Division (PPD), ...

Agriculture accounts for ~15% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India but employs close to 50% of the working population. Average yield in India is quite low compared to other countries. Advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the government initiatives in e-governance are only promoting e-agriculture in India. This can not only improve the condition of Indian agricu...

Pedology and Precision Agriculture Laboratories, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 979, Ave de Bourgogne, SteFoy, Quebec, Canada G1W 2L4 (e-mail: [email protected]); Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, 850, Lincoln Road, PO Box 20280, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 4Z7; and Institute of Research and Development in Agri-Environment, 2700 Einstein St., Quebec, Queb...

Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production is highly vulnerable even to 2C (low-end) predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both rural and urban food security. Agriculture also presents untapped opportunities for mitigation, given the large land area under crops and ran...

This paper presents a framework of the evolution of information and communication technology (ICT) applications in agriculture and rural development based on comparative experiences of South Africa and Kenya. The framework posits that full deployment of ICT in agriculture and rural development will be a culmination of several phases of changes that starts with e-government policy design, develo...

Agricultural activity has always included adaptation to a number of diverse stresses and opportunities–elements that continue influencing developments in the agri-food sector. Climate and weather conditions are a good example of factors that require on-going adaptation. With climate change they take on even more significance. Based on data from Canadian producers, this article identifies severa...

2012;25(3) S Afr J Clin Nutr Takomana G, BSc, MSc Student in Food Science and Human Nutrition Kalimbira AA, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Human Nutrition Department of Home Economics and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Bunda College of Agriculture, University of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi Correspondence to: Alexander Kalimbira, e-mail: [email protected]

a Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 E. Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, United States b U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service, 14th and Independence S.W., Washington, DC 20250, United States c Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...