In the modern world, organizations are considered as intelligent systems. Increased Organizational Intelligence (OI) helps organizations to effectively analyze their data, store results, and use outcomes for making professional decisions. The purpose of this study was to measure OI in Agriculture- Jihad Organization in Guilan. A sample of 201 out of personnel was selected from in Agricultu...

BACKGROUND Sustainability in Agriculture In order to meet future needs of a growing human population and to achieve food security in the context of climate change, food production will likely need to increase—among other measures—while at the same time minimizing negative environmental impact (Foley et al., 2011). Sustainable intensification of agriculture (Garnett et al., 2013; Pretty and Bhar...

There is evidence that pollinators are declining as a result of local and global environmental degradation [1-4]. Because a sizable proportion of the human diet depends directly or indirectly on animal pollination [5], the issue of how decreases in pollinator stocks could affect global crop production is of paramount importance [6-8]. Using the extensive FAO data set [9], we compared 45 year se...

The importance of nutrition-sensitive food and agriculture-based approaches for overcoming malnutrition and improving nutrition in general is fully recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAO, a specialized UN agency, has as its mandate the raising of levels of nutrition and standards of living and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger by promoting sustainable agricultural ...

Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (E.M.-G., Y.K., Y.E., S.W., N.R., M.C., Y.K., H.K.); Department of Plant Systems Biology and Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium (C.D.-C., S.G., T.B., M.V.); School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane 4072, Austra...