Agricultural experts in the field of biotechnology in Iran were surveyed in order to explore theirperception about factors affecting the partnership between public and private sector indeveloping agricultural biotechnology. The research population included Agriculturalbiotechnology experts in the public and private sectors (N=66). A series of in-depth interviewswere conducted with some biotechn...

A detail study on the experience of agricultural extension in Nepal was done by discussion with experts, academicians and involved agricultural officers of Nepal along with review of different documents, books and articles on the subject matter. Since from the first effort of extension service, Training and visit, Integrated Rural Development Approach, Tuki Approach, Farming System Research and...

In this study, the authors propose a methodological approach to substantiate evaluation indicators system of regional development agro-industrial complex. The basis for establishing is determined, which based on principles systematization, universality and consistency indicators. Based generalized list prior indicators, substantiated using expert method. For each indicator, its approval by expe...

the sustainability of farming system is among the serious issues that has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. therefore, an investigation of farmers’ knowledge about sustainable agriculture is important, if sustainable development is to be achieved. the purpose of this descriptive correlational research was to determine the knowledge level of potato growers in shushtar ...

Crop forecast is an activity practiced by experts in agriculture, based on large data volumes. These data cover climatological information of the most diverse types, concerning a geographic region and the type of culture. Besides volume, another problem to face concerns data heterogeneity. This paper presents a project for development of a data management system for crop forecasts. The paper is...

Global trends including population growth, changing diets and consumption patterns, urbanisation and climate change will exert increasing pressure on supplies of food and other products of ecosystems. Many experts predict that food production will need to increase by up to 100 per cent over the next forty years and some suggest that this can only be achieved through intensification of current i...