Organic farming represents strategic action for many European countries. Although the subsidies to organic farming sector are present there is no desired level of conversion from conventional to organic farming. System approach was applied in order to analyze the problem state. In order to provide proper strategy to achieve desired level of conversion the simulation model was build. By analysis...

Although the policy of the separation of dispensing from the medical practice (SDMP) has been promoted by the Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan for many years, it has never been significantly successful. Instead of transferring prescriptions to the insurance-contracted pharmacy (ICP) in the community, most of the patients still fill their prescriptions in the hospital or clinic. This is beca...

This paper provides an overview on a German lighthouse research project called L3 in the area of e-learning systems that supply e-learning services via a virtual private network. More specifically this paper focuses on a new approach of meta-tagging learning elements to enable the flexible execution of courses depending on the individual learning style of the student. The notion of a content ag...

Development of alternative livelihoods has become a popular policy to uplift the socioeconomic status of small-scale fishers and to reduce fishing pressure on overexploited fisheries. Seaweed farming has been incorporated into many community-based coastal resources management projects and fisheries management initiatives as an alternative livelihood option for fishers in tropical developing cou...