We’ve all been given a problem in a calculus class remarkably similar to the following one: Farmer Ted is building a chicken coop. He decides he can spare 190 square feet of his land for the coop, which will be built in the shape of a rectangle. Being a practical man, Farmer Ted wants to spend as little as possible on the chicken wire for the fence. What dimensions should he make the chicken co...

With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous assessment of the impacts of farmer innovation is lacking. Consequently, we analyse the effect of farmer inn...

Objective – To study the incidence of male factor infertility and type of semen abnormality in the farmer couple attending our infertility outpatient clinic. MethodDatabase of 3100 patients with male factor infertility were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided in two groups for analysis: group 1 – farmer , group 2 – non farmer. Records of semen analysis and serum FSH (Follicle stimul...

mKRISHI platform which provide best agriculture methodology and practices to the farmer which will satisfy all needs of Farmer using ICT (Information and Communication Technology). Using modern ICT platform, Agriculture field will establish better market to customers that will give more assurance of food safety and there quality. This project is going to develop to improve quality of food mater...

Climatic conditions during the grain-filling period are a major factor affecting wheat grain yield and quality. Wheat in many semi-arid arid areas faces high-temperature stress this period. Remote sensing can be used to monitor both crops environmental temperature. The objective of study was develop tool optimize field management (cultivar sowing time). Analysis 155 cultivar experiments (from 1...

A formulation of zinc phosphide with reduced active ingredient (40% concentrate) was evaluated for its rodenticidal activity in wheat, rice and sugarcane crops at farmer fields Punjab, India. Comparison made the existing (80% second generation anticoagulant bromadiolone (0.25% concentrate). Cereal based baits containing different doses new (1.5, 2.0 2.5%) (2%) (0.005%) were applied through burr...

breakeven analysis is one of the most important existent tools for decision-making in agriculture. this technique used for analysis of different budget components about irrigated wheat crop in marvdasht township. the required data and information were collected via 154 questionnaires and using the stratified random sampling method during 2004-2005. results show that farmer's profit (rls. 4...