the farmers of the future (fof) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. the purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of fof programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the fof programme and those not involved. fur...

This study provides a preliminary agro-environmental, economic and energetic analysis to critically evaluate the biomass potential ofan area of central Italy (Tuscia Romana). This area is selected as representative foragro-forestry from its orographic characteristics, climatic conditions, land use and potential energy sources. Accordingly, the model we have obtained could be used forother simil...

Based on the existing biomass co-firing technologies and the known innate drawbacks of dedicated biomass firing, including slagging, corrosion and the dependence on fuel, a new model of agro/forestry residue pellets/shreds and coal co-fired in a large Pulverized Coal (PC) furnace was proposed, and the corresponding technical and economic assessments were performed by co-firing testing in a 300 ...

The article investigates the revealed comparative export advantage, relative import specialization advantage, relative trade advantage, intra-industry trade and its quality types in agrofood trade of Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia with the European Union (EU) market. The empirical results confirmed bulk of agro-food and forestry products with revealed comparative export advantages on the EU mark...

X.-M. Wang, Q.-H. Wang, X.-Q. Wang, and H.-Z. Ma Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China National Engineering Laboratory of Biomass Power Generation Equipment, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric...

Yuan Fang, Ge Sun,* Peter Caldwell, Steven G. McNulty, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, John King, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Guanghui Lin, Guangsheng Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao and Jiquan Chen 1 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 2 Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Se...

1 Department of Biology of Organisms and Systems (BOS), University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, 2 Research Unit of Biodiversity (UMIB, CSIC, UO), Mieres, Spain, 3 FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 4 Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 5 Dep. of Agro-forestry, University of Valladolid, Palencia, Spain, ...

Himalaya is a vast and diverse mountain system. Agro forestry land use covering (20%) of geographical area of Indian Himalayas is distributed as patches in the matrix of forest covering (52%) area. Forest based treecrop livestock integrated farming is the predominant traditional land use in central Himalayas.1 Hill agriculture appears to be key threat to soil biodiversity and ecosystem service ...

One of the most important problems faced by the developing countries is producing food in adequate quantities and of good quality for the fast growing population. It is also necessary to ensure that the quality of land resources that are directly or indirectly utilized in producing food is maintained and improved. Therefore, it is important to increase productivity and at the same time to conse...

Himalaya is a vast and diverse mountain system. Agro forestry land use covering (20%) of geographical area of Indian Himalayas is distributed as patches in the matrix of forest covering (52%) area. Forest based treecrop livestock integrated farming is the predominant traditional land use in central Himalayas.1 Hill agriculture appears to be key threat to soil biodiversity and ecosystem service ...