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Roberto S. Velazquez-Gonzalez, Adrian L. Garcia-Garcia, Elsa Ventura-Zapata, Jose Dolores Oscar Barceinas-Sanchez and Julio C. Sosa-Savedra
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population will reach nine billion people in 2050, of which 75% will live in urban settlements. One of the biggest challenges will be meeting the demand for food, as farm...
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GE Ekwere, ID Edem
Pág. 192 - 204
Lack of capital has been identified as one of the constraints that faced by small scale farmers. The aim of this research was to examine the effect of agricultural credit on the agriculture production, and calculate the inputs and outputs among small sca...
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Alessandra Beretta, Gianpiero Groppi, Chiara Ribani, Giuseppe Fares and Carlo Tregambe
In this work, we address the development of a combined heat and power unit for residential applications, fed by natural gas, air and H2O; focus is on the design of the first catalytic stage of the fuel processor, that is the steam reforming unit. A comme...
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Arielle Muniz Kubota, João Guilherme Dal Belo Leite, Marcos Watanabe, Otávio Cavalett, Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal and Luis Cortez
Small-scale biofuel initiatives to produce sugarcane ethanol are claimed to be a sustainable opportunity for ethanol supply, particularly for regions with price-restricted or no access to modern biofuels, such as communities located far from the large et...
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Sifiso Themba Clement Mdletshe and Ajuruchukwu Obi
The frequent failures of government-funded broiler enterprises raise concerns about the viability and wisdom of government funding for smallholders. This study therefore investigates the scope for the profitability of the small-scale broiler production a...
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Barau, A. A., Oladeji, D. O.
Pág. 84 - 90
This study examines the participation of urban women in agricultural production activities in the Sokoto metropolis, Nigeria. Both primary data and secondary information were used in the study. The primary data were obtained using a structured questionna...
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Sara Rajabi Hamedani, Mauro Villarini, Andrea Colantoni, Michele Moretti and Enrico Bocci
This study evaluates the environmental profile of a real biomass-based hydrogen production small-scale (1 MWth) system composed of catalytic candle indirectly heated steam gasifier coupled with zinc oxide (ZnO) guard bed, water gas shift (WGS)...
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Shashi Yadav
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy as the economic development of this country is very much relied upon the agricultural activities. Agriculture provides not only food for the nations population but also provides opportunities for employment g...
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Prathiba Rex, Kalil Rahiman Mohammed Ismail, Nagaraj Meenakshisundaram, Praveen Barmavatu and A V S L Sai Bharadwaj
Biochar has gained attention as an alternative source of solid energy and for the proper disposal of agricultural biomass waste (ABW). Microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP) is a promising approach for the production of biochar. This review article presents ...
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Aliz Feketéné Ferenczi, István Szucs and Andrea Bauerné Gáthy
In Hungary, beekeeping is a relatively small-scale sector within the livestock sector, but it is essential for maintaining biodiversity and rural employment. In order to provide ecosystem services such as pollination by honey bees, apiaries need to be ec...
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Andrzej Parzonko, Anna Justyna Parzonko, Piotr Bórawski and Ludwik Wicki
The European Union dairy sector plays a significant role in supplying dairy products to consumers all over the world. The aim of this study was to examine changes in the return on equity as one of the main financial indicators determining the economic vi...
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John Benemann
The potential of microalgae biomass production for low-cost commodities?biofuels and animal feeds?using sunlight and CO2 is reviewed. Microalgae are currently cultivated in relatively small-scale systems, mainly for high value human nutrition...
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Anwesha Dey, Shubhi Patel, Md. Mahtab Rashid
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Willem Jonker, Alan Colin Brent, Josephine Kaviti Musango, Imke de Kock
The national government instated a mandatory blending policy to facilitate the uptake and establishment of a biofuels sector in South Africa. Uncertainty exists, however, regarding the implications and effects of producing biofuels within the Western Cap...
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Lê Tr?ng Kim,Nguy?n Quang Tu?n DOI: 10.26459/jed.v109i10.3679
Tóm t?t: Bài báo gi?i thi?u nh?ng nét t?ng quát v? hi?n tr?ng chu?i lúa g?o t?nh Hà Tinh và th?o lu?n d?nh hu?ng cung nhu các gi?i pháp phát tri?n ti?u ngành này theo chu?i giá tr?. ? qui mô nh? hon, nhung ngh? tr?ng lúa ? Hà Tinh ph?n ánh khá t?t các d?...
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Windi Al Zahra, Takeshi Yasue, Naomi Asagi, Yuji Miyaguchi, Bagus Priyo Purwanto and Masakazu Komatsuzaki
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Clinton L. Beckford
Grown in Jamaica since the days of slavery, food yams are major staples in local diets and a significant non-traditional export crop. The cultivation system used today is the same as 300 years ago, with alleged unsustainable practices. A new cultivation ...
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Reham Elwakil, Ingrid Schroder and Koen Steemers
Maker spaces can contribute significantly to the circular economy of cities; they demonstrate not only the economic potential of inner loop circularity, but also provide tangible evidence of spatial and social integration of production into the urban con...
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Carlos Alberto Cortés-Rodríguez, Gladys Martínez-Gómez, José Luis Romo-Lozano and Ezequiel Arvizu-Barrón
Entrepreneurial skills are fundamental to the success of agricultural production units. Since small-scale farmers have developed production skills but not market-oriented skills, it is necessary to assess their entrepreneurial skills to provide a referen...
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Rick J. Hogeboom and Arjen Y. Hoekstra
In deciding what crops to grow, farmers will look at, among other things, the economically most productive use of the water and land resources that they have access to. However, optimizing water and land use at the farm level may result in total water an...
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