A basic comparism between aeroponic and soil planting, and the reason for aeroponic technology, with role it plays in the Agricultural sector especially in Nigeria
Evaluation of Aeroponic Farming as an alternative to Soil farming: Soil, Econ...Samson Ogbole
Comparing aeroponic farming and Soil farming to evaluate which is more profitable for the farmer in the long run for the soil, economy and environment.
This document provides information about aeroponics farming and the services offered by PSN Nutrac. Aeroponics is a farming method that grows plants without soil by misting the roots with nutrient solution. PSN Nutrac offers turnkey aeroponic systems, installation, training, and maintenance. Their systems use recycled water, require less space than traditional farming, and increase yields by 45-70%. PSN Nutrac works with various crops and provides commercial aeroponic designs for large-scale vegetable, rice, and yam production. Their services are meant to make farming easier and more profitable.
Fodder system: Growing animal feed in 7 days without soilSamson Ogbole
The never ending feud between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria can be solved by construction of ranches for the animals, grow grass (in 7 days) to restore order. We do not need the grazing bill, neither do we need to import grass from south America. The animals are healthier as these grasses are grown without insecticide, pesticides or fungicides, the environment is cleaner and this is better for the consumer.
A single cow eats 8kg daily, thus to feed a cow for a year, it requires 1.5 - 2 acres (9 - 15 plots of land for grazing), thus for 100 cows (do the maths!). With fodder system, with fodder system, you need 4m by 12m space (less than 1/8 of a plot).
Our farm is in the western part of the state of Iowa in the mid-west of the United States of America. It was first farmed in 1880 when my husband’s great grandfather bought the land and started farming it.
Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics). The word "aeroponic" is derived from the Greek meanings of aer (air) and ponos (labour).
Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional hydroponics, aquaponics, and in-vitro (plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses a liquid nutrient solution as a growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth; or aquaponics which uses water and fish waste, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium. It is sometimes considered a type of hydroponics, since water is used in aeroponics to transmit nutrients.
TERMINOLOGY
Aeroponic growing refers to plants grown in an air culture that can develop and grow in a normal and natural manner.
Aeroponic growth refers to growth achieved in an air culture.
Aeroponic system refers to hardware and system components assembled to sustain plants in an air culture.
Aeroponic greenhouse refers to a climate controlled glass or plastic structure with equipment to grow plants in air/mistenvironment.
Aeroponic conditions refers to air culture environmental parameters for sustaining plant growth for a plant species.
Aeroponic roots refers to a root system grown in an air culture.
This document discusses upscaling agricultural technology to increase productivity in a sustainable way. It defines upscaling as intensifying and catalyzing existing good practices and innovations to multiply their impact through better extension services to farmers. This helps increase food production, processing and marketing while making agriculture more productive and efficient. The document introduces concepts of agriculture, sustainable agriculture, technology and issues in agriculture. It emphasizes designing policies that accelerate sustainable agriculture production and income through research and development of agro-technologies.
Vertical farming is a method of growing crops in vertically stacked layers or inclined surfaces in a controlled environment. It uses techniques like hydroponics, aquaponics, and aeroponics to grow plants without soil. Vertical farming allows for higher crop yields per square meter of land used, reduces water usage by 95%, and does not rely on outdoor weather conditions. It is a way to address issues of food security, sustainability, and land usage as urbanization increases.
Viridian Science - Business Opportunity - ViridianScience.comGwen Aoife Swan
Viridian Science offers expertise in optimizing crop production through hydroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture, and aeroponics to improve yields with less water and space. Their mission is to significantly improve food production for a growing world population in a sustainable way. They plan to manage over 25,000 greenhouses across Africa to supply both Africa and Asia by 2030. They also offer home farming kits to allow individuals to grow their own food with minimal space, water and pesticides.
Evaluation of Aeroponic Farming as an alternative to Soil farming: Soil, Econ...Samson Ogbole
Comparing aeroponic farming and Soil farming to evaluate which is more profitable for the farmer in the long run for the soil, economy and environment.
This document provides information about aeroponics farming and the services offered by PSN Nutrac. Aeroponics is a farming method that grows plants without soil by misting the roots with nutrient solution. PSN Nutrac offers turnkey aeroponic systems, installation, training, and maintenance. Their systems use recycled water, require less space than traditional farming, and increase yields by 45-70%. PSN Nutrac works with various crops and provides commercial aeroponic designs for large-scale vegetable, rice, and yam production. Their services are meant to make farming easier and more profitable.
Fodder system: Growing animal feed in 7 days without soilSamson Ogbole
The never ending feud between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria can be solved by construction of ranches for the animals, grow grass (in 7 days) to restore order. We do not need the grazing bill, neither do we need to import grass from south America. The animals are healthier as these grasses are grown without insecticide, pesticides or fungicides, the environment is cleaner and this is better for the consumer.
A single cow eats 8kg daily, thus to feed a cow for a year, it requires 1.5 - 2 acres (9 - 15 plots of land for grazing), thus for 100 cows (do the maths!). With fodder system, with fodder system, you need 4m by 12m space (less than 1/8 of a plot).
Our farm is in the western part of the state of Iowa in the mid-west of the United States of America. It was first farmed in 1880 when my husband’s great grandfather bought the land and started farming it.
Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics). The word "aeroponic" is derived from the Greek meanings of aer (air) and ponos (labour).
Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional hydroponics, aquaponics, and in-vitro (plant tissue culture) growing. Unlike hydroponics, which uses a liquid nutrient solution as a growing medium and essential minerals to sustain plant growth; or aquaponics which uses water and fish waste, aeroponics is conducted without a growing medium. It is sometimes considered a type of hydroponics, since water is used in aeroponics to transmit nutrients.
TERMINOLOGY
Aeroponic growing refers to plants grown in an air culture that can develop and grow in a normal and natural manner.
Aeroponic growth refers to growth achieved in an air culture.
Aeroponic system refers to hardware and system components assembled to sustain plants in an air culture.
Aeroponic greenhouse refers to a climate controlled glass or plastic structure with equipment to grow plants in air/mistenvironment.
Aeroponic conditions refers to air culture environmental parameters for sustaining plant growth for a plant species.
Aeroponic roots refers to a root system grown in an air culture.
This document discusses upscaling agricultural technology to increase productivity in a sustainable way. It defines upscaling as intensifying and catalyzing existing good practices and innovations to multiply their impact through better extension services to farmers. This helps increase food production, processing and marketing while making agriculture more productive and efficient. The document introduces concepts of agriculture, sustainable agriculture, technology and issues in agriculture. It emphasizes designing policies that accelerate sustainable agriculture production and income through research and development of agro-technologies.
Vertical farming is a method of growing crops in vertically stacked layers or inclined surfaces in a controlled environment. It uses techniques like hydroponics, aquaponics, and aeroponics to grow plants without soil. Vertical farming allows for higher crop yields per square meter of land used, reduces water usage by 95%, and does not rely on outdoor weather conditions. It is a way to address issues of food security, sustainability, and land usage as urbanization increases.
Viridian Science - Business Opportunity - ViridianScience.comGwen Aoife Swan
Viridian Science offers expertise in optimizing crop production through hydroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture, and aeroponics to improve yields with less water and space. Their mission is to significantly improve food production for a growing world population in a sustainable way. They plan to manage over 25,000 greenhouses across Africa to supply both Africa and Asia by 2030. They also offer home farming kits to allow individuals to grow their own food with minimal space, water and pesticides.
Crisis in Africa's drylands: the promise of agroforestryPatrick Worms
The document discusses the challenges facing Africa's drylands, including more erratic rainfall, increasing temperatures, declining soil fertility, and a growing population. It highlights farmer-managed natural regeneration in Niger as a success story for reversing desertification. It promotes agroforestry approaches like fertilizer and fodder trees as part of a climate-smart agriculture to restore productivity. These approaches include techniques like microdose fertilizer application, contour stone bunds, and rainwater harvesting. The document concludes by advocating for widespread adoption of Evergreen Agriculture across Africa to promote land regeneration and food security through integrated soil fertility management and conservation agriculture combined with trees.
Sustainable organic agriculture (SOA) provides a solution to challenges facing Zambia's agricultural sector by improving soil health and crop productivity while conserving the environment. SOA relies on natural soil fertility practices like green manures, composting, and crop rotations rather than synthetic fertilizers. It also uses natural pest and disease management. Research shows SOA can double maize yields compared to conventional farming while reducing costs. However, adoption of SOA remains low due to policy favoring chemical agriculture, limited knowledge, and pressure from companies. Widespread adoption requires mainstreaming SOA in policy, increasing farmer education, and overcoming barriers discouraging its use.
30th october ,2015 daily global regional local rice e newsletter by riceplus ...Riceplus Magazine
Riceplus Magazine shares daily International RICE News for global Rice Community. We publish daily two newsletters namely Global Rice News & ORYZA EXCLUSIVE News for readers .You can share any development news for readers.
Share your rice and agriculture related research write up with Riceplus Magazine contact riceplus@irp.edu.pk , mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
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Climate Smart Rice (CSR): Boosting the food security in the changing climateIARI, NEW DELHI
Climate change will influence crop distribution and production and increase risks associated with agriculture.
Crop productivity has already experienced detrimental impacts, underlining the necessity of taking adaptive
measures. Although, in few regions (mainly in temperate latitudes) may experience improved conditions for
production. Globally, climate change is expected to reduce cereal production by 1% to 7% by 2060. Both
the changing climate and growing population has been increasing the pressure on our food resources. The
sustainability of feedable resources is looking difficult in present changing scenario of climate. Almost, more than half of the world’s population, near about 4 billion people eating rice as their staple food (Mohanty, 2014).
But on another hand, the changing climate is making it tenacious for rice growing communities to maintain the
productivity. So that, there is an urgent need to make a climate suitable genotypes to resist changing climate.
Presently, new stress tolerant rice cultivars can help make farmers more resilient against the calamitous effects
of climate. Dr. Matthew Morell (Australian scientist), who heads the International Rice Research Institute,
Philippines described the climate change ready rice as “the engine of food security” during the delivering the
Millennium Lecture at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
named rice crop as “the crop of the future” due to its versatility (Environment New Service, 2017).
This document discusses agroforestry as an essential tool for climate resilience. It summarizes that by 2050, food production will need to increase 60% on the same land area while making farms more resilient to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Agroforestry brings many benefits like increased soil fertility and crop yields through the use of fertilizer trees. Studies show agroforestry systems can produce higher yields than chemical fertilizers alone. Agroforestry also improves climate resilience by buffering weather impacts and storing large amounts of carbon in soils and trees. The document argues agroforestry is key to achieving food security and climate goals by 2050 by sustainably increasing production while reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.
This document discusses transforming global farming through perennializing agriculture by integrating trees. It proposes creating an "EverGreen Agriculture" approach involving farmer-managed natural regeneration on cropland, conservation agriculture with trees, and interplanting trees in conventional systems. This could help achieve sustainable development goals by improving food security, reducing poverty and land degradation, and increasing climate resilience. Case studies from Africa show examples like parklands in Niger and yields increasing in Zambia when using trees like Faidherbia albida. The document calls for mapping agroforestry worldwide and developing a global plan to scale up these approaches.
You've all heard the horror stories: kids going blind for lack of vitamin A, millions stunted by lack of micronutrients, rich country food deserts forcing the poor to eat junk food... It don't have to be this way! Malnutrition is not a curse. It's not even that difficult to fix. And trees are very good friends if you want to fix it!
Fertilizer microdosing technology in sorghum, millet and maize production at ...IJASRD Journal
World population is alarmingly increasing, to feed the growing population, farmers must increase food production. Mineral fertilizer application takes the lion-share on crop productivity. However, due to the high cost of fertilizer, majority of African farmers add smaller than the recommended rate. Therefore, the farmers must adopt a technology that is environmentally friendly and minimizes dose of fertilizer keeping productivity higher than conventional fertilization. Microdosing (small and affordable quantities) fertilizer application produces higher grain yield as compared to control and banding application. Application of 0.3g NPK to 6g of NPK per pocket could increase yield of millet in range of 31.3% to 90.3 %. Similarly, application of 0.3 g NPK to 4 g NPK per pocket could increase yield of sorghum 40.9 % to 83 %. Microdosing fertilizer application is feasible and profitable than conventional fertilizer application. However, fertilizers in Africa are found in 50 kg package, which are not affordable by the poor resource farmers. The availability of fertilizer in affordable package is very crucial in expanding the technology. Moreover, the farmers must have the opportunity to inventory credit like warrantage system so that they borrow money to use it for input cost and store the crops after harvest when the price of the crops are low and resell them when the prices are higher. The use of the microdosing method brings entire changes to the existing fertilizer application methods; hence, there is a need for a strong linkage among researchers, farmers, and policy makers.
This document provides an overview of rice production in Ethiopia. It discusses Ethiopia's climate zones, the introduction and growth of rice cultivation, production potentials, major rice growing ecologies and current recommended practices. It also outlines constraints to production such as abiotic factors, biotic factors, socioeconomic challenges and constraints to rice research. Opportunities for growth including policy support, varieties, dissemination channels and research partners are presented. Achievements in technology development, ongoing research activities, relevant institutions and the linkage between research and extension are summarized.
The Green Revolution: Lessons for the FutureCIMMYT
Presentation delivered by Sir Gordon Conway (Imperial College London, UK) at Borlaug Summit on Wheat for Food Security. March 25 - 28, 2014, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.
http://www.borlaug100.org
This document describes the benefits of hydroponic farming, which is a soilless cultivation technique using nutrient solutions in a controlled environment. Some key benefits include year-round production with much higher yields than traditional farming while using less land, water, labor, and other resources. The document provides details on how hydroponic systems work, the advantages like lack of diseases and pests, consistent production, and lower costs. It promotes growing green fodder hydroponically, which provides high nutrition for animals and increases milk production. Contact information is provided to learn more about turnkey hydroponic solutions.
Innovations of agriculture for economic sustainability of farmersK.V. SAI MADHAV
This document discusses various innovations in agriculture that can help improve economic sustainability for farmers in India. It describes innovations like using carnivorous plants to reduce insects without pesticides, growing rice and fish together for multiple income sources, using small robotic bees for pollination and crop monitoring, solar traps to manage insect pests, identifying salt tolerance genes to develop tolerant crop varieties, hydroponics as an alternative to soil-based agriculture, and using driverless tractor technology to increase farming incomes. The innovations aim to increase productivity and farmer incomes while reducing costs and improving environmental sustainability.
Rbc farm Using Hydroponics to Improve food Securitypaulotush
A model Farm carrying out intensive and high turnover production, off a small area using Hydroponics Technology.
The fodder is grown in a containerized system that controls the light, temperature and water that the seed has exposure to.
A system of growing sprouted grain to provide green high quality livestock feeds in 6 Days.
This technology provides fodder solution to farmers all year round without depending on climatic condition and can be fed to all types of livestock.
Comparative analysis on various farming techniques in the philippinesRosalie Orito
This document compares three farming techniques in the Philippines: conventional, organic, and natural. The conventional system uses commercially produced fertilizers, pesticides, and other agrochemicals. The organic system uses organically produced fertilizers and pesticides only when needed. The natural system brings the soil and environment back to their original state. Regarding profitability and productivity, the conventional system is initially high but declines as the soil degrades, while the organic and natural systems are high and increase yearly. Only the natural system is truly sustainable for future generations.
The document discusses several modern agricultural technologies used in the 21st century including combine harvesters, agricultural robot suits, cultivators, pivot irrigation systems, tillage systems, and LED lighting technologies. It provides details on how each technology functions and the benefits they provide farmers for tasks like harvesting, weeding, irrigation, and plant growth. A variety of other technologies are also listed at the end related to soil cultivation, planting, fertilizing, pest control, and harvesting.
Presentation by Abdoulaye Mando at the May 15, 2013 event "Natural Resource Management and Food Security for a Growing Population". For more information visit: http://www.wri.org/event/2013/05/natural-resource-management-and-food-security-growing-population
FARM PLAN MODELS Of INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM For Small and Marginal FarmersSubham Dwivedi
This document describes an integrated farming system model for small and marginal farmers. The model incorporates crop production, dairy farming, horticulture, fisheries, apiary, and vermicomposting on a 1.5 hectare plot of land. The system aims to maximize productivity and profitability through efficient utilization and recycling of resources between the different enterprises. Byproducts from one component are used as inputs for others to minimize waste and optimize resource use. The integrated approach helps farmers meet their food, fodder, and income needs throughout the year in a sustainable manner.
Wet-rice agriculture involves growing rice in flooded paddies and is commonly practiced in tropical regions like China, India, Indonesia, and other Asian countries. It requires flat land, ample rainfall or irrigation, and temperatures over 21°C for the five month growing season. The process involves plowing, transplanting rice seedlings, keeping the fields flooded, ripening, and harvesting. The outputs include varieties of wet rice, manure, and rice seeds for subsistence and commercial farming.
The document summarizes the history of efforts to increase agricultural production, including Thomas Malthus' theory of population growth outpacing food production, the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century, and more recent developments in biotechnology and genetic engineering. The Green Revolution dramatically increased yields through the use of high-yield varieties, irrigation, mechanization, fertilizers, and pesticides. While it averted famine, it also had environmental and economic drawbacks. New technologies like genetically modified crops aim to further increase production but also generate debates around their risks, costs, and social impacts.
This document describes hydroponic green fodder production as a sustainable method for milk production. Hydroponics grows plants without soil by supplying nutrients through water. It allows for fodder production year-round with less land, water and labor compared to conventional methods. The process involves soaking and growing maize seeds for 7 days until ready to feed to cattle. Hydroponic fodder has higher nutrients and increases milk production and quality compared to conventional fodder. It is presented as a solution for small land holdings and areas with water scarcity or high production costs.
Public-Private Partnerships and Multi Stakeholder Strategies -- Food production will have to meet the needs of two billion additional people by 2050. Besides existing stresses of inequity in resource use and resource depletion, climate variability and change are additional stressors. These changes put at risk both local food security and global commodity markets. Large-scale applications of improved water use and management approaches are needed to build resilience in agricultural production systems. HELVETAS is implementing ‘Water for Food’ programs worldwide to optimize water consumption in agricultural production. It partners with public and private sector stakeholders to raise awareness and build capacities on efficient water management and to enhance buyers’ demand and support for water saving approaches. Melchior Lengsfeld and Rupa Mukerji will share HELVETAS’ innovative push-pull-policy program for the two key crops of rice and cotton, which account for over 30% of global irrigation water consumption. HELVETAS (www.helvetas.org), the leading Switzerland-based international development NGO, has 60 years of experience in rural economy, water & infrastructure, environment & climate change, and governance & peace. HELVETAS is working in 32 countries to fight rural poverty. In 2015, the 501(c)(3) HELVETAS USA was launched to strengthen relationships with key US partners.
Crisis in Africa's drylands: the promise of agroforestryPatrick Worms
The document discusses the challenges facing Africa's drylands, including more erratic rainfall, increasing temperatures, declining soil fertility, and a growing population. It highlights farmer-managed natural regeneration in Niger as a success story for reversing desertification. It promotes agroforestry approaches like fertilizer and fodder trees as part of a climate-smart agriculture to restore productivity. These approaches include techniques like microdose fertilizer application, contour stone bunds, and rainwater harvesting. The document concludes by advocating for widespread adoption of Evergreen Agriculture across Africa to promote land regeneration and food security through integrated soil fertility management and conservation agriculture combined with trees.
Sustainable organic agriculture (SOA) provides a solution to challenges facing Zambia's agricultural sector by improving soil health and crop productivity while conserving the environment. SOA relies on natural soil fertility practices like green manures, composting, and crop rotations rather than synthetic fertilizers. It also uses natural pest and disease management. Research shows SOA can double maize yields compared to conventional farming while reducing costs. However, adoption of SOA remains low due to policy favoring chemical agriculture, limited knowledge, and pressure from companies. Widespread adoption requires mainstreaming SOA in policy, increasing farmer education, and overcoming barriers discouraging its use.
30th october ,2015 daily global regional local rice e newsletter by riceplus ...Riceplus Magazine
Riceplus Magazine shares daily International RICE News for global Rice Community. We publish daily two newsletters namely Global Rice News & ORYZA EXCLUSIVE News for readers .You can share any development news for readers.
Share your rice and agriculture related research write up with Riceplus Magazine contact riceplus@irp.edu.pk , mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
For Advertisement & Specs mujahid.riceplus@gmail.com
Climate Smart Rice (CSR): Boosting the food security in the changing climateIARI, NEW DELHI
Climate change will influence crop distribution and production and increase risks associated with agriculture.
Crop productivity has already experienced detrimental impacts, underlining the necessity of taking adaptive
measures. Although, in few regions (mainly in temperate latitudes) may experience improved conditions for
production. Globally, climate change is expected to reduce cereal production by 1% to 7% by 2060. Both
the changing climate and growing population has been increasing the pressure on our food resources. The
sustainability of feedable resources is looking difficult in present changing scenario of climate. Almost, more than half of the world’s population, near about 4 billion people eating rice as their staple food (Mohanty, 2014).
But on another hand, the changing climate is making it tenacious for rice growing communities to maintain the
productivity. So that, there is an urgent need to make a climate suitable genotypes to resist changing climate.
Presently, new stress tolerant rice cultivars can help make farmers more resilient against the calamitous effects
of climate. Dr. Matthew Morell (Australian scientist), who heads the International Rice Research Institute,
Philippines described the climate change ready rice as “the engine of food security” during the delivering the
Millennium Lecture at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai, India. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
named rice crop as “the crop of the future” due to its versatility (Environment New Service, 2017).
This document discusses agroforestry as an essential tool for climate resilience. It summarizes that by 2050, food production will need to increase 60% on the same land area while making farms more resilient to climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Agroforestry brings many benefits like increased soil fertility and crop yields through the use of fertilizer trees. Studies show agroforestry systems can produce higher yields than chemical fertilizers alone. Agroforestry also improves climate resilience by buffering weather impacts and storing large amounts of carbon in soils and trees. The document argues agroforestry is key to achieving food security and climate goals by 2050 by sustainably increasing production while reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.
This document discusses transforming global farming through perennializing agriculture by integrating trees. It proposes creating an "EverGreen Agriculture" approach involving farmer-managed natural regeneration on cropland, conservation agriculture with trees, and interplanting trees in conventional systems. This could help achieve sustainable development goals by improving food security, reducing poverty and land degradation, and increasing climate resilience. Case studies from Africa show examples like parklands in Niger and yields increasing in Zambia when using trees like Faidherbia albida. The document calls for mapping agroforestry worldwide and developing a global plan to scale up these approaches.
You've all heard the horror stories: kids going blind for lack of vitamin A, millions stunted by lack of micronutrients, rich country food deserts forcing the poor to eat junk food... It don't have to be this way! Malnutrition is not a curse. It's not even that difficult to fix. And trees are very good friends if you want to fix it!
Fertilizer microdosing technology in sorghum, millet and maize production at ...IJASRD Journal
World population is alarmingly increasing, to feed the growing population, farmers must increase food production. Mineral fertilizer application takes the lion-share on crop productivity. However, due to the high cost of fertilizer, majority of African farmers add smaller than the recommended rate. Therefore, the farmers must adopt a technology that is environmentally friendly and minimizes dose of fertilizer keeping productivity higher than conventional fertilization. Microdosing (small and affordable quantities) fertilizer application produces higher grain yield as compared to control and banding application. Application of 0.3g NPK to 6g of NPK per pocket could increase yield of millet in range of 31.3% to 90.3 %. Similarly, application of 0.3 g NPK to 4 g NPK per pocket could increase yield of sorghum 40.9 % to 83 %. Microdosing fertilizer application is feasible and profitable than conventional fertilizer application. However, fertilizers in Africa are found in 50 kg package, which are not affordable by the poor resource farmers. The availability of fertilizer in affordable package is very crucial in expanding the technology. Moreover, the farmers must have the opportunity to inventory credit like warrantage system so that they borrow money to use it for input cost and store the crops after harvest when the price of the crops are low and resell them when the prices are higher. The use of the microdosing method brings entire changes to the existing fertilizer application methods; hence, there is a need for a strong linkage among researchers, farmers, and policy makers.
This document provides an overview of rice production in Ethiopia. It discusses Ethiopia's climate zones, the introduction and growth of rice cultivation, production potentials, major rice growing ecologies and current recommended practices. It also outlines constraints to production such as abiotic factors, biotic factors, socioeconomic challenges and constraints to rice research. Opportunities for growth including policy support, varieties, dissemination channels and research partners are presented. Achievements in technology development, ongoing research activities, relevant institutions and the linkage between research and extension are summarized.
The Green Revolution: Lessons for the FutureCIMMYT
Presentation delivered by Sir Gordon Conway (Imperial College London, UK) at Borlaug Summit on Wheat for Food Security. March 25 - 28, 2014, Ciudad Obregon, Mexico.
http://www.borlaug100.org
This document describes the benefits of hydroponic farming, which is a soilless cultivation technique using nutrient solutions in a controlled environment. Some key benefits include year-round production with much higher yields than traditional farming while using less land, water, labor, and other resources. The document provides details on how hydroponic systems work, the advantages like lack of diseases and pests, consistent production, and lower costs. It promotes growing green fodder hydroponically, which provides high nutrition for animals and increases milk production. Contact information is provided to learn more about turnkey hydroponic solutions.
Innovations of agriculture for economic sustainability of farmersK.V. SAI MADHAV
This document discusses various innovations in agriculture that can help improve economic sustainability for farmers in India. It describes innovations like using carnivorous plants to reduce insects without pesticides, growing rice and fish together for multiple income sources, using small robotic bees for pollination and crop monitoring, solar traps to manage insect pests, identifying salt tolerance genes to develop tolerant crop varieties, hydroponics as an alternative to soil-based agriculture, and using driverless tractor technology to increase farming incomes. The innovations aim to increase productivity and farmer incomes while reducing costs and improving environmental sustainability.
Rbc farm Using Hydroponics to Improve food Securitypaulotush
A model Farm carrying out intensive and high turnover production, off a small area using Hydroponics Technology.
The fodder is grown in a containerized system that controls the light, temperature and water that the seed has exposure to.
A system of growing sprouted grain to provide green high quality livestock feeds in 6 Days.
This technology provides fodder solution to farmers all year round without depending on climatic condition and can be fed to all types of livestock.
Comparative analysis on various farming techniques in the philippinesRosalie Orito
This document compares three farming techniques in the Philippines: conventional, organic, and natural. The conventional system uses commercially produced fertilizers, pesticides, and other agrochemicals. The organic system uses organically produced fertilizers and pesticides only when needed. The natural system brings the soil and environment back to their original state. Regarding profitability and productivity, the conventional system is initially high but declines as the soil degrades, while the organic and natural systems are high and increase yearly. Only the natural system is truly sustainable for future generations.
The document discusses several modern agricultural technologies used in the 21st century including combine harvesters, agricultural robot suits, cultivators, pivot irrigation systems, tillage systems, and LED lighting technologies. It provides details on how each technology functions and the benefits they provide farmers for tasks like harvesting, weeding, irrigation, and plant growth. A variety of other technologies are also listed at the end related to soil cultivation, planting, fertilizing, pest control, and harvesting.
Presentation by Abdoulaye Mando at the May 15, 2013 event "Natural Resource Management and Food Security for a Growing Population". For more information visit: http://www.wri.org/event/2013/05/natural-resource-management-and-food-security-growing-population
FARM PLAN MODELS Of INTEGRATED FARMING SYSTEM For Small and Marginal FarmersSubham Dwivedi
This document describes an integrated farming system model for small and marginal farmers. The model incorporates crop production, dairy farming, horticulture, fisheries, apiary, and vermicomposting on a 1.5 hectare plot of land. The system aims to maximize productivity and profitability through efficient utilization and recycling of resources between the different enterprises. Byproducts from one component are used as inputs for others to minimize waste and optimize resource use. The integrated approach helps farmers meet their food, fodder, and income needs throughout the year in a sustainable manner.
Wet-rice agriculture involves growing rice in flooded paddies and is commonly practiced in tropical regions like China, India, Indonesia, and other Asian countries. It requires flat land, ample rainfall or irrigation, and temperatures over 21°C for the five month growing season. The process involves plowing, transplanting rice seedlings, keeping the fields flooded, ripening, and harvesting. The outputs include varieties of wet rice, manure, and rice seeds for subsistence and commercial farming.
The document summarizes the history of efforts to increase agricultural production, including Thomas Malthus' theory of population growth outpacing food production, the Green Revolution of the mid-20th century, and more recent developments in biotechnology and genetic engineering. The Green Revolution dramatically increased yields through the use of high-yield varieties, irrigation, mechanization, fertilizers, and pesticides. While it averted famine, it also had environmental and economic drawbacks. New technologies like genetically modified crops aim to further increase production but also generate debates around their risks, costs, and social impacts.
This document describes hydroponic green fodder production as a sustainable method for milk production. Hydroponics grows plants without soil by supplying nutrients through water. It allows for fodder production year-round with less land, water and labor compared to conventional methods. The process involves soaking and growing maize seeds for 7 days until ready to feed to cattle. Hydroponic fodder has higher nutrients and increases milk production and quality compared to conventional fodder. It is presented as a solution for small land holdings and areas with water scarcity or high production costs.
Public-Private Partnerships and Multi Stakeholder Strategies -- Food production will have to meet the needs of two billion additional people by 2050. Besides existing stresses of inequity in resource use and resource depletion, climate variability and change are additional stressors. These changes put at risk both local food security and global commodity markets. Large-scale applications of improved water use and management approaches are needed to build resilience in agricultural production systems. HELVETAS is implementing ‘Water for Food’ programs worldwide to optimize water consumption in agricultural production. It partners with public and private sector stakeholders to raise awareness and build capacities on efficient water management and to enhance buyers’ demand and support for water saving approaches. Melchior Lengsfeld and Rupa Mukerji will share HELVETAS’ innovative push-pull-policy program for the two key crops of rice and cotton, which account for over 30% of global irrigation water consumption. HELVETAS (www.helvetas.org), the leading Switzerland-based international development NGO, has 60 years of experience in rural economy, water & infrastructure, environment & climate change, and governance & peace. HELVETAS is working in 32 countries to fight rural poverty. In 2015, the 501(c)(3) HELVETAS USA was launched to strengthen relationships with key US partners.
Grand Sreach Literacy is a Nigerian organization committed to life through scientific research, training, education, and protecting the environment. It uses an innovative approach combining local knowledge with international partnerships. The organization aims to satisfy Nigeria's needs through agriculture-tech, education, and research using tools like aeroponics, hydroponics, and aquaponics. It is led by founder Samson Ogbole and secretary Ikponmwosa Uwaifo.
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The document discusses the cover art and themes of albums by Rihanna, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, and Drake. Rihanna's cover for her album shows her in a white dress portraying purity rather than sexuality. Katy Perry's cover depicts her as a provocative pin up girl to appeal to male audiences. Ed Sheeran's orange-colored album emphasizes his recognizable ginger hair and features an intense close-up of him. Drake's album covers show him as both a child and older man to represent his past and future. Common themes across the covers include the use of bold colors to attract attention and convey emotion through the artists' facial expressions and poses.
The document discusses Rihanna's album cover for "Loud". It shows Rihanna in a white dress lying on red roses, portraying a sense of weakness. This presents a purer, more innocent image compared to typical sexualized portrayals of R&B artists. The cover uses bold red and pink colors that connote passion, love, and femininity through symbols like roses. It presents a softer side of Rihanna compared to her usual style through its use of color and imagery of purity and romance.
This document advertises a single detached house for sale in Gentri Heights, Gen. Trias, Cavite. The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is 120 square meters. It provides contact details for Marlene Gupit and Cora Sacdalan to call or email for inquiries. Sample payment terms and house plans are also included.
Tres estudiantes: Génesis Rivas, María Sánchez y Josnery Sivira. El documento brinda una breve línea de tiempo sobre la computación, desde 500 A.C. hasta 1622, describiéndola como una ciencia.
El documento describe varias estrategias efectivas para desarrollar buenos hábitos de estudio, como planificar el tiempo de manera realista, leer activamente tomando notas, y utilizar técnicas para mejorar la memoria como tarjetas de vocabulario y resúmenes con palabras clave. Siguiendo estas estrategias, los estudiantes pueden sacar el máximo provecho de su tiempo de estudio y tener éxito académico.
Things to do in Fleurieu Peninsula with Surf and SunAshley Smith
Fleurieu Peninsula is a picturesque location in the south of Adelaide which was named in honor of French explorer and hydrographer, Pierre Claret De Fleurieu.
This document discusses aeroponics as a tool for food security. Aeroponics is the practice of growing plants without soil, with roots in a misty environment. It has several benefits over traditional agriculture including more precise nutrient and environmental control, higher yields from less land, less water usage, and elimination of many plant diseases and pests. The document outlines the benefits and potential commercial applications of aeroponics in Nigeria, including opportunities to supply local and export markets with high-quality produce year-round. It also discusses factors like capital costs, skilled labor needs, and the lack of existing aeroponics industry organizations as potential weaknesses or barriers to adoption in Nigeria.
Aspartame, a dietary sweetener, concentration dependently induces neurotoxici...Samson Ogbole
Aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in many foods and beverages, has shown controversies about the toxicity of its metabolite. Hence it is believed to be unsafe for human use. Garcinia kola, a herb grown in Nigeria with a characteristic astringent and bitter taste, is used in ethnomedicine in the treatment of laryngitis, cough, liver disease and dementia. It is known for its anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. This study was therefore designed to investigate the protective role of the essential oil of Garcinia kola (EOGK) on the toxicity of aspartame (ASP) on the brain of male Wistar rat
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This document discusses multiparameter flow cytometry techniques for detecting leukaemia-associated phenotypes (LAPs) and minimal residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). It finds that 64% of AML patients displayed LAPs, which were independent markers for predicting poor response to induction chemotherapy and relapse. The document also describes methods for detecting MRD, including multiparameter flow cytometry and polymerase chain reaction, and how MRD detection could facilitate early detection of relapse and guide risk-adapted therapies.
This document discusses issues related to improving Indian agriculture. It identifies key issues such as revitalizing cooperatives, improving rural credit, research and education, and promoting trade. It emphasizes the need for better seeds, crop management using fertilizers and machinery efficiently, and conserving resources like water. The document outlines India's role in global agriculture production and constraints like limited arable land and water resources. It stresses producing more food sustainably with fewer resources to meet growing demand.
Publication MORE RICE FOR PEOPLE - SRI - a joint information, promotion paperBrian Lund
SRI is an alternative rice cultivation system that uses younger seedlings, wider spacing between plants, and non-flooded soil conditions. These practices lead to larger root systems and more productive plants. On-farm evaluations across eight countries found SRI methods increased yields by 47% on average while reducing water use by 40% and production costs by 23%. Farmers report higher productivity with SRI and increased income. Policymakers support SRI due to its ability to improve food security and resilience to climate change through greater yields with fewer inputs.
The document discusses Project Green, an initiative aimed at addressing declining agricultural productivity in India. It notes that agricultural land and growth have been decreasing, reducing rural incomes. Project Green proposes utilizing unused and barren lands for organic farming to boost output, maintain soil fertility, and enhance livelihoods. It would select an area, assess land and resource availability, establish a research center, train farmers, and implement scientific organic techniques. The project aims to stabilize India's economic growth and improve technology for local farmers, though challenges include converting barren land and gaining financial support.
Organic farming is not a new concept in India, as Indian farmers traditionally practiced only organic methods before the Green Revolution introduced chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the 1960s. While the Green Revolution initially increased food production and self-sufficiency, overuse of chemicals has led to declining soil fertility, environmental pollution, and other issues. Organic farming aims to maintain soil health through natural techniques like using organic manures and biofertilizers without synthetic inputs. It provides nutritional food while preserving the environment for future generations. India's organic sector has grown in recent decades and the country now exports a variety of organic products.
Organic farming is not a new concept in India, as Indian farmers traditionally practiced only organic methods before the Green Revolution introduced chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the 1960s. While the Green Revolution initially increased food production and self-sufficiency, overuse of chemicals has led to declining soil fertility, environmental pollution, and other issues. Organic farming aims to maintain soil health through natural techniques like using organic manures and biofertilizers without synthetic inputs. It provides higher quality, nutritious food while preserving the environment for future generations.
Research Outputs and Approaches to Enhance Food Security and Improve Livelih...ICARDA
The document summarizes research outputs and approaches from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to enhance food security and improve livelihoods. It discusses constraints like drought, desertification, and climate change leading to food insecurity. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, and diversification to improve nutrition and incomes. Technologies developed include improved crop varieties tolerant to abiotic stresses and diseases, as well as seed production approaches to cope with drought.
The document summarizes constraints to food security and poverty in dry areas, and discusses ICARDA's research approaches and outputs to enhance food security and livelihoods. It outlines challenges including climate change, water scarcity, and population growth. ICARDA's strategic plan focuses on risk management, integrated water and land management, diversification, and capacity building. The organization develops improved crop varieties and management practices to intensify sustainable production and increase resilience to stresses.
Rapid global changes are impacting the global food system. Hunger and malnutrition persist despite some progress. Innovations in technology, policies, institutions, and governance are key to ending hunger and malnutrition and adapting to changes like urbanization, diet shifts, and environmental pressures. Agricultural innovations include improved crop varieties, precision agriculture, and farmer-led techniques while policy innovations involve subsidy reforms, promoting nutrition and sustainability, and innovative financing. Institutional innovations aim to close gender gaps, strengthen value chains, and promote effective monitoring.
Climate-smart, sustainable and nutritious food for allCGIAR
How can public agricultural research engage with agri-business to tackle sustainability challenges?
Presented by Alain Vidal, Director of Strategic Partnerships, CGIAR System Organization, at the World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy Meeting, Montreux, Switzerland on 29 March, 2017.
Transforming Agri-food Systems to Achieve Healthy Diets for AllCGIAR
Challenges: Why Agri-Food Systems Need to Be Transformed
Opportunities: What Science Can Offer to Address these Challenges
The CGIAR partnership: Our Contribution to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Targets
CIAT is a CGIAR research center focused on reducing hunger and poverty in the tropics through agricultural research. It faces the challenges of feeding a growing population with less land and water and a changing climate. CIAT conducts research to increase crop productivity, improve natural resource management, and inform policies, with a focus on beans, cassava, rice and forages. It works across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to deliver impacts at scale through partnerships.
The document discusses strategies to enhance smallholder profitability in Africa. It notes that smallholders make up the majority of poor and hungry people in Africa but face many challenges. Key strategies discussed include promoting land rights and markets, agricultural research to increase productivity, supporting efficient food value chains, addressing gender gaps, developing young farmers, and scaling up cross-sector social safety nets. The director argues that smallholders need support to either move up to more profitable farming or move out of agriculture into other sectors.
Is the future of food growing from your smartphone? Agnieszka Nazaruk
The document discusses how population growth and land degradation are putting pressure on the global food system, but that hydroponics offers a solution by enabling year-round local food production with higher yields using less water and no chemicals. It describes how the Niwa system makes hydroponic growing simple for homes and businesses through an integrated operating system and automated equipment. This personal food system approach could help sustainability by cutting food miles, reducing emissions, and providing fresher, healthier food while saving land. The vision is for individuals and communities around the world to grow their own food locally using hydroponics.
Global challenges to food security and poverty alleviation 2020-21Alain Vidal
Conference given at University Paris-Saclay / AgroParisTech on 16 November 2020 as part of Master CLUES (Sequence "Everyone Eating Well within Environmental Limits")
The document provides an overview of the CGIAR Consortium's work and priorities. It discusses:
1) New priorities for CGIAR including strengthening partnerships in Africa through agreements like the MoU with the African Union and developing an African Science Agenda.
2) The Dublin Process to enhance alignment between CAADP and CGIAR through joint planning and priority setting.
3) CGIAR's research agenda organized around themes like genes and varieties, policies and institutions, livestock, and climate change agriculture.
4) Progress made through CGIAR reforms including united funding, research programs, and a shared research agenda to deliver greater development outcomes and impact.
Canh tác lúa cải tiên_More rice-for-people-more-water-for-the-planet-sriVõ Minh Phúc
The document summarizes the benefits of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) compared to conventional rice production methods. SRI involves transplanting young seedlings in a spaced out pattern, keeping soil moist but not flooded, and incorporating organic soil amendments. This approach has been shown to increase yields by 47% on average while reducing water use by 40% and costs by 23%. Farmers adopting SRI achieve higher incomes with lower inputs. The document highlights experiences promoting SRI in Mali, Vietnam and India by Africare, Oxfam and WWF respectively, finding more resilient rural households and accelerated national adoption in countries where over two-thirds of rice is produced. SRI represents an opportunity to boost food security and
It is time to think on a holistic scale about food insecurity, it is not in isolation of other security needs such as water and energy security, nor it has to come at the cost of environmental security & unfair use of natural resources. This lecture was given last year at the PDO EcoOman Center Lecture Theater and organized by Oman Environment Society. I hope you enjoy the slides, Rashid
The main factors portrayed in the slides that contributed to food insecurity include:
- Increasing population (in Bangladesh) leading to loss of cultivable land for housing, industries, infrastructure etc.
- Natural disasters like flooding displacing agricultural lands (in Bangladesh).
- Civil wars, natural disasters and changing climate (in Democratic Republic of Congo).
- Poverty remains a major issue with many people living below the poverty line and unable to afford adequate nutrition (in Bangladesh).
- Lack of resources like improved seeds, irrigation facilities, soil/forest conservation methods which FAO aims to provide to countries to boost food production.
So in summary - the key drivers discussed were population pressure leading to loss of
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OJP data from firms like Vicinity Jobs have emerged as a complement to traditional sources of labour demand data, such as the Job Vacancy and Wages Survey (JVWS). Ibrahim Abuallail, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa, presented research relating to bias in OJPs and a proposed approach to effectively adjust OJP data to complement existing official data (such as from the JVWS) and improve the measurement of labour demand.
STREETONOMICS: Exploring the Uncharted Territories of Informal Markets throug...sameer shah
Delve into the world of STREETONOMICS, where a team of 7 enthusiasts embarks on a journey to understand unorganized markets. By engaging with a coffee street vendor and crafting questionnaires, this project uncovers valuable insights into consumer behavior and market dynamics in informal settings."
1. Elemental Economics - Introduction to mining.pdfNeal Brewster
After this first you should: Understand the nature of mining; have an awareness of the industry’s boundaries, corporate structure and size; appreciation the complex motivations and objectives of the industries’ various participants; know how mineral reserves are defined and estimated, and how they evolve over time.
Financial Assets: Debit vs Equity Securities.pptxWrito-Finance
financial assets represent claim for future benefit or cash. Financial assets are formed by establishing contracts between participants. These financial assets are used for collection of huge amounts of money for business purposes.
Two major Types: Debt Securities and Equity Securities.
Debt Securities are Also known as fixed-income securities or instruments. The type of assets is formed by establishing contracts between investor and issuer of the asset.
• The first type of Debit securities is BONDS. Bonds are issued by corporations and government (both local and national government).
• The second important type of Debit security is NOTES. Apart from similarities associated with notes and bonds, notes have shorter term maturity.
• The 3rd important type of Debit security is TRESURY BILLS. These securities have short-term ranging from three months, six months, and one year. Issuer of such securities are governments.
• Above discussed debit securities are mostly issued by governments and corporations. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITS CDs are issued by Banks and Financial Institutions. Risk factor associated with CDs gets reduced when issued by reputable institutions or Banks.
Following are the risk attached with debt securities: Credit risk, interest rate risk and currency risk
There are no fixed maturity dates in such securities, and asset’s value is determined by company’s performance. There are two major types of equity securities: common stock and preferred stock.
Common Stock: These are simple equity securities and bear no complexities which the preferred stock bears. Holders of such securities or instrument have the voting rights when it comes to select the company’s board of director or the business decisions to be made.
Preferred Stock: Preferred stocks are sometime referred to as hybrid securities, because it contains elements of both debit security and equity security. Preferred stock confers ownership rights to security holder that is why it is equity instrument
<a href="https://www.writofinance.com/equity-securities-features-types-risk/" >Equity securities </a> as a whole is used for capital funding for companies. Companies have multiple expenses to cover. Potential growth of company is required in competitive market. So, these securities are used for capital generation, and then uses it for company’s growth.
Concluding remarks
Both are employed in business. Businesses are often established through debit securities, then what is the need for equity securities. Companies have to cover multiple expenses and expansion of business. They can also use equity instruments for repayment of debits. So, there are multiple uses for securities. As an investor, you need tools for analysis. Investment decisions are made by carefully analyzing the market. For better analysis of the stock market, investors often employ financial analysis of companies.
Lecture slide titled Fraud Risk Mitigation, Webinar Lecture Delivered at the Society for West African Internal Audit Practitioners (SWAIAP) on Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
Vicinity Jobs’ data includes more than three million 2023 OJPs and thousands of skills. Most skills appear in less than 0.02% of job postings, so most postings rely on a small subset of commonly used terms, like teamwork.
Laura Adkins-Hackett, Economist, LMIC, and Sukriti Trehan, Data Scientist, LMIC, presented their research exploring trends in the skills listed in OJPs to develop a deeper understanding of in-demand skills. This research project uses pointwise mutual information and other methods to extract more information about common skills from the relationships between skills, occupations and regions.
Seminar: Gender Board Diversity through Ownership NetworksGRAPE
Seminar on gender diversity spillovers through ownership networks at FAME|GRAPE. Presenting novel research. Studies in economics and management using econometrics methods.
5 Tips for Creating Standard Financial ReportsEasyReports
Well-crafted financial reports serve as vital tools for decision-making and transparency within an organization. By following the undermentioned tips, you can create standardized financial reports that effectively communicate your company's financial health and performance to stakeholders.
In a tight labour market, job-seekers gain bargaining power and leverage it into greater job quality—at least, that’s the conventional wisdom.
Michael, LMIC Economist, presented findings that reveal a weakened relationship between labour market tightness and job quality indicators following the pandemic. Labour market tightness coincided with growth in real wages for only a portion of workers: those in low-wage jobs requiring little education. Several factors—including labour market composition, worker and employer behaviour, and labour market practices—have contributed to the absence of worker benefits. These will be investigated further in future work.
15. Soil versus Aeroponic
Soil Aeroponic
Set up After every harvest Once
Water usage High 96% less
Harvest (e.g.
vegetable)
Quarterly Monthly
Insecticide, herbicide High None
Fertilizer High (600kg yearly) Very low (32.4kg yearly)
Weather & Soil Dependent Not dependent