Human resources for agricultural research: Issues for the 1990s

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-305
Author(s):  
Edwin G. Brush
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Issues

scholarly journals Implementing a network of weather and agrometeorological stations: a case study in Timor‑Leste

Finisterra ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (108) ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
José Alexandre Andrade ◽  
Tiago Gamboa Silva ◽  
Hugo Miguel Trindade ◽  
Claudino Nabais
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Asian Country ◽  
Forestry Practices ◽  
Biological Variables ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Reliable Monitoring ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Weather Stations ◽  
Substantial Change

A modern and developed agriculture requires permanent and reliable monitoring of both meteorological/climatic and biological variables in agrometeorological stations. The aim of this work was, firstly, to implement a network of weather stations in Timor-Leste, a developing Southeast Asian country with irregular weather/climate monitoring for the past decades mainly due to political instability (wars, occupations,...), and, secondly, to establish from it, a network of agrometeorological stations. The administrative division of the country and the available agro-climatic zoning, the location of the existing stations and of those with relevant historical records, the agricultural and forestry practices in the country, the existing agricultural research centres as well as the structure and composition of the existing stations (number and type of sensors, communication system, …) and the human resources to ensure a proper stations network management were taken into account for this purpose. The implementation of a network composed by 50 weather stations was proposed to cover the entire national territory (299.34 km2/station). By strengthening the equipment and the ability to maintain it in 15 out of these 50 stations with sensors that measure agrometeorological parameters a network of agrometeorological stations included in the former was also purposed. Flexibility in the composition of each network has been safeguarded for the purpose of responding to any substantial change in financial or technical conditions in an ever-changing country. All methodologies and recommendations were discussed on the basis of a “management concept for weather stations” which requires not only scientific rigor in the choice of locations to be monitored, but also maintenance, human resources training and the involvement of beneficiary populations.

The Map-Reduce Parallelism Framework for Task Scheduling in Grid Computing

2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 111-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Xia Pei ◽  
Yue Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Grid Computing ◽  
Task Scheduling ◽  
Scheduling Algorithm ◽  
Optimization Procedure ◽  
Map Reduce ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Job Management ◽  
Task Scheduling Algorithm ◽  
Simulation Results

As a rapid developing infrastructure, the grid can share widely distributed computing, storage, data and human resources. In order to improve the usability and QoS of the grid, the job management in the grid is very important, and becomes one of the key research issues in grid computing. Map-Reduce provide an efficient and easy-to-use framework for parallelizing the global optimization procedure. The simulation results show the usefulness and effectiveness of our task scheduling algorithm.

scholarly journals Scientific Computing in the Context of a Successful Agricultural Research Enterprise

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Geraldo Silva e Souza ◽  
Eliseu Alves
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Scientific Computing ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Public Corporation ◽  
Scale Of Operation

Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), a governmental agricultural research institution from Brazil, is a case of successful organizacional innovation that has as main characteristics: a public corporation model of organization; scale of operation at national level; spatial decentralization; specialized research units; enhanced training and remuneration of human resources and a vision of an agriculture based on science and technology. Moreover, from the beginning the organization has always been result oriented. Among the structural and political issues that led this enterprise to reach a well succeeded position, the authors argue that the strong application of scientific computing is the underlying reason that enabled high quality results achieved in research, development, and innovation. All of these reasons are presented in the next sections.

scholarly journals Scientific Computing in the Context of a Successful Agricultural Research Enterprise

2012 ◽  
pp. 430-434
Author(s):  
Geraldo Silva e Souza ◽  
Eliseu Alves
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Scientific Computing ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
National Level ◽  
Research Development ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Research Institution ◽  
Public Corporation ◽  
Scale Of Operation

Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), a governmental agricultural research institution from Brazil, is a case of successful organizacional innovation that has as main characteristics: a public corporation model of organization; scale of operation at national level; spatial decentralization; specialized research units; enhanced training and remuneration of human resources and a vision of an agriculture based on science and technology. Moreover, from the beginning the organization has always been result oriented. Among the structural and political issues that led this enterprise to reach a well succeeded position, the authors argue that the strong application of scientific computing is the underlying reason that enabled high quality results achieved in research, development, and innovation. All of these reasons are presented in the next sections.

Human resources in agricultural research: Three cases in Latin America

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ardila ◽  
E. Trigo ◽  
M. Pineiro
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Agricultural Research

Scanning tunneling microscopy of polymers: A status report

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 330-331
Author(s):  
P.E. Russell ◽  
I.H. Musselman
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Scanning Tunneling ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Tunneling Microscopy ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Wide Range

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has evolved rapidly in the past few years. Major developments have occurred in instrumentation, theory, and in a wide range of applications. In this paper, an overview of the application of STM and related techniques to polymers will be given, followed by a discussion of current research issues and prospects for future developments. The application of STM to polymers can be conveniently divided into the following subject areas: atomic scale imaging of uncoated polymer structures; topographic imaging and metrology of man-made polymer structures; and modification of polymer structures. Since many polymers are poor electrical conductors and hence unsuitable for use as a tunneling electrode, the related atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique which is capable of imaging both conductors and insulators has also been applied to polymers.The STM is well known for its high resolution capabilities in the x, y and z axes (Å in x andy and sub-Å in z). In addition to high resolution capabilities, the STM technique provides true three dimensional information in the constant current mode. In this mode, the STM tip is held at a fixed tunneling current (and a fixed bias voltage) and hence a fixed height above the sample surface while scanning across the sample surface.

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