scholarly journals Plant age and rock phosphate effects on the organic resource quality of herbaceous legume residues and their N and P release dynamics

2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Vanlauwe ◽  
A. Idrissa ◽  
J. Diels ◽  
N. Sanginga ◽  
R. Merckx
Keyword(s):  
Rock Phosphate ◽  
Plant Age ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
Organic Resource Quality ◽  
P Release ◽  
Organic Resource

Fluctuations of Annual Precipitation and Water Resources Quality in Ukraine

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4s) ◽  
pp. 621-629
Author(s):  
Valentina Pidlisnyuk ◽  
◽  
John Harrington JR ◽  
Yulia Melnyk ◽  
Yuliya Vystavna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Precipitation Amount ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Annual Precipitation ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
Phosphate Ion ◽  
Regional Trends

The article focuses on examining the influence of fluctuations in annual precipitation amount on the quality of surface waters. Water quality was estimated with data on BOD, COD and phosphate–ion concentration within five selected regions of Ukraine. Analysis of the precipitation data (1991 – 2010) showed different regional trends. Using the statistics, determination of the interconnection between precipitation amount and water resources quality were done. The obtained regularities and associated uncertainties can be used for prediction of changes in water resource quality and as a guide for future adaptation to possible climate change.

Effect of Plant Age on the Quantity and Quality of Proteins Extracted from Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Leaves

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (44) ◽  
pp. 8305-8314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Kiskini ◽  
Anne Vissers ◽  
Jean-Paul Vincken ◽  
Harry Gruppen ◽  
Peter Alexander Wierenga
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Beta Vulgaris ◽  
Plant Age

scholarly journals Do Farmers’ Asset Values Correlate with Land Quality?

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Ben G.J.S. Sonneveld ◽  
Sally Bunning ◽  
Riccardo Biancalani ◽  
D. Ndiaye ◽  
Freddy Nachtergaele
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
Land Quality ◽  
Asset Value ◽  
Asset Values ◽  
Natural Resource Base

<p>This paper investigates if farmers’ asset values have a predictive power to asses land quality. A rich sustainable livelihood literature describes small farmers’ biophysical and socio-economic environment through asset values, which closely adheres to the required information for an integrated quality appraisal of the natural resource base. For our analysis we use an in-depth survey held among 50 famers’ households in three rural areas of Senegal. Farmers gave scores for their livelihood assets (human, physical, natural, financial and social) and judgments on the state and trend of the quality of their natural resource base (crop land, rangeland, forest and water resources). As our observational data are dominated by unobserved heterogeneity, we refrain from causal statistical analysis and seek associative patterns between asset values and state and trend of natural resource quality using data visualization techniques and descriptive statistics. We compare categorical data on state and trend of land qualities with asset value classes in a frequency distributions evaluation (Chi-square) and with continuous asset value scores in an analysis of variance (ANOVA). For state of forest we found consistent but counterintuitive differences for various asset values with higher asset values for ‘degraded’ classes and lower values for ‘good’ quality of the forests. There is some evidence that trend of forest quality can be derived from asset value scores which were in agreement with our premise of lower scores for low quality and higher scores for better quality. Yet, overall we have to conclude that asset values do not correlate straightforward and unequivocally with state and trend of natural resource quality. </p>

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KULINER LOKAL SEBAGAI DAYA TARIK WISATA DI DILI, TIMOR LESTE

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Barreto Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Food Processing ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Traditional Food ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
Culinary Tourism ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
Swot Matrix ◽  
The Government ◽  
Restaurant Owners

The development of tourism industry can provide opportunities for tourism products including culinary in Dili, Timor-Leste. This article aims to identify types of traditional foods, measure the perception of tourists on traditional food and formulate program to develop traditional food as culinary tourism. Data collection for this article used direct field observation, interviews and documentation study, while data analysis used SWOT matrix. The results of this article revealed that in Dili there were several types of traditional food such as Saboko, Tukir, Kulu tunu or Kulu Gisa could be developed as culinary tourism. In regard to tourist perception on traditional food processing while good on quality of traditional food, food cleanliness and quality of restaurant service. Several programs conducted by the government to develop traditional food are human resource quality improvement, creating market for traditional food, identification of potential local products in each district and assessment of traditional foods.The restaurant owners also develop several programs such as menu adjustment, creativity in traditional food processing, and promotion.

Book Review and Resource: Quality of Life: The New Medical Dilemma

1991 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-314
Author(s):  
Alan C. Mermann ◽  
Orlo Strunk
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Resource Quality

Forest management and end-product quality: a Canadian perspective

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. James Barbour ◽  
Robert M. Kellogg
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Potential Problem ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Present Level ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
Silvicultural Treatments ◽  
Canadian Perspective ◽  
Value Added Products

The level of silvicultural investment and area of forest land managed in Canada is rising dramatically. Although this will increase growth rates and help maintain the present level of harvest, it may well result in a reduction in the quality of the resource. The present paper illustrates the risk of ignoring this potential problem through examples of experience in utilizing plantation-grown trees in various parts of the world. Relying on technology to solve all resource quality problems may not necessarily make economic sense. Canada's future must lie in the production of "value-added" products that require a high quality resource, permitting the greatest flexibility in conversion options. Information relating silvicultural treatments to end-product quality is at present inadequate. Large integrated studies addressing these questions and the economics of silvicultural investments in terms of end-product value must be initiated for species that will be managed intensively. With relatively long rotations, Canada cannot afford to create a resource that does not match its future marketing strategy.

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