scholarly journals A Case Study on Scientific Attempt to Turn Agriculture Scetor Sustainable, Profitable and Attractive Through Innovative Aquaphonic Farming Methods in Cuttack and Khordha Districts of Odisha, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1264-1268
Author(s):  
Usharani Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Smart Technology ◽  
Financial Return ◽  
Support Price

Decreasing availability of land for farming due to Urbanization and Industrialization has further complicated Wide spread difference between cost of Agricultural Production-Minimum Support Price (MSP). To resolve the issues of viability in terms of economic & financial return and to find out alternative methods have to be applied in farming sector.Use of innovative technology ,the less numners of persons have been employed which obtained better results,less area under innovative farming has resulted in higher yield..As per suitability non-traditional methods to be implemented at large scale by the assistance of Government mechanism for the betterment of society. Agriculture has to be climate smart, technology driven, profit generating and sustainable to meet the need of food security of the country

The Big-headed Ant Pheidole megacephala: a new threat to monsoonal northwestern Australia

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Hoffmann
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Foraging Ecology ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Pheidole Megacephala ◽  
Realistic Option ◽  
Northwestern Australia ◽  
Nature Park ◽  
And Control

The Big-headed Ant Pheidole megacephala is a major threat to native invertebrate assemblages and to agricultural production world-wide. This paper reviews its known biology including its foraging ecology, colony founding and dispersal behaviour. A case study is presented to illustrate its potential conservation significance for northern Australia. At Howard Springs Nature Park in the Darwin region of the Northern Territory, an infestation of P. megacephala was found to cover 25 ha and is continuing to spread, with its distribution centred on a rainforest patch. The abundance of P. megacephala within the rainforest was 37?110 times that of total native ant abundance at uninfested sites. Only two individuals of a single native ant species were found in the highest abundance of P. megacephala and abundance of other invertebrates was only 15% of natural levels. Pheidole megacephala is a serious potential threat to native biodiversity in monsoonal Australia. Successful eradication on a large scale is a realistic option and control methods are discussed, including chemicals and fire.

scholarly journals INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR LAND CONSOLIDATION PROJECTS: CASE STUDY PECINCI, SERBIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
Goran Marinković ◽  
Jelena Lazić ◽  
Slobodan Morača ◽  
Ilija Grgić
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Integrated Assessment ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Land Consolidation ◽  
Assessment Methodology ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Land Redistribution ◽  
South Eastern Europe

Changes in the structure and fragmentation of land plots, arising from the process of privatization and restitution, as well as from the realization of large-scale infrastructural projects in Southeast Europe and similar, actualize problems in terms of intensive agricultural production, and aesthetic and functional spacing design. The need for initiating new projects regarding land consolidation cycles is increasing with the aim to solve spatial, environmental, and strategic issues in agriculture, as well as to provide appropriate conditions for the application of modern land treating methods. However, land consolidation projects are very complex, long-lasting and financially very demanding. To minimize risk and exclude the possibility of inadequate selection methods, this paper describes the methodology for integrated assessment, which allows decision making on the basis of two or more methods. Per integrated assessment methodology, this study includes several multi-criteria analysis methods, which do not exclude the possibility of integrating other methods. The results obtained in this study are not only beneficial to the South-Eastern Europe region, but also to all countries where land redistribution is expanding.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AS THE BASIS OF FOOD SECURITY IN KAZAKHSTAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Б.Б. Доскалиева ◽  
А.С. Байдалинова ◽  
B. Doskalieva ◽  
A. Baidalinova
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
State Support ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
The Impact

В современных условиях развитие агропромышленного комплекса, включающего материальные, финансовые и трудовые ресурсы, является крайне важным для продовольственной безопасности государства. Агропромышленный комплекс Республики Казахстан, в который входит сельское хозяйство и переработка продуктов питания, является основным поставщиком продовольствия населению страны и от его успешной деятельности напрямую зависит состояние продовольственной безопасности Казахстана. Целью исследования данной статьи является раскрытие роли, значения АПК для обеспечения продовольственной безопасности Казахстана, выявление зависимости производства продуктов питания от различных факторов, на основе использования методов математического моделирования – корреляционно-регрессионного анализа. Объектом исследования в данной статье выступает АПК Казахстана. В статье рассмотрено влияние на объем выпуска продукции сельского хозяйства следующих факторов: субсидии, инвестиции в основной капитал, объем кредитования, уровень активности в области инновации, уровня занятости в сельском хозяйстве. Выявлено, что наибольшее влияние на объем выпуска продукции сельского хозяйства оказывает государственная поддержка АПК в форме финансового инструмента - субсидирования и инвестиций в основной капитал сельского хозяйства. Показано, что наметилась отрицательная тенденция в развитии сельского хозяйства и АПК Казахстана, как отток трудовых ресурсов из отрасли из-за низкой заработной платы. Авторы пришли к выводу, что пока в АПК Казахстана не будет обеспечен достаточный приток инвестиций с целью реализации масштабной модернизации и реконструкции сельскохозяйственного производства, техническое и технологическое отставание будет сохранено в промышленности, следовательно, проблема повышения конкурентоспособности данной отрасли будет особенно реальной. В результате авторы предлагают в дальнейшем в качестве совершенствования государственной политики в сфере развития АПК осуществлять меры активной государственной поддержки АПК, не нарушающих правила ВТО, разработать программы адресной продовольственной помощи социально-незащищенных слоев населения. In modern conditions, the development of the agro-industrial complex, including material, financial and labor resources, is extremely important for the food security of the state. The agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which includes agriculture and food processing, is the main supplier of food to the population of the country and the state of food security of Kazakhstan directly depends on its successful activity. The purpose of this article is to disclose the role, significance of the agro-industrial complex for ensuring food security in Kazakhstan, identifying the dependence of food production on various factors, based on the use of mathematical modeling methods – correlation and regression analysis. The object of research in this article is the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan. The article examines the impact on the volume of agricultural output of the following factors: subsidies, investments in fixed assets, the volume of lending, the level of activity in the field of innovation, the level of employment in agriculture. It was revealed that the state support of the agro-industrial complex in the form of a financial instrument – subsidies and investments in fixed assets of agriculture – has the greatest impact on the volume of agricultural production. It is shown that there has been a negative trend in the development of agriculture and the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan, as an outflow of labor resources from the industry due to low salary. The authors came to the conclusion that until a sufficient inflow of investments is ensured in the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan in order to implement large-scale modernization and reconstruction of agricultural production, the technical and technological lag will remain in the industry, therefore, the problem of increasing the competitiveness of this industry will be especially real. As a result, the authors propose, in the future, to improve the state policy in the field of agro-industrial complex development, to implement measures of active state support for the agro-industrial complex that do not violate the WTO (World Trade Organization) rules, to develop programs for targeted food assistance to socially unprotected segments of the population.

Global climate policy will focus on land use

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Trade Offs

Subject Food security and land management. Significance A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reviewing the impacts of climate change on land highlights that climate change is happening faster over land than the global average. This has direct negative impacts for agricultural production, water availability and food security. However, the increasing severity of these impacts will also reduce longer-term adaptation options through land-based strategies, and the ability of soil to act as a carbon sink. The prospect of large-scale bioenergy-based technologies to achieve negative emissions also faces trade-offs and competition with other land uses. Impacts Better natural capital accounting for ecosystem services will incentivise climate-sensitive land management strategies. Carbon pricing may expand to agricultural systems, but is thus far untested. Investment in early-warning systems can reduce risks from extreme weather events on agricultural production.

scholarly journals Alternative methods for calculating optimal safety stock levels

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ashkan Mirzaee
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Random Demand ◽  
Safety Stock ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Gamma Distributions ◽  
Proposed Model

This work considers the problem of safety stock levels for the production of multiple items, each with random demand, across multiple facilities. The traditional methodology for calculating safety stock is discussed and an alternative method for improving service levels is offered. Normal and Gamma distributions are considered to estimate safety stock levels, and the performance of both models, along with a hybrid approach, are tested on a large-scale case study example. The results of this case study indicate that a better inventory policy with less underage and overage cost can be achieved by using the proposed model and solution procedure.

scholarly journals Adopting “Difference-in-Differences” Method to Monitor Crop Response to Agrometeorological Hazards with Satellite Data: A Case Study of Dry-Hot Wind

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Shuai Wang ◽  
Yuhan Rao ◽  
Jin Chen ◽  
Licong Liu ◽  
Wenqing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Confounding Factors ◽  
Crop Response ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
The Impact

Rapid changing climate has increased the risk of natural hazards and threatened global and regional food security. Near real-time monitoring of crop response to agrometeorological hazards is fundamental to ensuring national and global food security. However, quantifying crop responses to a specific hazard in the natural environment is still quite challenging, especially over large areas, due to the lack of tools to separate the independent impact of the hazard on crops from other confounding factors. In this study, we present a general difference-in-differences (DID) framework to monitor crop response to agrometeorological hazards at near real-time using widely accessible remotely sensed vegetation indices (VIs). To demonstrate the effectiveness of the DID framework, we applied it in quantifying the dry-hot wind impact on winter wheat in northern China as a case study using the VIs calculated from the MODIS data. The monitoring results for three years with varying severity levels of dry-hot events (i.e., 2007, 2013, and 2014) demonstrated that the framework can effectively detect winter wheat growing areas affected by dry-hot wind hazards. The estimated damage shows a notable relationship (R2 = 0.903, p < 0.001) with the dry-hot wind intensity calculated from meteorological data, suggesting the effectiveness of the method when field data on a large scale is not available for direct validation. The main advantage of this method is that it can effectively isolate the impact of a specific hazard (i.e., dry-hot wind in the case study) from the mixed signals caused by other confounding factors. This general DID framework is very flexible and can be easily extended to other natural hazards and crop types with proper adjustment. Not only can this framework improve the crop yield forecast but also it can provide near real-time assessment for farmers to adapt their farming practice to mitigate impacts of agricultural hazards.

A Family With Autosomal-Dominant Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Halpin ◽  
Barbara Herrmann ◽  
Margaret Whearty
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
The Family ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
Language Pathology

The family described in this article provides an unusual opportunity to relate findings from genetic, histological, electrophysiological, psychophysical, and rehabilitative investigation. Although the total number evaluated is large (49), the known, living affected population is smaller (14), and these are spread from age 20 to age 59. As a result, the findings described above are those of a large-scale case study. Clearly, more data will be available through longitudinal study of the individuals documented in the course of this investigation but, given the slow nature of the progression in this disease, such studies will be undertaken after an interval of several years. The general picture presented to the audiologist who must rehabilitate these cases is that of a progressive cochlear degeneration that affects only thresholds at first, and then rapidly diminishes speech intelligibility. The expected result is that, after normal language development, the patient may accept hearing aids well, encouraged by the support of the family. Performance and satisfaction with the hearing aids is good, until the onset of the speech intelligibility loss, at which time the patient will encounter serious difficulties and may reject hearing aids as unhelpful. As the histological and electrophysiological results indicate, however, the eighth nerve remains viable, especially in the younger affected members, and success with cochlear implantation may be expected. Audiologic counseling efforts are aided by the presence of role models and support from the other affected members of the family. Speech-language pathology services were not considered important by the members of this family since their speech production developed normally and has remained very good. Self-correction of speech was supported by hearing aids and cochlear implants (Case 5’s speech production was documented in Perkell, Lane, Svirsky, & Webster, 1992). These patients received genetic counseling and, due to the high penetrance of the disease, exhibited serious concerns regarding future generations and the hope of a cure.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner--A case study in large-scale design integration

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. McMullin ◽  
A. R. Jacobsen ◽  
D. C. Carvan ◽  
R. J. Gardner ◽  
J. A. Goegan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Design Integration ◽  
Scale Design
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