On the Trail of Tilleul

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
kelly gibson
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Herbal Tea ◽  
Personal Story ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Production And Consumption

““On the Trail of Tilleul”” is my personal story of a trip I made to France's Drôôme region to research the history and culture of one of its most renowned agricultural products, lindenflower tisane (herbal tea or infusion). A familiar element of the French landscape, linden trees produce fragrant blossoms which are hand-harvested, dried and consumed as a tea, both for its pleasing, delicate bouquet and for the mild digestive and sleep benefits it offers. Recently, both the production and consumption of lindenflower tisane in the Drôôme region have declined, threatened by cheap, poor quality imports from China and Eastern Europe, as well as changing tastes and dining habits. Interviews with lindenflower producers in the Drôôme region provide background on its cultivation, harvest and post-harvest handling.

scholarly journals Water footprint of Xiamen city from production and consumption perspectives (2001–2012)

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 472-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiefeng Kang ◽  
Jianyi Lin ◽  
Shenghui Cui ◽  
Xiangyang Li
Keyword(s):  
Water Footprint ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Average Production ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Xiamen City ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The City ◽  
Per Capita Consumption

Providing a comprehensive insight, water footprint (WF) is widely used to analyze and address water-use issues. In this study, a hybrid of bottom-up and top-down methods is applied to calculate, from production and consumption perspectives, the WF for Xiamen city from 2001 to 2012. Results show that the average production WF of Xiamen was 881.75 Mm3/year and remained relatively stable during the study period, while the consumption WF of Xiamen increased from 979.56 Mm3/year to 1,664.97 Mm3/year over the study period. Xiamen thus became a net importer of virtual water since 2001. Livestock was the largest contributor to the total WF from both production and consumption perspectives; it was followed by crops, industry, household use, and commerce. The efficiency of the production WF has increased in Xiamen, and its per capita consumption WF was relatively low. The city faces continuing growth in its consumption WF, so more attention should be paid to improving local irrigation, reducing food waste, and importing water-intensive agricultural products.

scholarly journals Bestsellers, reading habits and ideology

Comunicar ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (27) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Miguel Angel Martínez-Cabeza ◽  
María del Carmen Espínola-Rosillo
Keyword(s):  
Da Vinci ◽  
Popular Fiction ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Cultura Popular ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Literary Quality

Readers of bestsellers, books which sell over 100.000 copies in a short time, feel ashamed to acknowledge such wguilty pleasuresn in view of the general opinion against their poor literary quality. The equation between high number of readers and poor quality has not been solved but there is little doubt that the impact of bestsellers mirrors and afects the ways in which we envisage our present, past and future. Precisely this capacity of popular fiction to articulate contemporary issues calls for critica1 analysis. This paper tackles the issue from the penpective of popular fiction studies considering factors and issues involved in the success of bestselling fiction both in its production and consumption. Because of their international dimension, «The Da Vinci Code» and «Harry Potter» offer two unavoidable paradigms in adult and children fiction to be considered. A menudo los lectores de novelas, que alcanzan cifras de venta superiores a los cien mil ejemplares en poco tiempo, los llamados «bestsellers» o «fastsellers», parecen obligados a ocultarlo o justificarlo dada la opinión dominante acerca de su escasa calidad literaria. La ecuación a mayor número de lectores menor calidad está por demostrar, pero lo que no ofrece duda es que, precisamente por su impacto, estos textos influyen y reflejan el modo en que entendemos e imaginamos nuestro presente, pasado y futuro. Por esto, las obras de ficción popular que alcanzan tales niveles de difusión requieren análisis crítico. Este trabajo aborda dicho análisis desde la perspectiva de los estudios de cultura popular considerando los factores y condiciones de éxito de los bestsellers, analizándose dos éxitos recientes cuya dimensión internacional establece un paradigma en la industria editorial y de la cultura: «Harry Potter» y «El código da Vinci».

scholarly journals Improving the Concentrations of the Active Components in the Herbal Tea Ingredient, Uraria crinita: The Effect of Post-harvest Oven-drying Processing

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung Chao ◽  
Yuntao Dai ◽  
Hao-Yuan Cheng ◽  
Wing Lam ◽  
Yung-Chi Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Components ◽  
Herbal Tea ◽  
Oven Drying ◽  
Post Harvest

scholarly journals Environmental implications of agriculture trade in Nepal

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Krishna P. Pant
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The World ◽  
Agriculture And Environment

International trade of the goods and services has implications to environment via their effects on environment on production and consumption. Agriculture being closely linked with the natural environment the trade of agricultural products and the inputs required for agriculture affects the environment. This paper attempts to identify and analyze trade issues of environmental protection that mainly falls under the purview of Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade under the World Trade Organization. The analyses will be helpful to identify and understand trade remedy measures that protect environment required for more sustainable agricultural development. The Journal of AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 30-37

scholarly journals Pengaruh variasi kecepatan udara dan massa bahan terhadap waktu pengeringan jagung pada alat fluidized bed

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Syahrul ◽  
R. Romdhani ◽  
Mirmanto Mirmanto
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Air Velocity ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Air Speed ◽  
Maximum Moisture Content

Indonesia is an agricultural country that has many agricultural products so that post-harvest handling is necessary so that the crop is not quickly broken when stored or distributed. One harvests in Indonesia, which require post-harvest handling such as corn. Based on SNI, the maximum moisture content of corn feed raw material has a moisture content of 14%. The water content of the corn used is 20% with a tolerance of ± 0.5%. Variations air speed used is 5 m /s, 6 m /s and 7 m /s with a variation of the mass of material that is 0.5 kg, 1 kg, and 1.5 kg. With the variation of air velocity and mass of the material showed that the higher the speed of the air, the faster drying time. In addition, the heavier material is drained, it will take longer. Variations of air velocity and mass of materials that require the fastest drying time is the air speed of 7 m /s with a mass of 0.5 kg. Variations of air velocity and mass of material that takes the longest drying air is at a speed of 5 m / s with a mass of 1.5 kg of material.

scholarly journals Effect of pre harvest application of boron and zinc on post harvest quality and vaselife of carnation

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 232-235
Author(s):  
Likhitha Raj ◽  
Siddappa Siddappa ◽  
S. Varalakshmi ◽  
H. M. Vikas ◽  
C. H. Girjakumari
Keyword(s):  
Foliar Application ◽  
Foliar Spray ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Vase Life ◽  
Flower Stalk ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Flower Diameter ◽  
Maximum Water ◽  
Stalk Length

The study was conducted to determine the effect of pre harvest spray of micronutrients like boron, zinc and its combination on post harvest quality and vase life of carnation. Post harvest quality of flowers like flower stalk length (65.61 cm) was maximum in the plant treated with zinc (0.3 per cent), and calyx splitting (3.12 per cent) was minimum in the plants treated with boron (0.1 per cent). Flower diameter (6.64 cm) was highest with boron (0.1 per cent) + zinc (0.3 per cent) treatment. Plants without micronutrient treatment produced poor quality flowers. Regarding vase life studies maximum water uptake and minimum transpiration loss from first day to sixteenth day was resulted in the flowers which are obtained from the plant treated with boron (0.1 per cent). The maximum fresh weight of the flower was noticed in combination of boron (0.1 per cent) + zinc (0.3 per cent) from first to sixteenth day. The foliar spray of boron (0.1 per cent) recorded maximum vase life (11.05 days). So the good quality of flowers can be improved by the foliar spray of zinc, calyx splitting can be controlled by boron foliar spray and vase life of the flower can be maintained by foliar spray of boron. It is confirmed that the foliar application of micronutrient is very much helpful for the improvement of post harvest quality and vase life of carnation.

scholarly journals UJI UNJUK KERJA ALAT DAN MESIN PERONTOK MULTIGUNA (Multipurpose Power Thresher Performance Test)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-16
Author(s):  
Iqbal Iqbal ◽  
Suhardi Suhardi ◽  
Sri Ayu Nirisnawati
Keyword(s):  
Engine Speed ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Grain Damage ◽  
Quality Testing ◽  
Efficiency Test

Loss of agricultural products occurs in post-harvest handling process. The threshing process is part of the rice post-harvest that can be done with various techniques and various types of rice thresher machine. Multipurpose thresher is  one type of thresher that can thresh the grains such as rice and soybeans. The aim of Performance efficiency test is to determine the performance efficiency of the thresher. The parameters measured were threshing capacity, threshing efficiency, and thresher quality. Testing is done by using the engine speed of 2500 rpm and 3000 rpm, with the tested varieties of rice varieties Ciherang and Bestari. Test results show that the efficiency of Ciherang varieties cutting is better if using the speed of rotation 2500 rpm engine. If using a speed of 3000 rpm occurs losses results. As for Bestari varieties more efficient if using a speed of 3000 rpm. The higher the speed of rotation of the machine then the level of grain damage will also increase Keywords: rice, threshing, varieties, multipurpose thresher   ABSTRAK Kehilangan hasil pertanian banyak terjadi pada proses penanganan pascapanen. Proses perontokan merupakan bagian dari pascapanen padi yang dapat dilakukan dengan berbagai teknik dan berbagai jenis mesin perontok padi. Alat perontok multiguna termasuk salah satu jenis perontok yang dapat merontokkan biji-bijian seperti padi dan kedelai. Pengujian efisiensi kinerja alat perontok multiguna bertujuan untuk mengetahui efisiensi kinerja alat perontok. Parameter yang diukur adalah kapasitas perontokan, efisiensi perontokan, dan kualitas perontokan. Pengujian tersebut dilakukan dengan menggunakan kecepatan putaran mesin 2500 rpm dan 3000 rpm, dengan varietas padi yang diuji yaitu varietas Ciherang dan Bestari. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa efisiensi perontokan varietas Ciherang lebih baik jika menggunakan kecepatan putaran mesin 2500 rpm. Jika menggunakan kecepatan putaran mesin 3000 rpm terjadi susut hasil. Sedangkan untuk varietas Bestari lebih efisien jika menggunakan kecepatan putaran mesin 3000 rpm. Semakin tinggi kecepatan putaran mesin maka tingkat kerusakan gabah juga akan semakin meningkat. Kata kunci : padi, perontokan, varietas, rpm, perontok multiguna  

scholarly journals Perilaku Konsumtif Keluarga Petani Padi Pasca Panen di Gampong Matang Maneh Aceh Utara

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
M Husen MR ◽  
Maulin Maulina
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Consumptive Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Consumptive behavior does not only affect modern urban society. The reality is that farmers who generally live in rural areas are also influenced by the consumptive culture. Post-harvest agricultural products are used as a momentum for shopping. The commodities purchased are not limited to necessities but also other needs that are the fulfillment of desires. This study focuses on farmers who do not own land in farming rice and have post-harvest consumptive behavior. Besides, this study also looks at the impact of consumer behavior on their lives. This research uses qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. The results showed that the motives of the families in Gampong Matang Maneh for post-harvest consumptive behavior were the availability of costs and the desire to behave consumptively. The impact of consumptive behavior on post-harvest farmers in Gampong Matang Maneh includes being unable to pay rent for land and difficulty meeting basic needs. Meanwhile, the efforts in meeting their daily needs are (a) involving family members to working, (b) and owes for basic needs.AbstrakPerilaku konsumtif tidak hanya menjangkiti masyarakat modern perkotaan. Realitasnya para petani yang umumnya hidup di wilayah pedesaan juga terpengaruh budaya konsumtif. Pasca panen hasil pertanian dijadikan momentum untuk berbelanja. Komoditas yang dibeli tidak terbatas pada kebutuhan pokok melainkan juga kebutuhan lain yang bersifat pemenuhan hasrat dan keinginan. Penelitian ini memfokuskan pada petani yang tidak memiliki lahan sendiri dalam bertani padi dan berperilaku konsumtif pasca panen. Selain itu, studi ini juga melihat dampak yang ditimbulkan dari perilaku konsumtif terhadap kehidupan keluarga petani. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa motif keluarga petani di Gampong Matang Maneh berperilaku konsumtif pasca panen adalah tersedianya biaya dan keinginan berperilaku konsumtif. Adapun dampak perilaku konsumtif terhadap petani pasca panen di Gampong Matang Maneh diantaranya tidak sanggup membayar sewa tanah dan kesulitan memenuhi kebutuhan pokok. Sementara upaya yang dilakukan dalam memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari adalah (a) melibatkan anggota keluarga dalam bekerja, (b) dan mengutang kebutuhan pokok.

Emerging Trends for High-Value Agricultural Products in India: Production, Consumption and the Nutritional Fallout

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Price Effect ◽  
Capita Expenditure ◽  
Changing Trends ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Indian Diet

High-value agricultural products (HVAP) have been gaining importance in India recently owing to their contribution towards improving farmers’ income and consumers’ health awareness. The study empirically examined the changing trends in the production and consumption of HVAP and the nutritional fallout in rural and urban India during 2000-2019 using regression analysis and calculation of growth rates. The results showed a growth rate of 4.3 percent in the production of HVAP and 9 percent for that per capita expenditure on food. However, the growth of per capita availability was 2.3, and 80 percent of the population had a nutritional intake lower than the recommended diet levels. The study pointed at the price effect, inadequate availability and nutritional gaps in the Indian diet.

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