scholarly journals Emerging Horticultural Research and Education Opportunities in Myanmar

HortScience ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 1141-1144
Author(s):  
Tim D. Davis ◽  
Eric M. Bost ◽  
Carmen N. Byce
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Horticultural Crop ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Significant Opportunity

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (also known as Burma) has been undergoing political transformation in recent years that has opened up new opportunities for agricultural development. Agriculture is an important component of the country’s economy, and horticultural production has good potential for fostering development. Compared with many other developing countries, Myanmar is relatively rich in natural resources (e.g., water) that could support diverse horticultural crop production. Precipitation is relatively abundant but seasonable, and much of the country is frost free. Nonetheless, for the vast majority of fruit and vegetable crops, yields are well below world averages. The agriculture sector contributes 38% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs more than 60% of the workforce. However, Myanmar has only one agricultural university, and the supply of well-qualified graduates is far below that which is needed for a robust horticultural sector. Horticulture is one of the major departments at the agricultural university. Many faculty and students are enthusiastic, motivated, and open to professional development. Hence, there is a significant opportunity to increase academic and technical capacity in horticulture. Specific areas of need include seed science technology, improved fertilizer use, pest management practices, postharvest technology, improved genetic resources, application of biotechnology, and increased extension advisory services. Although there are many obstacles to overcome, improved and sustainable horticultural crop production provides a significant opportunity for addressing human nutrition and economic development issues in the country.

The Evolution of Effective Leadership Practices in Botswana Horticulture Council

2015 ◽  
pp. 158-172
Author(s):  
Cheneso Bolden Montsho ◽  
Dama Mosweunyane
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Horticultural Crop ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Marketing Efficiency ◽  
Effective Leadership Practices

Botswana Horticultural Council was formed by District Horticultural Associations. It represents and advocates for the interest and development of horticultural farmers. Botswana Horticultural Council leads the associations by acting as their voice, protecting their interest, advocating for conducive and favourable horticultural policies, working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture for promoting and facilitating sound extension services for horticulture farmers in the country. Extension Service provides technical knowledge and skills for improved horticultural crop production that ensures good quality products. Botswana Horticultural Council creates linkages by networking with other relevant organizations within the country and outside. It promotes sustainability of the horticultural business in the country by ensuring improved management practices, conformity to the required production standards, good handling and packaging of products, proper records keeping and marketing efficiency. It plays a leading and coordinative role in horticultural crop production in Botswana.

scholarly journals A review article on role of information and communication technology in agriculture and factors affecting its dissemination in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Aastha Bhusal ◽  
Sagar GC ◽  
Laxman Khatri
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Smart Mobile

The information and communication technology (ICT) is vital for the farming communities to intensify agricultural development in Nepal. This review presents the research in ICT highlighting the role of ICT in the agriculture sector and various factors affecting the dissemination process. About 60.4% of the total population is dependent on agriculture in Nepal. However, due to lack of awareness and higher cost of technology, the smallholder’s farmers are deprived of receiving the reliable and recent information on agriculture resulting in reduction in crop production and productivity. In order to strengthen the existing extension system, it is important to minimize the cost of the technology transfer process and make people aware of the effective use of technologies. The knowledge on the new and innovative ideas need to be easily disseminated to the youth groups as they are using smart mobile phones and can easily receive the information. Furthermore, the review reveals that there is an urgent need to disseminate simple and compatible agricultural information to reduce the farming risk and maximize farm benefits

scholarly journals Climate change impacts on agriculture sector: A case study of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uzair Ali ◽  
Wang Jing ◽  
Jialin Zhu ◽  
Zhibek Omarkhanova ◽  
Shah Fahad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Temperature And Precipitation ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change

ABSTRACT: The current article looks at the effects of climate change on agriculture, especially crop production, and influence factors of agricultural development in terms of their rational use in Pakistan. Due to the dependence of economic development, and agriculture in the South Asian region on access to renewable national resources and the associated vulnerability to climate change, the limited financial and professional resources of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan require a clear definition of national priorities in this area. In the preparation of this article, general scientific cognition methods, in particular, empirical-theoretical methods were used. Grouping and classification methods have been used to process and systematize the data. The ability to change productivity, depending on the variation of the average annual air temperature and the average annual precipitation rate, was considered using a two-factor regression model. The main finding of the study is that temperature and precipitation have a negative impact on agricultural production. This study can provide a scientific justification for the specialization of agricultural production in the regions of Pakistan as well as the execution of the necessary agricultural activities.

The Evolution of Effective Leadership Practices in Botswana Horticulture Council

2016 ◽  
pp. 308-319
Author(s):  
Cheneso Bolden Montsho ◽  
Dama Mosweunyane
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Horticultural Crop ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Marketing Efficiency ◽  
Effective Leadership Practices

Botswana Horticultural Council was formed by District Horticultural Associations. It represents and advocates for the interest and development of horticultural farmers. Botswana Horticultural Council leads the associations by acting as their voice, protecting their interest, advocating for conducive and favourable horticultural policies, working closely with the Ministry of Agriculture for promoting and facilitating sound extension services for horticulture farmers in the country. Extension Service provides technical knowledge and skills for improved horticultural crop production that ensures good quality products. Botswana Horticultural Council creates linkages by networking with other relevant organizations within the country and outside. It promotes sustainability of the horticultural business in the country by ensuring improved management practices, conformity to the required production standards, good handling and packaging of products, proper records keeping and marketing efficiency. It plays a leading and coordinative role in horticultural crop production in Botswana.

scholarly journals DAMAGING NATURE OF FALL ARMYWORM AND ITS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN MAIZE: A REVIEW

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-85
Author(s):  
Shirisa Acharya ◽  
Subham Kaphle ◽  
Jaya Upadhayay ◽  
Abina Pokhrel ◽  
Sabina Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Fall Armyworm ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Agricultural Crop ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Young Leaves ◽  
Ecologically Sustainable

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a polyphagous pest which is arising as one of the major threats to agricultural crop production. It has around 80 host species that cause severe damage to cereals and vegetable crops. This pest was first discovered in Africa (2016) and first collected and reported in Nepal at Nawalparasi district on 9th may 2019. The larvae of FAW are found on young leaves, leaf whorls, tassels or cobs according to their growth stages. First instar larvae scrape leaves and shows pin-hole symptoms and window-pane feeding symptoms whereas in the later vegetative stages, damage results in skeletonised leaves and heavily windowed whorls. If climatic condition for pest establishment is suitable this pest could cause approximately 100% crop loss in maize if not managed in time. Regular scouting, push and pull method, black light traps, commonly available botanicals like neem locally available materials like ash and some recommended insecticides with recommended dose can be used for the control of fall armyworm. There is an urgent need for developing ecologically sustainable, economically profitable, and socially acceptable integrated pest management strategies to mitigate the impacts of the fall armyworm and not just rely on single management practice.

scholarly journals Operationalizing crop monitoring system for informed decision making related to food security in Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-8 ◽  
pp. 1325-1330 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. M. Qamer ◽  
S. N. Pd. Shah ◽  
M. S. R. Murthy ◽  
T. Baidar ◽  
K. Dhonju ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Vegetation Indices ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Crop Growth ◽  
Crop Monitoring ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
High Degree

In Nepal, two thirds of the total population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and more than one third of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from the agriculture sector. However, effective agriculture production across the country remains a serious challenge due to various factors, such as a high degree of spatial and temporal climate variability, irrigated and rain-fed agriculture systems, farmers' fragile social and economic fabric, and unique mountain practices. ICIMOD through SERVIR-Himalaya initiative with collaboration of Ministry of Agricultural Development (MoAD) is working on developing a comprehensive crop monitoring system which aims to provide timely information on crop growth and drought development conditions. This system analyzes historical climate and crop conditions patterns and compares this data with the current growing season to provide timely assessment of crop growth. Using remote sensing data for vegetation indices, temperature and rainfall, the system generated anomaly maps are inferred to predict the increase or shortfall in production. Comparisons can be made both spatially and in graphs and figures at district and Village Developmental Committee (VDC) levels. Timely information on possible anomaly in crop production is later used by the institutions like Ministry of Agricultural Development, Nepal and World Food Programme, Nepal to trigger appropriate management response. Future potential includes integrating data on agricultural inputs, socioeconomics, demographics, and transportation to holistically assess food security in the region served by SERVIR-Himalaya.

scholarly journals Hygienic assessment of the trace elements content in crop production in an industrially developed region

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (9) ◽  
pp. 918-924
Author(s):  
Rustem A. Daukaev ◽  
Tatyana K. Larionova ◽  
Ahat B. Bakirov ◽  
Evgeny G. Stepanov ◽  
Anna S. Fazlieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Trace Elements ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Toxic Elements ◽  
Chemical Elements ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Degree Of Contamination ◽  
Safety Control ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. Agricultural crops grown on garden plots are mainly used for personal consumption, are not subject to safety control, and therefore, the chemical composition of the produced crop products may significantly affect the accumulation or deficiency of chemical elements in the human body. Material and methods. To assess the chemical composition of the main products of plant origin produced in the regions of the Republic of Bashkortostan with different economic specialization, the content of 9 trace elements in carrots, table beets and potatoes was determined by atomic absorption spectrometry (n = 353). Using the total coefficient of anthropogenic load (Ka.n. = ∑Ci/PDUi), the territory of the Republic was ranked according to the degree of contamination of vegetable crops with toxic elements (lead, cadmium). The influence of trace elements contained in crop products on the health of the region’s population was studied using the risk assessment method. Results. Vegetables with a high content of cadmium (10.8% of the analyzed samples) occupy the largest share in the total volume of crop production that does not meet hygiene standards. When ranking the territory of the Republic on the basis of health risk assessment and the degree of contamination of vegetable crops with toxic elements, territories with a developed mining and petrochemical industry were found to be most unfavorable zones. Conclusion. The content of chemical elements in vegetable crops produced on household plots varies in a wide range, depending on the type of plant products and the place of growth. The lack of standards for the permissible content of certain trace elements in food raw materials and food products, which are priority pollutants in a number of regions, and safety control of products produced in private farms increase the risk of consumption of contaminated products by the population.

scholarly journals CURRENT STATE AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNICAL BASIS OF AGRICULTURE

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
Farit Mukhametgaliev ◽  
Fidaniya Sadrieva ◽  
Elmira Amirova ◽  
Elena Gubanova ◽  
Galina Zakharova
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Complex Mechanization ◽  
Production Economic ◽  
The Republic

Agriculture is the central link in the agro-industrial complex, an important source of income and an instrument for ensuring the country's food security. In modern research works, the fundamentals of the development of the technical base of the agricultural economy sector have not been practically revealed. Issues related to the formation and functioning of the agricultural machinery market remain unresolved. In this regard, the search for solutions to the problem of complex mechanization of agriculture is becoming especially relevant in modern conditions. The scientific novelty of the work is to justify the need to improve technical equipment and practical recommendations for the development of the innovative base of agriculture. Provisions that determine the scientific novelty of the study are: to identify the main trends in the changes in the elements of the material and technical base of agriculture in the Republic of Tatarstan and to reveal the necessary modernization and innovative development of the technical base. The practical potential of the research results is to increase the economic efficiency of the technical base of agriculture in the republic. Theoretical and practical results of the study can be recommended for use in the formation of programs for the development of technical equipment of the republican agrarian sector, planning of agricultural production, economic analysis of the economic activity of agricultural enterprises and organizations. Not only the development of the agro-industrial complex as a whole, but also the improvement of the quality of life of the population and its provision with food products depend on the efficiency of using the technical base. The most important agricultural sector in our country is crop production, which produces about 60% of this type of product. The priority area for agricultural development is stable technical support for business development. The solution to this problem largely depends on the use of structural elements of the technical base, on the conditions of its operation and reproduction, on susceptibility to various innovations and on high adaptability to a changing external environment.

Bok Choy, an Asian Leafy Green Vegetable Emerging in Florida

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (6) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Hai Liu ◽  
Guodong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Green Vegetable ◽  
General Overview

Asian vegetable crops are rapidly expanding in Florida in the last decade due to their health benefits combined with their high profitability. These crops can help increase vegetable growers’ income and diversify Florida’s crop production, and they are new to most Floridians. This new 5-page article provides a general overview of bok choy for vegetable growers, crop consultants, certified crop advisors, Extension agents, and graduate students. Written by Hai Liu and Guodong Liu and published by the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1337

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