scholarly journals Agricultural Informatics as a Branch of Study in Information Sciences and Technology Domain-A Proposal towards Digital Agriculture

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-65
Author(s):  
P. K. Paul ◽  
R. R. Sinha ◽  
Pappachan Baby ◽  
K. S. Shivraj ◽  
Bashiru Aremu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Programs ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Agricultural Engineering ◽  
Digital Agriculture ◽  
Technology Domain ◽  
Information Sciences

Agricultural Informatics is a valuable domain in the field of interdisciplinary sciences. This is responsible for the applications of Information Technology, Computing and similar technologies into the agricultural activities. This is the combination of Agricultural Science and Information Sciences. The field due to technological nature is much closed with the Agricultural Engineering or Agricultural Technology. There are many allied and similar nomenclature of the fields but all of these are primarily responsible for the same purpose. The field is rapidly increasing in recent past and most practiced in the developed nation. However, in developing countries as well Agricultural Informatics becomes an emerging field of practice and growing rapidly. Agricultural Informatics is growing both in pre and post agricultural activity. This branch is considered as branch of Information Sciences & Technology due to its technological applications in the field of agriculture and allied areas. Information Sciences are the broadest field within the allied branches and growing rapidly. Agricultural Informatics educational programs have started in recent past in different level and stream of education viz. science and technology. However within the broad periphery of Information Sciences it could be offered in other streams and under the wide variety of Information Sciences. This paper is broad and interdisciplinary in nature and deals with the aspects of the Information Sciences and Technology including features, nature, scope and also the potentialities in respect of Agricultural Informatics.

scholarly journals Impacts of Agricultural Land Acquisition for Urbanization on Agricultural Activities of Affected Households: A Case Study in Huong Thuy Town, Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8559
Author(s):  
Nhung Pham Thi ◽  
Martin Kappas ◽  
Heiko Faust
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Mixed Data ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Farmland Abandonment ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Government

Agricultural land acquisition for urbanization (ALAFU) has strongly impacted agriculture in Vietnam during the last decades. Given the mixed data obtained from a survey with 50 households who lost 50% of their farmland area (in-depth interviews, a group-focused discussion and observation) this study shows the different impacts of ALAFU on each agricultural activity of affected household by comparing before and after ALAFU. Rice cultivation and animal breeding have sharply declined, but potted flower plantation (PFP) has quickly grown and is the main income of 34% of surveyed households. Rice cultivation has declined not only as a result of agricultural land acquisition, which has resulted in the loss of rice land, but also as a result of urbanization, which has resulted in rice land abandonment. Conversely, PFP is growing due to advantages associated with urbanization, such as a good consumer market and upgraded infrastructure. However, whether they are declining or increasing, all agricultural activities have to face challenges related to the shortcomings in agricultural land allocation and agricultural development plans. This study suggests that if ALAFU projects are continued, the government should evaluate agricultural development and forecast farmland abandonment after ALAFU. Simultaneously, they should put more effort into maintaining agriculture in the form of peri-urban or urban agriculture, which is significant for sustainable development in affected communities.

scholarly journals Rainfall Characteristics in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra State

2021 ◽  
pp. 355-362
Author(s):  
Dr. Vasudev S. Salunke ◽  
Pramila. P. Zaware
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Annual Rainfall ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Variability ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Rainfall Distribution ◽  
Rainfall Characteristics ◽  
Average Annual Rainfall

Rainfall is one of the vital form of precipitation which affects not only agricultural activity but also entire ecology in any region. Hence rainfall distribution and its trends in district is important to understand water availability and to take decisions for the agricultural activities in area. This research paper is an effort to assess the spatial and temporal rainfall variability of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State. Ahmednagar is popularly known as the largest district of Maharashtra with fourteen Talukas. The average annual rainfall of this district is 621 mm with an average of 46 rainy days. In this study the spatial and temporal rainfall distribution of this district is taken in to account. Short-term annual rainfall data are considered from 1998 to 2014. The daily rainfalls of monsoon months of all the fourteen Taluka are analyzed for the year 2015.It was found that spatial and temporal variability is high in the District.

scholarly journals Consequences of ATMA Project and Related Constraints and Suggestions in Anand District of Gujarat in India

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasvant Matwa ◽  
Girish Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Technology System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
To Receive

ATMA is a society of key stakeholders involved in agricultural activities for sustainable agricultural development in the district. It is a focal point for integrating research and extension activities and decentralizing day-to-day management of the public Agricultural Technology System (ATS). It is a registered society responsible for technology dissemination at the district level. As a society, it would be able to receive and expend project funds, entering into contracts and agreements and maintaining revolving accounts that can be used to collect fees and thereby recovering operating cost.

scholarly journals Methodological approaches to environmental assessment of rural settlements for justification of the sustainable development strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 03016
Author(s):  
L.A. Mezhova ◽  
E.A. Mikheeva ◽  
Yu.N. Gladkiy ◽  
S.S. Popov ◽  
O.Yu. Sushkova
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Rural Environment ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Methodological Approaches

The article studies methodological approaches to the environmental assessment of the quality of the environment and the quality of the population of rural settlements. The components of the “rural environment” of life activity include the factors of life support of rural residents or are the resource potential that determine the viability and vitality of the rural environment. The polystructurality of the living environment forms a special functional regime within the boundaries of rural settlements and agricultural activities. At the present stage, the population of rural settlements is experiencing the following negative factors: an increase in morbidity, genetic disorders, mortality, complication of social relations, and economic decline. The life activity of a rural resident is closely interrelated with the natural environment, agricultural activities and has wide spatial boundaries, including various spectra: home, household, objects of agricultural activity. The result of the processing is the compilation of morphometric maps. The map is the basis for creating predictive models for the course of exogenous processes. A monitoring algorithm, which collects data according to the scheme of a typical random nest selection, is important for the environmental analysis of the living environment of rural residents. The sample range, which guarantees the survey of various features of rural settlements, is calculated according to the rules of the sampling method for 145 villages. Rural settlements within the Voronezh region with a population of more than 500 people were studied in terms of medical and demographic indicators.

scholarly journals Bentuk-Bentuk Modernisasi Pertanian Studi Kasus Masyarakat Petani Di Desa Soki Kecamatan Belo Kabupaten Bima Nusa Tenggara Barat

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rostati Rostati ◽  
Lutfin Haryanto ◽  
Jessy Parmawati Atmaja
Keyword(s):  
Major Change ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Processing Stage ◽  
Agricultural Modernization ◽  
Farming Community ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
The Government ◽  
Traditional Pattern ◽  
Depth Interviews

Agricultural modernization is a major change in agricultural patterns, namely from a traditional pattern (using various traditional methods) to a more advanced or modern pattern, which includes various aspects including; agricultural institutions and agricultural technology. The purpose of this study was to analyze the forms of agricultural modernization on farmers in Soki Village, Belo District, Bima Regency. The research method used is qualitative. The informants in this study were the farming community and the government in Soki Village. The data techniques in this study were observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The data validity used triangulation technique. The results showed forms of agricultural modernization in the farming community in Soki Village, from the paddy field processing stage to the post-harvest stage of rice and shallots, the farming community in Soki Village carried out agricultural activities using technological tools, but not all agricultural activities were carried out and used tools. agricultural technology because the farming community still understands traditional agricultural tools such as the habit of cutting rice, hoes for beating and leveling the land and planting the shallot method still doing the old or traditional

scholarly journals Network Structure and Influencing Factors of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Spatial Correlation Network—A Study Based on Data from 30 Provinces in China

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1773
Author(s):  
Fulin Wang ◽  
Ling Wu ◽  
Fan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Correlation Network ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Agricultural Science And Technology

Based on the perspective of the value chain of agricultural science and technology innovation, in this paper, we divided the process of agricultural science and technology innovation into two stages: the Research and Development (R&D) of agricultural technology and the application of agricultural technology. We took the efficiency of agricultural science and technology innovation of the two stages as a comprehensive index measure for the development of agricultural science and technology innovation in China. On this basis, we used social network analysis to establish a two-stage spatial correlation network for the innovation development of agricultural science and technology in China. The spatial-temporal evolution trends, structural characteristics, and influencing factors of the network were analyzed from the three aspects of the overall, local, and individual network structure. The results show that: a. The development of agricultural science and technology innovation in China demonstrated a clear spatial correlation and spillover effect, and the spatial correlation network was in a connected state. b. The network had the distribution characteristics of ‘core-edge’ and strong stability, and the hierarchical structure of the members of each province in the network was gradually broken. c. The differences at the market level in agricultural science and technology, the differences in government support for agriculture, the geographically adjacent relationships, and the level of agricultural economic development were important factors affecting the spatial correlation of agricultural science and technology innovation. This study provides a policy reference to use a cross-regional coordinated development mechanism to solve the uneven and asymmetry problem of the distribution of elements in various regions in China.

Agricultural science in the Soviet Union in 1945-1965

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Yuliya S. Tsench
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Research Purpose ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Forage Crops ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Agricultural Engineering

The law on the five-year plan for the restoration and development of the national economy of the USSR for 1946-50 provided for a significant increase in the volume of agricultural machinery. It was necessary to introduce into agricultural production new high-performance tractors, self-propelled combines, mounted machines with hydraulic control, specialized machines for technical, tilled, forage crops. (Research purpose) The research purpose is in analyzing the achievements of agricultural engineering science in the USSR in 1945-1965. (Materials and methods) Author studied the history of agricultural engineering science development in the USSR in the post-war period on the basis of archival materials and scientific literature. The sources have shown that the creation of new agricultural machinery required the development of research methods, new more effective technologies for design work and the consolidation of efforts of agricultural engineering science, testers and manufacturers of equipment. (Results and discussion) The article presents an analysis of the development of scientific research and technical developments aimed at improving agricultural technologies and agricultural machinery, and intensifying agricultural production. Author have found regional specialized research institutes, specialized design bureaus, and zonal machine-testing stations were established during the period under review. The article notes that the Department of Mechanization of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been significantly strengthened. A crucial role in the development of agricultural engineering science played the leading research institutions in the country, the All-Union Scientific and Research Institute of Mechanization of Agriculture, All-Union Institute of Electrification of Agriculture, All-Union Scientific and Research Technological Institute of Repair and Operation of Machine and Tractor Park, Research Tractor Institute and the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Universities - Moscow, Azov-black sea, Chelyabinsk, Kharkiv institutes of agricultural mechanization, Rostov and Kirovograd institutes of agricultural engineering. (Conclusions) Thanks to the efforts of academic and university scientists, designers and testers, the latest agricultural machines and equipment were created, the introduction of which made it possible to fully meet the country's needs for food and agricultural raw materials.

scholarly journals Evaluation of 14C Ages of Organic Fractions of Paleosols from Loess-Paleosol Sequences Near Xian, China

Radiocarbon ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (03) ◽  
pp. 680-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
M J Head ◽  
Weijian Zhou ◽  
Mingfu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Last Glacial Period ◽  
Period Analysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Climatic History ◽  
Organic Fractions ◽  
The Last Glacial

The 14C dating of organic fractions from paleosol layers containing <2% carbon in loess-paleosol sequences from the loess plateau in China has yielded results that are quite often much younger than the true age of the sediments. Percolation of modern organic materials from agricultural activities, and binding of these materials within the weathered clays of the paleosols has meant that conventional pretreatment techniques for 14C dating would not isolate a reliable chemical fraction. The total sequence from Bei Zhuang Cun, in Shaanxi Province, reflects the climatic history of the area for ca 30,000 years, ranging from the interstadial of the last glacial period to the postglacial period. Analysis of solvent extracts of organic material from this site indicates that they are mainly composed of carbohydrate residues originating from the relatively recent agricultural activity. Validity of the humic components for dating will be discussed.

Design of Remote Crops Image Capture and Expert System in the Yellow River Delta

2014 ◽  
Vol 533 ◽  
pp. 466-469
Author(s):  
Guo Xin Li ◽  
Fei Lao ◽  
Long Cheng ◽  
Bing Quan Huo
Keyword(s):  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Delta ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Image Capture ◽  
The Yellow River Delta ◽  
Geographically Dispersed ◽  
Technology Demonstration

The Yellow River Delta National Agricultural Science and Technology Park proposed the concept of "One Zone One Hundred Parks", namely the Yellow River Delta National Agricultural Science and Technology Park consists of a hundred geographically dispersed agricultural technology demonstration park. In order to effectively provide intellectual support for these geographically dispersed agricultural technology demonstration parks, this paper presents the design and the idea of remote crop image capture and expert systems. The core idea is to set up image collection terminals in a decentralized agricultural technology demonstration park. Crop samples are collected by the terminals, using GPRS network to transfer the captured image data to the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Bioengineering. Agricultural experts make an analysis to image samples, and propose treatment advice. And then, the experts feedback the advice to the various agricultural technology demonstration parks. After a year of testing, the entire system is reliable, excellent performance in real-time transmission of images. This system has played a very important role in the prevention and control of crop pests and crop growth guidance.

scholarly journals Kapitał obcy a potencjał wytwórczy i wyniki produkcyjno-ekonomiczne towarowych gospodarstw rolnych

2019 ◽  
Vol 19(34) (1) ◽  
pp. 110-119
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Strzelecka ◽  
Agnieszka Kurdyś-Kujawska ◽  
Danuta Zawadzka
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Agricultural Activity ◽  
Agricultural Activities ◽  
Production Potential ◽  
Research Results ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Strong Asymmetry

The aim of the research is to find an answer to the question: Does the use of debt by commodity farms contribute to the increase of production potential and improvement of production and economic conditions? The research was based on data collected as part of the Polish FADN for 2015. The research sample consisted of 12021 commodity farms, of which almost half (48.61%), apart from equity also used external sources of financing agricultural activity. To describe the features characterizing the studied entities, positional measures were used due to strong asymmetry. The U Mann-Whitney rank sum test was used to assess the significance of differences in distributions. The obtained research results indicate the existence of significant differences in production potential as well as production and economic efficiency of commodity farms financing agricultural activity with debt and farms that use only own capital. Entities that use debt to finance agricultural activities, apart from equity, are characterized by a higher production potential and obtain higher production and economic results than farms using only equity.

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