Recent Advances in Dromedary Camels and Their Products

Dromedary camels or, more specifically, one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius), are described as having a high productive potential, and for centuries, they have been used by people (namely nomads) in arid and hot regions as multipurpose animals for physical labor, transport, the production of milk, meat, wool, hair, and skin, and for racing and tourism [...]

Production and nutritional value of wheat and triticale cultivars in different harvest times in the Minas Gerais semiarid

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the productive performance and nutritional value of forage of wheat and triticale cultivars at different harvest times in the semiarid region of Minas Gerais. Eight wheat cultivars and two triticale cultivars harvested at three stages of plant development were evaluated: Rubberization, grain at the stage of soft mass and harvest maturation. The experimental design adopted was a randomized block in a factorial scheme 10 × 3, with three replicates, 10 cultivars and 3 developmental stages for plant collection. The main agronomic characteristics and nutritional value were evaluated of forage of the cultivars under study. The study demonstrated the potential of wheat and triticale cultivation for forage in the semiarid region of Minas Gerais. The mean dry matter yield of wheat cultivars was 5.90 t ha-1, 7.85 t ha-1 and 7.98 t ha-1 and triticale 6.47 t ha-1, 9.97 t ha-1 and 10.5 t ha-1 for the rubber harvesting stages, grain at the stage of soft mass and harvest maturation, respectively. For the average crude protein content, the wheat cultivars showed 15.07%, 9.13%, 10.60% and the triticale cultivars showed 14.4%, 9.31% and 10.05% for the harvest stages of rubber formation, grain at the stage of soft mass and harvest maturation, respectively. When evaluating the average levels of total digestible nutrients, the wheat and triticale cultivars showed an average of 48.90% and 48.67% in the rubber harvesting stage and 42.68% and 49.60% in the grain in the mass stage suave and 44.43% and 42.90% at harvest maturation. The highest yield of digestible dry matter was observed with the cultivars harvested at the grain stage at the soft mass stage. Triticale IPR 111 and Wheat IPR PANATY had greater productive potential and better nutritional quality for use as forage.

Reproduction of Human Capital as a Strategic Priority for Sustainable Development of Regions

The main wealth of the country, its main strategic resource that can ensure political, economic, environmental, and spiritual growth, is human capital. Its intellectual, entrepreneurial, and productive potential, the ability to create and accumulate knowledge, implement it in the production of goods and services, develop unique technologies, invent new types of energy, materials, information, etc., is the engine of scientific and technological progress and innovative restructuring of the economy. Investment in human capital, in intelligence, in the health of the nation, in education and science, and in creating conditions for the normal functioning of everyone is a prerequisite not only for improving the quality of life of the people, but also for achieving the Millennium Goals and Sustainable Development Goals, advancing the country’s development, and its social and political stability. The research is aimed at developing theoretical, methodological, and practical provisions for the formation of strategic priorities for sustainable development of territories based on the reproduction of human capital. The theoretical basis was the available scientific works, certain provisions of normative legal acts, international framework documents, in particular from United Nations: Agenda 21 and the report Our Common Future, as well as local studies. The generalization of various scientific points of view regarding the category of human capital allowed us to establish that it is an integral part of its carrier, and therefore, it is proposed to understand as such a set of personal qualities of a person formed, developed, accumulated and preserved as a result of investments in productive abilities, personal qualities and motivational behavior of an individual, as well as the ability to develop and accumulate the necessary qualities that are in his property, which he uses in economic activities and which provides him with a corresponding income. The article substantiates the value of the category human capital for sustainable development. The territorial features of the reproduction of human capital are determined, based on which it is proposed to consider the region as space. It is proved that the reproduction of human capital occurs in the relationship and interdependence with the general periods of the life cycle of the generation, which served to distinguish the four phases of the reproduction of human capital. The architectonics of determining the strategic priorities of sustainable development of territories based on the reproduction of human capital, which is aimed at solving theoretical, methodological, and applied problems, is proposed.

Potato genotypes and environments under potato in the Brazilian Cerrado biome

ABSTRACT: The objective was to estimate the physiological and productive performance of potato genotypes in two organic cultivation systems. Two trials were conducted, being one in a protected and on in an open-field environment. A randomized complete block design with four replicates and five treatments (genotypes ‘Agata’, ‘Atlantic’, ‘BRS Ana’, ‘BRSIPR Bel’ and ‘BRS Clara’) was used. Physiological, productive characteristics and defects associated with tubers were obtained. The protected environment is the most appropriate to produce organic potatoes under the evaluated conditions. Genotypes ‘BRSIPR Bel’ and ‘BRS Ana’ exhibit a high productive potential in organic conditions.

Importância dos modelos de simulação de culturas diante os impactos das alterações climáticas sobre a produção agrícola - Revisão

O efeito climático é o principal responsável pelas oscilações no rendimento produtivo. Logo, é esperado que as mudanças do clima promovam alterações na agricultura, comprometam a sustentabilidade e a segurança alimentar, especialmente, em áreas semiáridas. O entendimento da amplitude desses fatores e suas consequências no rendimento agrícola mediante os diferentes cenários climáticos, regionais e tecnológicos são fundamentais nas tomadas de decisões. Para as análises desses diversos cenários, os modelos de simulação de culturas se caracterizam como ferramentas funcionais e com eficientes performances na estimativa dos níveis de produtividades, desde que devidamente calibrados e validados com dados consistentes e representativos. Dentre os modelos de simulação podemos destacar: AquaCrop - FAO, ZAE - FAO, CROPGRO e Apsim como aqueles de maiores aplicabilidades nas culturas agrícolas, sendo utilizados de maneira recorrente em diversos estudos para fins do conhecimento das lacunas de produtividade agrícola, ou “Yield Gap”. Esta revisão analisou os impactos das alterações climáticas na agricultura e o levantamento de informações dos principais modelos de simulação de culturas. Mediante síntese das informações levantadas, pode-se evidenciar o eminente impacto das alterações climáticas sobre o cenário agrícola futuro, proporcionando maior vulnerabilidade agrícola. Logo, destaca-se a importância do uso de modelos de simulação de culturas para conhecimento das lacunas de produtividade e potencial produtivo. Contudo, é evidente a necessidade de pesquisas mais detalhadas sobre a aplicabilidade dos modelos em cenários agrícolas diversos e situações climáticas amplas.Palavras-chave: modelos de simulação; sazonalidade climática; práticas resilientes; “yield gap”. Importance of crop simulation models in view of the impacts of climate change on agricultural production – Review A B S T R A C TThe climatic effect is the main responsible for the fluctuations in the productive yield. Therefore, it is expected that climate change will promote changes in agriculture, compromise sustainability and food security, especially in semi-arid areas. Understanding the breadth of these factors and their consequences on agricultural income through different climatic, regional and technological scenarios are fundamental in decision-making. For the analysis of these different scenarios, the crop simulation models are characterized as functional tools and with efficient performances in the estimation of the productivity levels, as long as they are properly calibrated and validated with consistent and representative data. Among the simulation models we can highlight: AquaCrop - FAO, ZAE - FAO, CROPGRO and Apsim as those with the greatest applicability in agricultural crops, being used in a recurring manner in several studies for the purpose of understanding agricultural productivity gaps, or “Yield Gap”. This review analyzed the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the gathering of information on the main crop simulation models. By synthesizing the information collected, it is possible to highlight the imminent impact of climate change on the future agricultural scenario, providing greater agricultural vulnerability. Therefore, the importance of using crop simulation models to understand the gaps in productivity and productive potential is highlighted. However, there is a clear need for more detailed research on the applicability of models in diverse agricultural scenarios and broad climatic situations.Keywords: simulation models; climatic seasonality; resilient practices; yield gap.

Yield of cocoa under different agroforestry systems in a dry tropical forest in western Colombia

The expansion and modernization of the cocoa area under new strategies, such as the use of adapted genetic material and the establishment of Agroforestry Systems with cocoa, under criteria of competitiveness and sustainability, require selecting sites with adequate biophysical conditions, which facilitate the optimization of resources for production. In this sense, we conducted a study in the Estación Agraria Cotové, of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, located in a tropical dry forest life zone (TDF), at 540 meters of elevation, with an average temperature of 27 ºC, average annual precipitation annual of 1,031 mm and relative humidity less than 70 %. The yield components and productive potential of four cocoa clones, ICS 95, TSH565, CCN 51, and ICS 60, were evaluated. The cocoa clones were planted under two controlled sunlight habitats, generated by the timber species Gmelina arborea Roxb. (single-row and double-row arrangement), and two different canopy management of the cocoa plants (plagiotropic and orthotropic growth stimulus). The clones TSH 565 and CCN 51 showed the highest yields in the two harvest years. ICS 95 showed the lowest bean index. Regarding the pod index, no differences were observed between the cocoa clones. Clones TSH 565 and CCN 51 stood out as the earliest and most productive clones.

Characteristics of robust animals for grass-based production systems

A characterisation of dairy, beef and sheep breeds and/or strains best suited to profitable/sustainable production within the context of European [semi] intensive pasture-based systems is presented. To deliver optimal performance, pasture must be managed effectively, but pasture-based systems are less energy intensive, are climate sensitive and induce challenges and constraints not normally posed to animals in intensive feeding environments. This emphasises the importance of animal traits associated with robustness and adaptive abilities. A survey of French dairy farmers concluded that a robust cow is an “invisible” cow with a long lifetime. The traits common to both indoor and grazing systems include: efficient converters of feed to human edible products, functionality, being healthy, reproductively fit and exhibiting longevity. Unique to successful grazing is the capability to achieve large intakes of forage to meet productive potential, an ability to adapt to fluctuating feed supply and, in seasonal systems, the ability to conceive and give birth at the appropriate time each year, usually within 365 d. The breed or strain of choice may differ based on local management constraints and objectives; however, general principles apply, and ideally should be guided by a suitable selection index combining all of the economically important traits appropriate to the local conditions and systems.

Climate changes in recent decades, the evolution of the drought phenomenon and their influence on vineyards in north-eastern Romania

Unfavourable trends have been identified in the evolution of climate factors (temperatures, precipitation, etc.) over the past years, with a direct impact on the vegetative and productive potential of the vine. This calls for a reassessment of climate resources and the adaptation of cultivation technologies to the new conditions. Our paper analyses the climate data recorded between 1991 and 2020 for the Iaşi vineyard ecosystem, which allowed for the calculation of a series of bioclimatic indices and coefficients, deviations from the multiannual average values, soil moisture dynamics, and their influence on development of vegetation phenophases and grape production. The increasing tendency of the average annual temperature and the decreasing amounts of precipitation registered point to a marked warming of the vineyard climate, especially after 2000. The high values of temperatures, corroborated with the soil water deficit, determined an intensification of the atmospheric and pedological drought, a shift in vegetation phenophases, shortened development periods and a forced ripening of grapes, with a negative impact on yields, which fluctuated from one year to another. The analysis of the ecoclimate conditions over the past 30 years has highlighted an alternation of periods, a colder and wetter one between 1991 and 2006, and a warmer and dried one between 2007 and 2020.

Ways to increase bean productivity and quality with different growing technologies

The aim of the research was: to study ways to increase the productivity of beans by combining in a single process fertilizer, pre-sowing seed treatment with drugs based on an active strain of nodule bacteria, growth stimulants of biological origin, micronutrients in the form of negligence. Methods. The research program included: phenological observations of plant development (development phases and stages of organogenesis), morphological - on the formation of elements of productivity, leaf apparatus and duration of its functioning, morphophysiological - on the dynamics of development of productivity elements, the formation of productive potential. Results. The article presents the results of research on the effectiveness of mineral fertilizers, growth stimulants and microfertilizers to increase the productivity of beans and its quality. It is established that the maximum yield of beans - 2.81 t / ha (in 2018 3.30 t / ha) at the level of absolute control, respectively 1.05 t / ha was formed on the option, which involves the application of mineral fertilizers at a dose of P60K60 + N30 + N30 kg / ha d.r., sowing of seeds treated with a strain of nodule bacteria BTU - p and joint treatment of crops with growth stimulants in the physique of branching and budding with microfertilizers in the budding phase. The maximum increase in yield was 0.92 t / ha, and 0.86 t / ha from the application of fertilizers was obtained with the application of P60K60 + N30 + N15 and P 0 K0 + N30 + N30, with the control of 1.05 t / ha. Pre-sowing inoculation of seeds with a strain of nitrogen-fixing bacteria BTU-r provided an increase in yield - 0.24 - 0.39 t / ha. The use of growth stimulator in the technology of cultivation provided an increase in crop productivity by 1.04 t / ha on the background without seed inoculation, with inoculation - 2.22 t / ha compared to the absolute control (1.05 t / ha). Co-application of growth stimulant with microfertilizers on crops yielded 2.41 t / ha with a protein content of 20.39%.

PELATIHAN ANALISIS USAHA BUMDESA DESA BANJARSARI KABUPATEN PURWOREJO

ABSTRAKBadan Usaha Milik Desa (BUMDesa) dibentuk dengan maksud dan tujuan meningkatkan perekonomian desa dengan cara mengelola potensi produkstif desa sesuai dengan kebutuhan masyarakatnya. BUMDesa diharapkan mampu menjadi penggerak utama ekonomi desa sekaligus mempercepat pemerataan pembangunan di desa. Oleh sebab itu, upaya serius perlu dilakukan oleh pengurus BUMDesa dan Pemerintah Desa agar pengurusan BUMDesa berjalan dengan efektif, efisien, professional, dan mandiri. Melalui mekanisme self help dan member-based, BUMDesa membuka peluang partisipasi masyarakat desa secara keseluruhan dalam mendayagunakan potensi produktif desa. Akan tetapi, pengurus bersama dengan Pemerintah Desa juga perlu menciptakan aturan main bersama dengan stakeholders lainnya agar usaha BUMDesa tidak dikuasai oleh kelompok tertentu di tingkat desa. Sebagai salah satu BUMDesa yang ada di Kabupaten Purworejo, BUMDesa Banjarsari baru mempunyai satu jenis usaha, yaitu penyewaan Gedung. Akan tetapi, pengurusan Gedung sebagai asset produktif milik BUMDesa belum dilakukan dengan baik sebab kemampuan manajerial pengurus BUMDesa Desa Banjarsari Kecamatan Purwodadi belum memadai. Pengurus BUMDesa belum melakukan analisis usaha maupun analisis keuangan dalam menjalankan usahanya tersebut. Kondisi tersebut memotivasiTim pengabdian masyarakaat untuk memberikan pelatihan analisis usaha serta penyusunan laporan keuangan agar usaha yang dikelola BUMDesa Desa Banjarsari dapat berjalan dengan baik, menghasilkan keuntungan, dan berkelanjutan. Pelatihan yang diberikan diharapkan memperkuat kapasitas kelembagaan BUMDesa Desa Banjarsari. Hasil kegiatan pelatihan menunjukkan bahwa pengurus BUMDesa sangat bersemangat dalam mengikuti pelatihan. Hal ini diketahui selama sesi diskusi dan tanya jawab. Peserta yang merupakan pengurus BUMDesa bahkan mengharapkan agar kegiatan pelatihan semacam ini diberikan secara terjadwal dan terprogram agar pengurus benar-benar paham dan kemudian percaya diri dalam mengelola usaha BUMDesanya. Kesimpulan yang diambil di akhir sesi pelatihan, BUMDesa Banjarsari perlu diberikan pendampingan, pelatihan, dan transfer Ipteks pengurusan BUMDesa secara berkesinambungan serta menjalin kemitraan dengan pelaku bisnis lain agar bisnisnya lebih cepat berkembang. Kata kunci: BUMDesa; pengurusan badan usaha; analisis usaha; laporan keuangan ABSTRACTVillage-Owned Enterprises (VOEs) were formed to improve the village economy by managing the productive potential of the village by the needs of the community. Therefore, serious efforts need to be made by the VOEs administrators and the Village Government so that the administrators of VOEs run effectively, efficiently, professionally, and independently. Through self-help and member-based mechanisms, VOEs open opportunities for the participation of the village community as a whole in utilizing the productive potential of the village. However, the administrators along with the Village Government also need to create rules of the game together with other stakeholders so that the VOEs business is not controlled by certain groups at the village level. As one of the VOEs in Purworejo Regency, the VOEs Banjarsari just has one type of business, namely building rentals. However, the management of the building as a productive asset belonging to VOEs has not been carried out properly because the managerial capabilities of the VOEs administrators, Banjarsari Village, Purwodadi District are not yet adequate. The VOEs administrators have not conducted a business analysis or financial analysis in running the business. The condition motivates the community service team of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purworejo to provide training in business analysis and preparation of financial reports for the administrators so that they can run the business well, generate profits, and be sustainable. The training provided is expected to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Banjarsari village-owned enterprise. The results showed that they were very enthusiastic about participating in the training as well as they expect more that such training activities are provided on a scheduled and programmed basis so that they get better to understand and also be confident in managing the business. The findings show that administrators need to be provided with assistance, training, and transfer of science and technology to manage VOE on an ongoing basis and establish partnerships with other business actors so that the business will be able to grow faster. Keywords: village-owned enterprises; business entity management; business analysis; financial reports