Grass seed producers in Oregon's Willamette Valley have
employed the cultural practice of post-harvest open field burning
since the mid-1940's for purposes of field sanitation and crop residue
disposal This practice creates environmental quality problems of
air pollution during the late summer Recent public concern over
the valley's environmental quality...
The main focus was on developing an algorithm and supporting computer programs for use by extension personel to counsel farm managers on problems of enterprise choice. Investigation was initiated from the complete certainty viewpoint of linear programming. Upon introducing uncertainty, ramifications of changing expected income, variance and the correlation coefficient...
The North Atlantic zone of Costa Rica is an alluvial plain, whose fairly good soils and warm, extremely wet climate generate serious weed problems in cultivated crops and pastureland. Basic foods - corn, beans, rice and yuca - are important small farm crops. New land is still being opened for...
A farm level comparative study was conducted to
determine the extend to which the production component of
the tomato industry of Panama is competitive with its
American producer counterparts in California. In addition,
processing costs, and marketing conditions/costs are factors
that determine a competitive potential. The objective of
this study...
Agricultural production in the Sahelian region of Africa is
among the lowest in the world. Cyclical infestations of locusts and
grasshoppers have contributed to this low productivity. The infestations
appear to be triggered by heavy rainfall at the beginning of a crop season
after extended drought. Because locusts and grasshoppers...