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Climate change resilience and adaption of ethnic minority communities in the upland area in Thừa Thiên-Huế province, Vietnam
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): Le Thi Hoa Sen, Jennifer Bond, Alexandra Winkels, Nguyen Hoang Khanh Linh, Nguyen Tien Dung (Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences)
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - May 30, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Motivational factors influencing farming practices in northern Ghana
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): S. Mellon-Bedi, K. Descheemaeker, B. Hundie-Kotu, S. Frimpong, J.C.J. Groot (Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences)
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - May 23, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

“Biomass production and yield in irrigated maize at different rates of nitrogen in a semi-arid climate”
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): H. López Córcoles, J.A. de Juan, M.R. PicornellAbstractNitrogen fertilization has a significant environmental impact in Europe due to the problems of wide-spread pollution. This paper deals with a series of field experiments conducted in a semiarid region of Southeast Spain. Irrigated maize was grown under different N fertilizer rates: control as in no nitrogen applied (C; 0 kg N ha―1); conventional amount of nitrogen (Nc; 300 kg N ha―1); and theoretical optimum (No; 130 kg N ha―1) in a randomised block design wit...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - February 19, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Business processes and information systems in the Ghana cocoa supply chain: A survey study
We report on the lessons learned together with the obstacles and thus aim to pave the way for further development and enhancement of the business processes as well as the adopted IT. (Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences)
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - February 13, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Identifying socio-psychological constructs and beliefs underlying farmers’ intention to adopt on-farm silos
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): Elisangela Domingues Vaz, Régio Márcio Toesca Gimenes, João Augusto Rossi BorgesAbstractBrazil is one of the leading countries in production and exportation of grains. However, most grain production regions in Brazil do not have an adequate storage capacity, which result in losses for the grain supply chain. A possible solution to increase storage capacity is the adoption of on-farm silos. We used the Reasoned Action Approach as a framework to identify the impact of attitude, perceived norms, and perceived behavioral c...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - February 11, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Effects of plant density and fertilizer formula on physicochemical and sensorial characteristics of pasteurized juice from Perolera sugarloaf pineapples grown in the long rainy season
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): Carole A.K. Sanya, Flora Josiane Chadare, Menouwesso Harold Hounhouigan, Nicodème V. Fassinou Hotegni, Mechak A. Gbaguidi, Jean Eudes Dekpemadoha, Anita R. Linnemann, D. Joseph HounhouiganAbstractHigh quality products can be produced only from high quality raw materials. The best agricultural practices that lead to pineapple fruits of desirable quality were investigated in the present study, focusing on the quality of the derived pasteurized juices. Physicochemical characteristics and sensory quality of the juices were d...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - January 9, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: research

The effects of the name “genomics” on emerging attitudes in the Netherlands and Ukraine
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): Reginald Boersma, Bart GremmenAbstractPublic opinion is important for the success of a plant breeding practice. Currently, the relatively new practice of genomics-accelerated breeding is under development. From initial findings in research on consumer acceptance, it appears that people experience a strong link between genetic manipulation (GM) and genomics-accelerated breeding after hearing the name “genomics,” leading to an unfavourable evaluation of genomics-accelerated breeding. There are indications that when geno...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - December 27, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Public private collaborations amidst an emergency plant disease outbreak: The Australian experience with biosecurity for Panama disease
Publication date: December 2020Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volume 92Author(s): Jaye de la CruzAbstractThe past decade has seen a steady transitioning from a framework where the State has been the provider of production-oriented agricultural services to a ‘user pays’ philosophy that emphasises the role of the private sector in the provision of these services -- even in agricultural biosecurity which has been historically considered a public good.This paper analyses the contours of public private collaborations in agricultural biosecurity services in the context of an emergency outbreak of Panama ...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - December 18, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Farming Reimagined: A case study of autonomous farm equipment and creating an innovation opportunity space for broadacre smart farming
Publication date: December 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volumes 90–91Author(s): J.E. Relf-Eckstein, Anna T. Ballantyne, Peter W.B. PhillipsAbstractAs agriculture meets digital technologies, a new frontier of innovation is emerging and creating multiple pathways to a smart farming future. This paper presents a case study of a smart farming innovation originating from a small-to-medium sized enterprise (SME) that designs and manufactures machinery used in broadacre, conservation tillage farming. The innovation, known as DOT™, is an entrepreneur’s response to problems in the agriculture indust...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 27, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Digitalisation in the New Zealand Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System: Initial understandings and emerging organisational responses to digital agriculture
Publication date: December 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, Volumes 90–91Author(s): Kelly Rijswijk, Laurens Klerkx, James A. TurnerAbstractDigital agriculture is likely to transform productive processes both on- and off- farm, as well as the broader social and institutional context using digital technologies. It is largely unknown how agricultural knowledge providing organisations, such as advisors and science organisations, understand and respond to digital agriculture. The concept of ‘organisational identity’ is used to describe both initial understandings of, and emerging responses, to digit...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 27, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

A review of social science on digital agriculture, smart farming and agriculture 4.0: New contributions and a future research agenda
Publication date: Available online 19 November 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesAuthor(s): Laurens Klerkx, Emma Jakku, Pierre LabartheAbstractWhile there is a lot of literature from a natural or technical sciences perspective on different forms of digitalization in agriculture (big data, internet of things, augmented reality, robotics, sensors, 3D printing, system integration, ubiquitous connectivity, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and blockchain among others), social science researchers have recently started investigating different aspects of digital agriculture in relation to farm production...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 20, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Assessment of the value of information of precision livestock farming: A conceptual framework
This study proposes a conceptual framework with building blocks to determine the VOI. Next, the framework is used to describe factors and existing gaps in the VOI assessment. This, finally, leads to reflections and recommendations about how to assess and improve the VOI of PLF. Literature reveals that the VOI surpasses the mere use of more precise information to take decisions, but encompasses a path from data collection to decisions with particular outcomes. The framework interlinks three building blocks: (i) data processing, (ii) decision making and (iii) impact analysis with factors influencing the VOI such as the proce...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 20, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Forage and maize yields in mixed crop-livestock farming systems: Enhancing forage and maize yields in mixed crop-livestock systems under conservation agriculture in sub-humid Zimbabwe
Publication date: Available online 14 November 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesAuthor(s): E.F Mutsamba, I. Nyagumbo, W. MupangwaAbstractIn mixed crop-livestock farming systems, smallholder farmers face the challenge of insufficient dry season livestock feed whilst crop production is mainly constrained by poor soil fertility and erratic rains. Conservation agriculture (CA) which is premised on three main principles namely minimal soil disturbance, crop rotations and mulching is being promoted as a potential solution to declining soil productivity. However, farmers implementing CA in mixed crop-livestoc...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 15, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Smart farming technology innovations – Insights and reflections from the German Smart-AKIS hub
Publication date: Available online 13 November 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesAuthor(s): Andrea Knierim, Maria Kernecker, Klaus Erdle, Teresa Kraus, Friederike Borges, Angelika WurbsAbstractDigitalisation in agriculture is considered the fourth revolution in farming, which is expressed by a broad range of available digital technologies and data applications. Politicians and experts assume that smart farming technologies (SFT) have a strong potential to enhance economic performance of farming and will contribute to agricultural sustainability as they may increase precision of inputs to crops and soils...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 13, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Insects as feed: Gendered knowledge attitudes and practices among poultry and Pond Fish farmers in Kenya
Publication date: Available online 6 November 2019Source: NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesAuthor(s): Elizabeth Waithanji, Hippolyte Affognon D., Sarah King’ori, Gracious Diiro, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Komi K.M. FiaboeAbstractThis qualitative study on knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among poultry and pond fish farmers from Kisii, Nakuru and Kirinyaga counties in Kenya was conducted to establish insect for feed interventions likely to reduce the cost of feeds in these enterprises and benefit women and men equitably. Data were collected through sex and enterprise type disaggregated focus group discussions wit...
Source: NJAS Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - November 6, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: research