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IoT and agriculture data analysis for smart farm

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2019
In this paper, we propose developing a system optimally watering agricultural crops based on a wireless sensor network. This work aimed to design and develop a control system using node sensors in the crop field with data management via smartphone and a ...
Jirapond Muangprathub   +5 more
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Farm households’ risk perception, attitude and adaptation strategies in dealing with climate change: Promise and perils from rural Pakistan

, 2020
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to extreme climatic events, such as floods and droughts. This study determines the farmers’ risk perception, risk attitude, adaptation measures and various aspects of vulnerability to climate change (e.g.
Imran Khan   +7 more
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Farm Credit, Farm Insurance, and Farm Taxation

1925
[Published in the] Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1924, pp. 185-284.
Olsen, Nils A.   +3 more
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New perspectives on farm size and productivity

Food Policy, 2019
The farm size and productivity debate has been limited by the focus on land or labor productivity, generally showing respective productivity advantages to smaller or larger sized farms. Our purpose is to provide new perspectives on the debate by bringing
Nicholas E. Rada, K. Fuglie
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Farm stressors

American Journal of Community Psychology, 1986
The first section of this paper examines stressors in farm environments. The literature discussed concerns questionnaire surveys of general farm stressors, familial stressors in farm environments, such as role incongruence and conflict, and extrafamilial farm stressors.
K R, Olson, R P, Schellenberg
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Farm size and agricultural technology progress: Evidence from China

Journal of Rural Studies, 2019
Using a comprehensive primary dataset collected from 3680 farmers in certain districts of China and a long-time panel dataset of 31 of China's provinces from 2000 to 2012, an empirically analyzed work is presented in this paper on the impact of farm size
Yi Hu   +3 more
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A quantitative review of wind farm control with the objective of wind farm power maximization

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 2019
This article presents a review of control strategies for maximizing power production within wind farms. Discussions focus on three notable concepts; power de-rating, yaw-based wake redirection, and turbine repositioning. Existing works that have examined
Ali C. Kheirabadi, R. Nagamune
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Impact of off-farm income on household energy expenditures in China: Implications for rural energy transition

Energy Policy, 2019
This study examines the impact of off-farm income on rural household energy expenditures, paying special attention to clean energies such as electricity and gas and non-clean energy such as coal.
Wanglin Ma, Xiaoshi Zhou, A. Renwick
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The Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity in Agriculture: Evidence from Maize Production in Northern China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019
&NA; The relationship between farm size and productivity has long been a topic of debate in development economics. Using farm‐level panel data from 2003 to 2013, we investigate the relationship between maize yield and farm size in Northern China.
Yu Sheng, Jiping Ding, Jikun Huang
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Farm women/farm work

Sex Roles, 1988
The lack of documentation of women's farm work makes it difficult to assess women's contributions to farm businesses. A survey of farm women in western Canada showed that while younger women were more likely to have a farm work role, they also saw more barriers to farm work than older women.
Norah Keating, Brenda Munro
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