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What Are the Effects of Participation in Production Outsourcing? Evidence from Chinese Apple Farmers

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2017
Global

Outsourcing, as a productive service, has been widely adopted in industrial production and international trade but less applied in agricultural management. With the advancement of agricultural labor division and specialization, outsourcing is becoming one of the most sustained trends in concurrent business.

A Lesson from Vernacular Architecture in Nigeria

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Nigeria

Contemporary architecture has its roots from the vernacular Every cultural group in the world has its own form of vernacular though the approach may vary from place to place and from people to people Vernacular architecture has many values which are relevant to contemporary architecture today This paper looks at vernacular architecture in Nigeria as practised by two ethnic groups who have varying climatic religious and sociocultural practices The approaches to architecture by these two groups ie the Hausas and Igbos are looked at with the intention of finding positive values in the vernacul

Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions on Climate Change and the Use of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Africa
Southern Africa

In developing regions with high levels of poverty and a dependence on climate sensitive agriculture, studies focusing on climate change adaptation, planning, and policy processes, have gained relative importance over the years. This study assesses the impact of farmer perceptions regarding climate change on the use of sustainable agricultural practices as an adaptation strategy in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa.

Análisis de viabilidad para la implementación del Sistema de Pastoreo Racional de Voisin en una empresa ganadera enfocada hacia la ceba de bovinos

Reports & Research
December, 2017
Colombia

Un proyecto se emprende con el objetivo de lograr resultados estratégicos para el negocio -- Es un medio para alcanzar las metas y los objetivos de una organización mediante el uso de los conocimientos, las habilidades, las herramientas y las técnicas utilizados por la dirección de proyectos para impactar su resultado de manera exitosa; no obstante, es necesario que se encuentre alineado con la dirección del negocio en su máximo nivel para que las posibilidades del éxito del proyecto aumenten de manera sustancial (PMI, 2013) -- Al tener en cuenta lo anterior, la presente investigación hace

Development of innovative machinery and resource-saving technologies оf feed production as the basis of livestock breeding development

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
Russia

The paper proves the necessity of making a system of technologies and machines for feed production as a necessary factor in the development of livestock breeding. The promising resource-saving technological groups include: radical improvement of natural forage lands; surface improvement of artificial hayfields and pastures and maintaining their productive service life with the use of combined machines; accelerated grassing of natural forage lands; and growing forage crops on the arable land.

Genomic reconstruction of the history of native sheep reveals the peopling patterns of nomads and the expansion of early pastoralism in East Asia

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2017
China
Eastern Asia
Asia

China has a rich resource of native sheep (Ovis aries) breeds associated with historical movements of several nomadic societies. However, the history of sheep and the associated nomadic societies in ancient China remains poorly understood. Here, we studied the genomic diversity of Chinese sheep using genome-wide SNPs, mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal variations in > 1,000 modern samples.