Agricultural Structures and Mechanization

In our globalized world, the need to produce quality and safe food has increased exponentially in recent decades to meet the growing demands of the world population. This expectation is being met by acting at multiple levels, but mainly through the introduction of new technologies in the agricultural and agri-food sectors. In this context, agricultural, livestock, agro-industrial buildings, and agrarian infrastructure are being built on the basis of a sophisticated design that integrates environmental, landscape, and occupational safety, new construction materials, new facilities, and mechanization with state-of-the-art automatic systems, using calculation models and computer programs. It is necessary to promote research and dissemination of results in the field of mechanization and agricultural structures, specifically with regard to farm building and rural landscape, land and water use and environment, power and machinery, information systems and precision farming, processing and post-harvest technology and logistics, energy and non-food production technology, systems engineering and management, and fruit and vegetable cultivation systems. This Special Issue focuses on the role that mechanization and agricultural structures play in the production of high-quality food and continuously over time. For this reason, it publishes highly interdisciplinary quality studies from disparate research fields including agriculture, engineering design, calculation and modeling, landscaping, environmentalism, and even ergonomics and occupational risk prevention

Floating Island International Case Study

The article describes the case of Floating Island International (FTI) with regards to developing a blue ocean strategy to establish the new technological invention known as BioHaven as a vehicle for wastewater treatment and water remediation. A BioHaven floating island is a man-made ecosystem mimicking natural wetlands that can be used to help clean water and create riparian habitat. Bruce Kania, FII Founder and BioHavens inventor, used biomimicry, a science that studies nature\u27s models

Implementing Green Roofs on Movie Theaters and Shopping Centers: Business Cases in Profitable Sustainability

This thesis presents the business case for installing green roofs on movie theaters and shopping centers. These businesses can then derive increased profits from the environmental benefits of reduced energy use and increased stormwater retention. After presenting the basic design and benefits of a green roof, the thesis develops stand-alone business plans for a movie theater and shopping center. The author finds that green roofs are a profitable sustainability solution for the commercial enterprise

THE EFFECT OF BAMBOO CLUMP MAINTENANCE ON NEW CULM PRODUCTION IN PENGLIPURAN BAMBOO FOREST BALI, INDONESIA

The use of bamboo in the daily lives of Balinese people requires sustainable access to good quality of raw materials. One way of doing that is by managing bamboo grooves. The aim of this study is to know the effect of bamboo groove maintenance on the productivity of bamboo culms in a bamboo forest at Penglipuran, Bali. The study was conducted by cutting >2years old culms and putting more soil around the bamboo groove. The difference in culms growth before and after treatments was calculated using analysis of variance that was followed by Tukey’s Test. The results showed that clump maintenance on bambu aya (Gigantochloa aya Widjaja & Astuti), bambu tali (Gigantochloa apus (Schult.) Kurz) and bambu papah (Gigantochloa sp.) generated an increase in the production of new culms. The number of culms of bambu aya increased by 150.5%, bambu tali 94.7% and bambu papah 150.6%

South Dakota Farm and Home Research

Director’s Comment [p] 2 “what price on comfort and beauty and vegetable gardens? What price on a windbreak? You might be surprised “Honor to a sorghum scientist [P] 3 “ sorghum growing in South Dakota changed direction forever after Cliff Franzke’s remarkable discoveries in breeding plots“Shut down? No way! [p] 5 “ Even if demand for fuels alcohol is at ‘simmer,’ SDSU’s plant is alive and brewing, ready for next go-round”Fighting vandalism [p] 10 “Lighting, locking, and identification are main weapons against rural crime but too few of us follow up, study says”Molite…the research [p] 13 “they ‘changed the face of South Dakota ‘when, armed with solid research evidence, they turned next to convincing an investor”Molite…and its use [p] 15 “it’s come full circle: the need and idea spawned research, which got applied, and bred still another need and another idea”More than a paycheck [p] 18 “The benefits of a college education spill out to all of us when students work at the side of our agricultural scientists”94th annual report [p] 23https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_sd-fhr/1119/thumbnail.jp

DESIGN AND EXPERIMENT OF A COMBINED TYPE SPATIALLY LAYERED PROPORTIONAL FERTILIZATION DEVICE

ABSTRACT To solve the problems of low efficiency, poor fertilizer application, and low fertilizer utilization rate of existing wheat layered fertilization devices (LFD). This paper proposed a layered fertilization mode combining shallow fertilizer application based on rotary tillage and middle/deep fertilizer application of layered fertilizer shovel (LFS), and designed a combined spatial layered fertilization device with a fixed proportion. A discrete element simulation model consisting of soil, LFS and fertilizer was established. Taking the variation coefficients of fertilization amount as the evaluation indicator and changing the sidewall deflection angle, rear inclination angle, upper channel length of LFS, a three-factor three-level quadratic rotational orthogonal experiment was carried out. The optimal parameter combination was obtained: the deflection angle was 9.5°, the inclination angle was 57°, and the channel length was 280 mm. The corresponding variation coefficients of fertilizer application depth were 4.55%, 8.44%, and 6.93% while working stably under the optimal combination, which is consistent with the simulation results. The results showed that LFD can apply fertilizer underground in three layers: 0~10, 15, and 20 cm, with the proportion of shallow, middle, and deep fertilizers being 30%, 35%, and 35%, which can meet the agronomic requirements for winter wheat growth

Economic and environmental analysis of energy efficiency measures in agriculture. Case Studies and trade offs.

This report is the result of the collaboration of the partners of the AGREE work-package “Economic and environmental analysis”, which is based on case study analyses of the partners in seven countries of the EU. The case studies show economic and environmental trade-offs in the different regions in the EU, for which each partner is responsible. Nevertheless prior to the reporting of the case studies an intensive discussion on a common methodological approach has been accomplished and applied to the case studies. The case studies show a wide range of different perspectives of energy efficiency in agriculture, but they are all based on the common methodology presented in Chapter 3. In Chapter 4, the case studies are presented, with authors indicated at the beginning of each section. Each section of Chapter 4 ends with a synthesis analysis of the results from the different case studies. Chapter 5 summarizes and concludes the report by highlighting the major findings of the analyses. The report builds upon the “State of the Art in Energy Efficiency in Europe” published separately by the AGREE consortium (Gołaszewski et al. 2012), which shows the status quo of energy use and possible energy efficiency measures in agriculture across different production systems and regions in Europe. This report presents an economic and environmental analysis based on in-depth case studies which show the potential for, and constraints on, energy efficiency measures in agriculture with respect to the specific environments in Europe

A study of the modern plastics industry

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston Universit