2019
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Factors influencing adoption of improved potato (Belete) variety: evidence from Ethiopian smallholder farmers
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Improving the adoption of improved crop varieties is very important to increase income, reduce hunger, sustain food security, and to reduce poverty in sub-Saharan Africa like Ethiopia. Similarly, Belete potato variety is ... -
Determinants of training needs of youths in broiler chicken production in Osun State, Nigeria and implications for extension workers
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)This study identified the factors influencing the training needs of youth in broiler chicken production and drew implications for extension workers in Osun State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 221 youth farmers through ... -
Review : vermicompost, its importance and benefit in agriculture
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Vermicomposting is described as "bioxidation and stabili zation of organic material involving the joint action of earthworms and mesophilic micro-organisms". Under appropriate conditions, worms eat agricultural waste and ... -
Energy efficiency of consumption – methods of analysis and evaluation
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Technical, economic, and social need to define and control the efficiency of energy usage – consumer energy efficiency implies the necessity to determine the exact contents of this new concept. A deeper analysis of a ... -
Retraction: Determination of efficiency in the design phase of the enterprise by the method of finite relations
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)The manuscript "DETERMINATION OF EFFICIENCY IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE ENTERPRISE BY THE METHOD OF FINITE RELATIONS" by Valerij Karpov, Artem Nemtsev, Toivo Kabanen and Andres Annuk was submitted to Agraarteadus on ... -
Tööõnnetuste levimus eesti põllumajanduses aastatel 2008–2017
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Occupational accidents in agriculture are a problem all over the world. The costs of accidents are high to the employer and to the national economy as a whole. Work-related ill-health and injury is costing the European ... -
Analysis and evaluation of effectiveness of interventions for prevention of occupational accidents
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Transition to the concept of professional risk management assumes the transfer of focus from measures of response to accidents after they have happened to activities for preventive measures, i.e. risk management of ... -
Pulsavi meetod töötaja töö raskusastme ja energeetilise koormatuse määramiseks ja hindamiseks
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Human-centred evaluation of technology and work techniques requires the determination of the workload category and the internal workload, which is the internal response of the worker to exposure to external load factors ... -
Juhtumianalüüs: Energiakulu analüüs põllumajandustoodangu väärindamisel talus autoklaavi abil
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)The purpose of this article is to analyze the causes and distribution of autoclave energy consumption between the various stages of the technological process and identify ways to reduce energy costs. It was found that ... -
Agri-food comparative advantages in the European Union countries by value chains before and after enlargement towards the East
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)To identify the European Union (EU) member states strong exports sectors and food chains, the revealed comparative advantage indices from trade data were calculated using the total global trade as the benchmark of comparison. ... -
Influence of moisture depletion and surface drip irrigation style on some soil hydraulic properties and potato crop
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)This study aimed to determinate the impact of soil moisture depletion and surface drip irrigation style on some soil hydraulic properties such as infiltration, hydraulic conductivity, application efficiency, and water use ... -
Theoretical background for increasing grip properties of wheeled tractors based on their rational ballasting
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)The correct selection of the level of mechanical ballasting for wheeled tractors is among the most important issues for increasing their utilisation efficiency, in particular, increasing their grip properties. The shortcoming ... -
Short communication: the effect of silicon on the organically grown leaf lettuce growth and quality
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)The purpose was to assess the effect of silicon on the leaf lettuce production. The experiments in the greenhouse were carried out in the spring 2014 at the Estonian Crop Research Institute. Treatments: 1) stabilized silicic ... -
Effect of VAT rate reduction for fruits and vegetables on prices in Latvia: ex-post analysis
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Latvia reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) rate for some fresh fruits and vegetables in 2018. The reduced VAT rate is set at 5%, while the standard VAT rate in the country is 21%. The rate was reduced for a 3-year period, during ... -
Ülevaade : Eesti aastamuld 2019 on madalsoomuld
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)By the Estonian Soil Sciences Society for the Year 2014 Soils the Leached soils, for 2015 – Limestone rendzinas, for 2016 – Bog soils, for 2017 – Typical podzols, for 2018 – Pseudopodzolic soils, and for 2019 – Fen soils ... -
Ülevaade: Põllumajandusliku masinapargi arengud Eestis ajavahemikul 2010–2018
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)The aim of the current research is to provide an overview of the trends in the park of agricultural machinery in Estonia during the period 2010–2018. For this purpose, data obtained from the registers of Agriculture and ... -
Ülevaade: Ülevaade väävli kui talinisule olulise toiteelemendi mõju uuringutest Eestis
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Due to several objective reasons, the sulphur (S) deficiency in agricultural crops in Europe came to the fore in the last decades before the turn of the century. This work gives an overview of the Estonian long-year research ... -
Short communication: The influence of vermicompost based substrates on basil growth and nutrient content
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Vermicompost produced by earthworms is rich in macro- and micronutrients, vitamins and growth hormones, which are all needed for successful plant growth. The influence of vermicompost based growth substrates on basil (Ocimum ... -
Short communication: The improvement of the quality, and nutrient content of leaf celery transplants by effective microorganisms
(Estonian Academic Agricultural Society, 2019)Effective microorganisms (EM) comprise a mixture of live natural cultures of microorganisms isolated from fertile soils that are used to improve crop production. The purpose was to assess the influence of EM on the growth ...
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