E-Commerce in Agriculture: The Implementation of Urban Farming Development in Indonesia

Iqbal Rafani (late), Effendi Andoko, Tahlim Sudaryanto
ABSTRACT Even though urban farming is relatively less paid attention to compared with rural farming in Indonesia, the development of urban farming is quite prospective in the country. It is to generate income, shorten the supply chain of agricultural products, and maintain the city’s...
Country: Indonesia Topic: Agricultural e-commerce
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The Application and Trend of Pig Science Trough Precise New Breeding Technology

Ching-Fu Tu, Chin-kai Chuang
ABSTRACT In recent years, gene editing (GE) techniques, such as CRISPR/Cas9, are broadly applied to agricultural and medical sectors because of the characters of low technical barriers and high efficiency. In this review, we will concentrate on using GE as a precise new breeding technique (NBT)...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Agricultural science policies
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Urban Agriculture as an Alternative Food Source

Rozhan Abu Dardak, Rasmuna Mazwan Muhammad
ABSTRACT The world population has grown significantly, and as a result many more people have moved into cities. This process is known as urbanization. Urbanization is always associated with high density of people living in small area and urban poverty. Urbanization also has reduced land for...
Country: Malaysia Topic: Overview
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Promoting Commercialization of Biopesticides and Biofertilizers for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Taiwan

Win-De Huang, Yu-Hsuan Lin
ABSTRACT Sustainable agriculture and food security are important global goals. Therefore, the government amends related policies and accompanying measures to achieve these goals in Taiwan. The government agencies vigorously promote the development and application of bio-pesticides and bio-...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Food security and safety
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Biogas in Thailand: an Emerging Industry from Agricultural By-products

Tarworn Ruttithiwapanich, Kajornvut Ounjai, Yeampon Nakramontri, Sarttrawut Tulaphol, Trairat Muangthongon, Yulia Otmakhova, Warinthorn Songkasiri
ABSTRACT Biogas, which is comprised of methane and carbon dioxide, is a renewable energy source that is produced through anaerobic digestion by a consortium of anaerobic microorganisms. Various organic materials, including organic wastes, organic fractions of municipal solid wastes, wastewaters...
Country: Thailand Topic: Agricultural green economy & renewable energy
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