Essays about: "crop"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 1185 essays containing the word crop.
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16. The effect of knowledge on farmers’ intercropping adoption decisions : the perspective of Swedish farmers
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Intercropping is sustainable from both an economic and environmental point of view since it can increase yields, decrease input costs, make efficient use of available growth resources, increase crop biodiversity and natural biodiversity, suppress pests and diseases, and reduce land degradation. This makes the uptake of the practice important for future sustainable agricultural. READ MORE
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17. Study of evaluation metrics while predicting the yield of lettuce plants in indoor farms using machine learning models
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : A key challenge for maximizing the world’s food supply is crop yield prediction. In this study, three machine models are used to predict the fresh weight (yield) of lettuce plants that are grown inside indoor farms hydroponically using the vertical farming infrastructure, namely, support vector regressor (SVR), random forest regressor (RFR), and deep neural network (DNN). READ MORE
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18. Human-Drone Interaction Failures
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly important in recent years. They are essential in many areas, such as crop monitoring and delivering critical medicine to hard-to-reach areas. This thesis delves into the often-overlooked aspect of failures within the multidisciplinary Human Drone Interactions (HDI) field. READ MORE
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19. From Plant Genetic Resource Conservation to Digital Biorepositories: A Coming Paradigm Shift in Ex-Situ Conservation?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Plant Genetic Resource Conservation has been a staple of agricultural development for the past century. Recently, several prominent papers have raised alarm surrounding the development of synthetic biology techniques and their potential to render modern practices and methods of conservation in the global genebank network obsolete. READ MORE
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20. En hållbart intensifierad slåttervall med vitklöver : en litteratursammanställning
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production EcologyAbstract : Fördelarna med att inkludera vall i växtföljden är många, till exempel kolinlagring, markförbättrande egenskaper och ogräsbekämpning. Intresset för odling av vall ökar när det finns fler avsättningsmöjligheter och ses som ett medel för att uppnå en hållbar intensifiering av odlingssystemet. READ MORE