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Summer is harvesting time for winter and spring crops. The amount and quality of yield are the result of agro-technical and agro-climatic characteristics of the production period. We can’t influence the climate conditions, but soil management is an area in which farmer can show all his knowledge and skills. Although harvesting activities are important, weRead more

Liming is a traditional procedure in preparing soil for planting. It is the application of calcium- and magnesium-rich materials to soil in various forms, including marl, chalk, limestone, or hydrated lime. Lime used on farm land is also called agricultural lime. The primary reason to apply agricultural lime is to correct the high levels of acidity inRead more

Women play a vital role in advancing agricultural development and food security. They participate in many aspects of rural life – in paid employment, trade and marketing, as well as many unpaid activities, such as tending to crops and animals, collecting water and wood for fuel, and caring for family members. Women also manage householdRead more

Vegetable production was poorly represented, until recently, when slowly started to replace cereals, which are the most important food source for human consumption. Today vegetables cover 1.1% of the world’s total agricultural area, with the region of Europe and Central Asia contributing with 12% of the total global area and 14% of global production. Globally,Read more

Farming, especially on larger areas, can not even be imagined without diverse and quality mechanization. Proper usage of modern mechanization is the key for achieving cost effective farming. Proper usage understands on-time usage and proper technical usage of the mechanization itself. Lack of mechanization, low quality mechanization or non-proper usage can affect yield quality andRead more

As many say, harvest is the most demanding technological operation in orchard and the essence of a good farm management is to plan all activities before harvest and briefly monitor its progress. Statistics show that due to technological ignorance and poor organization of the harvest in the world is lost up to 50% of producedRead more

Not everyone can be a farmer. Simply knowing how to run a farm or even running a farm doesn’t necessarily make you a farmer either. You can dress like a farmer, act like a farmer, even sound like a farmer, but if you are doing any or all those things, does that really make youRead more

Water extracted from potatoes could replace supplies from the tap and even provide drinking water in areas suffering from drought. About 75% of a potato is water, so there are a lot of natural resources in potato that should be tapping into and reusing. That new technology for extracting water from potatoes is being trialledRead more

In this blog post we report about biofuel production. Today it’s production is rapidly expanding because it is renewable, environment safe and because of increase in oil prices. Here are positive and negative effects of biofuel production. What is biofuel? A biofuel is any liquid fuel derived from biological material such as trees, agricultural wastes,Read more

In this blog post, we want to address the question of producing genetically modified food. Is producing GM food good for reducing risks in farm management and making it more sustainabile? But what are the risks? Beginning in 1845, a potato blight epidemic in Ireland caused mass starvation and approximately 1 million deaths. Now, more than aRead more