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An analysis of pre-service teacher preparation and instructional supervisory practices in Agricultural Education
(Iowa State University, 2006)
his dissertation contained three articles that explored teacher preparation in Agricultural
Education. The first article was a descriptive-correlational study; it described the relationship
between pre-service teachers' ...
Sprawl dynamics and the development of effective smart growth policies
(The Pennsylvania State University, 2006-11-15)
Sprawling urban development is a major driving force of global environmental change. Its impact on Earth system functions is likely to increase in the future when the proportion of the world’s population living in urban ...
Reservoir tillage for semi-arid environments
(Cranfield University, 2005-10)
The ever increasing world population, the decline in suitable agricultural land and food production levels require that new methods are found to increase land productivity or to bring into production land which is marginal. ...
The utilization by domestic ruminants in Botswana of treatment diets containing cereal crop stovers treated with urea or urea and molasses
(University of the Free State, 2007-03)
The studies were aimed at examining the effects of treatment with urea or urea and molasses on the physical and chemical composition of stovers of sorghum, maize and millet and assessing the potential of these treated ...
Determinants of herd productvity in Botswana: a focus on land tenure and land policy
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006-02)
This study attempts to identify factors responsible for determining differences in the productivity of cattle managed by communal and private livestock farmers in the southern region of Botswana during 1999/2000. It is ...
The effects of drought on plant response in Northern Chehuahuan Desert rangelands
(New Mexico State University, 2001-08)
Short term grazing trials were started in June 1992 and continued until 2000; The pastures were grazed in June and September each year except 1996, 1999 and 2000 because of drought. The trials were conducted at New Mexico ...
Iowa teachers' perceptions regarding the effectiveness of agriculture teacher education programs in addressing teaching standards and criteria
(Iowa State University, 2007)
The purpose of this study was to explore and describe perceptions of secondary school-level teachers of agriculture in Iowa regarding the effectiveness of agricultural education teacher preparation programs in addressing ...
The Influence of topography and vegetation canopy on the deposition of atmospheric particulates Studied with 210Pb and 137Cs soil inventory measurements
(University of Edinburgh, 2003)
Naturally occurring radioactive isotopes of 210Pb and 7Be in the atmosphere, plant material and soil have been used to investigate the transport and removal of atmospheric aerosols from the atmosphere by precipitation and ...
Influence of culture and stakeholders In Botswana’s dairy system
(The University of Queensland, 2007-12-12)
ABSTRACT
The government of Botswana initiated dairy industry development in the early 1980’s to reduce the
country’s dependence on milk imports from neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa and
Zimbabwe. The ...
Wastewater treatment using vegetated submerged bed constructed wetlands for nitrogen removal
(Washington State University, 2006-12)
Vegetated submerged bed (VSB) constructed wetlands are engineered, low operation and maintenance cost wastewater and stormwater treatment technologies primarily designed for small facilities. The objectives of this ...