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Environmental Ethics: The Virtuous Way by Carlo Alvaro in Agriculture Research & Technology: Open Access Journal | Juniper Publishers Environmental ethics , among other things, is concerned with our attitude toward nature. By nature here I don’t mean anything other than the waters, the trees, non-human animals-the environment . It is, moreover, concerned about what Rosalind Hurst house call “the belief that a fairly radical change in the way we engage with nature is imperative.” In what follows, I want to propose a virtue-oriented approach to environmental. My aim is to begin a discussion about the potential advantages of adopting a virtue-based approach to our outlook toward the environment.There are three major ethics theories that attempt to specify and justify our moral behavior: utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics [1]. Utilitarianism (which is a form of consequentialism) has its origin in Epicureanism. However, it was Jeremy Bentham (1748-1842) and ...

Pre-Scaling up of Improved Maize Varieties in Essera and Boloso Sore Woreda of Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia by Abdirazak Abdala in Agriculture Research & Technology: Open Access Journal | Juniper Publishers The study was conducted in Dawro Zone, Essera Woreda and Wolaita Zone, Boloso sore Woreda on farmers’ site. The objective of the study is to pre-scale up and popularize the best performing maize released variety in the study area. Thirty farmers were selected from each kebele (30x2, Hagel 01 and Dogewoybo plus 1FTC in Dogewoybo kebele) of the selected Woreda during the meher season of the year2017.From a total of 60 farmers male represents 42 and female 18. During farmers’ selection process both female and male farmers had been incorporated so as to avoid gender bias. Training was given for the selected farmers, development agents and Woreda experts about improved maize technologies production and management. Full pac...