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In the seed processing plant at Bidasem, a gravity table is used to segregate seed by density, with the lowest-quality material being removed and sold for animal seed. After initial cleaning and sorting, all seed that goes through the plant passes through quality control. If a sample from a batch is found to more have more than 2% impurities, they are either separated out using a gravity table or by hand, depending on the size of the seed and the type of impurity. The batch is then resampled to ensure a clean bill of health to continue processing.
Bidasem is a small seed company based in the central Mexican plains region known as the Bajío. It produces approximately 10,000 bags of maize seed a year, each holding 22.5kg, as well as producing wheat and oat seed and marketing seed of other crops. Despite their small size, Bidasem and similar companies play an important role in improving farmers’ livelihoods. “Our aim is to provide farmers with quality seed at accessible prices, that is adapted to the conditions we have here in the Bajío. It’s a great satisfaction, when farmers achieve the yields they need,” says director general María Esther Rivas.
“Without CIMMYT, we couldn’t exist,” says Rivas. She sells four different maize hybrids, all formed from freely-available CIMMYT parent lines. “Really the most important thing is to produce your own hybrids, and for us it wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t have the germplasm from CIMMYT. What we’re currently producing is 100% CIMMYT.” The relationship between Bidasem and CIMMYT is now deepening through participation in the MasAgro initiative, which includes training courses for seed companies and collaborative trials to evaluate the best seed.
Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT.
For more on seed production at Bidasem, and CIMMYT's role in providing the best seed, see CIMMYT's 2012 e-news story The seed chain: producing better seed for small farmers, available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/newsletter/598-2012/1398-the-seed-chain....
In the seed processing plant at Bidasem, a gravity table is used to segregate seed by density, with the lowest-quality material being removed and sold for animal seed. After initial cleaning and sorting, all seed that goes through the plant passes through quality control. If a sample from a batch is found to more have more than 2% impurities, they are either separated out using a gravity table or by hand, depending on the size of the seed and the type of impurity. The batch is then resampled to ensure a clean bill of health to continue processing.
Bidasem is a small seed company based in the central Mexican plains region known as the Bajío. It produces approximately 10,000 bags of maize seed a year, each holding 22.5kg, as well as producing wheat and oat seed and marketing seed of other crops. Despite their small size, Bidasem and similar companies play an important role in improving farmers’ livelihoods. “Our aim is to provide farmers with quality seed at accessible prices, that is adapted to the conditions we have here in the Bajío. It’s a great satisfaction, when farmers achieve the yields they need,” says director general María Esther Rivas.
“Without CIMMYT, we couldn’t exist,” says Rivas. She sells four different maize hybrids, all formed from freely-available CIMMYT parent lines. “Really the most important thing is to produce your own hybrids, and for us it wouldn’t be possible if we didn’t have the germplasm from CIMMYT. What we’re currently producing is 100% CIMMYT.” The relationship between Bidasem and CIMMYT is now deepening through participation in the MasAgro initiative, which includes training courses for seed companies and collaborative trials to evaluate the best seed.
Photo credit: X. Fonseca/CIMMYT.
For more on seed production at Bidasem, and CIMMYT's role in providing the best seed, see CIMMYT's 2012 e-news story The seed chain: producing better seed for small farmers, available online at: www.cimmyt.org/en/newsletter/598-2012/1398-the-seed-chain....
Two test shots with the Sigma 30/1.4 @ ƒ/3.2, 1/40th @ ISO 320. Camera was set to AF-S + focus priority mode. On the left is the photo I shot with the autofocus. On the right is the one where I corrected the manual focus. Top is a 25% crop, bottom is a 100% crop. The red brackets indicate the camera's focus point.
The lens indicates a distance from camera to subject of 2.43m, DOFMaster's DoF calculator indicates a total in focus area of 0.85m (or about 2 3/4 feet). Oops.
At the water treatment plant by the Binh Duong Water Supply Sewerage Environment Company Limited (BIWASE), water quality is checked hourly by a staff, monthly by a health official and quarterly by a higher inspector. The Third Provincial Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project aims to provide sustainable water supply and to improve sanitation conditions in Binh Duong Province.
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We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
At the water treatment plant by the Binh Duong Water Supply Sewerage Environment Company Limited (BIWASE), water quality is checked hourly by a staff, monthly by a health official and quarterly by a higher inspector. The Third Provincial Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project aims to provide sustainable water supply and to improve sanitation conditions in Binh Duong Province.
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We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
This is the first base part, that was produced by our new mold. Details are great, quality looks even better then aimed for. The base on the picture is uncoated, Final product will be coated with white 2k coating.
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
4 base parts of the first production run. Here we check the quality, and tolerances. After final modifications to the mold, the factory is now running serial production for first 50 products.
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
A minor project delivered a 3D visualisation tool for the vast amount of data collected by the Laser Airborne Depth Sounder Unit. Making use of Fledermaus software and a high end workstation for the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service. Photographed in Cairns in Queensland, Australia, during final acceptance phase.
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Laksa , Chilli Crab or Chicken Rice
This is the first base part, that was produced with our new mold. Details are great. The base on the picture is uncoated, Final product will be coated with white 2k coating.
We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!
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We ensure the bottle factory in China creates quality product and stays on budget and on time in any variety of shapes and sizes - for anything from olive oil to perfume!