Factors That Determine Farmer Participation Rate In The Farmer Group

The Forest Farmer Manual

Third, the wood itself has an unusual combination of desirable properties. Its strength is outstanding. It is a prime material for structural plywood. Its light color and the strength of its fibers adapt it for pulping by both chemical and mechanical processes. The self-pruning attribute of the major species permits clear lumber for millwork to be produced in quantity. Further, the form of the ...

Health for the farmer

In other areas, perhaps reflecting my own more superficial knowledge, I found less to argue with. But I do think in a book aiming to highlight topics which will feature in the MRCP examination, more than a brief paragraph on AIDS would be useful. Having made these criticisms there is much to enjoy in the slightly idiosyncratic approach in this book. It will remain popular amongst MRCP candidate...

Farmer Ted Goes Natural

We’ve all been given a problem in a calculus class remarkably similar to the following one: Farmer Ted is building a chicken coop. He decides he can spare 190 square feet of his land for the coop, which will be built in the shape of a rectangle. Being a practical man, Farmer Ted wants to spend as little as possible on the chicken wire for the fence. What dimensions should he make the chicken co...

Farmer-to-farmer advice: What’s the best way to sell raw wool in Australia?

Farmer First Revisited

Looking back to look forward In July 1987, some 50 social and natural scientists of roughly equal numbers met at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, UK, for a workshop on ‘Farmers and Agricultural Research: Complementary Methods', later more generally known as the „Farmer First' workshop (Chambers et al, 1989). That event marked a key moment in the developmen...