This paper presents observations from a project that combines participatory rural development methods with participatory design techniques to support a farmers’ co-operative in Madhya Pradesh, India.

The present paper examines the historical evolution of China’s rural taxation system from the pre-reform period to the late 1990s. We propose that because of information asymmetry between the upper-level and the lower-level governments, local governments had to be granted some informal tax autonomy to fulfill the upper-level policy mandates. This easily led to excessive local informal taxation ...

*Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] Raising farmers’ productivity and incomes are a necessity. This study investigated the roles ICTs play in improving farmers agricultural livelihoods. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, 250 agricultural producers were chosen randomly from 10 agricultural cooperatives in Imo state. Data were collected by means of questionnaire and analyzed ...

agriculture is an important engine of growth and poverty reduction in much of africa, nigeria inclusive. but the sector is underperforming in part because women, who are often crucial resource in agriculture and rural economy, face constraints that reduce their productivity. an understanding of these constraints is a prerequisite to devising policies to improve agricultural production and produ...

Research on farmers’ network information consumption behavior is an important issue, which cannot be avoided in Chinese rural informatization construction. Logit model is used to research the factors affecting farmers’ network information consumption, and the conclusions are as follows: 1) there are a number of factors affecting farmers’ consumption by using modern network information media; 2)...

the purpose of this study is to evaluate financial participation of farmers to reduce the adverse environmental effects of contaminated water by using contingent valuation approach and tobit model by heckman's two stage. to achieve the desired goal, 100 questionnaires collected by a random sampling from farmers of kashaf- rood basin in mashhad city in 2014. results showed that variables of age,...

Food safety begins on the farms and farmers play a crucial role in producing healthy food. Several factors were investigated here including water quality, labor health, health facilities, packaging and storage, transportation, fertilizers and solid organic materials, and field sanitation to reach more comprehensive results. So, 380 farmers were selected from 77 villages of rural areas of Gonbad...

broadcast digitalization with its enormous benefits to the broadcasting industry will improve the quality of content of programs delivered by television stations. africa has a switchover date of june, 2017. for nigerians to have access to television broadcast once the switch over is completed, they must purchase high definition television sets or the set-up box. the awareness among urban dwelle...