Farmers have a far reaching impact in influencing the progress that is made in the sustainable management of New Zealand’s natural resources. While some advocates are ready and willing to prescribe apparently “more appropriate” behaviour, the contribution to sustainability can be questioned. There is considerable evidence that there is a complex interaction between farmers’ knowledge, attitude ...

New breeding techniques (NBTs) for genetically modified (GM) crops, such as CRISPR/Cas9, could represent a valuable solution achieving sustainable agricultural system. This study examines Italian farmers' attitudes toward CRISPR/Cas9-modified blast-resistant rice in hypothetical context. It is one of the first studies to investigate NBTs. Additionally, it explores role sociodemographics, farm c...

The source classification of domestic waste is important for protecting China’s rural environment but this more difficult in areas than urban due to the characteristics farmers China. This study discussed influencing factors farmers’ intention and behavior towards tried determine whether there’s a gap between behavior. Based on 833 valid questionnaires Taihu Lake Basin, structural model was con...

The main purpose of this research is to determine the effective factors in adopting biological control in the Farmer Field School approach. The method used in this research is descriptive-correlation and comparative, which has been done by survey. The rice farmers of the township of Babol, Mazandaran, Iran were selected as the sample population of this research. The statistical sample of the re...

This paper investigates how managerial capacity aspects influence efficiency of dairy farms in Sweden. Based on non-parametric methods, Tobit and logistic regressions, several managerial capacity aspects are found to influence long and short run input efficiency scores, but to influence output efficiency less. Examples of important aspects are: internal locus of control, positive profitability ...

BACKGROUND Mental illnesses worldwide are accompanied by another pandemic, that of stigma and discrimination. Public understanding about mental illnesses and attitudes towards people with mental illness play a paramount role in the prevention and treatment of mental illness and the rehabilitation of people with mental illness. OBJECTIVE To assess community attitude and associated factors towa...