the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of farmers' knowledge and attitude regarding farmer field school (ffs) on biological control against rice stem borer in mazandaran province. the population of the study included all farmers residing in three villages of kohnedan, rangrizmahalleh and aliabad (n=121). a questionnaire was developed from reviewed literature. the content a...

Convergent extension, the simultaneous extension and narrowing of tissues, is a crucial event in the formation of the main body axis during embryonic development. It involves processes on multiple scales: the sub-cellular, cellular and tissue level, which interact via explicit or intrinsic feedback mechanisms. Computational modelling studies play an important role in unravelling the multiscale ...

agricultural risks affect farmers’ livelihood and income, and exert detrimental influence on the environment leading farmers and rural labor to poverty. hence, farmers should try to manage the risks. the purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to address the determinants of risk management strategies applied by corn growers in kermanshah township. the statistical population of the s...

this paper aims to discover the determinants of farmers’ par-ticipation in horticulture-based education programs in the western azerbaijan province, iran. using the theory of planned behavior (tpb), the study also tries to make a comparison between participants and non-participants, who have achieved in this program. a sample of 231 farmers (137 participants and 94 non-participants) was selecte...

BACKGROUND In Ethiopia, children and mothers have been facing several health problems due to poor access to modern health care facilities and lack of effective demand to utilize the available ones. In response to this, the Ethiopian government initiated the health extension program in 2003 to improve equity in access to preventive, promotive and selected curative health interventions through he...

Public participation in science and gamification of science are two strong contemporary trends, especially in the area of emerging techno-sciences. Involvement of the public in research-related activities is an integral part of public engagement with science and technologies, which can be successfully achieved through a participatory game design. Focusing on the participatory dimension of educa...

Agricultural nutrients play a critical role in food production and human nutrition in China. Against this backdrop, agricultural extension services are essential for providing farmers with knowledge and information about nutrient management. By using a propensity score-matching (PSM) approach, this study examines the impact of agricultural extension on farmer nutrient management behavior. Surve...