The movement to organize the local Farmers' Clubs into a State association for the purpose of concentrating their forces to give greater influence and power in certain directions, and to form a kind of fraternal union that shall encourage and assist each local club, is very suggestive. I t proves that there is a general and growing feeling among the farmers of the state that organization and co...

The aim of the study was to document wheat landraces that were and and Dandi districts, West Shewa, Ethiopia; and to investigate the extent of genetic loss and its causes. Survey was carried out in three Peasant Associations of Ambo District and four Peasant Associations of Dandi District from 2007 to 2008. Three to five farmers’ group per Peasant Association containing 5 to 12 individual farme...

The chapter present the report of a study that examined information needs and seeking haviour of farmers in Laduba community, Kwara State, Nigeria. This study adopted a survey research design using simple sampling technique to select 28 respondents from the population. Structured questionnaire was designed for the collection of data. It was discovered from the findings that majority of the farm...

Farmers, as rural producers, produce agricultural products for the necessities of life while fulfilling economic needs. Farmers in Sukoharjo, Indonesia, have formed farmer groups, but these groups are not managed mechanically. Therefore, it is necessary to think a business entity that supports production process harvest and sale support improvement farmers’ lives. The ideal farmers Cooperative ...

introduction the attention given to water management has increased lately due to the growing problem of water scarcity worldwide and rising conflicts between water users. participation of local people in water management is now seen as a crucial prerequisite for the conservation and sustainable use of scarce water resources. since the late 1990s, participatory and integrated water management ha...

This paper examines how farmers in rural Ghana search for information. We use data on farmer’s decisions to connect with other farmers when facing different problems to explore the role played by identity in constraining access to information. We show that farmers target different sub–sets of acquaintances when searching for different types of information, supporting the view that identity cann...

OBJECTIVES/BACKGROUND Previous studies have found associations between pediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and socioeconomic status (SES), as well as a neighborhood-related disadvantage. This study analyzes the association among familial SES, parental occupation, and SDB in Swedish offspring. METHODS A nationwide dataset was constructed by linking Swedish census data to hospital discha...

abstract among different water usage in iran, agricultural sector with 94 percent is the largest water user. considering the share of agriculture in water usage, farmers are the main factor in water resources management. therefore, optimal utilization of irrigation and drainage networks would depend on farmers’ effective role. due to the limited water resources in different country regions, inc...

Although farm biosecurity reduces the risk of disease spread among livestock, this knowledge is not always applied. Farmers' application of disease preventive measures is expected to depend on many things, e.g. whether they consider disease prevention possible and demographic factors. In this study, Swedish livestock farmers' perspectives on occurrence, control and communication related to infe...

This case-control study assessed the effects of pesticide use on semen characteristics among rice farmers of Kienxuong District, Thaibinh Province, Vietnam. Semen samples of 1,036 rice farmers were obtained by manual masturbation and screened at Commune Health Stations. Of these, 156 abnormal semen samples were identified; 314 rice farmers with normal semen were recruited as controls. The semen...