This research assessed the agroforestry promotion strategy adopted by extension agents (EAs) in Kwara state, Nigeria. It investigated management practices promoted EAs, employed and constraints faced of sustainable study area. Census technique was to select 120 Data were analysed using both descriptive inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean regression analysis respectively. ...

Conservation agriculture (CA) emerged as an alternative innovation to conventional due losses in soil productivity a result of degradation. This study investigated factors affecting the adoption Agriculture Mpatsa Extension Planning Area southern district Malawi, Nsanje. A quantitative method approach was followed where were collected from sample 110 targeted smallholder farmers area using semi...

The 2023 Southeast Research and Extension Center Agricultural report includes research conducted in the areas of beef cattle management, cropping systems, forage crops. Topics include various grazing nutrient input for steers heifers; wheat, soybean, corn production practices results, as well soil health practices; burning along with efforts improvement native tall fescue range grasses.

To become a medical home, providing patients with comprehensive, coordinated primary care, practices need to meet multiple requirements. These include some form of round-the-clock access for patients; managing chronic or complex conditions; carrying out timely, clear communication between providers and patients; and engaging in continuous quality improvement. The recently enacted health reform ...

A section of the Kansas Dairy Producers' Needs Survey evaluated needs related to education on reproductive management and the most common reproductive management practices used on Kansas dairy farms. Of the 312 surveys mailed to dairy producers, 70 were returned fully completed. Results indicate that producers need education on the topic of reproduction and that reproductive management practice...

The integration of social software and BPM can help organizations harness the value of informal relationships and weak ties, without compromising the consolidated business practices embedded in conventional BPM solutions. This paper presents a process design methodology, supported by a tool suite, for addressing the extension of business processes with social features. The social process design...

The majority of embryos created in natural reproduction die spontaneously within a few weeks of conception. Some have argued that, therefore, if one believes the embryo is a person (in the normative sense) one should find 'natural' reproduction morally problematic. An extension of this argument holds that, if one accepts embryo deaths in natural reproduction, consistency requires that one also ...

As part of a project on adding value to farm operations with food-grade oils, the University of Vermont Extension and Pennsylvania State Extension teamed up to evaluate the design and operation of several small -scale oilseed presses. While there is a great deal of interest in the production of oilseeds, many questions arise about post-harvesting processing, and many of these concerns revolve a...