this study was conducted to reveal the impact of rural-urban migration on broiler production in the niger delta region of nigeria. data were collected from 795 household heads and farmers/managers/supervisors of 25 selected broiler farms in the study area. descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis was utilized to analyze the data. able bodied young men constituted most of the rura...

The paper proposed the research on rural online distance education (RODE) based on the Beijing rural network condition, which aimed at helping farmers to get agricultural technology more effectively and sufficiently. This is the first platform that was applied to large-scale rural distance education, which combined with peer to peer (P2P) and content delivery network(CDN). What’s more, it initi...

The livestock sector serves as a foremost source of revenue for rural people, particularly in many developing countries. Among the livestock species, sheep and goats are the main source of livelihood for rural people in Ethiopia; they can quickly multiply, resilient and are easily convertible to cash to meet financial needs of the rural producers. The multiple contributions of sheep and goat an...

INTRODUCTION We examined the influence of an intervention to increase fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers' markets for recipients of food assistance, Shop N Save (SNS), on revenue trends at a farmers' market located at a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in rural South Carolina. We compared revenue trends for 20 weeks before the intervention (2011) and 20 weeks after (2012). METHO...

The study investigated the effect of Community-Based Paid Extension (CPE) on vulnerability reduction of smallholder dairy farmers. Randomly sampled 255 farmers were interviewed together with 15 key informants’ interview. Both statistical analysis and thematic approach were employed to achieve triangulation. In about 68 % of cases, CPE reduced vulnerability to a degree experienced as ‘moderate’,...

traditional dairy farms play important role to obtain dairy and rural household income. rural women are managers these units. unfortunately, they haven't educated because of social and cultural problems. milk production contain high microbial count endanger community health and also producers economic in traditional farms. the project has studied educational needs of rural women regarding ...

although farmers’ psychological empower is a core prominent for development but classic development approaches emphasis on land, capital and human forces for development. however, the new development models are focusing on every single person development in a community. this approach is followed up under theme of empowerment which is developing by doing researches in different disciplines such ...

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...

the study investigated the levels of awareness and use of agricultural insurance scheme in kogi state of nigeria. a total of 240 respondents from eight communities were selected through a multistage random sampling technique. data collected through structured questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistic, percentages and sigma scoring model. the results revealed that farmers in the st...