an independent non-profit policy research institute, with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of either ODI or Sida. ODI is the UK's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. The Malawi Government Agricultural Inputs Subsidy Programme as implement...

The purpose of this study was to describe and compare perceptions of the quality of on-campus and off-campus courses held by students enrolled in courses offered through the College of Agriculture OffCampus Professional Agriculture Degree Programs @= 173) and faculty members with teaching responsibilities or with teaching experience in the same college of agriculture ( N = 2 6 2 ) . Faculty and...

BACKGROUND Identifying risk factors for zoonotic influenza transmission may aid public health officials in pandemic influenza planning. OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate rural Iowan agriculture workers exposed to poultry for previous evidence of avian influenza virus infection. METHODS In 2004 we enrolled 803 rural adult Iowans in a 2-year prospective study of zoonotic influenza transmission...

Duck populations are considered to be a reservoir of Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus H5N1 in some agricultural production systems, as they are able to shed the virus for several days without clinical signs. Countries endemically affected with HPAI in Asia are characterised by production systems where ducks are fed on post-harvest spilled rice. During this scavenging process it is...

abstract. academic spin-offs are recognized as the main means of technology transfer, contribute to the commercialization of the results of academic research, leading to society wealth creation. academic spin-offs start with some major disadvantages related to their liability of newness, smallness and their university origination. it is been argued that academic spin-off need to strengthen thei...

The goal – is to develop proposals for adapting the world experience in financing agriculture realities of Kazakhstani economy. Methods statistical, comparative analysis, comparison, generalization results. Results positive aspects practice investing agricultural sector and possibility using its levers tools domestic conditions have been identified. Emphasis placed on one main problems competit...

The relationship between food and cities has been recognized as an area of interest for urban planning only recently, thanks to measures adopted at various government levels, locally internationally. Rethinking the processes production, distribution, sale, consumption recycling in a sustainable socially equitable way can contribute making fairer, healthier more resilient climate change. Startin...

Most of the population of Nigeria is rural and agriculture is the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood. This paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in Nigeria using the Tobit regression model. Through the multistage sampling technique, primary data were obtained from 150 rural farming households using a questionnaire. The Result of Tobit regression analysis shows that inc...