The purpose of this study was to obtain an overview competence, organizational communication, work motivation and employee performance at the Department Agriculture Food Security (DPKP) Jambi City; determine influence competence communication directly indirectly on performance; as well effect performance. To answer research objectives, authors need theoretical studies related variables, namely ...

Fungal corneal ulcers related to agriculture has been reported throughout the world, especially in tropical areas. Most of them were sporadic and had histories of ocular trauma or use of topical corticosteroids and topical antibiotics. Five onion harvesters had fungal corneal ulcers during the same harvest period in Southern Taiwan. The authors think that this is the first report of a group occ...

This paper provides an analytical review of empirical studies into the impact of schooling on entrepreneurship selection and performance in less developed countries. We analyze the variation of this impact across countries, estimation methods, definition of entry and performance, and the use of control variables. We find that one year of schooling raises enterprise income by an average of 5 per...

V(D)J [variable-(diversity)-joining] rearrangements occur between, as well as within, immune receptor loci, resulting in the generation of hybrid antigen-receptor genes and the formation of a variety of lymphocyte-specific chromosomal aberrations. Such hybrid genes occur at a low frequency in the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of normal individuals but show a markedly increased incidence in...

The share of contingent employment has increased significantly in the last two decades. Not much is known about the impact of this shift on disparities in access to health insurance and other benefits. I examined disparities in access to any type of health insurance, employersponsored health insurance and workers’ compensation (WC) benefits between contingent and non-contingent workers in U.S. ...

47 Web and Mobile Phone Based Rabies Surveillance System for Humans and Animals in Kilosa District, Tanzania Maulilio J. Kipanyula, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania Anna M. Geofrey, Centre for ICT, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro, Tanzania Kadeghe G. Fue, Centre for ICT, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morog...

Sustainable agricultural and rural development requires knowledge and information, skills, attitudes and technologies, which run through a network of actors to produce, distribute and use it in a particular place. The model of the Agriculture Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS) is designed based on this recognition. In Iran, There are about decades of experience in the development of this ...

this study aimed to examine key factors affecting rural female facilitators’ role in participatory rural development in tehran province. since the researchers intended to have a better insight into the facilitators’ role and employ inquiry as a learning forum for bringing about changes for all participants, they preferred to use a case study based upon an appreciative inquiry method. the study ...

Pakistan is the world’s fifth largest cotton producer. To monitor cotton growth, different government departments and agencies in Pakistan have been recording pest scouting, agriculture and metrological data for decades. Coarse estimates of just the cotton pest scouting data recorded stands at around 1.5 million records, and growing. The primary agro-met data recorded has never been digitized, ...