In order to investigate the effects of nitrogen fertilizer levels and intercropping ratios on yield and other morphological traits of two crops, field experiments were conducted during two years (2010-2011) in the research field of the school of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. The study was carried out in a factorial experiment laid out based on a completely randomized block desig...

Abstract The research aimed to identify the opinion of surveyed agricultural extension agents on importance farmers’ participation in activities, as well determine level activities and reasons for poor farmers procedures that takes provide opportunities participate activities. was conducted a sample four provinces Iraq, namely Basra, Babil, Salah al-Din, Nineveh, number reached 209 respondents ...

the purpose of present work is to survey cultural and social factors affecting the attitudes of shirvan and chardavol county farmers toward agricultural water management. data was gathered through a field research and survey, using interviews and the questionnaire that was prepared for this purpose. the statistical population consisted of all the farmers (wheat cultivators) of shirvan & chardav...

diversity, accessibility and reliability are the three main factors governing the adoption of information sources by farmers in rural areas. based on the research hypothesis, the existing knowledge and information delivery system in the agricultural sector, functions far below the ever changing nature and tangible needs of existing farming systems. the main objective in this study is to determi...

Farmers in developing countries sometimes receive incorrect and misleading information regarding the fertilizer inputs into food production, especially during crises or times of unusually high demand. In the early 2000’s farmers of Thailand were sold fake fertilizer or advised to apply excessive amounts of fertilizers by fertilizer dealers. The problem was so pervasive that a protocol was devel...

Climate change represents the major challenge to Sudan agricultural production, economics and food security. Changes in temperature, rainfalls, water availability, increased outbreak of pest and diseases, land degradation, soil erosion, shrinking of grazing and cultivate areas, ongoing desertification and the other aspects of climate change have direct significant impact on agricultural product...

According to experts, the inefficient agricultural sector has a dominant role in degrading water resources all over the world. Farmers’ conservational behavior is an important aspect of new integrated water management studies. Relevantly, various behavioral theories have been proposed in the field of environmental psychology. The main objective of the present comparative analysis and review stu...

Communities often rely on sanctioning to induce public goods contributions. Past studies focus on how external agencies or peer sanctioning induce cooperation. In this article, we focus instead on the role played by centralized authorities, internal to the community. Combining "lab-in-the-field" experiments with observational data on 1,541 Ugandan farmers from 50 communities, we demonstrate the...

This paper presents a proposed expert system to identify the leaf diseases of three cereal crops (rice, maize and wheat). Keeping in view the advances in the field of agriculture and need of farmers, this expert system has been proposed. The identification of plant diseases is usually a difficult task and requires a plant pathologist or well-trained technician to accurately describe the case. M...