Changes in living environments due to natural hazards are important indicators that affect livelihood and sustainable development, particularly for those farmers residing poor remote regions. The uptake of adaptive measures by these is generally partial or incomplete. Thus, there a real need understand better the set drivers shapes farmers’ decisions adaptation practices, which help minimize ri...

Abstract Increasing temperature and changing rainfall patterns cause a decrease in agricultural production. Adapting to climate change is one of the major challenges farmers Indonesia. Since will continue future, it important understand determinants adaptation order know how support this process. This study identifies link between perception adaptation, addition driving forces for adopting or m...

A research was conducted to evaluate cassava production by women farmers in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty smallholder female cassava farmers were selected using multi-stage sampling. Data were collected from the respondents using questionnaire and interview schedule. Then descriptive statistics (mean, frequency and percentage) were used in ...

Worldwide, the theory and practice of agricultural extension system have been dominated for almost half a century by Rogers' "diffusion of innovation theory". In particular, the success of integrated pest management (IPM) extension programs depends on the effectiveness of IPM information diffusion from trained farmers to other farmers, an important assumption which underpins funding from develo...

mechanical weeding is one of the non-chemical methods to control weeds. in this paper a ‎new mechanism has been presented for mechanical cultivation. the machine works based on ‎the manual tools operation, which farmers still use in small scale for weeding and consists of a ‎number of four-bar linkage mechanisms. each mechanism consists of a blade which moves ‎forward (active course) and backwa...