One of the activities carried out is to take advantage potential in village so that it can be a solution for villagers, namely use corncob waste become animal feed with economic value. The method used this activity through direct training Mesa Pau Farmers' group, socialization, processing, and utilization corncob-fermented products. aim implementing program provide medium managing Ihing village...

B etween 2001 and 2003 the rural population of Malawi experienced widespread hunger. During the same time period, Malawi's HIV prevalence was the eighth highest in the world (UNAIDS 2004). Speculation about the links between famine and the HIV/AIDS epidemic followed. De Waal and White-side (2003) postulated that a " new variant famine " had arisen among a rural population made more vulnerable t...

The perceptions of farmers about risks in production of fruits and vegetables have been analysed using structured survey method. The study is based on the survey of a total of 634 farmers, comprising 188 fruit farmers and 446 vegetable farmers, covering six districts of Uttar Pradesh, namely, Lucknow, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Moradabad, Jhansi and Agra. The perceived priorities of farmers about ma...

The collapse of China's Cooperative Medical System (CMS) in 1978 resulted in the lack of an organized financing scheme for health care, adversely affecting rural farmers' access to health care, especially among the poor. The Chinese government recently announced a policy to re-establish some forms of community-based insurance (CBI). Many existing schemes involve low premiums but high co-payment...

development disCourses on the tibetan plateau: urbanization and expropriation oF Farmland in dartsedo The term " development " defines the Chinese official discourse on Tibet and Tibetans. Officials speak of development in symbolic and practical terms as it serves the overall policy strategy towards Tibet. This paper examines the meaning of development in the context of encounters between gover...