OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to clarify in detail the levels of whole-body vibration (WBV) exposure from a variety of agricultural machines in a rice farmer over one year, and to evaluate the daily level of exposure compared with European and Japanese threshold limits. METHODS The subject was a full-time, male rice farmer. We measured vibration accelerations on the seat pan and at t...

Maize is an important staple food in Nigeria. Declining yields of maize as a result of several environmental and biological factors have necessitated technological innovations focusing on maturity time, disease resistance and palatability of the crop. This study therefore assesses the adoption of improved seeds and efficiency levels of farmers in River state, Nigeria. The data were obtained fro...

Poverty has plagued many rural farming household in Nigeria. Despite several approaches adopted by Government to ameliorate poverty among its citizenry, the number of people living in impoverished condition has continued to rise. This study therefore aimed at assessing the poverty alleviation strategies used among farming household in Ondo State, Nigeria. A validated interview schedule and ques...

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...

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the independence farmers, sustainability lowland rice farming, relationship between farmers' farming in Konda District, South Konawe Regency. Data sourced from farmers District. basis for consideration making two villages subject research is that are with highest number population 120 Cialam Jaya village 80 Lawoila village. sample size dete...

the objective followed in this research was to investigate the farmers’ attitude toward rice cultivation and development in ilam province. the study consisted of all the farmers who cultivated rice in the region of shirvan & chardavol (n=2550), of whom 119 were selected through multi-staged random sampling in the growing season of the years 1386-87 and over two main rice farming areas in the pr...

The study aims to identify the factors that affect lowland rice production, analyze efficiency of using production farming, and calculate farmers’ income farming in Balige Sub-district Toba Samosir Regency. research was conducted Hutagaol Peatalun Village Hinalang Bagasan with 64 respondents. Farmer respondents were chosen a simple random sampling method. collected data analyzed by Cobb-Douglas...

Organic farming technology may be relatively unknown to farmers at the time when they switch from conventional into organic farming. Therefore, experience gained over time and learning by doing may be important determinants in the efficiency of organic farming. It may also take time to reach the optimal nutrient stock of soil and optimal nutrient supply for arable crops under organic farming. T...

Abstract Rice is a staple food in East Java, and the average consumption 100 kg/capita/year. However, rice productivity has declined dramatically recent years. Food security can be reached by improving technical efficiency of farming, especially farming centers such as Java Province. This study aims to measure its determinants using two limit tobit. And it also examine effect on logit regressio...

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...