this research was based on primary data collected through well designed and pre-tested questionnaire, to determine awareness of farmers on extension methods used by adp in kano state of nigeria. multistage sampling technique was used, in which three local governments were randomly selected. secondly, three wards one each from the selected local governments (danbatta, gaya and madobi) were rando...

present study was conducted in the three provinces of pakistan with the objectives to study the curricula relevancy with the participatory extension, supervision and administration and its practical applicability at the field level. for this extension agents of the selected provinces were selected purposively. mail questionnaire were used as instruments for data collection form 227 respondents ...

this study examined the accuracy between extension professionals and farmers regarding their perceptions of privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services. the study was carried out in delta state, nigeria and it had a sample size of 224 respondents comprising of 134 extension professionals of the delta state agricultural programme (dtadp) and 90 farmers that were random...

Differential SAR interferometry allows for the detection and mapping of ground subsidences, usually attributable to human activities, associated with the extraction of fluids beneath the surface, or underground mining... Limiting factors for monitoring slow subsidences are mainly temporal coherence loss and varying atmospheric conditions between the acquisitions of images. Such variations induc...

All life form on this planet depends on clean air. Air quality not only affects human health but also components of environment such as water, soil, and forests, which are the vital resources for human development. Urbanization is a process of relative growth in a country’s urban population accompanied by an even faster increase in the economic, political, and cultural importance of cities rela...

In the context of increasing greenhouse gas emission and global demographic change with the simultaneous trend to urbanization, it is a big challenge for cities around the world to perform modifications in energy supply chain and building characteristics resulting in reduced energy consumption and carbon dioxide mitigation. Sound knowledge of energy resource demand and supply including its spat...

A survey of Extension Wildlife Specialists in the U.S. provided a basis for estimating the magnitude of urban wildlife damage and control in this country. Response to the 9-question mail questionnaire was good (76 percent) following the single mailing to all Extension Wildlife Specialists or people in similar positions listed in the national directory. The majority of questions were answered ba...