Climate change projections show that periods of droughts are likely to increase, causing decreasing water availability, salinization, and consequently farm income loss in the south-west Netherlands. Adaptation is the key to decrease a farmer’s drought vulnerability and to secure the agricultural sector’s performance at the aggregate level. Possible adaptation strategies include responses at the...

Introduction It is now widely recognised that reduced fertility in dairy herds is one of the most important factors affecting producer profitability. Roche (2006) has defined the effect of infertility on profitability as: (i) prolonged calving interval with fewer calves and less milk per cow; (ii) increased replacement costs; (iii) increased labour, semen and veterinary bills; and (iv) an exten...

the main purpose followed in the ongoing research was to investigate the role of the extension factors (experience of familiarity with agricultural extension services, participation of paddy farmers in extension - educational courses, their participation in farmer field school (ffs) programs, and their number of extension contacts regarding ipm) in the adoption of ipm technology among paddy far...

Background Drivers of change in dairy herd health management include the significant increase in herd/farm size, quota removal (within Europe) and the increase in technologies to aid in dairy cow reproductive management. Main body There are a number of key areas for improving fertility management these include: i) handling of substantial volumes of data, ii) genetic selection (including impro...

the extension of the modern irrigation systems (mis) has been considered as one of the mechanisms for increasing irrigation water use efficiency since 1990s in zanjan province. the main purpose followed in this descriptive - correlational study was to examine the factors influencing farmers’ adoption of mis in zanjan and khodabande townships of the province through a survey, making use of a str...

The rapid development of Internet and electronic businesses have stimulated the banking sector towards encouraging customers to internet banking (IB), However, the evidence indicates a lack of interest in the use of IB services. Therefore, this paper aims to identify affecting factors on customer adoption from IB and measure the influence of each factor on IB adoption. Based on an explorative l...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Dairy farming is physically demanding and associated with a high frequency of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). This study investigated and compared work-related MSD, ergonomic work factors and physical exertion in farmers and employed farm workers on dairy farms in Sweden. METHODS The study comprised 66 dairy farmers, and 37 employed dairy farm workers. A modified ver...

Protection of the mammary gland against mastitis-causing pathogens is mediated by many factors in thegland and blood circulation. The professional phagocytic cells of bovine udder, polymorphonuclearneutrophils (PMN) and macrophages, comprise the first line of defense against invading mastitis pathogens.Most researchers now accept that the PMN is a key factor in the cows’ defense against intrama...

Women play a significant role in smallholder production system in Pakistan. They actively participate in various activities relating to crop and livestock production in addition to conducting their routine domestic duties often working non-stop from dawn to dusk. But the extent of their participation varies from region to region. The aim of this field survey was to investigate the involvement o...