The domestication of trees for agroforestry approaches to poverty alleviation and environmental rehabilitation in the tropics depends on the expansion of the market demand for non-timber forest products. This paper reviews published data on the nutritive values of the ̄esh, kernels and seedoils of the seventeen fruit tree species that have been identi®ed, in four ecoregions of the tropics, by s...

This study examined the energy use pattern of poultry for egg production farms of Iran and ranked the selected farmers using fuzzy data envelopment analysis (FDEA) from the viewpoint of energy efficiency. Since data used in our study were not measured precisely, fuzzy forms of them could help us to reach the ideal situations. Hence, the conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) was remod...

The paper explores the potential of Khao Dawk Mali expansion in Northern Thailand as well as presents estimation of demand for variable inputs and choice of rice varieties as jointly determined by the profit-maximizing farmers. Results reveal that, Khao Dawk Mali provides economic advantage over glutinous varieties and can be conceived as a better alternative crop particularly in areas with ina...

BACKGROUND Farmers are exposed to multiple air contaminants that may interact with tobacco smoking in the development of respiratory diseases. Farmers are currently considered to smoke less than non-farmers, but precise data in different categories of age and farming activities are lacking. METHODS Smoking habits were studied in a cross-sectional study involving 4105 farmers and 996 non-farmi...

Computation of good viewpoints is important in several fields: computational geometry, visual servoing, robot motion, graph drawing, etc. In addition, selection of good views is rapidly becoming a key issue in computer graphics due to the new techniques of Image Based Rendering. Although there is no consensus about what a good view means in Computer Graphics, the quality of a viewpoint is intui...

student evaluation of the quality of instruction is considered as one of the most widely used methods for assessing faculty in universities. this study aimed to identify and compare faculty and students' views about the evaluation system of the quality of faculty teaching in 2011-2012 in ilam university of medical sciences. in this descriptive – analytical study, statistical population was incl...

AIMS To examine whether, and why, farmers and non-farmers differ regarding levels of anxiety and depression. METHODS The study encompassed 17 295 workers age 40-49 years, including 917 farmers, from the population-based Hordaland Health Study 1997-99 (HUSK). Levels of anxiety and depression were assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A and HADS-D, respectively). Self-repo...