The export of vegetables from African countries to European markets presents consumers with an ethical dilemma: should they support local, but relatively well-off farmers, or poorer farmers from distant countries? This paper considers the issue of farm worker health in the U.K. and Uganda, and considers the dilemma facing U.K. consumers if Uganda achieves their aim of exporting more vegetables ...

FARM WORKERS, a declining sector of the work force for fifty years or more, are excluded from the protection of most Federal and State labor protective legislation and are covered only in part by the basic social security system. Few have workmen’s compensation protection (except in about a dozen States, including California) 1 and fewer than 25,000 are protected by unemployment insurance.2 Bes...

Agricultural extension workers’ service has been placed as the central pattern of agricultural transformation in general and smallholder farmers in particular. Due largely to this commensurately known trend, identifying factors that determine farmers’ access to extension workers’ service and the effect of the service on crop yield was found to be imperative. Cross sectional data was collected t...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of, and factors associated with, abnormal serum cholinesterase (SChE) levels among chilli-farm workers in Chatturat District, Chaiyaphum Province. METHODS A total of 350 chilli-farm workers aged 18-60 yr were randomly sampled and interviewed. A reactive-paper finger-blood test was used to assess SChE levels. RESULTS The prevalence of abnormal SChE levels...

Aim The aim of this study was to characterize virulent Escherichia coli isolated from different poultry species and poultry farm workers using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-polymerase chain reaction (ERIC-PCR) genotyping. Materials and Methods Fecal swabs from different poultry species (n=150) and poultry farm workers (n=15) were analyzed for E. coli and screened for virulen...

Doctor Kirkhorn and Dr Greenlee are with Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, and Dr Reeser is with Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wis. Doctor Kirkhorn is Medical Director of National Farm Medicine Center, a program of Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation. Dr Greenlee is MESA (Marshfield Epidemiologic Study Area) Lead Scientist, Epidemiology Research Center of Marshfield Clinic Research Foun...

OBJECTIVE To assess socio-economic indicators, nutritional status and living conditions of farm workers and their families, with the purpose to develop research and intervention programmes aimed at enhancing nutritional status and quality of life. DESIGN AND SETTING Three farm schools in two districts of the North-West Province and farming communities were selected. Anthropometrical measureme...

UNLABELLED While studies have looked at the relationship of adolescent employment with health outcomes and risk behaviors, few have focused on children of hired farm workers. These children face unique challenges affecting their health and work environment. Exploring the frequency and nature of agricultural work characteristics among adolescent children of Hispanic hired farm workers is importa...

agricultural extension workers’ service has been placed as the central pattern of agricultural transformation in general and smallholder farmers in particular. due largely to this commensurately known trend, identifying factors that determine farmers’ access to extension workers’ service and the effect of the service on crop yield was found to be imperative. cross sectional data was collected t...