PURPOSE: Information on agricultural practices has been obtained by questionnaire in several epidemiologic investigations. This project evaluated the reliability of self-reported information on pesticide use and various demographic and lifestyle factors among a group of farmers from Iowa.METHODS: 2,921 Iowa farmers participating in the Agricultural Health Study completed enrollment questionnair...

the three practical steps that are need to be taken by government agencies in order to increase irrigation efficiency include economic motivation for optimization of water use, modification of existing irrigation systems in the short term and modernization of traditional methods in the long-term plan. the present research aims at identifying farmers' knowledge regarding irrigation and water iss...

Gastrointestinal parasitism is a widely recognised problem in sheep production, particularly for lambs. While anthelmintics have a pivotal role in controlling the effects of parasites, there is a paucity of data on how farmers use anthelmintics. A representative sample of Irish lowland farmers were surveyed regarding their parasite control practices and risk factors that may contribute to the d...

The objectives of this study were to explore farmers' intentions to implement foot and mouth disease (FMD) control in Ethiopia, and to identify perceptions about the disease and its control measures that influence these intentions using the Health Belief Model (HBM) framework. Data were collected using questionnaires from 293 farmers in three different production systems. The influence of perce...

An attempt was made to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards safety issues of pesticide handling among tobacco farmers of the rural area of Pieria in northern Greece. From the 310 survey questionnaires that were mailed out, 223 were received fully and correctly completed resulting in a quite satisfactory response rate of 72%. A large majority of the farmers (96%) viewed pesticides...

the validity of survey was approved by human resources experts in university of tehran and reliability has been calculated using cronbach's alpha coefficient in which the coefficient of each dependent and independent variable calculated more than 0.7. the statistical population of this research included as employees of university of tehran including staff and expert managers, this populati...

The Nigerian agriculture is characterized by low productivity, low farm incomes and low levels of technological adoption and use of inefficient production techniques. This poor state of Nigerian agriculture is related to farmers’ attitudes towards risk in the adoption of new production techniques, as well as risk in the production and socioeconomic environment. Having realized that poverty is a...