The most recent data shows that cereal production in Ethiopia is increasing very rapidly. We examine the potential impact on this of the advice given by extension agents. Using survey data from 2014, we find a positive impact of several kinds of advice on both crop yields and income. However, not all advice is positive in its impact and there is evidence that advice on credit may actually have ...

abstract the purpose of this study is investigating factors affect on probability of willingness to pay sugar beet farmers for taking of agricultural extension services. logit model was used for cross sectional data in 2009 between 150 sugar beet farmers that were selected by random sampling in the city of mashhad. in addition, tobit model was used to analyse factors affecting on willingness to...

abstract the overall purpose in this study was to investigate extensional- educational factors that influencing on transgenic plants usage. the research design of the study was a survey utilizing descriptive-correlation technique. the target population consisted of 85 biotechnology experts at research institutes of tehran province which were studied by a census study (n=85). finally 63 experts ...

the purpose of this paper is to explore the influential factors on entrepreneurial spirit of wood and paper industries students in two universities, namely agriculture and natural resources faculty of tehran university and shahid rajaiee teacher training university. a sample of 100 students were selected from a target population of 572 students using the cochran formula. the respondents were as...

İşletmeler pazara yeni bir ürün sürmek istediklerinde bazen prestijli mevcut markalarının adını sürülen ürüne veya grubuna vermektedirler. Bu durum marka genişleme stratejisi olarak isimlendirilmektedir. Yeni yaratmak işletme açısından çok maliyetli olacağından işletmeler tanınmış ismini ürünlere vererek, hem yaratma maliyetinden kurtulmakta de markanın olumlu çağrışımlarından faydalanmaktadır....

The benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for agricultural extension purposes and activities are obvious. The main objective of this article is to identify encouraging and discouraging factors in application of ICTs in agricultural extension in Isfahan province of Iran. This study investigated areas of ICTs application by Extension Workers (EWs), too. The research design...

in urmia county, irrigated wheat yield varies in different regions. the highest and lowest yields are attributed to nazloo region (6.58 tons per hectare) and the lowest yield was for silvana region ( 2.77 tons per hectare) respectively. so, the purpose of this study is analysis of management factors impact on irrigated wheat yield in nazloo and silvana regions of urmia county. to this end, by q...

background: the current study estimated the national prevalence rate of intimate partner violence against women (ipvaw) in nepal. besides, the individual level, empowerment level, family and societal level factors were assessed to relate with the victims of ipavw in nepal. methods: nationally representative sample of 4210 women of reproductive age (15-49 yr) were included in the study. househol...