Farmworkers experience many work-related hazards, including exposure to neurotoxicants. We compared neurobehavioral performance of 288 farmworkers in central Florida who had done farm work for at least 1 month with 51 controls who had not. Most of the farmworkers had worked in one or more of three types of agriculture: ornamental ferns, nurseries, or citrus fruit. We collected information on fa...

Farm & Foodcare Ontario [1] International Credential Assessment of Canada Inc [2]. Kahntact Marketing [3] Miller Thomson, LLP [4] Ontario Federation of Agriculture [5] Ontario Institute of Agrologists [6] Provision Coalition [7] RKD Web Studios [8] Synthesis AgriFood Network [9] Veterinary Skills Training & Enhancement Program [10] Wellmark International Workplace Safety & Prevention Services [...

Many farmers in the developing world have limited access to agricultural technologies and markets. Mobile phone-enabled services that offer price information and market linkages could contribute towards bridging this gap by reducing uncertainty about expected profits, information asymmetries and market inefficiencies. This article uses the example of the price information and marketing service ...

The burden of zoonotic diseases is an important global issue affecting human and animal health, food value chains, international trade, the environment. Two-thirds infectious health are origin. Information knowledge associated effects critical for managing these diseases. World TAP at Michigan State University offered online course in March 2021, which a diverse group 42 participants from 15 co...

Worldwide, about 20 million consignments of radioactive material are transported annually on public roads, railways, aircraft, and ships. About 95% not related to nuclear power. In 2016, a total 143 incidents or other materials were found be outside regulatory control, which occurred in 19 countries. On an international level risk assessment has account for the potential threats due millions so...

A cross-sectional study was performed to determine the relationship of farm variables and management practices to fecal shedding of Campylobacter or Salmonella on commercial squab (young pigeon) farms. A detailed survey provided information on biosecurity, cleaning and disinfection, bird health, vector control, and loft and pen. Twenty pigeons on each of 12 farms were cultured before and after ...

The farm household model has played a central role in improving the understanding of small-scale agricultural households and non-farm enterprises. Under the assumptions that all current and future markets exist and that farmers treat all prices as given, the model simplifies households' simultaneous production and consumption decisions into a recursive form in which production can be treated as...