background: studies have shown that mothers of premature newborns have lower physical and psychological quality of life compared to mothers of healthy neonates. therefore, applying a health promotion program for supporting them is necessary. aim: to determine the effectiveness of a health promotion program on the quality of the life of mothers of premature newborns. methods: in this quasi- expe...

This paper assesses and quantifies the consequences of world trade liberalization in agriculture on trade and food security of Sudan. Sudan, with the agricultural sector as the main sector of economy, is characterized by its small open economy, and is classified as one of the least developed countries. Thus, Sudan becomes more vulnerable to any changes in international agricultural markets. The...

A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (‘New Alliance’) focuses on public-private partnership (PPPs) with local investors and multinational corporations (MNCs) to produce food. However, this is unlikely to...

This study was undertaken to provide baseline information on the injuries and health and safety conditions in Gambian agriculture. The objective was to produce information to guide the formulation of an agricultural health and safety policy for the country, future investigations, prevention and surveillance of the adverse health effects in agriculture. A cross-sectional survey of 20 farmers, 20...

the aim with the present research is to study the role of managerial factors on teaching quality of the members of faculty to the agriculture and natural resources department, university of tehran. this research was conducted based on a descriptive (non-experimental)-survey method. the statistical population includes 256 members of faculty teaching at agriculture and natural resources departmen...

The Directorate of Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development maintains two publication series for research on food security issues. Publications under the Flash series are short (3-4 pages), carefully focused reports designated to provide timely research results on issues of great interest. Publications under the Research Paper series are designed to provide longer, more in...

business process reengineering (bpr) –the key mechanism for fundamental redesign in processes has a critical role in productivity improvement. but it needs some enablers in initiation phase including human resources acceptance. there are two behavioral theories containing factors for acceptance promotion: innovation diffusion and technology acceptance model. in this research we have used these ...

this study was conducted in order to investigate the problems and solutions to improve the employment situation in agriculture sector in karaj payam noor university students. statistical population are included all of karaj payam noor university graduate students (n=1320). using cochran formula, 120 students were selected as sample. for more credits of findings, 150 questionnaires were distribu...