this study was conducted based on primary data collected using a questionnaire. a total of 90 respondents among farmers associations were interviewed in kano state of nigeria. therefore, double stage stratified and purposive simple random sampling technique was used to select 30 respondents in each of three (3) farmers associations, one from each of the three (3) agricultural zones of the state...

The paper investigated farm information systems use among grasscutter farmers in Ga-South and Awutu-Senya District in Ghana. Using frequency, cross tabulations and binary logit model in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18, the study made some findings. Grasscutter farmers in the study area are ageing. They operate on small scale with males dominating the enterprise. The ge...

INTRODUCTION Work-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a considerable part of the disease burden globally. OBJECTIVE To assess the COPD prevalence and characteristics in never-smoking dairy farmers. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY We have conducted a cross-sectional study with 75 male dairy farmers aged 26 to 59 years, and compared them with equivalent number of male of...

In Ghana the small-scale poultry farmers are among those that have been severely affected by the globalization process and trade liberalization. To manage their response to the globalization process and trade liberalization, the small-scale poultry farmers in Ghana need to have access to strategic information so that they can keep abreast of the global developments in the poultry industry and c...

BACKGROUND House flies are of major public health concerns in areas with poor sanitation and hygienic conditions. Unfortunately, sanitation and hygiene have always been ignored in dairy farms particularly in the developing or low-income countries. Management of these flies mostly depends on the awareness regarding associated hazards and protective measures taken by the people to minimize risks ...

BACKGROUND The association between farmers' market characteristics and consumer shopping habits remains unclear. Our objective was to examine associations among distance to farmers' markets, amenities within farmers' markets, frequency of farmers' market shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index (BMI). We hypothesized that the relationship between frequency of farmers' mark...

in rural areas, where water tends to be traded less and is mostly used as an essential farm input, water users association can be as an alternative for water resource management. the purpose of this study was to investigate influence factors on the farmers’ tend to constitute water users associations. research population was all farmers covered of feyzabad irrigation network supply (192 farmers...

This study was conducted based on primary data collected using a questionnaire. A total of 90 respondents among farmers associations were interviewed in Kano state of Nigeria. Therefore, double stage stratified and purposive simple random sampling technique was used to select 30 respondents in each of three (3) farmers associations, one from each of the three (3) agricultural zones of the state...

In a national study of births to farmers in Norway, grain farming was associated with short gestational age (21-24 weeks). An impact of selective fertility and maternal heterogeneity on the association was suspected but could not be assessed further in a traditional birth-based design. Thus, analyses based on the mother as the observational unit were performed. A total of 45,969 farmers with a ...