ORGANIC FARMING IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The article analyzes the role and place of organic farming in achievement of the main goals within the sustainable development concept. It discusses ecological, social, and economic advantages of introduction of organic farming and provides information about its expansion in EU countries. The article contains data on experience and probl...

since time immemorial, iranian women have played a pivotal role in agriculture, the largest industry contributing to rural livelihoods. hence, the present study was conducted in tafresh area of iran to examine factors influencing participation of rural women in mixed farming activities in 1999.this was a descriptive- correlation research project in which a total number of 300 rural women were s...

INTRODUCTION Clinical lumbar instability (CLI) is one of the subgroups of chronic non-specific low back pain. Thai rice farmers often have poor sustained postures during a rice planting process and start their farming at an early age. However, individual associated factors of CLI are not known and have rarely been diagnosed in low back pain. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and indi...

Despite the rapid Internet evolution in Malaysia, the farming community is not getting its full benefit due to many factors. Efforts to get the community use the Internet without the availability of proper resources and appropriate content are ineffective. TaniNet is an interactive on-line agricultural and biotechnological web site aimed at providing the agricultural community with information ...

This paper innovates as it tests two different hypotheses regarding climate impacts on agricultural markets in Brazil: farmers only observe the average climate conditions of their region when deciding the type and amount of crop/animal to grow/raise; and weather diversions from normal climate conditions deviate farmers from their optimal profits. Both hypotheses are not rejected by the data. Th...

Over the past 50 years, the scale and intensity of livestock farming have increased significantly. At the same time, Western societies have become more urbanised and fewer people have close relatives involved in farming. As a result, most citizens have little knowledge or direct experience of what farming entails. In addition, more people are expressing concerns over issues such as farm animal ...

in this study tried to calculate attributed-based index and measurement of farmer’s attention to wheat (triticum aestivum l.) seed environmental, cropping and marketing attribute and evaluate social– economical factors influencing on this index. after this estimation, effective factors have selected. related data to 102 mashhad wheat producers, iran were used for estimations poisson regression....