This study investigated the mechanisms of seed potato management by potato growers of Freydunshahr County in Isfahan province. Survey research method was used in this study. A sample of 250 potato growers (N=725) was selected for data collection. Stratified random sampling method was used. The research instrument was a questionnaire that was validated for face validity by a panel of faculty mem...

The main focus of the study was to assess the extent of perception level of potato growers towards the potato production technologies. The study was carried out in the Rajshahi district which is considered as a part of the northwest area of Bangladesh. Two hundred thirty-two farmers were randomly selected as potato growers for data collection from twenty villages under the Upazilla namely, Moho...

the sustainability of farming system is among the serious issues that has attracted the attention of many researchers in recent years. therefore, an investigation of farmers’ knowledge about sustainable agriculture is important, if sustainable development is to be achieved. the purpose of this descriptive correlational research was to determine the knowledge level of potato growers in shushtar ...

Potato yields in sub-Saharan Africa remain very low compared with those of developed countries. Yet potato is major food staple and source of income to the predominantly smallholder growing households in the tropical highlands of this region. A major cause of the low potato yields is the use of poor quality seed potato. This paper examines the factors determining the decision to use certified s...

From 1995 through 2001, genetically modified potatoes were sold in the United States and Canada under the brand name NewLeafTM. These potato varieties were relatively popular with growers because they replaced pest-control practices involving intensive use of pesticides with technology that was present in the potato seed. Market tests indicated that the concept of reduced pesticide use through ...

Abstract: The processed potato industry is highly vertically coordina ted though the use of production contracts between growers and processors. Contracts in this industry are primarily used to combat market thinness and potato quality requirements. This study uses a two period principle-agent model to describe the incentives inherit in processing potato production contracts. Actual processor p...

the aim of this study was to examine potato growers' perceptions of risk sources and risk management strategies and their risk management behavior. a survey research method was used in this study. the data originated from a sample of potato growers (n= 128) of ardabil province in the cropping year of 2013. the respondents were divided into two groups of less risk-averse (lra) and more risk-aver...

On-farm demonstration trials have been used for many years to introduce new techniques and management practices to farmers. With new precision agriculture technology, it is now possible to work more effectively using whole fields instead of small test plots. Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.) growers in the Drayton, ND, and St. Thomas, ND, sugarbeet cooperative districts have delivered sugarbeet hist...

Neonicotinoid insecticides have been themost commonmanagement tool for Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), infestations in cultivated potato for nearly 20 yr. The relative ease of applying neonicotinoids at planting coupled with inexpensive, generic neonicotinoid formulations has reduced the incentive for potato growers to transition from these products to other mode of act...