there is limited literature on how to engage the rural women in agriculture and improve their contributions to household food security and income. this study aimed to contribute to literature on women engagement in agriculture through vegetable production using good agricultural practices. the empirical data used were drawn from technology demonstrations and experimentation, learning fields, an...

There is limited literature on how to engage the rural women in agriculture and improve their contributions to household food security and income. This study aimed to contribute to literature on women engagement in agriculture through vegetable production using good agricultural practices. The empirical data used were drawn from technology demonstrations and experimentation, learning fields, an...

Vegetable soybeans (Glycine max), the same species as fi eld-dried soybeans, have similar production requirements and good market potential for commercial producers in upper midwestern United States. Five vegetable soybean cultivars were tested for yield and quality characteristics and to assess the necessity of fi eld irrigation during 2003 and 2004 in North Dakota. Cultivars of different matu...

The conservation of water is crucial to sustainable agricultural production in areas of low rainfall or uneven precipitation distribution. Under such circumstances, drip irrigation methods offer a useful option for economic production of vegetable crops. This preliminary study examined the efficacy and performance of two drip irrigation methods on cucumber and tomato crops grown out of season. ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present study was to explore the influence of participation in community-supported agriculture (CSA) on vegetable exposure, vegetable intake during and after the CSA season, and preference related to locally produced vegetables acquired directly from CSA growers. DESIGN Quantitative surveys were administered at three time points in two harvest seasons to four gr...

Fresh market tomato production is a $5 billion a year industry. Tomatoes are a warm season vegetable crop with large acreages grown in warm climates such as Florida and California. Tomatoes are also grown in numerous northern states earning premium prices for early production in cooler climates. Tomato production often employs plasticulture, such as the use of plastic mulches, for earliness and...

This study examines factors that appear to contribute farmers’ adoption and discontinuation of poly house technology for off-season vegetable production. We collected cross-sectional survey data from a sample 151 households in Kaski district, Nepal during October 2018. The are analyzed using Heckman’s two stage selection model. reveals the family members report being engaged nonfarm sector ther...