the studies performed regarding the reasons for villagers’ migration to cities confirm the fact that the motivation for migrants to migrate is to attain higher incomes. the proposed method in this research to recuce migration is to transform the farmer into portfolio entrepreneurs. the applicability of this method to increase farmers' income to reduce their migration is tested throughout t...

The paper follows a field survey of 773 rural households in 14 towns five prefectures (cities and districts) around the Poyang Lake, uses multivariate ordered logistic model to explore factors influencing satisfaction with wetland ecological compensation policies (WECPs) from perspective households’ subjective cognition WECPs income factors. research shows following. (1) overall score for farme...

The study investigated the factors that influence rubber farmers' cooperatives from perspective of sustainability in Thailand. research adopted a quantitative survey methodology with data purposively collected 434 Thai farmer groups. variables included trust, sustainability, perceived value, satisfaction, loyalty, and brand image. model was evaluated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), wh...

AIMS To examine whether, and why, farmers and non-farmers differ regarding levels of anxiety and depression. METHODS The study encompassed 17 295 workers age 40-49 years, including 917 farmers, from the population-based Hordaland Health Study 1997-99 (HUSK). Levels of anxiety and depression were assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A and HADS-D, respectively). Self-repo...

Usage of soft computing techniques in field study saves human labor. Field study plays a vital role in the economic importance of agriculture which in turn results in poverty reduction. Farmers guess the solutions to the disease based on the loss of plant life that occurred previously. Technology is used to support farmers and botanist which give precise solution for the vague input information...

The purpose of the study reported here was designing Information Dissemination System (IDS) based E-learning in agricultural of Iran. A questionnaire was developed to designing Information Dissemination System. The questionnaire was distributed to 96 extension agents who work for Management of Extension and Farming System of Khuzestan province of Iran. Data collected were analyzed using the Sta...