Little consumer knowledge about agriculture and livestock production as well mounting concerns the consequences of modern animal husbandry are pivotal aspects growing gap between famers society. Literature shows that trust can play an important role in situations characterized by limited knowledge. In this paper a salient value similarity approach to social is adopted where placed on people per...

The paper analyses the impact of a priori determinants of biosecurity behaviour of farmers in Great Britain. We use a dataset collected through a stratified telephone survey of 900 cattle and sheep farmers in Great Britain (400 in England and a further 250 in Wales and Scotland respectively) which took place between 25 March 2010 and 18 June 2010. The survey was stratified by farm type, farm si...

Due to agriculture is a risky activity and risk models is important in order to analyze the behavior of farmers, hence, in this study, the factors affecting risk-taking and risk aversion is the region grape growers. Data analysis was performed by using stochastic frontier. Data gathered by questionnaires at three counties of Zabol, Hirmand and Zahak at 265 grape farmers in crop year of 2011-201...

BACKGROUND Work-related lower back disorders, which involve the lumbo-sacral region, as well as injuries of the lumbar section of the spine, are a serious and constantly growing problem in Europe. Whole body vibration is one of the major hazardous factors suspected of the development of back pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study covered a selected group of males, 98 farmers (aged 55.3 +/- 10.1...

New food technologies such as cultured meat, precision fermentation, and plant-based alternatives may one day supplant traditional modes of animal farming. Nonetheless, very little is known about how farmers perceive these new products, despite being directly impacted by their advance. The present study explored the views livestock regarding emerging protein alternatives. We used a comparison g...