The study carried out an assessment of agricultural land management practices in food crops production among small scale farmers in Kwara Sate, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the socio economic characteristics of crop farmers in Kwara State; ascertained the cropping patterns common among them; highlighted the soil conservation methods adopted by the farmers; examined the relationsh...

Agricultural extension, as an informal educational system, is one of agricultural development tools that lean on human capitals. Inefficiency of public bureaucracy on the one hand, and managerial problems on the other hand, as well as neglecting real needs of beneficiaries in planning, have determined responsible to transfer administrative tasks to the private sector and reduce government''s te...

the purpose of the study was to examine compliance of extension personnel in imo state agricultural extension service delivery system of nigeria. a purposive and multi-stage random sampling was used to select 105 extension personnel from the three agricultural zones of the state. data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, as well as mean score...

The forty-year history of agricultural production co-operatives in Iran shows that this type of exploitation system has faced with many challenges during this period. First, despite the help and support by the government, the co-operative sector has not been able to play a major role in the development of the country, and its share has not exceeded 3% of the development program. The Purpose of ...

this paper is aimed at an identification of a farmer's sustainable activities and factors affecting sustainable behavior of farmers. a survey was conducted using a stratified random sampling method to collect data from 370 corn producers in khuzestan province. validity and reliability of the questionnaire was tested and data were analyzed using spss software. based upon the results, it was...

the main objective of this research was to study the factors affecting the sustainability level of greenhouse cultivation system in jiroft and kohnuj region the research method of the study was a descriptive-correlational one. the statistical population of the study consisted of all the greenhouse owners in jiroft and kohnuj region in six rural districts (n=1862). according to the cochran'...

Based on personal and professional characteristics, the present study compares the research performance among faculty members of agricultural colleges in west part of Iran. The statistical population of this study consisted of all faculty members in the agricultural colleges of universities of Ilam, Razi and Kurdistan at Iran, which 116 faculty members were selected as the sample using the prop...