Kalcic, Margaret McCahon. Ph.D., Purdue University, December 2013. Adaptive Targeting: Engaging Farmers to Assess Perceptions and Improve Watershed Modeling, Optimization, and Adoption of Agricultural Conservation Practices. Major Professors: Jane Frankenberger and Indrajeet Chaubey. Targeting agricultural conservation practices to farmland that has the greatest impact on surface water quality ...

BACKGROUND Poultry farmers are at high-risk from avian influenza A/H7N9 infection due to sustained occupational exposures to live poultry. This study examined factors associated with poultry farmers' adoption of personal protective behaviours (PPBs) based on Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). METHODS Totally, 297 poultry farmers in three cities of Jiangsu Province, China were interviewed dur...

Abstract Farmers in Landak Regency more frequently face uncertainty and risk of rice farming failure. Therefore, a program that can protect the farmers from is required. Rice business insurance (AUTP) an alternative to overcome loss due crop failures. The limited information knowledge regarding AUTP have led different perceptions among affected farmers’ enthusiasm become participants. This rese...

The paper presents smallholder farmers' perceptions on attributes of bread wheat varietiesbased on primary data collected from 524 households in four major wheat growing areas ofEthiopia. The results indicated high value of attainment indices for improved varieties comparedto landraces, which shows how the demanded attributes are embodied more in improved ones.Grain yield and yellow and stem ru...

Weather variability poses numerous risks to agricultural communities, yet farmers may be able to reduce some of these risks by adapting their cropping practices to better suit changes in weather. However, not all farmers respond to weather variability in the same way. To better identify the causes and consequences of this heterogeneous decision-making, we develop a framework that identifies (1)...

Article history: Received 25 July 2011 Received in revised form 5 March 2012 Accepted 10 April 2012 Available online 27 April 2012