Black farmers in America have had a long and arduous struggle to own land and to operate independently. For more than a century after the Civil War, deficient civil rights and various economic and social barriers were applied to maintaining a system where many blacks worked as farm operators with a limited and often total lack of opportunity to achieve ownership and operating independence. Dimi...

Low use of chemical inputs has been cited as a major factor limiting productivity growth of agriculture in most of sub-Saharan Africa. A wide range of variables in ̄uence adoption of such input. It is important to understand the role of these factors to ensure the development and implementation of more e€ective programs to promote agricultural input use. This study examines the e€ect of socio-ec...

This paper presented a literature review of the actual situation and efforts in securing temporary seasonal agricultural labor forces Japan. Until 1990s, farmers can secure from within their communities most parts However, with decrease number farmers, shortages horticultural sector became apparent 2000s. In Hokkaido, were provided by group female laborers; however, late aging these women began...

The aim of this research was to detect shortcomings and provide suggestions for the development new strategic directions in order make combating organized crime more effective providing security comprehensive protection human rights freedoms. This achieved through methods descriptive statistics, comparison contrasting, analysis, pragmatic approach, forecasting. main reforming measures combat in...

Blowing dust from excessively tilled fallow fields is a major soil loss and air quality concern in the low precipitation (<300 mm annual) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production region of the Inland Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. A 2-year tillage-based winter wheat-summer fallow (WW-SF) rotation is practiced on >90% of rainfed cropland in the region. Earlier research proved the u...

Objective: This study examined the associations between overall diet quality and attitudes and behaviors regarding sustainable food practices among college students. Additionally, the roles of gender and race in attitudes and behaviors regarding sustainable food practices were examined. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a total of 97 college students. Surveys were completed t...

Copyright 2010 by [S.A.Nastis, A.Michailidis]. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. This paper utilizes the theory of compensating differentials for job risks from the labor economics literature to evaluate farmers' differences in wage-risk tradeoffs. In th...

While ecosystem services provide benefits at various spatial scales, often the decision to conserve an ecosystem lies with the local people. Knowing the perceptions of local landowners of the benefits provided by ecosystem services cannot only help in the design of efficient mechanisms for environmental conservation, but also in achieving the support of these mechanisms by the local stakeholder...