OBJECTIVE Circumstantial evidence suggests that organic farmers may have higher sperm count than other men, but comprehensive epidemiological studies of male fecundity among farmers have never been carried out. A substantial increase of sperm count is expected to translate into a shorter time to pregnancy--the number of menstrual cycles or months it takes a couple to get pregnant from discontin...

This research was based on primary data collected through well designed and pre-tested questionnaire, to determine awareness of farmers on extension methods used by ADP in Kano state of Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used, in which three local governments were randomly selected. Secondly, three wards one each from the selected local governments (Danbatta, Gaya and Madobi) were rando...

the objective of this study was to assess the influence of some socioeconomic characteristics on purposes for which mobile phone was used by small scale farmers in the gezira state, sudan. the total number of small- scale farmers in the state for 2013-2014 growing season was estimated to be 5000. ten percent of the population was used using the simple random sampling technique. the collected da...

A comprehensive assessment of drought environmental and socio-economic impacts provides critical information to rational decisions supporting drought mitigation policies and programs. The objectives of this study were to survey environmental and socio-economic impacts of drought in Guilan Province, and prioritize them from the viewpoint of paddy farmers. This study was a descriptive-correlation...

The study was conducted to ascertain the potential feedstuffs available for livestock management in three senatorial districts of Cross River State, Nigeria. A total of 192 structured questionnaires were administered to sole livestock and crop-livestock farmers in 24 villages at eight per village. At collection only 176 were retrieved from the respondents representing the farm households. Data ...

this study examined farmers’ perception and adoption of yam minisett technology. the study was carried out in anambra state, nigeria. a sample size of 120 yam farmers was used for the study. data were collected using a structured and validated interview schedule. data generated for the study were summarized using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage and mean scores while the sig...

the research analyzed the land tenure system among rice farmers in awe local government area of nasarawa state, nigeria. two hundred and forty (240) farmers were sampled by a multi stage sampling procedure and used as respondents for the study. well-structured questionnaires were used for data collection. the main means of data analysis were percentages and correlation. findings revealed that 4...

risk and uncertainty in agricultural activities are being considered by agricultural producers as main obstacle in adopting new technologies and also mentioned as a hinder for the new agricultural investment. risk management is important and should be taken into account since uncertainty is inherent in the price and production as well as income of the farmers. in this paper, we study the role o...

the purpose of this descriptive-survey research was to assess the attitude of the farmers, bakers and consumers toward cultural and social factors influencing wheat, flour, and bread losses. the population of the study was constituted of all the farmers, bakers and bread consumers in tehran, khuzestan, golestan and kermanshah provinces. a sample of 1500 farmers, 600 bakers, and 6000 consumers w...

*Corresponding Author Email: [email protected] Raising farmers’ productivity and incomes are a necessity. This study investigated the roles ICTs play in improving farmers agricultural livelihoods. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, 250 agricultural producers were chosen randomly from 10 agricultural cooperatives in Imo state. Data were collected by means of questionnaire and analyzed ...