BACKGROUND Immigrant workers make up an important portion of the hired workforce in the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) sector, one of the most hazardous industry sectors in the US. Despite the inherent dangers associated with this sector, worker protection is limited. METHODS This article describes the current occupational health and safety policies and regulatory standards in the ...

Investment in R&D has long been regarded as an important source of productivity growth in Australian agriculture. Perhaps because research lags are long, current investment in R&D is monitored closely. Investment in R&D has been flat while productivity growth has remained strong, relative both to other sectors of the Australian economy and to the agricultural sectors of other countries. Such pr...

The paper starts with an exploration of knowledgemanagement which focuses on the knowledgepyramid concept. The successful management ofthe transition from an agricultural to a knowledgebased society, it is argued, should go beyond formu-lating information communication technology pol-icies to include knowledge management policies aswell. The contribution of informati...

The concentration and centralization of capital is one of the fundamental general tendencies of the capitalist mode of production. This tendency applies, in Marx's view, to the agricultural as well as the industrial sector.' In Lenin's words: "The fundamental and principal trend of capitalism is the displacement of small-scale production by large-scale production, both in industry and in agricu...

OBJECTIVE Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) represents one of the most significant and costly health problems occurring in the working population. An estimation of the potential impact of CTS prevention programs in the workplace would be useful for public policy. The aim of this study was to assess the work-related population-attributable fraction (PAF) of CTS in industrial sectors and occupational ...

Although the agricultural sector consumes more than 90% of the extracted water, its efficiency is lower than other sectors. Also, according to the population growth and critical role of food security, and the necessity to supply water to other sectors, an increasing pressure to save water, optimized consumption and increasing water use productivity in agriculture will occur in the future. Nowad...

Sustainable water management often emphasizes water resource quantity, with focus on availability and use practices. However, only a subset of the available water may be usable when also considering water quality. Water quality management is examined within three broad sectors—urban, agriculture, and environmental systems—to investigate how water quality sustainability (WQS) is defined by each ...

Executive Summary Fisheries and aquaculture products are globally important sources of much needed, high quality, aquatic animal proteins, and invaluable providers of employment, cash income, and foreign exchange. Fisheries products are the world’s most widely traded foods, with commerce dominated by the developing countries. Fisheries products are the primary protein sources for some 950 milli...

Malaysia and China have recently achieved spectacular economic growth where GDP per capita growth rapidly in both countries. Thus, this study examines the contribution of economic sectors to economic growth in Malaysia and China by using time series data from year 1978 until 2007. There are three economic sectors that will be analyzed, which are agricultural sector, manufacturing sector and ser...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the economic benefit, cost-effectiveness, and distribution of benefit of improving human health in Mongolia through the control of brucellosis by mass vaccination of livestock. METHODS Cost-effectiveness and economic benefit for human society and the agricultural sector of mass vaccination against brucellosis was modelled. The intervention consisted of a planned 10-year ...