In ‘Comments on Theeuwes and Riemersma’s Revisit of Daytime Running Lights’ Williams and Farmer ( 1996) comment on a paper we published in Accident Analysis and Prevention. In this paper we show that the original claim by Andersson and Nilsson ( 198 1) that the nationwide implementation of Daytime Running Lights (DRL) in Sweden resulted in a reduction of multiple daytime accidents was not warra...

Agricultural extension has shifted towards community-centric, farmer-centered, and participatory approaches that enhance rural change through a social learning lens, resulting in the emergence of farmer-to-farmer model. The purpose study was to understand lead farmer selection criteria within model their impacts on community learning. We applied Torraco’s (2005) integrative literature review me...

odities in Indonesia is soybeans. Domestic soybean production still low so that it can fill the gap domestic fever possible through imports. Farmers are less interested planting soybeans because profitable. Technological innovation and increasing farmer motivation to plant need be done, one of which demonstration plots training. The research was carried out Mekar Sari Village, Panimbang Distric...

The purpose of this community service is to develop a design for empowering farmers in order increase their participation the Sustainable Food Yard Program (P2L). Activities carried out from January July 2022. method used activity extension and training local farmers. Training on plant maintenance plant-based pests diseases aims farmers' knowledge, attitudes skills, especially related P2L. resu...

Globally, ministries of agriculture, universities, and the private sector employ more than 600,000 extension agents (Swanson, Farmer, and Bahal 1990). In the past, extension services, largely public, were equated with the transfer of agricultural production technology in pre-determined “packages”. Extension systems are now understood to be much broader and more diverse, including public and pri...

Banana is a key staple and cash crop in east and central Africa. However, the recent outbreak of Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) has threatened farmers whose livelihoods depend on the crop. Since 2002, stakeholders embarked on campaigns to sensitize farmers on the disease and its management. This study evaluated the effectiveness of these efforts by examining farmers’ awareness of the disease, co...