This study examined the training needs of agricultural extension agents in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample of 102 respondents was drawn from extension agents in the States’ Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR) and the FADAMA Programme. Data were collected in February 2017 by using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data generated w...

M.R. Maleki , H. Ramon, J. De Baerdemaeker, A.M. Mouazen Department of Biosystems, Division of Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Department of Agricultural Machinery, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, P.O. Box 76169-133, Kerman, Iran Natural Resources Department, School of ...

the objective of this research is to consider the ramin agriculture and natural resources university graduate students' viewpoint as regards challenges and obstacles of higher education in training entrepreneurship oriented graduates. the present research was carried out in the general framework of a survey study with the population being taken from among the ramin agriculture and natural ...

white been line wa8592-1 was first introduced in iran through the yield trail nurseries received fron ciat in 1991. in observation nurseries carried out during 1992 and 1993 cropping seasons, ten bean populations were evaluated for yield and other characteristics, and 60 lines were selected. preliminary and advanced yield trails carried out for six years (1995-2000) in four locations khomein, e...

Prof. Nosrat Safaeian from Sari, Australia received the Outstanding Achievement Award for Stewardship from the Iranian Society for Range Management at the 5th National Conference held in Boroujerd, Lorestan, Iran. He was born in Khorramabad and graduated in Ecology and Range Management from Montpellier, Science and Technique University, French in 1979.  I am honoured to introduce Prof. Nosrat S...

the present study was performed to analyze some of the preventive vs. promoter factors of applying blended learning system in agricultural higher education as viewed from the perspective of khuzestan province's faculties of agriculture and natural resources' faculty members. statistical population of the study consisted of the members of agriculture and natural resources state college...

Due to timely process of WTO negotiations, unwillingness of advanced industrial countries to give concessions to developing economies regarding tariff and non-tariff barriers on agricultural commodity imports, the ongoing initiatives in Northern hemisphere to establish new and wider free trading areas which will divert trade out of the market from Asian countries, and ineffectiveness of deepeni...

despite the passage of seven decades from the field of adult education activities, and establishment of several formal vs. informal organizations, not only a comprehensive philosophy for adult education has not been developed, but also a significant effort to introduce the philosophy of education as regards adult education is lacking. the aim followed in the present study was to seek the attitu...

Driven by global population and standard of living increases, humanity co-opts a growing share of the planet’s natural resources resulting in many well-known environmental trade-offs. In this study, we explored the impact of agriculture on a resource fundamental to life on Earth: terrestrial vegetation growth (net primary production; NPP). We demonstrate that agricultural conversion has reduced...