This study explores the human dimensions of broad-based adoption Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWCs) among farmers in North Carolina. We used an actor diagramming and tracing approach to explore factors influencing farmers’ SRWCs. Results suggest four strongly influence process: 1) market availability, 2) education awareness, 3) funding, 4) social networking. Based on these results, we recommend...

Extension agents obtain professional development (PD) through a variety of means, some which have been critiqued as lacking in creativity or involvement experiential learning approaches. As engages reinvention and reimaging response to competition the information marketplace, direct candid connections with changing clientele are essential. In this article, I propose value travel form nontraditi...

Compared to urban counties, Utah's rural counties experienced high levels of unemployment. Informed by a statewide needs assessment, Utah State University Extension developed remote work leadership course equip business leaders with knowledge and skills create jobs as solution This descriptive evaluation study collected data from participants (N = 62). Findings showed short-term outcomes were a...

Effectively communicating with diverse groups involved in environmental management is critical to facilitating successful projects. This five-step communication plan designed enable resource managers and extension professionals successfully engage their stakeholders. plan, which uses oyster reef as an example, was informed by two primary sources: expert meeting stakeholder leaders coastal res- ...

The present research is conducted to find out the services and facilities of tobacco companies in promotion of tobacco crop in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A multi-stage sampling technique applied for selection sample size. In this method, 135 tobacco growers were selected from fifteen villages of tobacco growers. The principle researcher interviewed selected respondents f...

Phytophthora blight (Phytophthora capsici) is one of the major soilborne diseases threatening many vegetable crops including squash. The disease results in severe epidemics and yield losses due to a rapid spread pathogen associated with wet weather soil waterlogging. Implementing drone-based spatial mapping software elevation tools can assist growers evaluating land levelling for uniform distri...

The Specialty Crop Industry was hard hit after Covid-19 declared a pandemic. Concerns of the future industry triggered initiation Qualtrics survey to investigate growers’ attitude and behaviors amidst Covid-19, identify new production practices cost analysis going into fall crop season. results conducted from June 10-July 02, 2020 will also be useful Extension professionals in other r...

The research work is an extension of the original UCP Model for software estimation by incorporating the factors that are currently weighted in estimation of software by IT professionals. The rationale of the study is to make UCP Model effective, realistic and more accurate for the current IT industry. To identify the gap between the original UCP model and the current estimation considerations,...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the degree of perception of laypersons, professionals, and dental students, regarding the aesthetic appearance of the smile in cases of gingival plastic surgery of the maxilla for correction of a gingival smile, by examining alterations in photographs. MATERIALS/METHODS Alterations were made to an extraoral front-view-photograph of a gingival smile in normal occlusion, b...

this comment on professor fotaki’s editorial agrees with her arguments that training health professionals in more compassionate, caring and ethically sound care will have little value unless the system in which they work changes. it argues that for system change to occur, senior management, government members and civil servants themselves need training so that they learn to understand the effec...