AbstractThe growing aquaculture industry is facing several challenges including risks and uncertainties. Studies exploring farmers’ risk perceptions management strategies are, however, lim...

Abstract Farmers must clearly perceive climate change to implement autonomous adaptations and support planned adaptation mitigation initiatives. Based on the primary data collected from 300 farming households of sub-Himalayan West Bengal India, present study compared farmers’ perceptions with meteorological trends obtained through a combination statistical graphical tests. Many farmers declared...

In a global situation where water constraints are daily concern and expected to worsen in the upcoming years, finding new alternatives guarantee its supply is of critical importance. Against this background, reclaimed has proved be sustainable alternative that recycles wastewater from circular economy approach, thus enhancing availability for key sectors such as agriculture. context public poli...

This paper (1) appraises The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s widely disseminated and reported indices ranking states on their relative level of charitable giving, and (2) presents a different set of rankings based on a more valid research methodology, what we call the CWP (Center on Wealth and Philanthropy) Index. Our more precise methods raise important questions for the community of nonprofit sch...

Computing with Words (CW) methodology has been used in several different environments to narrow the differences between human reasoning and computing. As Decision Making is a typical human mental process, it seems natural to apply the CW methodology in order to create and enrich decision models in which the information that is provided and manipulated has a qualitative nature. In this paper we ...

This paper assesses the origins of and changes to fertilizer policy in Nepal over a period of time. It assesses farmers’ awareness of the recent changes to the subsidy policy and examines their perceptions of the extension services. This paper looks at the environmental implications of the concentrated application of chemical fertilizer, particularly as far as food security is concerned. Questi...