The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and type of lung function disorders in Danish farmers. Three samples of farmers were drawn from a group of unselected farmers who had participated in an epidemiological study. Group I (47 persons) was a sample of the 8% of all farmers who had reported that they had asthma; group II (63 persons) was a sample of the 28% of farmers who had h...

Nutritional status of sixty women, who were either marginal farmers or landless agricultural workers were assessed by diet survey, anthropometry and estimation of haemoglobin levels. Diet survey carried out by the 24 hour recall method revealed adequate intake of calories and protein but low intake of micronutrients. While intake of vitamin C and the B vitamins were poor, iron and vitamin A wer...

The role of women farmers in various regions Indonesia is very much needed because the need for food relatively high. working hours also high, with an average 35 per week. Based on results preliminary observations using Nordic Body Map, it was found that female farmer felt pain back, neck, upper arms, and wrists. This study uses QEC (Quick exposure checklist) method. this method, several parts ...

This study examines technical efficiency between Participatory & NonParticipatory farmers under Integrated Crop Management project (ICM) in the north-west region of Bangladesh. Sixty farmers of which 30 participatory & 30 nonparticipatory were selected following stratified random sampling technique from four villages under pirganj upazila in Thakurgaon district. ICM project participatory farmer...

Small-scale farmers in developing countries use hazardous pesticides taking few or no safety measures. Farmer field schools (FFSs) teaching integrated pest management (IPM) have been shown to reduce pesticide use among trained farmers. This cross-sectional study compares pesticide-related knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP), potential exposure, and self-reported poisoning symptoms among 35 FFS ...

Subclinical inflammatory activity may be one of the factors which influences the variable natural history of farmers' lung. Serum lysozyme (LYS) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) have been measured in 52 farmers with a previous history of farmers' lung and in 51 healthy control farmers. The group with farmers' lung assessed during the winter, although having had no recent acute symptoms, ...

This research examines the involvement of women who work as farmers with aim improving welfare their families in Sipea-Pea Village, West Sorkam District, Central Tapanuli Regency. study aims to determine how contribution socio-economic family. is classified descriptive describing or objects and phenomena studied. The number informants this were five people, namely had worked agriculture for at ...

OBJECTIVE Circumstantial evidence suggests that organic farmers may have higher sperm count than other men, but comprehensive epidemiological studies of male fecundity among farmers have never been carried out. A substantial increase of sperm count is expected to translate into a shorter time to pregnancy--the number of menstrual cycles or months it takes a couple to get pregnant from discontin...