awareness of the perception of farmers toward cooperation is an important step for developing the role of cooperatives in rural economy. the purpose of this descriptive-correlational study was to investigate perception of farmers toward cooperation. the statistical population for the study consisted of farmer heads of families in the rural society of kermanshah township (n=24391). three hundred...

Executive Summary Livestock in Ethiopia has an important economic, functional, and cultural significance. Various functions of livestock include dairy production, meat production, draught labor and transportation. Economically, livestock production accounts for nearly 80% of farmer income 1 in the country. In addition, livestock serves as a “savings account” or a way of building assets. Cultura...

The paper provides an historical overview of the gradual but erratic evolution of collective forest rights in the People’s Republic of China. Forest tenure rights have been subject to numerous changes since the establishment of People’s Republic in 1949. In the most recent decades, use rights for forests have been transferred from collective to individual household-based with the intent to prov...

Unfavourable Climate is the major back lash to farmers, surmount that situation crop insurance yardstick for farmers. To stabilize farm income farmer has avail insurance. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojana was implemented protect farmers from loss due unforeseen events and alleviate heavy weight of financial risk on their income. Even though this Program found be farmer-friendly, rural people ...

Third, the wood itself has an unusual combination of desirable properties. Its strength is outstanding. It is a prime material for structural plywood. Its light color and the strength of its fibers adapt it for pulping by both chemical and mechanical processes. The self-pruning attribute of the major species permits clear lumber for millwork to be produced in quantity. Further, the form of the ...

In other areas, perhaps reflecting my own more superficial knowledge, I found less to argue with. But I do think in a book aiming to highlight topics which will feature in the MRCP examination, more than a brief paragraph on AIDS would be useful. Having made these criticisms there is much to enjoy in the slightly idiosyncratic approach in this book. It will remain popular amongst MRCP candidate...

Approximently 10,000 years ago, civilization began in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia around the river valleys of the Euphrates and the Tiger rivers. It was agriculture that allowed these civilizations to prosper and the river water that allowed agriculture. The number of people in the world has grown signi cantly since then increasing the demand for food production. Agriculture has been fo...

Geography made rural society in the south-east of England unequal. Economies of scale in grain growing created a farmer elite and many landless laborers. In the pastoral north-west in contrast family farms dominated, with few hired laborers, and modest income disparities. Did this geography driven difference in social structure influence educational outcomes in England 1810-1845? Using new micr...

That is, countries with more skilled labour should have higher productivity than countries with less skilled workers, 1 holding all factors constant. Bartel and Lichetenberg (1987) show that firms with new capital stock have a higher demand for educated workers 2 relative to uneducated workers because skilled workers are able to implement innovations more quickly and thereby reduce a firm's cos...

This paper argues that the stock market crash of 2008, triggered by a collapse in house prices, caused the Great Recession. The paper has three parts. First, it provides evidence of a high correlation between the value of the stock market and the unemployment rate in U.S. data since 1929. Second, it compares a new model of the economy developed in recent papers and books by Farmer, with a class...