In ‘Comments on Theeuwes and Riemersma’s Revisit of Daytime Running Lights’ Williams and Farmer ( 1996) comment on a paper we published in Accident Analysis and Prevention. In this paper we show that the original claim by Andersson and Nilsson ( 198 1) that the nationwide implementation of Daytime Running Lights (DRL) in Sweden resulted in a reduction of multiple daytime accidents was not warra...

Agricultural extension has shifted towards community-centric, farmer-centered, and participatory approaches that enhance rural change through a social learning lens, resulting in the emergence of farmer-to-farmer model. The purpose study was to understand lead farmer selection criteria within model their impacts on community learning. We applied Torraco’s (2005) integrative literature review me...

Rice is a staple food for Indonesian people, but the loss of crop yields still relatively high. The can be reduced by making improvements to application technology. Technological innovation in agriculture increase agricultural productivity. process accepting technological defined as adoption. Farmer’s adoption technology determined characteristic innovation, including relative advantage, compat...

Banana is a key staple and cash crop in east and central Africa. However, the recent outbreak of Banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) has threatened farmers whose livelihoods depend on the crop. Since 2002, stakeholders embarked on campaigns to sensitize farmers on the disease and its management. This study evaluated the effectiveness of these efforts by examining farmers’ awareness of the disease, co...

The free distribution of seeds and tools is the standard approach to agricultural recovery. The predominance of this approach is partly attributable to the: (1) perception that farmer seed quality is poor, (2) insistence on seed certification, (3) promotion of researcher varieties, (4) misdiagnosis of unavailability, (5) difficulty accessing farmer seed, and (6) support for the commercial seed ...

Common belief and some empirical evidence indicates that productivity of a farmer may increase with age, reach some maximum level, and then decrease with further age (Tauer 1984; Tauer 1995). If productivity exhibits a life-cycle pattern, then productivity of agriculture may decrease as the U.S. farm population continues to age. Lifecycle changes are also critical in planning for succession of ...

The socioeconomic impacts of foot and mouth disease (FMD) during 2011-12 outbreaks on large ruminant smallholders in Laos were investigated, including examination of data on gender, household financial status and farmer husbandry practices. A mix of participatory tools and survey questionnaires at the village and household level, respectively, were conducted, involving individual farmer intervi...