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Apple farming is an important activity and profession of farmer communities in the Himalayan states of India. At present, the traditional apple farming is under stress due to changes in climate. The present study was undertaken in an Indian Himalayan state, Himachal Pradesh, with the major aim of studying perceptions of farmers on the effects of climate change on apple farming along the altitud...

Farming imposes unenthusiastic externalities upon society. It effects by differ‐ ent sources such as loss of biodiversity, land erosion, nutrient overflow, more water usage and pesticides. Optimistic externalities include respect of nature, independence, free enterprise, and the quality of air. Natural methods decrease some of these costs. It has been proposed that organic farming can reduce th...

Abstract Smallholder farmers’ preferences for participation in contract farming may take the form of proportional data––whereby farmers only sell some proportions or fractions their output to contractors. We analyze determinants zero (potential corner solution) and amounts milk that through farming, using dairy data from Zambia. Bayesian linear, linear probability, hurdle models are compared wi...

Organic farming represents strategic action for many European countries. Although the subsidies to organic farming sector are present there is no desired level of conversion from conventional to organic farming. System approach was applied in order to analyze the problem state. In order to provide proper strategy to achieve desired level of conversion the simulation model was build. By analysis...

This thesis tests if certain technology choices are associated with a reduction in the proportion of farming activities in the agro-food system in Maine. Goodman, Sorj, and Wilkinson define appropriationism as the replacement of farming sector activities by industrial inputs. Based on the concept of appropriationism, industrial fanning systems using large amounts of synthetic inputs contribute ...

This study aims to analyze individual factors and entrepreneurial behavior of oyster mushroom farmers in Payakumbuh. The characteristics were analyzed descriptively from 60 selected using a non-probability sampling technique, namely purposive sampling. results showed that consisting experience, self-confidence, motivation try farming, skills, perceptions effort, desire classified into the high ...

Red guava has many advantages, so it is the right choice as a mainstay commodity in agricultural development with creative approach to agribusiness innovation. The purpose of this study was analyze socio-economic influence farm income and yard. To factors used multiple linear regression analysis. results showed that including family dependents (X1), capital (X2), land area (X3), experience (X4)...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of musculoskeletal pain (MSK) pain in Korean farmers using initial survey data of Farmers' Cohort for Agricultural Work-Related MSK pain (FARM) study. METHODS Farmers (534 females and 479 males; mean age 57.2±7.5 years) who owned or rented a farm and belonged to an agricultural cooperative unit were recruited. Presence of pain for ea...

The study examined the effectiveness of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices utilized by Osogbo Catholic Rural Development (RUDEP) farmers in Osun State, Nigeria. Personal and socio-economic characteristics, types of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) utilized, level of utilization of IPM and effectiveness of IPM utilized by the respondents were studied. The study involved 36 RUDEP groups i...