nowadays soil erosion is considered as a serious threat to human's life and his welfare. when soil erosion not properly controlled, the fertility would gradually decrease. adoption of appropriate soil conservation practices along with socio-economic factors' assessment can be used to increase farmers' awareness and acceptance of soil conservation, and to diminish soil erosion dam...

The potential for coffee development in Indonesia has great opportunities, supported by high market demand. purpose of the study was to determine characteristics agroforestry and its contribution income farmers Tulungrejo Village, Ngantang District, Malang Regency. Types data consist primary secondary data. Primary were obtained from interviews with 90 respondents who are members Forest Farmers...

the main purpose of this research was to investigate farmer’s attitude towards privatization of agricultural extension in shirgah district , mazandaran province. the statistical population consisted of 15300 farmers who inhabited as residents in 54 villages. using stratified proportional random sampling, 150 farmers (through cochran formula) were selected. the study revealed that 84% of farmers...

This study examines the impact of agro tourism development on increasing value added agricultural products, and farmers income level. The was conducted using survey interviews with related parties field observation. encourages community to process improve farm non- management. results showed that processing management non-farm activities provides significant increase household income. It is rec...

agricultural production is influenced by different political, economic and environmental factors. various factors influence production, affecting the income of farmers and even in some cases increasing their vulnerability. continuation and expansion of economic activity in this sector requires appropriate risk management policies to be promptly and appropriately applied. one of the oldest strat...

With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous assessment of the impacts of farmer innovation is lacking. Consequently, we analyse the effect of farmer inn...

Agricultural producers have been experiencing significant income pressures, leading to a search for alternative sources of income. One of such is value-added agricultural businesses that allow the farmers to stay on the farm and undertake entrepreneurial ventures to improve their finances. How do farmers make sense of their environment as they consider their options for value-added business ven...

BACKGROUND Many European countries have in recent decades reported growing socioeconomic differentials in mortality. While these trends have usually paralleled high unemployment and increasing income disparities, Sweden had low unemployment and narrowing income differences. This study describes trends, 1961-1990, in total and cardiovascular mortality among men, 45-69 years of age, in major occu...

Current knowledge on product marketing in Ethiopia is poor and inadequate for designing implementing policies to overcome problems the system. This study was conducted identify factors influencing market participation decision of smallholder haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) farmers Northwest Ethiopia. Survey data were collected from 312 analyzed using Heckman’s two-step econometric model th...

This paper, based on a field investigation in rural West Bengal, aims to identify possible ways which can enhance the farm income of marginal farmers. It is observed that micro-credit system under joint liability credit contract play dominant role during time disbursement institutional credit, but availability and size this mainly depend operational holdings households. also provided through sy...