the main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurial behavior of strawberry farmers. the study was a descriptive - correlational one. the research population was comprised of the strawberry farmers in the sarvabad city of kordestan (n = 193). sample size, according to kerjcie & morgan table (1970) was determined to be 127 persons, selecte...

This paper investigates the relationship between food security and commercialisation using data from a household survey in National Smallholder Farmer Association of Malawi (NASFAM) operated areas. NASFAM promotes commercialisation of agriculture by introducing the principle of farming as a business among its members who are largely smallholder subsistence farmers. The study finds that househol...

Strategies and best practices for the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops need to be developed and implemented with the participation of farmers and other stakeholders. According to the principle of 'subsidiarity', decisions should be made by the lowest authority possible. When applying this concept to the case of GM crops, the affected society should determine their use and management in a reg...

The study objective was to evaluate health beliefs and behaviors associated with agrochemical exposure among rice farmers. We applied the Health Belief Model, community-based ethnography, and public health risk assessment for this study. Data were collected from 101 rice farmers in Khlong Seven community between January and June 2010. Data comprised observations, unstructured and semistructured...

This study investigated the occupational safetypractices among smallholder farmers in Ile-Ife area of Osun State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 220 randomly selected farmers using pre-tested and validated structured interview schedule. Information was collected on demographic, socio-economic characteristics and safety practices of the respondents. The data were summarized using freq...

Administered commodity price schemes in developing countries have proved ineffective in raising farmers’ incomes and price stabilisation through futures markets is increasingly advocated as the alternative policy objective. A potential difficulty is that farmers tend not to hedge extensively, even in developed countries where access to futures markets is long established. Explanations for this ...

farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. yet, they lack adequate and needed information. hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern nigeria. multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. primary data were collected to elicit infor...