This paper uses household level data to examine the ecological and political factors and household characteristics associated with small farmer land use change and forest clearing between 1993 and 1998. The research site is a settlement frontier within a protected area in northern Guatemala. The great expanse of accessible, open land of the Sierra de Lacandón National Park (SLNP) has been a mag...

BACKGROUND In Sub-Saharan Africa, 40% of children under five years in age are chronically undernourished. As new investments and attention galvanize action on African agriculture to reduce hunger, there is an urgent need for metrics that monitor agricultural progress beyond calories produced per capita and address nutritional diversity essential for human health. In this study we demonstrate ho...

background: dog is known to act as definitive host for some parasites that cause important diseases in man and animals. the aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of neospora caninum and other intestinal parasites in dogs in khorasan razavi province, iran. methods : a cross-sectional study was done concerning frequency of n. canium and other in­testinal parasites in dogs in ma...

Child of agriculture families are likely to be exposed to agricultural chemicals, even if they are not involved in farm activities. This study was designed to determine whether such children are exposed to higher levels of pesticides than children whose parents are not involved in agriculture and whose homes are not close to farms. Household dust and soil samples were collected in children's pl...

a diverse range of foods has been shown to increase energy and micronutrients intake in the developing countries. it is widely asserted in the literature and development circles that farm household access to irrigation dam can provide a significant improvement of household’s dietary diversity. this study set out to assess the role of kampe irrigation dam on farm household dietary diversity in k...

this study focused on the income generating capacity of farm family’s own resources and examined the vulnerability to financial risk among the remote and peri-urban farming systems of imo state. primary data was collected using the farming and rural systems approach to randomly select and interview 120 households. descriptive statistics and mann whitney test were used in assessing between group...

Sustainable land management (SLM) is a leading policy issue in Ethiopia. However, the adoption and continuous use of SLM technologies remain low. This study investigates interrelationship adopted key factors farmers’ decisions to North Gojjam sub-basin Upper Blue Nile. The was based on investigation cross-sectional data obtained from 414 randomly selected rural household heads, focus group disc...

This paper develops a micro-perspective indicator of job stability, and by using data from the 2018 Micro China Family Panel Studies (CFPS-2018), it empirically examines impact stability on non-farm employment urban rural residents in China. The results showcase: Firstly, is core factor labor force participation at present; secondly, based heterogeneous exploration urban-rural household registr...

this study was conducted in delta state nigeria to establish a nexus between rural-urban migration and child labour. random sampling was applied to select rural settlements and this study covers 450 sample farming households. the results show that rural-urban migration influence child labour (p