agriculture in the kingdom of saudi arabia has witnessed many phases, from ancient small-scale bedouin nomadic subsistence agriculture to mass-scale farming to ensure food security and self-sufficiency, to the present-day desire for sustainability. these transitions have made the work of extension staff very challenging. effective extension work depends upon competent and well-trained agricultu...

BACKGROUND Eyelash extensions are applied on top of customers' lashes using instant glue containing cyano acrylate, known to cause occupational rhinitis (OR) and occupational asthma (OA). The number of beauty professionals applying these extensions is increasing due to their popularity. AIMS To report on a case of OA with OR and a case of OR attributable to lash extension glue and to evaluate...

Acquiring external grants can seem out of reach for Extension professionals, especially early-career professionals. While Cooperative provides opportunities to assist professionals in the grant writing process, Utah State University (USU) facilitates an internal mini program build professionals’ capacity apply funds. Using survey data from USU our study sought evaluate processes and outcomes pr...

Using a retrospective post-then-pre design, we asked Extension professionals to reflect on their work-life balance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives were assess whether variables (work interference with personal life, life work, work-personal enhancement) changed from pandemic, any changes in concentrated households parents who had caregiving responsibilities, of these ass...

Compensating producers through conservation programs for best management practice (BMP) adoption has had notable success to date; however, there are still many producers that choose not to participate in conservation programs and/or decide not to implement BMPs. How can Extension professionals and conservationists better promote and encourage BMP adoption and conservation program participation?...