abstract non-renewable natural resources play an important role in sustainable development of developing countries such as iran. however, since the natural resources should be preserved for future generations, proper use of such resources seems mandatory. women are one of the prime users of natural resources in developing countries. the purpose of this study is to assess the conservational beha...

It is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. Transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in Ethiopia. This study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...

agriculture has a key role to play in reducing poverty and hunger in many developing countries. about 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are dependent on agriculture and related activities in the rural economy. for this reason the benefits for developing countries’ farmers have been shown to be substantial if oecd member countries reformed their agricultural policies. the issu...

introduction rural women constitute about half of the world’s population and in the world production supply they have energetic comm:union: and constitute a great part of agriculture workforce. they constitute50% of the workforce and participate in the production of half of the foods in the agriculture section. as an example the rural women constitute about 70 to 80% of agriculture workforce in...

Agriculture has a key role to play in reducing poverty and hunger in many developing countries. About 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are dependent on agriculture and related activities in the rural economy. For this reason the benefits for developing countries’ farmers have been shown to be substantial if OECD member countries reformed their agricultural policies. The issu...

empowering rural women is one of the third millennium goals. to this end it was proposed to allot micro credits to rural women in order to provide the required capital to launch productive careers. now after a decade from the establishment of micro credit funds in iran, only few researches have been done to give a rank to them. the present research is conducted through survey method to rank mic...

Agriculture has a key role to play in reducing poverty and hunger in many developing countries. About 75% of the world's poor live in rural areas and most are dependent on agriculture and related activities in the rural economy. For this reason the benefits for developing countries’ farmers have been shown to be substantial if OECD member countries reformed their agricultural policies. The issu...