In the context of China’s trial fallow policy; the heavy metal pollution of farmland is addressed via field surveys in Hunan Province, where the fallow policy has been implemented, and in Jiangxi Province, where it has not been implemented. We measured and analyzed willingness to accept (WTA) using the contingent valuation method (CVM). The conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) Farmer a...

Vegetable production constitutes an important sub-sector of the agricultural economy of KwaZulu-Natal. Most vegetables are cultivated in mixed-cropping types of farming systems. The technical efficiency of vegetable based cropping systems was estimated in order to identify the potential increase in production without incurring additional costs. The factors affecting technical efficiency and con...

In the 1990’s, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) initiated a domestication programme of indigenous fruit trees (IFTs) in Southern Africa to increase farmhousehold income through farmer-led tree planting and thus conserve bio-diversity. From the farmer's point of view planting domesticated IFTs is an investment under uncertainty and irreversibility. As timing of planting is flexible, real op...

INTRODUCTION One strategy for lowering the prevalence of obesity is to increase access to and affordability of fruits and vegetables through farmers' markets. However, little has been documented in the literature on the implementation of such efforts. To address this gap, the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) sponsored an evaluation of the New York City Health Bucks ...

The study aims to identify the factors that affect lowland rice production, analyze efficiency of using production farming, and calculate farmers’ income farming in Balige Sub-district Toba Samosir Regency. research was conducted Hutagaol Peatalun Village Hinalang Bagasan with 64 respondents. Farmer respondents were chosen a simple random sampling method. collected data analyzed by Cobb-Douglas...

This paper relaxes the single factor model of educational mobility and analyzes heterogeneous effects of family background on children’s education in rural China, with a focus on market reform and non-farm occupations. We use data on three generations in rural China spanning preand post-reform periods. Evidence from a battery of econometric approaches shows that the influence of family backgrou...

Community Forest is a state forest concession that utilized and aimed at empowering increasing the income of local communities by improving community welfare. North Siantar Village Forestry location in Toba Samosir district with Lumban Lansang Farmer Group (FFG) as manager area. The purpose this study was to analyze contribution concessions FFG. This uses observation interview techniques all me...

though beekeeping is a common farming enterprise and income generating activity in atsbi wemberta district, and promotional efforts have been made to improve it, no systematic study has been undertaken to evaluate the promotional efforts and people’s response to it. the objectives of this study were to identify determinants of improved box hive adoption by the beekeepers; and to analyze financi...

This study aims to determine the income of coconut farming in Makawidey Village, Aertembaga District, Bitung City. research was conducted for 2 months, from March May 2022. The data analysis method used this quantitative analysis. Quantitative is determining production, revenue, costs and income. are primary secondary data. Primary obtained through direct interviews with farmers who own land th...

China has a unique land use system in which there are two types of land ownership, namely, state-owned urban land and farmer collective-owned rural land. Despite strict restrictions on the use rights of farmer collective-owned land, rural land is, in fact, developed along two pathways: it is formally acquired by the state and transferred into state ownership, or it is informally developed while...