Hiroaki KITAZAWA*, Naoko HASEGAWA, Masayasu NAGATA, Machiko FUKUDA, Shin-ichi WATANABE, Atsushi YAMASAKI, Atsuko URAGAMI Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan Vegetable Production Technology Division, NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, Tsukuba, Japan Horticulture Research Division, NARO Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, Kurume, Ja...

This project aimed the characterization of the physical workload of the organic horticulture by determining the frequency of exposure of operators to some activity categories. To do this, an adaptation of the PATH method (Posture, Activities, Tools and Handling) was done to be used in the context of agriculture work. The approach included an evaluation of physical effort demanded to perform the...

Karin M. Kettenring*, Kristin L. Mercer, Carrie Reinhardt Adams and Jes Hines Ecology Center and Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA; Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesvi...

ROCK CHABOT, CHANTAL J. BEAUCHAMP, JOSEPH W. KLOEPPER and HANI ANTOUN* De partement des Sols et de Ge nie Agroalimentaire et Centre de Recherche en Horticulture, Universite Laval, Pavillon Charles-EugeÁ ne Marchand, Quebec, Que., Canada G1K 7P4, De partement de Phytologie et Centre de Recherche en Horticulture, Faculte des Sciences de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation, Universite Laval, ...