the objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of the turkish farmers with regard to fertilizer usage. farmers in the kazova district of turkey's tokat province were interviewed regarding their soil maintenance practices. the interview was based on a standardized questionnaire the answers being recorded at the time of interview. simple random sampling method was used to d...

the objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge of the turkish farmers with regard to fertilizer usage. farmers in the kazova district of turkey's tokat province were interviewed regarding their soil maintenance practices. the interview was based on a standardized questionnaire the answers being recorded at the time of interview. simple random sampling method was used to de...

The article describes the influence of a disease control scheme (the Norfolk-Suffolk Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Disease (BVD) Eradication scheme) on farmers' bio-security attitudes and behaviours. In 2010, a survey of 100 cattle farmers (53 scheme members vs. 47 out of scheme farmers) was undertaken among cattle farmers residing in Norfolk and Suffolk counties in the UK. A cross-sectional independe...

Objective: This study aims to review group learning method effect compared to individual learning method on dyslexic students of second grade in elementary school and it evaluates whether their problem will be solved in group and by other`s help? Thus, two methods of learning- Jigsaw I and Jigsaw II methods -were used to review their effects on improving learning and reading of...

Objective: This study aims to review group learning method effect compared to individual learning method on dyslexic students of second grade in elementary school and it evaluates whether their problem will be solved in group and by other`s help? Thus, two methods of learning- Jigsaw I and Jigsaw II methods -were used to review their effects on improving learning and reading of...

background: planning the educational programs and informing people regarding the prevention of widespread diseases like cancers is necessary. with regard to high mortality rate of gastric cancer, the present study was conducted to define the effect of education based on health belief model on knowledge, attitude and nutritional practice of homemakers. materials and methods: in this intervention...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease that has pigs as the major amplifying hosts. It is the most important cause of viral encephalitis in people in Nepal and is spreading in its geographic distribution in that country. Pig farming is increasing in Nepal due to reducing cultural biases against pigs and government programs to support pig farming for poverty alleviation....

Agricultural production outsourcing, a new means of agricultural production, can optimise the allocation resources, reduce costs, and improve productivity. However, farmers' outsourcing behaviours are strongly interfered with by many factors such as economics, technology institutions. Using farmer-level data set from 2014 to 2018 in China, we examine effects minimum wage increase on rice behavi...

This study offers evidence of the robustness of farmer rice varieties (Oryza glaberrima and O. sativa) in West Africa. Our experiments in five West African countries showed that farmer varieties were tolerant of sub-optimal conditions, but employed a range of strategies to cope with stress. Varieties belonging to the species Oryza glaberrima - solely the product of farmer agency - were the most...

1 Abstract This paper describes the multimodal communication components of a 3D virtual world application that is being developed within the Danish research project Staging. The application is a farm scenario in which the user can interact with an autonomous farmer agent via an avatar to participate in simple conversations relating to life and work on the farm. Communication is multimodal in th...