The effects of nitrogenous (inorganic) fertilisers, organic manures and blue-green algae (BGA) biofertiliser on mosquito populations (Diptera: Culicidae) were studied in rice fields of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, south India, with particular attention to Culex vishnui Theobald, Cx. pseudovishnui Colless and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus Giles, the vectors of Japanese encephalitis (JE). The application of urea...

OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to clarify in detail the levels of whole-body vibration (WBV) exposure from a variety of agricultural machines in a rice farmer over one year, and to evaluate the daily level of exposure compared with European and Japanese threshold limits. METHODS The subject was a full-time, male rice farmer. We measured vibration accelerations on the seat pan and at t...

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the independence farmers, sustainability lowland rice farming, relationship between farmers' farming in Konda District, South Konawe Regency. Data sourced from farmers District. basis for consideration making two villages subject research is that are with highest number population 120 Cialam Jaya village 80 Lawoila village. sample size dete...

the objective followed in this research was to investigate the farmers’ attitude toward rice cultivation and development in ilam province. the study consisted of all the farmers who cultivated rice in the region of shirvan & chardavol (n=2550), of whom 119 were selected through multi-staged random sampling in the growing season of the years 1386-87 and over two main rice farming areas in the pr...

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...

Abstract Rice is a staple food in East Java, and the average consumption 100 kg/capita/year. However, rice productivity has declined dramatically recent years. Food security can be reached by improving technical efficiency of farming, especially farming centers such as Java Province. This study aims to measure its determinants using two limit tobit. And it also examine effect on logit regressio...