Smallholder farmers constitute the largest group of economic actors in Malawi and there is increasing recognition that the small scale at which they operate does not offer for most a pathway out of poverty, let alone to prosperity. Increasingly the idea is gaining traction that by joining forces through primary agricultural cooperatives, smallholde...
Published in Journal of transport & health
Introduction: Rural crashes result in fatality rates twice as high as urban, after accounting for vehicle miles traveled, and those involving farm vehicles tend to be the most severe. Farm vehicle crash interventions have focused on the farm equipment (e.g., lighting and marking) or the farm vehicle operator (e.g., training), despite crashes being ...
This is a baseline survey data that was collected within the project ‘Managing agricultural biodiversity for better nutrition and health, improved livelihoods and more sustainable production systems in sub-Saharan Africa’ implemented by Bioversity International. The survey was conducted in Kitui District in Eastern Province of Kenya between 14 July...
Published in Journal of agromedicine
Objective: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data have shown that agriculture, forestry, and fishing as an occupational group have the third highest rate of work-related roadway crashes. Agriculture-related crashes have been explored in the Midwest and South; however, we know little about agriculture-related crashes in the Northe...
A study was conducted in Jhapa, Sunsari and Bardiya district of Nepal to assess the benefit cost (BCA) analysis of small farm machineries (transplanter, reaper and power tiller) used for rice cultivation. Out of total respondents of 274 under mechanized farm category selected using Raosoft Software of sample size determination, 74% (20) reaper owne...
L’objectif de cette communication est de présenter une méthode originale d’évaluation des effets des pratiques et équipements utilisés en élevage laitier sur l’environnement. L’évaluation est réalisée de manière qualitative : 154 pratiques sont évaluées sur 20 performances élémentaires, par une échelle à 6 niveaux allant du plus négatif au plus pos...
