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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTHE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TEFF (ERAGROSTISTEF) PRODUCERS IN ETHIOPIAAsres Elias, Makoto Nohmi, Kumi Yasunobu et al.Teff (Eragrostistef) is a major staple food crop in Ethiopia, but smallholder teff production is characterized by persistently low average yield. A major government effort aimed at raising the productivity and competitiveness of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia involved reforming and implementing agricultural extension service known as Participatory Demonstration and Training Extension System (PADETES). Therefore, this study investigates the effect of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 21 Dec 2013 · 9,522 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLand Degradation and Preventive Measures From the Perspective of the StakeholdersMosayeb Heshmati, Arifin Abdu, Nik Muhamad Majid, J. ShamshuddinLand degradation at the catchment scale in Iran is widespread, usually assumed to be accelerated by the activities of local inhabitants. Social issues such as low income, poverty and low level of welfare and education contribute to land degradation. A study was conducted to identify the causes of land degradation in Merek catchment, Iran and to propose appropriate measures to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 24 Aug 2013 · 8,367 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAttitudes of Malaysian Extension Workers Towards Sustainable Agricultural PracticesNeda Tiraieyari, Azimi Hamzah, Bahaman Abu Samah, Jegak UliThe challenge of producing enough food for growing population increasingly affected Malaysian agricultural sector. Intensive farming system and increase in fertilizer used by farmers has led the agricultural sector to some environmental damage. The Department of Agriculture (DOA) has earmarked Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAP) to transfer unsustainable agriculture into a sustainable manner. The SAP should be transferred by extension workers … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 24 Jan 2013 · 7,714 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Examination of Back Ground and Strategies for Privatization of Agricultural ExtensionBagher ArayeshProblem statement: Agricultural extension as an important tool to achieve food for people has always been faced with challenges. One of these challenges is relation to the privatization of agricultural extension which has been suggested in most countries due to inefficiency of governmental systems of agricultural extension and their financial problems. The main purpose of current study was to examination … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 5 Jan 2012 · 7,787 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffective Factors in Achieving Sustainable AgricultureTahereh Sharghi, Hassan Sedighi, Abdolreza Roknoddin EftekhariProblem statement: The indiscriminate use of chemical inputs led to severe degradation of resources in Iran. Therefore, considering the increasing population and growing demand of agricultural products, it seems necessary to achieve a sustainable agriculture. In this study, sustainable agriculture refers to a kind of agriculture which is ecologically appropriate, economically justifiable, and socially desirable. Approach: There were two objectives … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 8,222 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigation of the Agricultural Water Management Mechanisms in Zarindasht County, Fars Province, IranAli Asadi, Yaser Mohammadi, Hossein Shabanali FamiProblem statement: Both sequential droughts and lack of water optimal consumption in Zarindasht county, have created scarcity problem that caused agricultural yield’s loss in this county. So according to lack of optimal consumption of agricultural water in this county, the main purpose of this study was to investigate agricultural water management mechanisms in three fields of irrigation sources, water transfer … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,958 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReorganization of Agricultural Extension toward Green AgricultureMohammad S. AllahyariProblem statement: Considering unsustainable agricultural conditions of Iran and organizational recession and inability of current extension organization to achieve sustainability, it seems that extension systems require a new organizational structure to achieve sustainability objectives. The purpose of the present study was to identify the most appropriate characteristics for extension organization toward green agriculture in Iran context. Approach: To fulfill this … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,879 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExtension Mechanisms to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Iran ContextMohammad Sadegh AllahyariSustainable agriculture, as a managerial philosophy has risen to meet environmental, economic and social complications. Agricultural extension as a source of information plays an important role for the achievement of sustainable forms of agriculture. In fact, conventional extension system cannot accomplish sustainability in agriculture. The objective of the study was to identify the most appropriate mechanism to support dimensions and … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,738 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInvestigating Mechanisms of Marginal Settlement Life ImprovementHamid Movahed Mohammadi, Yaser Mohammadi, Mehdi Rahimian, Navid LoghmaniThe main purpose of this research was to investigate mechanisms to improve marginal settlement life in Koohdasht County in Lorestan province. This research was a sort of the survey studies and a questionnaire was compiled for collection of data. Statistical population of this study was included 1560 households; also sampling method was a sort of random sampling. Number of sample … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,710 accessesView PDFCite