contact with agricultural experts and extension participation were effective factors on the perception. A study conducted by Tatlıdil et al. (2009) on farmers’ perception toward sustainable agriculture in Kahramanmaras Province of Turkey ascertained that the farmers who have higher socio-economic status (more frequent contact with extension services, higher education, ownership of land, etc.) and the greater access to information will have the greater perception of sustainable agricultural practices
Rukmani et al. (2010) studied the impact of leadership approaches on organizational effectiveness in Tamil Nadu, India. The researchers’ team designed their study to answer the question: How much of an influence do leadership capabilities have on organizational success? The researchers collected the data from a sample of 300 directors from a public sector organization in Tamil Nadu, India. They used the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) to acquire an evaluation of transformational, transactional
“STRENGTHENING and RE-ALIGNING THE MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE EXTENSION SERVICES TOWARDS THE ROAD TO ASEAN COMMUNITY” ANA FE N. MOLATO, CoE, MPA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Foremost, I would like to thank Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, for giving the good health, wisdom, strength, support and knowledge in exploring things so I can finish this endeavor. The completion of this Re-Entry Action Plan (REAP) on the extension Agenda of Marinduque State College will not be realized without
Nybe, E.V., Mini Raj, N & Peter, K.V. (2007) examined the spice as of now and the available scattered learning on all aspects of spices botany, crop improvement, chemistry, production technology, pest and disease, harvesting, processing, products and uses. The book is composed into six sections. Introduction, seed spices, tree spices, herbal spices, major spices and other spices. Major tree and seed spices have been studied in detail the herbal and other spices in which data accessible is sparse
other sectors in reducing poverty. Increasingly, the world is counting on agriculture to produce more nutritious food for and improve the livelihoods of a booming population, especially the poor. The ability of the youths to engage in productive agricultural activities has social and economic benefits for both the young people and the economy. However, many youth have negative perceptions of farming. Young people are usually not interested in this field of work, in large part due to their perception
LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.1 Value chains concepts and chain upgrading 6 2.1.1 Value Chain Concepts 6 2.1.2 Challenges in Sunflower Value Chain in Tanzania 7 2.1.3 Chain Upgrading 8 2.2 Agricultural marketing 9 2.3 Major Institutions involved in Agriculture Marketing 10 2.4 Types of producer organizations and their importance in agriculture 11 2.5 Performance of producer organizations 12 2.6 Cooperatives principles 13 Source: TFC (2006). 14 2.7 Cooperatives membership
INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR MAKING INDIA LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRAL BY 2030 On February 26th 1937, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a letter to all the State Governors on a Union Soil Conversation Law. He quoted a few lines in that very letter which holds firm honesty till date and is applicable to all the nations around the world. He stated that, ‘The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.’ And I couldn’t agree more. Mostly because soil is present all around us, we tend to overlook the fact
1. Introduction Food and Agricultural organisation of the United nations (2017) reported that over 1.3 billion tonnes of food products gets wasted every year, accounting for about one third of total global food production. Muscle-based food products, protein-rich food sources, accounts for over 20% of this total; most of which occurs at the later stages of the supply chain i.e. at and post retail. Gunders (2012) reported that retail losses of meat products are largely influenced by the short shelf-life
He completely dominated the country with his authoritarian regime, until his assassination in 1961 ("Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina"). Trujillo was one of the most powerful men in Latin America during his reign. Prestige and wealth was of great importance for him. His desire to be in command of a nation with high regard and prosperity pushed Trujillo to cross moral boundaries, as well as pay the price for his brutality. Haiti had historically occupied the Dominican Republic when the country was
Intentions of an Author - Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau is known as an important author that made an impact to the American literary and philosophical movement known as Transcendentalism. Through his essays, books, and poems, two themes are recognized and famously shown - nature and the conduct of life. In one of his famous works, Walden he details his life around the shores of Walden Pond. Two major excerpts from the essay create an important point of view of Henry David Thoreau. In The