Agricultural development

Indigenous farming communities in Indonesia and around the world have probably lived the way they always have: relying on the knowledge and skills they learned from their parents and neighbors. Indigenous communities are not static; they include inventors and innovators who brin…

An ethnobotanical case study and market availability analysis of moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) was conducted in Senegal from June 28 to August 31, 2011. In light of the alarmingly high rates of anemia in Senegal, moringa leaf samples were collected in all 14 regions of the cou…

This study was designed to determine the nature and intensity of farmers' participation in Integrated Agricultural Development Projects (IADP) in Peninsular Malaysia. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to: (1) determine the demographic characteristics of the farmers …

An integrated rural development project--the Chilalo Agricultural Development Unit (CADU) in South-central Ethiopia is investigated in the Social Learning framework to ascertain consistent convergence or divergence between stated project goals and actual programs. The research i…

The dissertation examines famine in Ethiopia as an issue in U.S.-Ethiopian relations from 1950 to 1991. It argues that to avoid restructuring Ethiopia's semi-feudal society, and to make military security the primary goal of its foreign relations, the Imperial Ethiopian Governmen…

This study mainly deals with agricultural practices and farmers' strategies to adapt to diverse and complex agro-ecological and socio-economic environments in a selected village in Bangladesh. It seeks to elucidate the complex choices of the new agricultural technology introduce…

When the military took over the government in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and in Indonesia three decades ago, both countries were classified as low-income nations. In the 1990s, before the outbreak of the current Asian financial crisis, Indonesia was rapidly expanding her …