Among four largest cotton producing countries, Pakistan is the only one that had not commercially adopted Bt cotton by 2010. However, the cultivation of Bt cotton, although unapproved and unregulated, increased rapidly after 2005. This dissertation focused on two research questi…
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The Southern Farmers' Alliance led the largest coalition of late-nineteenth-century farmers' and urban reformers. The reform movement called for laws opposing speculation on agricultural prices, restricting the powers of business trusts, regulating railroad freight rates, and in…
Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal have conducted several efforts to develop the resources of the shared Senegal River basin. Because of poverty in the region, the development of the river basin's resources remains a major concern of authorities of the four countries, their po…
Citizenship rights are thought to be the same for all the citizens of a democracy, but the case of Arab farmers in Israel suggests that citizenship rights are not the same for all segments of society. Since the establishment of the state, the Arab citizens of Israel have abandon…
Professional development is usually pursued by providing adult professionals with opportunities to learn and update their knowledge and skills that will increase their productivity. Farmers representing 75% of the workforce in Senegal need to acquire and update farming skills th…
Small-scale (2–5 ha) farmers in Sepunggur, Sumatra, Indonesia, use fire because it is the cheapest and quickest tool for land clearing. Other benefits, as perceived by the farmers, are an increased soil fertility ascribed to ash addition, soil structure improvement, and a reduct…
This dissertation examines the agricultural policies of the Acheampong military regime towards rice farmers in Dagbon, a traditional area in the Northern Region of Ghana, and the relationship that developed between the farmers and the regime as a result. Commercial rice producti…
Past afforestation programs launched to promote private and community woodlots in rural Ethiopia have not been based on clear understanding of the incentives and constraints of smallholder farmers. This study investigated the characteristic differences between tree-growing and n…
This study examines the problems and functions of farmers in the Oil land of Ogoni, Nigeria. It includes a review of changes in Nigerian Agricultural Development policies since, after the Nigerian Civil War, and how the policies affect the rural farmers. The study explores the b…
This dissertation analyzes the importance of economic and information related barriers to technology adoption, with an emphasis on the role of interpersonal information exchange among social and physical neighbors. The two studies that make up the dissertation are based on the I…
Objectives: To examine associations between bladder cancer risk and (1) farming as an occupation, (2) pesticide exposure, and (3) polymorphisms of the GSTM1, GSTT1, NQO1, and SOD2 genotypes among men farmers in Egypt, as well as (4) indirect exposure to farming among women livin…
To address the problem of water scarcity and to achieve food self-sufficiency, huge efforts and massive irrigation developments have been made in the last twenty-five years by the Ethiopian Government. However, the performance of many small-scale irrigation (SSI) schemes is stil…
The purpose of this study was to reassess the assumptions of the classical diffusion of innovations model in the Meknes region of Morocco. The research questions for this study were as follows: (1) What are the rates of adoption of innovations for each homogeneous group of farme…
This study is a detailed and two-pronged look of the cultural and political relations between indigenous social institutions and practices of highland farmers in Wärrä Himanu, South Wällo Administrative Zone, and successive regime forms of the “modernizing” state in Ethiopia. Wi…
Over 3.5 million US farm owner-operators (FOs) are at risk for greater morbidity and mortality than other farm workers due to role-based occupational-related stress (ORS). Studies shows that social support accessed through social networks can buffer negative health effects from …