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• Measuring Impacts Of An Holistic Farm Business Management Training Program

  This paper reports on the development of 4 new instruments to measure impacts of an extension program on farming family participants. A case study approach within an action research framework incorporating qualitative and quantitative domains was adopted to explore the impact on queensland farmers...

• Adoption Of Veterinary Technologies Amongst Sheep And Goat Farmers In Qwaqwa, South Africa

  Technological break¬throughs in agriculture after the second world war mainly concentrated on crop production (wheat, rice, and later maize). In the livestock production sector, besides the substantial improvements in the poultry and dairy production systems, the development of the other livestock...

• External Effects Of Mitigating Measures To Reduce Large Carnivore Predation On Sheep

  Outfield range pastures with widely dispersed sheep are quite common in norway, with a summer population of approximately 2. 4 million animals. In many areas losses to predators are considerable and identifying efficient mitigating measures against predation is a prime target in nature...

• Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme 2004: Results And Analysis

  This paper provides an overview of the operation of the queensland dairy accounting scheme (qdas) and the results and analysis of the 2003-04 data. Qdas is a voluntary scheme providing dairy farmers with an analysis of their dairy business. Key indictors measure performance and the results are then...

• New Empiric Evidences Of The Income Of The Rural Families Of The Southern Region Of Brazil: Comparing The Years Of 1995 And 2001

  This work compares the incomes of the rural families of the southern region of brazil in the years of 1995 and 2001, using the special micro data tabulation of the national sample home research (pnads). The results show that the agricultural income is steady: the non - agricultural income has grown...

• PR - Motives For Foreign Investment In Agriculture: Western European Investment In Ukraine

  Agricultural enterprises in the european union (eu) are confronted with rising competition and significant structural change, which has been aggravated by the eu accession of the ten new eastern european member states in 2004 and 2007. There is empirical evidence that an increasing number of...

• AP - A Vibrant Rural Economy In The 21st Century – An Ethiopian Perspective.

  The author was assigned to the city of awassa in southern ethiopia in late 2006 to advise on “urban agriculture”. Land within the city limits is allocated to investors both in agriculture and other industries. I concentrated my efforts on the dairy sector, where it became apparent that...

• AP - Farm Management Advisor: Rest Thyself!! The Need For A Working Vacation.

  Too often farm advisors, either in the private or public sectors, follow the adage: “do as i say, not, as i do”. Farm advisors frequently become “members” of a client’s family, and in doing so, may jeopardize what is near and dear, their own family. As with the cobbler, whose children...

• PR - Integral Household Management For Food Security And Sustainable Livelihoods In Uganda

  Integral farm-household management involves learning and adopting appropriate resourceusing techniques both on farmland and in the associated households. Significantly, as elsewhere among longstanding rural communities, in rural africa there is no separation between home and work; both environments...

• PR - Women's Accessibility To Credit From Selected Commercial Banks For Poverty Reduction In South East Nigeria

  The study examined women’s accessibility to credit from selected commercial banks for poverty reduction in south-east nigeria. Hypothesis tested was that socioeconomic variables do not significantly influence women’s access to credit. Primary data were obtained from three commercial banks. ...

• CS - Role Of Egyptian Women In Farming And Rural Activities

  In response to the world wide growing interest in the role of women in human welfare, this study focused on conditions of the egyptian rural women and the potentials of their role progress. Most of their activities were revealed home or field stationed. Raising poultry and cottage dairy production...

• PR - Civic Engagement Issues In Agricultural Economies (p505-512)

  The relationship between farm structure and community well-being has been frequently researched. Conclusions were drawn that rural communities had better socioeconomic conditions when small to medium family farms were prevalent. Other research reported civic engagement had greater impact on rural...

• NPR - Some Opportunities And Challenges In Resettling Displaced Rural People In Northern Uganda (p1-9)

  Human migration is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century especially so in africa. Millions of people are living in camps supposedly temporarily but which in some cases have been in existence for decades. This paper describes the attempts to return idps to the land where they can resume a...

• PR - Requirements For Feedlot Site Selection

  A large variety of feedlots can be found throughout the country (sa), but locations differ for various reasons. According to the theory, the location decision for a start-up venture is a timeconsuming exercise and the following seven factors or conditions need to be part of the consideration...

• PR - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF HOMESTEAD FOOD GARDEN IN SOUTH AFRICA: A CASE OF PUMPKIN PRODUCTION

  Abstract pumpkin is a source of protein and fat and is a product of homestead gardens. The homestead food garden programme was established in 1997 as one of the projects identified by the government of south africa to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity in vulnerable households. The...

• NPR - FARM CHANGE THROUGH BENCHMARKING

  Abstract benchmarking is the practice of establishing the relative performance of a business against an appropriate standard, which can be self-set targets or peer performance. It identifies the excessive costs and inefficiencies of a business, increasing its competitiveness and ability to...

• 14th International Farm Management Congress Delegate Evaluation Survey (Perth, Western Australia, August 2003)

  14th international farm management congress (perth, wa, august 2003) – delegate evaluation survey summary and conclusion of the report – prepared by john gardner, massey university, new zealand. The text below is exact copy of what is in the report.   full report available for...

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  International of agricultural management (ijam) the international of agricultural management was launched as an online in october 2011 in association with iagrm.   as technology has moved on and the accessibility of alternative locations to publish papers has...

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• PO - FINANCING RURAL AMERICA: CHALLENGES IN ACCESS TO CAPITAL

  Abstract: when one thinks of rural america, a traditional farm growing corn, soybeans, or wheat and cattle or hogs may be what comes to mind. However, rural america is an incredibly diverse and ever-changing landscape of rural residences, hobby farms, and large scale operations with operators...

• PO - UTILIZING LIQUID LIVESTOCK MANURE AS A NITROGEN SOURCE ON GROWING CORN IN THE U.S. GREAT LAKES REGION

  Abstract: the great lakes region of the united states has quickly become one of the most scrutinized nutrient application areas in the country because of hazardous algae blooms caused by nutrient loading from wastewater treatment plants, municipal overflows, home septic systems and...

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  Submission procedure candidates must fill in the form below and attach the letter of support document listed below. Alternatively you can download the application form and email it, along with the documents listed below, to the interim chair of the trustees of the ifma professional development...

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    testimonials following ifma next generation involvement in the 2022 congress as i reflect on my first tour with ifma it’s evident that i have gained so much from attending the next gen workshop and subsequent farm management congress. Both conventions were well organised and...