type="main" xml:id="jage12041-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>To protect farmers from health care costs and risks to livelihood, most countries have developed special health and social insurance programmes specifically for farmers. While numerous studies have examined the determinants of participation in...</p>

"There is considerable literature examining individuals' behaviour with respect to Internet use, but less attention is paid to farm household use of the Internet. Among the few studies on farm households, the emphasis is on the correlation between socioeconomic factors and the adoption of the...