Crops insurance is one of the strategies for coping with risks in agricultural activities and to reduce the farmers' income fluctuations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the financial performance of agricultural insurance and the factors motivating farmers to insure crops in Hamadan...

There are several regional trade agreements made amongst Central Asian countries during the transition period. However, the implementation of these agreements remains very restricted which causes limited exchange and flow of agricultural commodities between the countries. The market...

Abstract Production of animal protein has a major role in the human nutrition and health and a large share of economic value-added in agricultural sector. The Iran government implemented the Subsidy Reform Plan (SRP) on December 18, 2010 as the biggest surgery to the nation's economy in half a...

The degree of popular participation in development programs is a major determinant of success or failure but the factors which make participation efforts successful still remained a mystery. Many studies have developed numerous and sometimes different views concerning to the dimensions of...

Although fertilizer use has substantially increased overtime in Pakistan, its application is highly imbalanced resulting in wastage of scarce resources and additional cost to farmers and economy as well because fertilizer industry is among major consumers of natural gas in Pakistan. Nitrogenous...