March 2012

Improving the productivity of lowland soils for rice cultivation in Ghana: The role of the ‘Sawah’ system

  Lowlands constitute one of the largest and appropriate environments suitable for rice cultivation in  Ghana. However, environmental degradation and declining soil productivity, leading to low crop yields  are major concerns. Some reasons leading to such concerns may be traced to lack of proper  management of our soil resources and possible unsuitable...

Author(s):   Buri M. M., Issaka R. N., Wakatsuki T. and Kawano N.

March 2012

Drought and happiness in rural Iran

  The place of positive emotions such as happiness and its relationship with natural disasters like drought is ambiguous; therefore, the purpose of this research was to explore the impact of drought on happiness in rural Iran using a causal-comparative research design. The findings revealed that drought significantly reduced the happiness of rural people, and variables such as; intensity of drought, perceived...

Author(s):   Marzieh Keshavarz and Ezatollah Karami