Social, economic and environmental vulnerability: The case of wheat farmers in Northeast Iran

Nooghabi, Saeedeh Nazari; Azadi, Hossein; Fleskens, Luuk; Janečková, Kristina; Sklenička, Petr; Witlox, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151519

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“…Social workers need to follow the neo-deterministic or halt and go approach wherein innovations and developments should take place within the restraints of any potential threat to the habitat or the socio-ecological space, which is to say without making any drastic development (which anyways is not something that can be a small number of social workers in a stipulated time period). We must note the importance of agriculture in the village life which can be better expressed as their way of life and which emanates out of a primacy of food (Nazari Nooghabi et al, 2021). What we find here is that the agricultural process is not mere an economic act but cast its influence on all spheres of human existence as we find marriages being performed mostly in summers after the crops so that the agricultural work is never obstructed.…”

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Role of social workers vs. farmers training in the context of Nepal

Tamang

Nepali

2023

IJSSR

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Social work is widely considered one of the noblest professions which allow people to make significant changes to the society and is a worthy profession from humanitarian perspective. These individuals and groups have made significant impact across different areas but there are still many areas where social workers need to intervene in a more intensive as well as extensive way. Social service is one of the cornerstone and essential need of in the modern times to implement reforms, carry out utilitarian procedures and empower millions of marginalized groups and make them resourceful enough not just only manage their own lives but also to empower others and maintain the cycle of empowerment. Social workers can mediate in the agricultural process on two crucial levels- first it can familiarize the local people with the new technologies, available subsidies and facilities either by the state or by institutions and organizations, secondly, it can use the firsthand knowledge of the condition of the farmers to understand the need of the hour and convey the same to the policy makers. We have seen how many farmer’s agitations and movements have been successfully organized in our country on a large scale, but still two major lacunae in this whole process has limited the impact of these movements on a much greater scale- one, there is a dearth of larger social consciousness among the masses regarding the problem of farmers in general and these movements in specific. Social workers need to take this burden on their heads so as to ensure that not only the information is disseminated smoothly and effectively but also a larger audience can be built who not only can be aware of the condition of farmers but can also empathize with it, thus providing the base of mobilization of these groups for future causes.

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confidence: 74%

Role of social workers vs. farmers training in the context of Nepal

Tamang

Nepali

2023

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“…This prospect could be useful for application in crop biotechnology, as it is known that at 50-100 mM salinity in soil substratum (5-10 dsm −1 ), wheat productivity is deleteriously reduced. Elevated salinity levels postpone the initiation of seedling germination, diminish both the growth of seedlings and the spread of germination occurrences, as well as influence seedling metabolism [97][98][99][100] . Various physiological parameters, viz., total chlorophyll, carotenoids, phenols, flavonoids, and proline, assessed in our salinity stress trials over bacterized wheat seeds show that at every higher salt concentration, detriment from salinity stress was kept under profound check comparatively to that seen under control treated wheat seeds (Supplementary Fig.…”

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Novel Bacillus and Prestia isolates from Dwarf century plant enhance crop yield and salinity tolerance

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Kaur,

Singh

et al. 2024

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Soil salinity is a major environmental stressor impacting global food production. Staple crops like wheat experience significant yield losses in saline environments. Bioprospecting for beneficial microbes associated with stress-resistant plants offers a promising strategy for sustainable agriculture. We isolated two novel endophytic bacteria, Bacillus cereus (ADJ1) and Priestia aryabhattai (ADJ6), from Agave desmettiana Jacobi. Both strains displayed potent plant growth-promoting (PGP) traits, such as producing high amounts of indole-3-acetic acid (9.46, 10.00 µgml−1), ammonia (64.67, 108.97 µmol ml−1), zinc solubilization (Index of 3.33, 4.22, respectively), ACC deaminase production and biofilm formation. ADJ6 additionally showed inorganic phosphate solubilization (PSI of 2.77), atmospheric nitrogen fixation, and hydrogen cyanide production. Wheat seeds primed with these endophytes exhibited enhanced germination, improved growth profiles, and significantly increased yields in field trials. Notably, both ADJ1 and ADJ6 tolerated high salinity (up to 1.03 M) and significantly improved wheat germination and seedling growth under saline stress, acting both independently and synergistically. This study reveals promising stress-tolerance traits within endophytic bacteria from A. desmettiana. Exploiting such under-explored plant microbiomes offers a sustainable approach to developing salt-tolerant crops, mitigating the impact of climate change-induced salinization on global food security.

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