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Farmers Teaching Farmers: What Motivates Volunteer Farm Trainers?, Evelyne Kiptot, Steven Franzel

IGC Proceedings (1997-2023)

This paper assesses the motivation behind the decisions of smallholder farmers to volunteer as farmer trainers despite the fact that they are not paid for their services. Volunteer farmer trainers (VFTs) are trained in livestock feeds and feeding methods by extension officers. They in turn train other farmers within their community without pay but receive training and seeds for setting up demonstration plots. Data collection was through a combination of focus group discussions and individual interviews with 99 VFTs from seven East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) sites in central and Rift Valley regions of Kenya. Findings of the study showed …

The Neurobehavioral Interaction Between Physiological And Psychological Aspects Of Rehabilitation, Prabhjit Singh Toor, Sarah Levin Allen

Research Day

Introduction: The Neurobehavioral interplay between physiological occurrences and the subsequent psychological changes, and vice versa, are sometimes not directly investigated when trying to understand and treat various injuries.

Objective: The purpose of this Capstone project is to observe and further understand physiological and psychological interactions and the effects of those interactions in the rehabilitative process.

Methods: This Capstone project is based around observing several different physical therapy sessions at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and JFK Rehabilitation Institute, while conducting a literature review of previously published studies. This literature review is focused on the psychological and physiological aspects that play …