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Ohio State University Promotes Injury Prevention, Safety for Senior Farmers During Farm Safety Week Sept. 15-21
As growers prepare for the upcoming harvest season, safety experts from Ohio State University’s ... on the farm. The average age of a farmer in Ohio is 57, with more elderly farmers staying involved ... lifestyle, said Kent McGuire, Ohio AgrAbility program coordinator for Ohio State University Extension. OSU ...
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Safety for Senior Farmers
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-senior-farmers
present a variety of health and safety issues, including a higher risk of injury due to diminished sensory ... Musculoskeletal system, Respiratory system, Hearing, and Vision. To reduce the risk of injury because of limited ... Organize work areas to avoid reaching above shoulder level or from an awkward position.- Minimize ...
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A Matter of Balance
for increasing activity · make changes to reduce fall risks at home · exercise to increase strength ... activities because of falling concerns UPDATED DATES COMING SOON! For more information, please contact the ...
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CFAES Advances Links with Zamorano University in Honduras
https://ipa.osu.edu/news/cfaes-advances-links-zamorano-university-honduras
horticultural and agronomic pests. Ohio State University Extension has also initiated collaborations with ... Ohio State – CFAES and Zamorano faculty and staff, and this visit intended to further synergize these ... students on research internships at the CFAES Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) for ...
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Ohio State Alumni Association Supports Sokoine University of Agriculture’s Drive to Build Stronger Alumni Relations
how at Ohio State athletic programs are used as a mechanism to initially involve and build support ... initiatives at Ohio State over time. A similar approach could be employed at SUA, he says, leveraging SUA’s ... obvious and desired, but no clear strategy is being employed to facilitate that positive change. It’s for ...
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Bangladeshi Graduate Student Addresses Food Insecurity in Home Country Through Research at Ohio State
completing his doctoral degree at Ohio State University with funding from the Borlaug Higher Education for ... Initiative. Because of Bangladesh's already high population density- approximately 160 million people in ... growing food demand, all while wild fish stocks in Bangladesh diminish as a result of overfishing, ...
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Preventing Heat Stress Illness
hazards. Working long hours in higher temperatures or non – shaded areas increase the risk of a heat stress ... during hot weather is the heat index. The heat index is a single value that takes both temperature and ...
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2014 Borlaug Dialogue- The World Food Prize
https://ipa.osu.edu/events/2014-borlaug-dialogue-world-food-prize
Please visit https://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=25286 for more information ...
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CFAES Faculty, Students, and Alumni Represent Ohio State at 2018 AIAEE Conference
Ohio State was sponsored by the Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative (iAGRI), a Feed the Future ... of best research paper. The paper outlined the implementation of and results from a collaborative ... A Pilot Curriculum Reform Initiative with the Ministry of Agriculture Technical Institute at Ilonoga ”. ...
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Reports and Publications
https://ipa.osu.edu/about-us/reports-and-publications
Initiative (iAGRI) Project Descriptions Project Overview | Project Poster | Needs Assessment (2011) ... Final Report November 2017 Annual Reports 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 iAGRI News ...