World Rural Observations 2013;5(1) http://www.sciencepub.net/rural World Rural Observations Volume 5, Number 1 March 25, 2013 ISSN: 1944-6543 (print); ISSN: 1944-6551 (online) CONTENTS 1 Empowerment of rural women: recommendations for developing countries Maryam Khodamoradi, Esmaeel Ghorbani, Mehran Bozorgmanesh and Abbas Emami 1-5 2 An Evaluative Study Of Anganwadi Centers In Educational Zone Sopore District Baramullah-Kashmir Aasia Maqbool 6-12 3 Perception Of Anganwadi Workers And Parents In Educational Zone Sopore District Baramullah (Kashmir): A Case Study Aasia Maqbool 13-18 4 Self-Concept And Academic-Achievement Of Government And Private Higher Secondary Students District Baramulla Kashmir M.Y. Ganai andAasia Maqbool 19-21 5 Yield performance ofPleurotus pulmonarius(Fries.) quelet, cultivated on different agro-forest wastes in Nigeria Jonathan SG, Nwokolo VM, Ekpo EN 22-30 6 An Approach To The Erlang Loss System Navneet Rohela, Sachin Kr. Agrawal, Mayank Pawar 31-33 7 Percived Effectiveness of Media Utilization Among Fadama Farmers in Osun State, Nigeria Ayandiji, A. and Vera-Cruz, O. 34-41 8 Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Assessment of Waste Water from Selected Food Industries in Port Harcourt and Snail Shell Treatment Potentials Stanley H.O, N.N. Odu and Ekoh P.E. 42-46 9 Bacterial Isolates from Calves Slaughtered at Abattoir Suffering from Respiratory Problems in Sharkia Governorate Abd-El-Kaliek, A.A. ; Mokhtar, A. Selim and Medhat, K. Rizk 47-51 10 Prevalence of Intestinal Helminthes Infection among Primary School Children in Urban and Semi-Urban Areas in Rivers State, Nigeria Odu NN, Elechi VI and Okonko IO 52-61 11 Programs for empowering rural women in Iran Saber Geraeili and Mohaddaseh Nazarpoor 62-66 12 Improving financial situation of rural women through micro-credit in developing countries Amirhossein Pirmoradi 67-71 13 Attention to Indigenous Knowledge in rural Mostafa Emami and Moslem Vezarati 72-75 14 Participatory rural appraisal (PRA): New method for Rural Research Moslem Vezarati and Mostafa Emami 76-81 I