Exploring teff yield variability related with farm management and soil property in contrasting agro-ecologies in Ethiopia

Soil properties are very crucial for civil engineers to differentiate one type of soil from another and to predict its mechanical behavior. However, it is not practical to measure soil properties at all the locations at a site. In this paper, an estimator is derived to estimate the unknown values for soil properties from locations where soil samples were not collected. The estimator is obtained by combining the concept of the ‘Inverse Distance Method’ into the technique of ‘Kriging’. The method of Lagrange Multipliers is applied in this paper. It is shown that the estimator derived in this paper is an unbiased estimator. The partiality of the estimator with respect to the true value is zero. Hence, the estimated value will be equal to the true value of the soil property. It is also shown that the variance between the estimator and the soil property is minimised. Hence, the distribution of this unbiased estimator with minimum variance spreads the least from the true value. With this characteristic of minimum variance unbiased estimator, a high accuracy estimation of soil property could be obtained.

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PERSEPSI PETANI TENTANG KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM UPAYA PENGEMBANGAN AGRIBISNIS SAYURAN

Jurnal Penyuluhan ◽

10.25015/penyuluhan.v2i1.2139 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Awaludin Sofwanto ◽

Basita Ginting Sugihen ◽

Djoko Susanto

Keyword(s):

Financial Institutions ◽

Agricultural Education ◽

Development Program ◽

Farm Management ◽

Government Policies ◽

Regional Government ◽

On Farm ◽

And Training ◽

Area Development ◽

Farmer’S Perception

The regional government policies on vegetables agribusiness development is carried out through agropolitan area development program. The aims of this study are : (1) To get informations on perception of vegetables farmer’s towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development, (2) To get informations on the vegetables farmer’s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness through agropolitan area development program, and (3) To analyze the correlation of farmer’s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development with the farmer’s efforts to increase vegetables agribusiness. The method of this study is using descriptive correlation. Some important results of this study are : (1) The vegetables farmer’s perception towards the regional government policies in the efforts of vegetables agribusiness development is high, (2) Vegetables farmer’s effort to increase vegetables agribusiness is high, and (3) There is significant correlation between vegetables farmer’s perception and the efforts of the vegetables farmer’s to increase vegetables agribusiness, such as : partnership with the entrepreneurs, on-farm management, and marketing management. The supporting sub-system merit such as : the micro financial institutions, agricultural education and training, agricultural extention, faciliting of regional governments to provide market places at main market in Jakarta should be increased.

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The Engagement of Beneficiaries in Farm Governance of Restituted Land through the Communal Property Association Model: The Ideal Versus the Reality of Beneficiary Farms in South Africa

Commonwealth Youth and Development ◽

10.25159/2663-6549/5968 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mokoko Piet Sebola ◽

Malemela Angelinah Mamabolo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Land Reform ◽

Farm Management ◽

The South ◽

African Government ◽

Communal Property ◽

Farm Ownership ◽

Land Restitution ◽

Communal Property Associations

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the engagement of farm beneficiaries in South Africa in the governance of restituted farms through communal property associations. The South African government has already spent millions of rands on land restitution to correct the imbalance of the past with regard to farm ownership by the African communities. Various methods of farm management to benefit the African society have been proposed, however, with little recorded success. This article argues that the South African post-apartheid government was so overwhelmed by political victory in 1994 that they introduced ambitious land reform policies that were based on ideal thinking rather than on a pragmatic approach to the South African situation. We used qualitative research methods to argue that the engagement of farm beneficiaries in farm management and governance through communal property associations is failing dismally. We conclude that a revisit of the communal property associations model is required in order to strengthen the position of beneficiaries and promote access to land by African communities for future benefit.

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An Analysis on the Hanwoo Farm Management Stability

Korean Journal of Agricultural Management and Policy ◽

10.30805/kjamp.2019.46.1.17 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 17-39

Author(s):

Yebon Cha ◽

Hoyoung rho ◽

Sanggon Jeon

Keyword(s):

Farm Management

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Mengembangkan Ayam Buras Dan Sapi Potong Untuk Meningkatkan Pendapatan Petani Kabupaten Maros

JATI EMAS (Jurnal Aplikasi Teknik dan Pengabdian Masyarakat) ◽

10.36339/je.v3i2.248 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 172

Author(s):

Sri - Purwanti ◽

Syamsuddin Nompo ◽

Laily Agustina ◽

Muh. Nur Hidayat

Keyword(s):

Beef Cattle ◽

Rice Straw ◽

Dry Season ◽

Farm Management ◽

Family Ownership ◽

Cattle Population ◽

Corn Straw ◽

Livestock Feed ◽

Coaching Training ◽

Meat And Eggs

The activities conducted in Maros regency Tanralili district Purnakarya village in chickens and beef cattle groups Cedde Jaya. The main source of livestock feed cows during the dry season are dry forage, rice straw, corn straw and hay crops of nuts which happened to be planted at the time of drought. Besides, leaf Gamal is also a main feed in dry season. Number of cattle per family ownership only 2-3 head extensively maintained. Range chicken as well as extensive maintenance, ownership on average 2-5 chicken each household group. To increase the productivity of cattle, the team provides counseling, coaching, training and mentoring as well as providing some main of facilities such as cattle shed, biogas digester, planting banana. Results are expected in the presence of activities is the avaibility of green forage mainly during the dry season, so that the cattle population will increase, the biogas as a fuel alternative to kerosin and LPG gas, liquid and solid fertilizer from biogas by-product process, the increasing population of chicken qualified (meat and eggs as well as the day old chick). Besides the problem of production is also done on the farm management. The activities is expected that will increase the incomes of farmers further improve the welfare of Maros regency. For the sustainability of the program it is necessary supervision and guidance are routinely performed by the related department along with the college.

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