Impact of agricultural finance on technology adoption, agricultural productivity and rural household economic wellbeing in Ghana: a case study of rice farmers in Shai-Osudoku District

This study aims to analyze the economic benefits, income of rice farming, allocation of credit usage and analyze the factors affecting the chances of the smoothness rate of return at Seandanan Agricultural Cooperatives. The research is conducted at Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative in Pesawaran Regency, Lampung Province, which is determined intentionally. The research data were taken in July 2019. This study uses a case study method. Respondents in this study are 70 rice farmers member of Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative. The data analysis method use descriptive qualitative and quantitative analyses. The results showed that the economic benefits received by members of cooperative in one year is IDR1,711,312.47 and in high category. The average income of rice farming received by members of the Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative in one year has been classified as high, in the amount over cash costs and over total costs, respectively, of IDR17,308,552.78 and IDR16,416,268.56. Allocation of credit of cooperative membersconsistd of 58.85% for productive activities and the rest, 41.15% for consumptive activities. Factors that affect the chances of the smoothness rate of credit return by rice farmers members of Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative are the education level of farmers and the allocation of productive credit usage.Key words: agricultural cooperatives, consumptive, credit, and productive

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COMMODITY PROSPECTS OF ACEH PROVINCE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

IRPITAGE JOURNAL ◽

10.54443/irpitage.v1i1.22 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 19-21

Author(s):

Ichsan Ichsan ◽

Rico Nur Ilham

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sector ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Lower Middle Class ◽

Study Approach ◽

Rice Farmers ◽

Aceh Province ◽

The Status ◽

The Government ◽

Food Commodities

Food security in households can be measured by maintaining stability and security in the availability of staple food. Covid-19 has an impact on the agricultural sector and farmers so that it affects their income, and automatically changes the availability of food in their households. The purpose of this study was to find out how Covid-19 had an impact on the food availability of rice farmers' households, and what strategies were used to survive in conditions of uncertainty. This research uses a case study approach in Aceh Province. The results of this study show contradictory responses based on the status of the farmer (agriculture as the main or secondary livelihood), and the availability of access to other sources of income affects how or not Covid-19 affects their lives. This study shows that the cultural factors of farmers who live simply and farmers of food commodities are those who are more resilient than farmers of other commodities and the lower middle class in general. The strategy in question is to sell produce with a larger proportion due to declining selling prices, take food from the harvest and rice barns also receive assistance from the government.

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Dampak Rehabilitasi Jaringan Irigasi Perdesaan terhadap Adopsi Teknologi Budi Daya Padi

Jurnal Penelitian Pertanian Tanaman Pangan ◽

10.21082/jpptp.v33n2.2014.p102-108 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 102

Author(s):

Amar K. Zakaria

Keyword(s):

Technology Adoption ◽

Water Supply ◽

Rice Variety ◽

Survey Method ◽

Irrigation Canal ◽

Rice Farming ◽

Adoption Of Technology ◽

Rice Farmers ◽

Break Even Point ◽

Irrigation Infrastructure

The rehabilitation of irrigation canal on the rural area is very important to rice farmers because the use of water is becoming more eficient and rice production and farmer’s income is increasing. Increasing the rice productivity would be considered as an indication of farmer’s participation on the adoption of technology. The present study was aimed to evaluate the technology adoption on rice farming in relation with the irrigation canal rehabilitation. The study was carried out in Majalengka district of West Java, during 2012 using survey method. The data were collected through the interview techniques to 44 farmer respondents using structured questionnaires. The data were cross tabulated and to measure the advantage of adopting the technology, Gross R/C ratio was calculated along with the break even point/BEP. Result of the analyses showed that after rehabilitation of the rural irrigation infrastructure the water supply was becoming more available and farmers were motivated to adopt the rice farming technology and the management of rice cultivation. The degree of technology adoption was considered as optimum and economically was feasible, as indicated by the value of R/C between 1.98 and 2.15, with the profitability of 49.6 percent to 53.5 percent. The partial budgetting analysis showed the B/C marginal of 2.59 and growing Ciherang rice variety is considered to be profitable.

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Perception and technology adoption trends for autonomous vehicles: Educational case study

2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET) ◽

10.1109/icaset.2018.8376923 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Arif Mushtaq ◽

Sadia Riaz ◽

Hessa Mohd ◽

Aisha Saleh

Keyword(s):

Technology Adoption ◽

Autonomous Vehicles

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Chatbot Implementation in a Steel Company in Russia

10.4018/978-1-7998-7712-7.ch015 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 268-290

Author(s):

Alexander Skuridin

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Technology Adoption ◽

Public Interest ◽

Operating Costs ◽

Steel Company ◽

Communication Efficiency ◽

The Subject ◽

Operational Factors ◽

Office Employees

Chatbots (sometimes just called “bots”) are the subject of much corporate and public interest today. Many enterprises are looking to get started with chatbot development initiatives to improve communication efficiency as well as reduce operating costs. Current research indicates constantly growing interest in this area and forecasts that 70% of office employees will interact with chatbots daily in 2022. This chapter reports on the challenges inherent in chatbot integration projects and identifies key operational factors for successful chatbot projects, as well as highlighting issues of strategic significance. Different technology adoption and project management models are explored, analysed, and applied in the context of chatbot implementation, and based on an in-depth case study, a model is put forward to aid the manageability of chatbot implementation in other similar environments.

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Mobile Media and Social Interaction

Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies - Emerging Perspectives on the Mobile Content Evolution ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8838-4.ch018 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 357-379

Author(s):

Manuel José Damásio ◽

Sara Henriques ◽

Inês Teixeira-Botelho ◽

Patrícia Dias

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Technology Adoption ◽

Mobile Communication ◽

Social Practices ◽

Mobile Internet ◽

Mobile Media ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

The Social ◽

Transformation Processes

This chapter discusses the new social configurations society is undergoing on the basis of media emergence. Media are embedded in the arousal of communication and information transmission becoming the form, the infrastructure and the institution for the social and culture. This chapter focuses on mobile communication, having as central goal to debate on the processes of mediatization and mediation of society, as well as on the processes of belonging and social cohesion. Data from mobile internet adoption and use will be discussed in the light of the above mentioned theoretical approaches. An empirical case study will also be approached and results will provide contributions for the understanding of this type of technology adoption processes and the increasing importance of mobility in cultural and social practices, promoting an exciting discussion on the centrality of media nowadays and the current transformation processes society is undergoing.

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