Farm Households' Simultaneous Use of Sources to Access Information on Cotton Crop Production

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yaseen ◽  
Mokbul Morshed Ahmad ◽  
Peeyush Soni
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Cotton Crop ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Simultaneous Use

Information behaviour of rural smallholder farmers in some selected developing countries: A literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 831-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austine Phiri ◽  
George T Chipeta ◽  
Winner D Chawinga
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Information Behaviour ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Access Information

The literature from some selected developing countries has demonstrated that rural smallholder farmers need various information sources in pursuit of their goals of increasing production and improving their living standards. According to the sampled studies, the majority of smallholder farmers access information on crop production. Smallholder farmers are aware of information sources despite challenges faced in accessing and using information. The majority of smallholder farmers access information through personal experiences, family members and friends. Despite access to various information sources, the literature has shown that smallholder farmers face various challenges in accessing and using information sources. The major challenges reported by the literature are lack of mobility, lack of finances, lack of rural information centres, and lack of visits by extension officers. The review has highlighted the lack of literature on the information behaviour of smallholder farmers in Malawi despite the fact that the country is an agricultural economy. The review is adapted from the Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) thesis authored by Austine Phiri at Mzuzu University.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Socioeconomic and Demographic Profile of Farm Households in West Bengal, India

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
G. Samba Siva ◽  
D. S. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Family Income ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Labour Force Participation Rate ◽  
Climatic Zones

Socio demographic data of Comprehensive Scheme for study on Cost of cultivation of Principal Crops (CCPC) has been utilized in the present study to identify the distribution of social, economic and demographic characteristics of farm households among different agro climatic zones of West Bengal. The demographic study observed that majority farmers in the study area are small farmers (43.83%) with an average land holding size of 1.5 hectares and have crop production as a major occupation. The households in this study are medium sized families (4 to 6 members). The educational status of households revealed that 80.70% were literates and only 19.30% were illiterates. Majority of them have secondary level of education and minimum of two members earn money for their family. The annual family income of farm households revealed that 50.67% farm households annual income range falls below Rs. 24,000 per annum, and they were considered as living under the poverty line. The average labour force participation rate in West Bengal is 67%. Chi square test revealed that the distribution of these characteristics viz. land holding size (= 32.55; P < .01), farmers’ education (= 46.22; P < .01), farm household education (= 58.42; P < .01), farmers’ age (= 39.94; P < .01), dependency status (= 30.05; P < .01), labour force participation rate (= 17.69; P = .05), farmers occupation (= 27.63; P = .05) and annual net family income (= 35.33; P = .05) found significant and independent among the different agro-climatic zones of West Bengal. It is concluded that the significant socioeconomic and demographic characteristics are crucial as it gives insight into the influence of capital and education on the household economic status. We recommended that the constructive plans should be formulated to take advantage of these aspects, which could positively alter the economic conditions of the farming community.

scholarly journals A Strategic Approach to Value Chain Upgrading—Adopting Innovations and Their Impacts on Farm Households in Tanzania

Horticulturae ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Jesse Steffens ◽  
Kathleen Brüssow ◽  
Ulrike Grote
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Durable Goods ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adaptive Lasso ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
The Impact

The level of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa remains far below the global average. This is partly due to the scarce use of production- and process-enhancing technologies. This study aims to explore the driving forces and effects of adopting innovative agricultural technologies in food value chains (FVC). These enhancing FVC technologies are referred to as upgrading strategies (UPS) and are designed to improve specific aspects of crop production, postharvest processing, market interaction, and consumption. Based on cross-sectional data collected from 820 Tanzanian farm households, this study utilized the adaptive lasso to analyse the determinants of UPS. To measure the impact of their adoption on well-being, this study applied the propensity score matching approach (PSM). Results from the adaptive lasso suggested that access to credit, experience of environmental shocks and social capital were the main drivers of UPS adoption. In contrast, the engagement in off-farm wage employment impeded adoption. The results from the PSM suggested that UPS adoption has a positive and significant impact on well-being among sampled households, especially with respect to their total value of durable goods and commercialization. The paper suggests that the promotion of social capital and access to financial capital is pivotal in enhancing the adoption of innovative UPS in the farming sector.

scholarly journals Effect of rural-urban migrants’ remittances on arable crop production in Delta State, Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59
Author(s):  
Albert Ofuoku
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Urban Migrants ◽  
Arable Crop ◽  
Household Farm ◽  
Study Questionnaire

This study was conducted in Delta State, Nigeria, to investigate the effect of rural-urban remittances on arable crop production. Twenty percent (20%) of the registered arable crop farmers in Delta State were selected to arrive at 131 respondents for the study. Questionnaire and structured interview schedule were used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics and contingency tables were used to treat the collected data. It was discovered that most (69.5%) of rural-urban migrants were in the 11-30 age bracket. The remittances from rural farm households were far higher than the remittances from rural-urban migrants. The little remittances from the rural-urban migrants were added to the funds of the rural farm household, farm labour and inputs. The remittances from rural-urban migrants did not make any meaningful contribution to arable crop production. It was recommended that governments should make the rural areas attractive to young school learners/graduates, embark on enlightenment programme to expose the youths to agriculture related self-employment opportunities in the rural areas; and create enabling environment for the youths to operate as self-employed individuals in the rural areas.

scholarly journals Building Climate-Resilient Cotton Production System for Changing Climate Scenarios Using the DSSAT Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 10495
Author(s):  
Zoia Arshad Awan ◽  
Tasneem Khaliq ◽  
Muhammad Masood Akhtar ◽  
Asad Imran ◽  
Muhammad Irfan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Cotton Production ◽  
Cotton Crop ◽  
Global Circulation Models ◽  
The Future

Cotton production is highly vulnerable to climate change, and heat stress is a major constraint in the cotton zone of Punjab, Pakistan. Adaptation is perceived as a critical step to deal with forecasted and unexpected climatic conditions. The objective of this study was to standardize and authenticate a cotton crop model based on climate and crop husbandry data in order to develop an adaptation package for cotton crop production in the wake of climate change. For the study, the data were collected from the cotton-growing areas of Punjab, viz. Bahawalpur and Khanewal. After the calibration and validation against field data, the Cropping System Model CSM–CROPGRO–Cotton in the shell of the decision support system for agro-technology transfer (DSSAT) was run with a future climate generated under two representative concentrations pathways (RCPs), viz. RCPs 4.5 and 8.5 with five global circulation models (GCMs). The whole study showed that a model is an artistic tool for examining the temporal variation in cotton and determining the potential impact of planting dates on crop growth, phenology, and yield. The results showed that the future climate would have drastic effects on cotton production in the project area. Reduction in seed cotton yield (SCY) was 25.7% and 32.2% under RCPs 4.5 and 8.5, respectively. The comparison of five GCMs showed that a hot/wet climate would be more damaging than other scenarios. The simulations with different production options showed that a 10% and 5% increase in nitrogen and plant population, respectively, compared to the present would be the best strategy in the future. The model further suggested that planting conducted 15 days earlier, combined with the use of water and nitrogen (fertigation), would help to improve yield with 10% less water under the future climate. Overall, the proposed adaptation package would help to recover 33% and 37% of damages in SCY due to the climate change scenarios of RCP 4.5 and 8.5, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed package would also help the farmers increase crop yield by 7.5% over baseline (current) yield.

scholarly journals Understanding Livelihood Diversification Patterns among Smallholder Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tagesse A. Melketo ◽  
Endrias Geta ◽  
Stefan Sieber
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Smallholder Farm

Smallholder farm households face an increasing need of looking for alternative income sources to supplement their small scale on-farm incomes. However, livelihood diversification is a complex phenomenon and it involves different forms. This study, therefore, delves to realize the patterns of livelihood diversification strategies adopted by the smallholder farmers at Kembata-Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia. The study was based on cross-sectional survey data from 384 farm households that were selected through a combination of three-stages: cluster, simple random, and proportional to the size of population sampling techniques. A mix of instruments including interview- schedule, focus group discussions, key informant interviews and field observations were used to acquire primary data. Descriptive statistics in combination with multidimensional approaches involving cluster analysis were used to analyze the quantitative data. The qualitative data were analyzed using word descriptions and verbatim discussions. It was found that the diversification patterns of the smallholder farm households in the study area took different forms involving alteration of land use patterns, intensification of crops and livestock productions, and non/off-farm activities. Superiority order of livelihood strategies in terms of the average annual cash income obtained by the households was set. Accordingly, commercial crop stands first followed by livestock rearing and subsistence crop production as second and third, respectively. It was suggested that livelihood diversification can only be a viable strategy to achieve sustainable rural livelihoods if the farmers are capacitated so that they can choose the right remunerative livelihood strategy among the existing options.

scholarly journals ՀՀ ՇԻՐԱԿԻ ՄԱՐԶՈՒՄ ՀԱՑԱՀԱՏԻԿԱՅԻՆ ԿԼԱՍՏԵՐԻ ՁԵՎԱՎՈՐՈՒՄԸ ՈՐՊԵՍ ՊԱՐԵՆԱՅԻՆ ԱՆՎՏԱՆԳՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԱՊԱՀՈՎՄԱՆ ԳՈՐԾՈՆ

2021 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
A. Ye. Voskanyan ◽  
M. E. Hovhannisyan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Cluster System ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Cereal Crop ◽  
Food Value

Formation of a cluster system in the agricultural sector of Armenia could enable to handle the current obstacles in the food value chain and to increase the economic efficiency in grain production. Implementation of the program on introducing a cluster system for cereal crop production in the Shirak region of the RA implies application of efficient branch management systems and innovative technologies in the farm households, targeted resource utilization, provision of competitive environment, as well as increase in the yield capacity and profitability of the cereal crops.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN AIR IRIGASI PADA PERTUMBUHAN TANAMAN KAPAS (Gossypium hirtusum L.) DI KECAMATAN LAMURU, KABUPATEN BONE

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-48
Author(s):  
Junaedi Junaedi ◽  
Syahruni Thamrin ◽  
Baso Darwisah ◽  
Budiman Budiman
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Reference Evapotranspiration ◽  
Maximum Amount ◽  
Demand Analysis ◽  
Effective Rainfall ◽  
Irrigation Water Requirement ◽  
Cotton Crop ◽  
South Sulawesi

The development of cotton crop in South Sulawesi is still constrained by the availability of water which is affected by rainfall and the ability of the soil to retain water, so to optimize the growth of cotton crop needs to be done special methods of giving water. This study aims to analyze the irrigation water needs and maximize the yield of cotton crop production by using Cropwat 8.0 application as an alternative calculation of water demand. Analysis of the calculation of irrigation water needs of cotton crop with Cropwat 8.0 is intended as a basis for determining the amount of water that will be applied to irrigation activities and providing irrigation water. The results of the analysis of the water needs of cotton crop are calculated based on the growth phase of cotton crop showed a reference evapotranspiration value (ETo) calculated with a cropwat 8.0 program ranging from 3.12 - 4.53 mm/day and plant evapotranspiration (ETc) values ranging from 1.06 - 4.56 mm/day. Effective rainfall ranges from 5.9 - 15.7 mm/month. The total amount of water was applied for cotton crop is 512.5 mm. The irrigation water requirement was 213.3 mm. The maximum amount needed per month is 19 mm.

scholarly journals Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms

2015 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 458-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romain Frelat ◽  
Santiago Lopez-Ridaura ◽  
Ken E. Giller ◽  
Mario Herrero ◽  
Sabine Douxchamps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Smallholder Farm ◽  
Sub Saharan

We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing 60% of food availability. The off-farm income contribution to food availability ranged from 12% for households without enough food available (18% of the total sample) to 27% for the 58% of households with sufficient food available. Using only three explanatory variables (household size, number of livestock, and land area), we were able to predict correctly the agricultural determined status of food availability for 72% of the households, but the relationships were strongly influenced by the degree of market access. Our analyses suggest that targeting poverty through improving market access and off-farm opportunities is a better strategy to increase food security than focusing on agricultural production and closing yield gaps. This calls for multisectoral policy harmonization, incentives, and diversification of employment sources rather than a singular focus on agricultural development. Recognizing and understanding diversity among smallholder farm households in sub-Saharan Africa is key for the design of policies that aim to improve food security.

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