The Complexity of Investment Spillover from New-Type Agricultural Business Entities to Small-Scale Farmers

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 2150155
Author(s):  
Xin Su ◽  
Yufeng Hu ◽  
Haolong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Cournot Game ◽  
Adjustment Speed ◽  
New Type ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
Two Sides

Aiming to clarify the leading roles of new-type agricultural business entities (abbreviated as NABEs) to small-scale farmers, integrated game models between NABEs and small-scale farmers are designed to verify the impact of scale economy and investment spillover on the equilibrium points of the game system. The influence of the investment spillover rate and the decision-making adjustment speed on the stability of the system are emphatically discussed. Numerical simulation shows that, with the increase of small-scale farmers’ decision-making adjustment speed, the system would successively show the phenomena of stability, period doubling bifurcation, chaos and discreteness. In the Cournot game, the two sides’ decision-making results such as investment intensity, selling price and eventual profits vary in the opposite direction. In the Stackelberg game of the basic mode, the two sides’ decision-making results are not evidently changed, and NABEs’ investment intensity, selling price and eventual profits are higher than those of small-scale farmers. In the order mode, system improvement can be realized by controlling the investment spillover rate. The research results indicate that with the increase of the adjustment speed of small-scale farmers’ decision-making, the repeated game decision-making aggravates the instability of the Cournot game system. This paper finds that the order pattern can make up for the scale weakness of small-scale farmers, and finally achieve a win-win situation for decision makers in the case of uncertain demands.

scholarly journals Research on the Application of Mobile Internet Information Products of New Agricultural Business Entities

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 03049
Author(s):  
Tongyang Wei ◽  
Yong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Mobile Terminals ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
New Business ◽  
Internet Information ◽  
Information Products ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
Business Entities

Facing the current information age, this study aims to probe into the application of internet products of mobile terminals in the new agricultural business entities, and to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the application. Based on this, the research group conducted an in-depth research on the new agricultural business entities in eight provinces and cities nationwide to understand the application of information products in the new agricultural business entities, in order to provide important reference and innovative ideas for the agricultural management departments and decision-making departments to carry out the work of training, fostering, guiding and serving new business entities.

scholarly journals Kelayakan Usaha Ayam Broiler (Studi pada Usaha Peternakan di Desa Cibinong)

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Elpawati Elpawati ◽  
Achmad Tjachja Nugraha ◽  
Ratu Shofiatina
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Poultry Farm ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
Positive Growth ◽  
Poultry Farms ◽  
Positive Growth Rate ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
The Many

<p>Indonesia poultry consumption has increased year by year, with the average positive growth rate of 4.6%. This situation can be a chance for both small and large scales of poultry farmers, considering that poultry consumption is increasing every year. The rate of poultry production in Gunung Sindur was correlated with the amount of the existing poultry farms. Romli Farm was a small scale poultry farm in Gunung Sindur, Bogor. This poultry farm, with no partnership, could independently survive amongst the many other existing farms. However, although the opportunities were wide open, this business was not always viable for the farmers because many of small-scale farmers could not be able either to increase the income or to carry on the business. This research aimed to study the income, financial feasibility (NPV, IRR, Net B/C Ratio, and PP), the BEP of Selling Price, and the BEP of Product in Romli Farm.</p>

scholarly journals Perceptions of Brazilian small-scale farmers about genetically modified crops

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Almeida ◽  
Luisa Massarani ◽  
Ildeu de Castro Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Genetically Modified Crops ◽  
Free Food ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
To Receive

The aim of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of small-scale farmers in Brazil towards genetically modified (GM) crops based on a sample of 15 focus groups involving 111 individuals. The analysis of the corpus shows heterogeneous perceptions regarding these crops, shaped by diverse factors, including economic prospects and concerns with the impact on health and the environment. There are many misgivings about these effects among the farmers, who are keen to receive unbiased information on the topic. These uncertainties affect them more as consumers, as most would prefer eating GM-free food, than as producers, as they consider other aspects, especially economic feasibility, when deciding what to grow. Although most farmers believe they should have a voice in decision-making on agricultural issues, few have made concerted efforts to be heard.

scholarly journals How Information Communication Technology Can Enhance Evidence-Based Decisions and Farm-to-Fork Animal Traceability for Livestock Farmers

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
G. Mwanga ◽  
E. Mbega ◽  
Z. Yonah ◽  
M. G. G. Chagunda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

Due to changes in the livestock sector and the rise of consumer demand for comprehensive and integrated food security and safety, there has been a concern on the use of farm data in enhancing animal traceability and decision-making by farmers and other decision-makers in the livestock sector. To ensure high production through effective decision-making and auditable standards, producers are required to have better traceability and record systems. Therefore, this study aimed at (1) reviewing the current recording/data management and animal traceability systems used by small-scale farmers in developing countries and (2) analyzing how data management systems should be designed to enhance efficient decision-making and animal traceability from farm to fork. This study found that, still, a majority of small-scale farmers do not keep records leading to poor decision-making on the farm and policymaking. We also found that those who keep records do not store their data in electronic format, which again poses another challenge in data analysis. Moreover, this study found that the majority of traceability tools used by farmers in developing countries do not meet international standards based on tools they use for tracing animals; farmers were reported to use tools like branding and ear tagging, which provide very little information about the animal. Such tools lack the capability to keep track of useful information about an animal, e.g., information about feeding and animal health. In conclusion, this study recommended a better electronic system to be used at the farm level to facilitate data analysis, hence promoting informed decision-making and adherence to the international animal traceability standards. Otherwise, there is a need for researchers to conduct more studies in developing different analytical models for exploring on-farm data in order to improve the decision-making process by farmers and other stakeholders.

scholarly journals Islamic Managers and The Role Of Emotional Maturity In Decision-Making (Review of al-Qur’an and Science)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Iwan Fahri Cahyadi ◽  
Muhammad Zulham Fanani
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Emotional Maturity ◽  
Take The Best ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Strategic Position ◽  
The Right ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
A Company

<p><em>The role of managers in a company has a very strategic position, be it a large, medium or small scale company, although in each company the problems faced have different complexity and risk. This is where managers must be able to analyze problems or problems, choose and sort out various alternatives in solving a problem, take the best decisions and have the lowest risk, and be able to analyze the potential problems that arise in the future.</em><em> </em><em>A manager is required not only to have extensive knowledge and insight, but also emotional maturity. Like two sides of a coin, these two things must be utilized simultaneously in decision making so that the right decision is taken. Science and insights are physiological (brain) obtained from schools and their environments. While emotional maturity through religious approaches. Managers who practice religion well (Islamic Managers) then the maturity of their souls is more stable and secure. The manager who is close to God will get the happiness that comes from the endhorpin hormone that is present in humans that has been provided by God.</em></p>

scholarly journals The influence of cooperation on the development of the credit resources market for agricultural business entities

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (97) ◽  
pp. 263-275
Author(s):  
Iu. O. Nesterchuk ◽  
◽  
R. P. Mudrak ◽  
V. P. Bechko ◽  
O. A. Nepochatenko
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Qualitative Change ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Cooperative Movement ◽  
Credit Cooperatives ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
Business Entities

The article considers the problems of the influence of cooperation on the development of credit resources market for agricultural sector. The analysis of activity of agricultural goods producers of Cherkasy region on capacity of farmland, majority of which are small-scale, has been carried out. Due to limited access to credit resources on credit resources market in general and preferential lending, growth of tax burden in particular, small-scale agricultural companies are in a difficult financial situation, which makes it impossible for them to operate on the principles of self-financing and self-sufficiency. The solution to this problem is possible through the creation of production, service and credit cooperatives and on their basis – the Agrarian Bank. The basic principles of functioning of agricultural cooperatives have been studied. It has been determined that the development of credit cooperation in this sector of the economy is mainly through the prism of lending, while leveling other important functions that can contribute to the sustainable development of small-scale agrarian sector. The peculiarities of the development of agrarian cooperation in Ukraine have been revealed, and functioning of the information-consulting center for consulting farmers has been singled out in the structure of the rural cooperative. It has been found that cooperation is one of the key institutions that will improve the efficiency of agricultural economy. The development of the cooperative movement in Ukraine can be a driving force for qualitative change not only in the agricultural sector but also in the country as a whole. But this requires the combined efforts of villagers, NGOs and government officials. The relevant laws need to be updated, and the very idea of cooperation needs more coverage and discussion. According to the world experience in a market economy, cooperatives are a third force or alternative to public and private enterprise.

Decision-making in farming households in eastern Poland

Focaal ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (65) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Krzyworzeka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Invisible Hand ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
Farming Households

The agricultural situation in Poland has been changing significantly during the last decades. In 1989, the predictability of the communist centrally planned economy was replaced by the unexpectedness and "invisible hand" of the free market economy. The socialist welfare state has been replaced by new modes of support, introduced by European Union (EU). On the basis of fieldwork conducted between 2005 and 2008 in farming communities in eastern Poland, I focus on decision making among small-scale farmers. This article addresses decision-making processes and their sociocultural context, including the reasons for and circumstances behind decisions, and also elements of decision-making processes that tend to hinder the introduction of EU agricultural policy. In the course of adapting to new and changing realities, farmers creatively use customary ways of thinking and acting in the various decisions they have to make while running the farm. Changes of the very mechanisms of decision-making processes seem to be rather slow, however.

Rationality and Decision-Making of Small Farmers: The Case of Ghana

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwasi Boahene
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Cultural Component ◽  
Small Scale Farmers ◽  
Rational Behaviour

According to anthropologists and sociologists of non-western societies, small-scale farmers in the developing economies are not self-seeking profit maximizers—i.e., their activities are not oriented towards economic efficiency—compared to their counterparts in the developed economies. They are said to include cultural considerations in their decision-making process. As a result, sociology has been typically divided into western and non-western sociology. This gives the impression that societies are polarized into two extremes each of which requires a different method of analysis. The paper argues that in the less industrialised as in the industrialised societies, economic activities are subject to economic as well as socio-cultural considerations, although in the former, the cultural component may count more. A socio-economic model of rational behaviour has been developed to explain the activities of small cocoa farmers in Ghana. The relevance of a socio-economic model to explain the decision-making of the Ghanaian farmers broadens the notion of rational behaviour, and lends little support to the implications associated with the categorization of sociology into western and non-western sociology.

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