scholarly journals Factors determining adoption of bean quality improvement practices by cocoa farmers in Cross River State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Abdulrazak Kamal Daudu ◽  
Felix Olayinka Oladipo ◽  
Kayode Samson Balogun ◽  
Olabisi Adebowale Awoniyi ◽  
Rashid Solagberu Adisa
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Percent Level ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Cocoa Farmers

Abstract Persistent drop in quality of Nigerian cocoa exported to the international communities portends a grave danger to the economy of the country. This study investigates factors determining adoption of bean quality improvement practices by cocoa farmers in Cross River State, Nigeria. Using a two-stage random sampling technique to select 336 farmers from communities with high production, data were collected with a structured questionnaire and subjected to factor analysis and descriptive statistical procedures. The data revealed that majority of the respondents (66.1%) were male with mean age of 48 years, 78.6% were formally educated whereas 31.0% had a quarterly contact with extension agents. Most of the respondents (98.2%) had high perception on practices considered as being adequate for improving the quality of cocoa beans. There was a positive and significant relationship between perception on cocoa bean quality and adoption of bean quality improvement practices (r = 0.142 and p = 0.001) at one percent level of significance. Factor analysis showed that socioeconomic, production, technological and institutional factors with Eigenvalues of 3.312, 2.403, 1.862 and 1.055, respectively, accounted for the quality of cocoa beans. However, educational level of farmers (0.867), cost of inputs (−0.724), relative advantage of the practice (0.683) and contact with extension agents (0.703) exert greater influence on farmers’ capacity to produce quality cocoa beans. The identified variables should therefore be considered when disseminating improved practices to cocoa farmers for increased adoption.

scholarly journals Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Menentukan Kualitas Pada Biji Kakao Dengan Menggunakan Metode Weighted Product (Wp) (Studi kasus : CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa Kecamatan Bulok)

Respati ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Elisabet Yunaeti Anggraeni ◽  
Sri Hartati ◽  
Icha Mufadila
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Theobroma Cacao ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Cocoa Production ◽  
Cocoa Farmers ◽  
Theobroma Cacao L

INTISARITanaman kakao (Theobroma cacao, L.) atau yang biasa disebut coklat merupakan tanaman perkebunan yang tumbuh di lahan kering. Tanaman kakao merupakan salah satu komoditas unggulan nasional yang berperan penting bagi pertumbuhan perekonomian Indonesia. Namun, dalam  budidayanya petani kakao seringkali menghadapi masalah yang dapat menyebabkan penurunan kualitas hasil produksi kakao. Karena permasalahan inilah yang membuat peneliti ingin membuat suatu sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat membantu petani dan suplayer terutama CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa untuk menentukan kualitas biji kakao. Sistem yang dirancang menggunakan metode Weighted Product (WP) merupakan metode penyelesaian dengan menggunakan perkalian untuk menghubungkan nilai atribut, dimana nilai harus dipangkatkan terlebih dahulu dengan bobot atribut yang bersangkutan. Dengan adanya sistem  penunjang keputusan ini mampu membantu masyarakat untuk menentukan  kualitas biji kakao dan di harapkan sistem pendukung keputusan menggunakan metode Weighted Product dalam proses menentukan kualitas pada biji kakao tersebut dapat menyelesaikan masalah pada CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa, petani dan pengepul kakao dalam menentukan kualitas biji kakao yang baik Kata Kunci : Sistem Penunjang Keputusan, Weighted Product (WP), Biji Kakao ABSTRACTCacao (Theobroma cacao, L.) or commonly called cocoa is an estate crop that grows on dry land. Cacao is one of the leading national commodities that plays an important role in Indonesia's economic growth. However, in the cultivation of cocoa farmers often face problems that can cause a decrease in the quality of cocoa production. Because of this problem that makes researchers want to create a decision support system that can help farmers and suppliers, especially CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa to determine the quality of cocoa beans. The system is designed using the Weighted Product (WP) method is a method of settlement using multiplication to connect the attribute value, where the value must be raised first with the weight of the attribute in question. With this decision support system able to help the community to determine the quality of good cocoa beans and expected with the decision support system using the Weighted Product method in the process of determining the quality of the cocoa beans can solve the problem in the CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa, cocoa farmers and collectors in determining the quality of good cocoa beans. Keywords : Decision Support System, Weighted Product (WP), Cacao Beans

scholarly journals Quality of natural waters in carbonate aquifers at a densely populated Odukpani area of cross river state, Southern Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1463899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ogbonnaya Igwe ◽  
Stanley Ifediegwu ◽  
Daniel Ozoko ◽  
Giulio Iovine
Keyword(s):  
Natural Waters ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Carbonate Aquifers ◽  
Southern Nigeria

Designing a Quality Management Model for Health Services in Iran

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vajiheh Zarei ◽  
Seyyed Jamaleddin Tabibi ◽  
Mahmood Mahmoodi ◽  
Leila Riahi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Quality Management Model

Introduction: Nowadays, the quality of services, especially in high volume clients, such as financial and care services, has become increasingly important. Therefore, quality of service in accordance with professional standards and customer expectations is important and a first step for it is a quality improvement. Objective: The purpose of this study was to design a quality management model for providing health care in Iran. Method: In this study, the comparative method was used to evaluate the health care quality indicators in selected countries (America-England-Japan-Malaysia-Egypt) and to compare their health care strategies. Hospital managers and people responsible for improving hospital quality in Iran have been involved in this research (377 questionnaire were analyzed). The study lasted from September 2018 to September 2019. Maxqda software was used to classify the adaptive variables. Maxqda software was used to classify the adaptive variables. LISREL software were used- Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis- to identify the dimensions and validation of the mode . Results: Twenty-four types of health care variables were identified from 6 countries. Exploratory factor analysis and questionnaire resulted in four general criteri: Quality Assurance, Quality Planning, Quality Control and Quality Improvement. Confirmatory factor analysis also showed that the identified dimensions are valid . Conclusion: Considering that guarantee,control, planning and quality improvement have the highest impact respectively, continuous planning at the level of hospitals can lead to a significant increase in the quality of health care delivery.

scholarly journals The Effect of Improving Cycleway Environment on the Recreational Benefits of Bicycle Tourism

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 3460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeh ◽  
Lin ◽  
Hsiao ◽  
Huang
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Physical Activities ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Recreational Benefits

Bicycle tourism is one of the popular physical activities for sport tourists. Since the physical environment may affect bicycling behavior, it becomes an important determinant for cyclists to choose a cycleway. Exploratory factor analysis is performed to extract the perception of environmental quality of cyclists into five main factors, including safety, light facilities, lane design, landscape, and environment cleanliness. The contingent behavior method (CBM) is adopted to measure the quality improvement projects in different scenarios of light facility and landscape improvement. The results showed that the improvement projects increased the intended number of trips and the recreational benefits of cyclists.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Ecological Impact of Human Settlement on the Water Quality of Lower Cross River, Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Oribhabor ◽  
O. M. Udoidiong ◽  
D. F. Udoh ◽  
B. E. Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Ecological Impact ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Settlement ◽  
Chemical Parameters ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Physical And Chemical Parameters ◽  
Physical And Chemical

The ecological impact of human settlement on the water quality of Lower Cross River, Nigeria was evaluated. The physical and chemical conditions of the river water were determined from January to August, 2011. Three stations comprising Itu in Akwa Ibom State with intense human activities (station 2), its upstream (without human settlement) at Cross River State (station 1) and the downstream (station 3) were sampled. The Parametric One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicated that of the 17 physical and chemical parameters determined, only water level and COD were found to be significantly different () among stations. The spatial variations in the level of significant correlation of the physical and chemical parameters among the stations and the higher level of interrelationship in downstream station 2 and 3 than station 1 could be attributed to inputs resulting from human settlement. Comparison between some parameters with Standard Organization of Nigeria, and World Health Organization maximum permitted levels for drinking water indicated that the water was not polluted. However, the BOD and COD concentrations of greater than 2 mg/L and 20 mg/L respectively were indicative of pollution.

scholarly journals The Effect of Cocoa Certification Program in Increasing Production and Farmers Income in Tapango Barat Village, Tapango District, Polewali Mandar Regency

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Burhanuddin Burhanuddin
Keyword(s):  
Certification Program ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Industrial Culture ◽  
Rainforest Alliance ◽  
Pod Borer ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Cocoa Farmers ◽  
Development Center ◽  
Center Area

The production of Indonesian cocoa beans is significantly increasing but is not in line with its quality. The quality has decreased such as less fermented, not dry, inconsistency of the size & taste. Since then, reputation of Indonesia cocoa beans was considered lower than international standard which caused price is relatively cheap compared to other production countries. The low quality of cocoa beans is due to that the age of cocoa plants in Indonesia is more than 17 years so productivity has declined, besides that cocoa pod borer since 1995 until now has not been eradicated 100%. So, the age of the plant greatly influences the amount of fruit that can be produced. The benefits of cocoa certification program to the farmers production and income are the creation of agribusiness insight and industrial culture in the community, the development of downstream agribusiness subsystem activities in the form of post-harvest, processing and marketing activities which ultimately increase farmers' income and welfare through increased production also will increased foreign exchange earnings for Country. Tapango Barat is a cocoa development center area certified by the Rainforest Alliance (RA) from 2015 until now with the aim of describing the cocoa certification program in Tapango Barat Village, calculating the level of farmers' income and analyzing the effect of the cocoa certification program on increasing farmer production and income. This research was conducted in January – April 2017 using descriptive, income analysis, and multiple regression analysis methods. The results showed that the Mesa Peolo farmer group certified by the Rainforest Alliance (RA) had an income of IDR 17,106,039.073 each year. This shows that the production results from certification program directly influence cocoa farmers’ income.

scholarly journals EMPOWERMENT OF COCOA FARMERS (THEOBROMA CACAO L.) DURING PRE AND POST-HARVEST IN EFFORT OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF COCOA COMMODITY IN KOLAKA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Yolanda Fitria Syahri ◽  
H. Hastuti
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Bargaining Position ◽  
Cocoa Production ◽  
Cocoa Farmers ◽  
Marketing Chain ◽  
Chemical Fungicides

Kolaka is known as "Kolaka Cocoa City". Cocoa is the main commodity of Kolaka Regency. Kolaka is one of the cities in Southeast Sulawesi. Southeast Sulawesi is one of the provisions in Sulawesi which is the center of cocoa production after South Sulawesi with total area of 260,458 ha and with production 142,156 tons (Ditjenbun, 2012). Cocoa production centers in southeast sulawesi are located in Latambaga and Samaturu Sub-districts. Partners in the IbM program are cocoa farmers of Induha Urban Village, Latambaga Sub-district and cocoa farmer in Samaturu Sub-district. Various cooperation programs have been conducted to improve the quality of cocoa commodities in Kolaka District. In its development, classical problems remain faced by partner farmers both in terms of production and business management. In terms of production, pre-harvest problems faced by farmers are cocoa pests and diseases, which cause the farmers’ dependence on pesticides and chemical fungicides as well as the age of plants, therefore, it is important to reduce the use of pesticides and chemical fungicides because in the long term it can have adverse impact on environmental sustainability and health. The problem of post-harvest for partner farmers is a low quality of cocoa production. Most cocoa farmers process cocoa fruits to be dried beans in a rough way so that ± 90% of the cocoa beans produced by farmers have a low quality with the main characteristic is not fermented. The problem faced by farmers  in the marketing chain is the oligopsoni market structure, where farmers are at the lowest position so that farmers do not have bargaining position. The objectives of IbM program were to 1) Reduce farmers’ dependence on pesticides and chemical fungicides with the utilization of environmentally friendly pesticides 2) Design the fermentor to improve the quality of cocoa beans 3) Enhance the bargaining position of farmers through the active role of Farmer group (Gapoktan)  in the marketing chain of cocoa

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