scholarly journals Attitudes of farmers towards irrigation water rationalization practices in some villages of Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate: اتجاهات الزراع نحو ممارسات ترشيد مياه الري ببعض قري محافظة كفر الشيخ

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 109-88
Author(s):  
Shady Abdel-Salam Mohamed El-Tantawy, Mona F. Salama, Hamza Shady Abdel-Salam Mohamed El-Tantawy, Mona F. Salama, Hamza
Keyword(s):  
Total Variation ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Independent Variables

This research aimed to identify the attitude of farmers towards irrigation water rationalization practices, to determine the correlation between the degree of their attitudes towards those practices and the independent variables studied, and to determine the contribution of each of the studied independent variables related to the moral correlation in the interpretation of the total variation in the degrees of trends of farmers towards irrigation water rationalization practices, and finally to identify the obstacles they face when using these practices from their viewpoint. This research was conducted in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, as it is one of the governorates that suffer from water deficit. Kafr El-Sheikh and Desouq districts were randomly selected. Then, in the same way, two villages were selected from each district. The selected villages were Al-Khadimiya and Arrimon in the Kafr El-Sheikh district and Sanhur, and Mehalet Diyai in Desouk district. A random sample of 225 respondents was selected. They represent 5% of the total number of farmers in each of the four selected villages. The frequencies, percentages, and average arithmetic, Standard deviation, weighted average score, Pearson correlation coefficient, step-wise correlation, and multiple regression analysis model were used in data analysis and presentation of the results. The results could be summarized as follows: 1- 25.3% of the respondents' farmers had a negative attitude, 46.7% of them had a neutral attitude, and 28% of them showed positive attitudes towards irrigation water rationalization practices. 2- Combined seven independent variables explained 51% of the total variation in the degree of the researchers ’attitudes towards rationalizing irrigation water practices, which are the respondent’s education, the agricultural land tenure, the degree of exposure to information sources in the field of irrigation water rationalization, the degree of contribution in irrigation extension activities, the degree of neighbors effectiveness, the degree of regeneration, and the number of years of using irrigation water rationalization practices. 3- The most important obstacles are facing the respondents' farmers in terms of rationalizing irrigation water practices are: the high costs of lining irrigation ditches, the scarcity of water at the ends of the canals, the high costs of laser leveling.

scholarly journals KETERKAITAN FAKTOR BIOFISIK DAN PENGUASAAN LAHAN HUTAN DENGAN KERAWANAN KEBAKARAN HUTAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF PENATAAN RUANG : STUDI KASUS PADA WILAYAH HTI DI JAMBI

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Andri Yushar Andria ◽  
Baba Barus ◽  
Fredian Tonny Nasdian
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Fire Hazard ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Land Preparation

The occurrence of forest fire in Jambi can be considered as an annual phenomenon. It happenes almost every year in every type of land uses, including industrial timber plantation area of PT Wirakarya Sakti. The drivers of fire are a combination between natural factors and an anthropogenic factor, which in this case is traditional land preparation activity conducted by local farmer. To maintain their source of livelihoods, farmers convert forest land into seasonal agricultural land (ladang) using ‘slash and burn’ method. This activity occures along with the changes in social economic condition. Currently, although this circumstance has existed for a long time, availability of information regarding forest fire-prone area especially in industrial timber plantation is really minutes. Based on this condition, this study aims to model and develop spatial information on the vulnerability forest fire in industrial timber plantation (HTI) area. The specific objectives are: 1) To identify biophysical factors that affect of forest fire, 2) To identify the significance of community activities and land tenure factors to forest fires event in the area, 3) To analyze communities motivations and actions in regards to forest fire events, and 4) To analyze synergy between actual land use with HTI Spatial Planning (RTR-HTI). The results of using logistic regression analysis showed that the most significance biophysical variable are soil type and rainfall, while on the anthropogenic variable are the distance from land and the distancefrom road. Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis suggested that community motivations and actions are affected by social indicators. Based on these facts, spatial analysis using GIS was conducted. The result showed that the value of land use suitable (LUS) was 88.1% (218,289 ha) and not suitable was 11.9% (29,589 ha) from the land allocation of RTR-HTI. Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), the relative importance weight for each factor was derivied to be included in hazard model. The hazard map showed that fire hazard can be classified into high category (118,925 ha), moderate category (175,272ha) and low category (11,369 ha). Keywords: land use, land tenure community, vulnerability forest fire

Catch them Young : Role of Educational Institutions in Community Development- A Descriptive Study on the Perception of College Students in Chennai

GIS Business ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
Dr. R. Sundari ◽  
Ms. Sangeetha Manoj
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Grass Root Level

Community Development is a process of collective action taken by the members of a community to generate solutions for common problems.  The aspects of community well being namely Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural well being evolves from this type of collective action taken at multiple societal levels. (Weaver, 1971) defines community development as a process of “A public-group approach dedicated to achieving the goals of the total body politic.” Therefore, it is evident that a community can be developed through the effective participation of citizens. It is universally acceptable that community service is a vehicle for safeguarding the environment that is initiated from the participants of the community. In order to imbibe the community consciousness among the citizens, every country should “Catch them Young”. The purpose of the paper is to integrate Participative Model (Active Citizenship, Citizen Networks and Co-production) with Self-service Model (Social Governance, Societal Discipline and Accountability). National and international reviews show that the perception about the community and realisation has to be ingrained at the grass root level; this can be achieved through the participation of academic institutions. This paper is an attempt to highlight. The initiatives taken by educational institutions to imbibe social consciousness, The perceptions of students about their role in community development, and, To identify the effective Private Public Partnership areas for community building Factor analysis has been applied to identify the role of educational institutions and individual citizen’s( Students) in building community consciousness. Linear Regression had been applied in the study to measure the influence of Educational Institutions on the role of Students in building the community.  A weighted average score is awarded by the students for the potential areas of public private partnership for community development is highlighted. The results of the study provide an impact created by the institution over the students. The Study also, consolidates some of the successful community bonding and building activities carried out Academic Institutions.

scholarly journals Zambian farm blocks: A vehicle for increased private sector investments

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 817-825
Author(s):  
Susanna L. Middelberg ◽  
Pieter van der Zwan ◽  
Cobus Oberholster
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Private Sector Investment

AbstractThe Zambian government has introduced the farm block development programme (FBDP) to facilitate agricultural land and rural development and encourage private sector investment. This study assessed whether the FBDP achieves these goals. Key obstacles and possible opportunities were also identified and, where appropriate, specific corrective actions were recommended. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted in Lusaka with various stakeholders of the FBDP. The FBDP is designed to facilitate agricultural land development and encourage private sector investment. However, the programme falls far short in terms of implementation, amidst policy uncertainty and lack of support. This is evident by the insecurity of land tenure which negatively affects small- and medium-scale producers’ access to financing, lack of infrastructure development of these farm blocks, and constraints in the agricultural sector such as low labour productivity and poor access to service expertise. It is recommended that innovative policy interventions should be created to support agricultural development. This can be achieved by following a multistakeholder approach through involving private, public and non-profit sectors such as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and donors.

scholarly journals Hybrid team based learning-personalised education for teaching epidemiology in public health degrees

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ha ◽  
B Kemp ◽  
M Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Failure Rate ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
University Education ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Team Based Learning ◽  
The Subject

Abstract Background University education in Australia and internationally involves teaching diverse students: in terms of age, life experience, previous degrees completed, and level of English competency. In Australia the Bachelors of Public Health (BPH) at The University of Wollongong, epidemiology is a core subject. It aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to design, critique and interpret studies that investigate why different populations experience different health outcomes. A student-centred learning strategy; Hybrid Team Based Learning and Personalised Education teaching strategy (HTBL-PE) was created to maximise academic success. Each phase has a distinct purpose based on learning theories (e.g. TBL, Bloom's taxonomy and Vygotsky). HTBL-PE aims to systematically build students abilities; strengthen self-confidence and belief, by teaching the way students learn and harnessing the capabilities of the team to strengthen the individual. Objectives HTBL-PE was evaluated in spring 2019 in the BPH, where their experiences at the beginning and end of semester were measured. Results In total 73 out of 84 enrolled students provided data at both time-points (87%). At the end of the semester, the vast majority of students indicated their interest in epidemiology had increased (93%), critical thinking had improved (92%), and confidence as independent learners had increased (86%). Outcomes did not differ significantly by gender or across learning styles. More than two thirds of students had already applied learnings from this subject in other settings (67%). Students' final mark for this subject was significantly higher than their Weighted Average Mark (WAM) prior to the semester (+17.4, p < 0.001). Average scores for the subject were > 84/100 with a < 0.5% failure rate. Conclusions HTBL-PE has positive learning outcomes; low failure rates, increased confidence in learning and themselves, increased interest in epidemiology and high overall scores in the subject. Key messages An effective new innovative teaching strategy resulted in a subject average score > 84/100 and <0.5% failure rate. The vast majority of students reported increased confidence as independent lifelong learners, critical thinking, confidence in epidemiology (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) and themselves.

Land Reform in Zimbabwe: Some Legal Aspects

1993 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gino J. Naldi
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Declaration Of Independence ◽  
Unilateral Declaration ◽  
Liberation Movements ◽  
Crop And Livestock Production ◽  
Trust Lands

The Government of Zimbabwe has only recently begun to implement the commitment of the liberation movements to give land to poor ‘communal’ farmers, especially those dispossessed by the whiteminority régime after Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965. It needs to be recalled that by virtue of the Land Tenure Act of 1969 almost half of the country's agricultural land was allocated to Europeans, who had ‘greater access to the regions considered suited to intensive crop and livestock production’, and that ‘On average, each of the nearly 7,000 European farms was roughly 100 times the size of any of the 700,000 or so holdings in the Tribal Trust Lands’. The fact that much of this land was under-utilised only served to increase African resentment.

Main trends and problems of spatial development of agricultural land use and land tenure in the Non-Chernozem Economic Zone of Russia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.A. Polunin ◽  
V.V. Alakoz
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Economic Zone

The article sets out the main goals, objectives and priorities of the spatial development of agricultural land use and land tenure in the territories of the Non-Black Earth Economic Zone. The principles, main directions and scenarios of the spatial development of agricultural land use are given. The greatest attention is paid to the mechanisms of spatial development of agricultural land use.

Research in Different Categories of UK Universities

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-313
Author(s):  
W. O. George ◽  
A. N. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Weighted Average ◽  
Unit Group ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Peer Rating ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Broad Subject ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, the origins and characteristics of the 102 current UK universities are briefly traced and the outcomes of recent assessments of research quality are summarized for all universities and for the 69 subject units within which assessment was made. The quality of research in a subject unit, group of subject units or complete institution is measured by a weighted average score based on a peer rating of submitted subject units from each university and the numerical values obtained are described within the limitations of the methodology developed. The authors consider the scores in terms of the characteristics of each university and the broad subject areas, science, engineering, social sciences and humanities. They then discuss the industrial link with research in terms of recent government policy inputs, university research outcomes and the impact of market forces on universities from diminishing patterns of some income streams.

scholarly journals POLA PENGUASAAN TANAH DAN DISTRIBUSI KESEJAHTERAAN RUMAH TANGGA DI PEDESAAN JAWA TIMUR

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Versanudin Hekmatyar ◽  
Fentiny Nugroho
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Land Cultivation ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Labor System ◽  
High Level

Abstract: The objective of this study is to describe the pattern of land tenure and forms of livelihood diversification in rural area. By using qualitative approach, data was collected and presented descriptively. The results are as follows, first, land is an important production factors as capital and labor. Land in Kedungprimpen village is still closely linked to the livelihoods of its inhabitants. High level of dependence of the population on agricultural land is also closely related to the local community's view that underlies the social differentiation of the rich, ample and poor. Second, this fact further encourages households todeal with the crisis, undertake series of livelihood activities to meet their basic needs. The selection of diversified forms of livelihood is mainly based on rational reasons related to the types of resources that can be optimized. Generally, livelihood diversification in Kedungprimpen Village is on agricultural andnon-agricultural sectors. Agricultural sector includes land cultivation, sharecrop, rent, mortgage, and labor system. Non-agricultural sector includes trade, handicrafts production, stockbreeding, and carpentry.Keywords: pattern of land tenure, land tenure, land diversification, peasant

scholarly journals Determinants of Preferences of the Respondents for the Payment for Environmental Services among the Rural Farming Households in Oyo State Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-98
Author(s):  
Adesiyan Olusegun Israel
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
State Farm ◽  
Payment For Environmental Services ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
Micro Credit

This study attempted to uncover the factors that influence preferences of the poor farming households for the attributes of Payment for environmental services (PES) in the Oyo State farm settlement Nigeria. Educational attainment, age of the respondents, previous knowledge of PES, land tenure, provision of micro credit, number of dependents, marital status and main occupation of the respondents. Dependent variable is preference for PES attributes.A multi-stage sampling technique was employed for this study.This study used exclusively Primary data.Which were collected through the use of a well-structured questionnaires and interview schedule for the literate and non-literate farmers respectivelyTotal sample of 395 out of 547respondents (i.e.72%) were drawn cumulatively. The regression results showed that previous knowledge of PES and provision of microcredit are significant at 5% each, while land ownership right is significant at 10% in the educational poverty group. In the consumption poverty group, previous knowledge of PES is significant at 5%, while land ownership right is positively significant at 1%, respectively. Housing/living standard poverty group; previous knowledge of PES and land ownership rights   are significant at 5% each. From the findings of this study, it implies that if micro credit facilities are provided to these poor farming households, they will be willing to conserve the environmental resources (i.e. agricultural land). It therefore suggests that a well thought institutional arrangement with PES in view could be put up to enhance natural resource conservation and by extension reduction of poverty.

scholarly journals Relation of Parasites in Soil with The Existence of Parasites on Farmer's Nails

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Edza Aria Wikurendra ◽  
Merry Crismiati ◽  
Globila Nurika
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Soil Transmitted Helminths ◽  
Ancylostoma Duodenale ◽  
Parasitic Worms ◽  
Relationship Of

Worms is an infectious disease caused by parasitic worms that can endanger health. Worms that often infect and have a very detrimental impact are soil-borne worm infections or Soil-Transmitted Helminths. Soil-Transmitted Helminths still considered insignificant because it is considered not to cause harm or cause death. This study aims to determine the relationship of parasites in the soil with the presence of parasites on the nails of farmers Sumber Urip 1 Village Wonorejo, East Java, Indonesia. The research method was used observational analytic with a cross-sectional study design which involved 18 Sumber Urip 1 farmers in Wonorejo Village. The sampling technique used was Total Sampling. The bivariate analysis uses Pearson correlation with decision making using significant <0.01. The identification of parasites using the floating method in 18 soil samples contained 12 flattering pieces of hookworm larvae and roundworm eggs. While the results of parasite identification with sedimentation method in 18 nail samples of farmers, there are 11 positive hookworm larvae samples, i.e. Ancylostoma duodenale. The correlation test result showed a relationship between parasites in the soil and nails of Sumber Urip 1 farmers in Wonorejo village (significant as P < 0.01). The use of gloves and footwear (shoes) when working on agricultural land, wash hands with soap and brush nails so that dirt is lost, and consume worm medicine can prevent worms infection.

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