scholarly journals Determinants of climate variability adaptation and mitigation strategies harnessed by smallholder maize farmers in Sebayeng village, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Food Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 410-417
Author(s):  
Q. Mangwane ◽  
I.B. Oluwatayo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Climate variability is an issue of serious concern especially in a water-scarce country like South Africa. This is because a sizeable number of households in the country reside in the rural area where rain-fed agriculture is the main source of livelihood for the people. This study, therefore, examined factors influencing the choice of climate variability adaptation and mitigation strategies employed among smallholder maize farmers in Sebayeng village, Limpopo province, South Africa. Primary data were collected from a random sample of 160 smallholder maize farmers through the administration of a structured questionnaire. While descriptive statistics were used to describe and analyse respondents’ socioeconomic characteristics; multinomial-logistic regression model was employed to analyse factors influencing farmers’ choice of climate variability adaptation and mitigation strategies. Analysis of the data collected showed that the majority of farmers (72.5%) do not adapt and/or mitigate climate variability. Nonetheless, of those mitigating or adapting to climate variability, 11.9% of the farmers used shifting planting dates (early planting which runs from October to mid-December) as their strategy because it comes at no cost. Also, about 11.9% harnessed irrigation facilities, 4.3% used conservation agriculture and 3.8% used drought-tolerant varieties. The result of the logistic model revealed that awareness of climate variability, membership of association, occupation and marital status of respondents were found to have a significant influence on the type of adaptation and mitigation strategies chosen by the farmers. The study, therefore, recommends that the government should provide more training for farmers through workshops and seminars to boost their awareness level about climate variability, its adaptation and mitigation. Farmers should also form cooperatives; in that way, they will gain more access to agricultural incentives and they should be encouraged to engage in other economic activities such as processing and marketing of agricultural products to enhance their income.

scholarly journals Factors influencing farmers’ awareness and choice of adaptation strategies to climate variability by smallholder crop farmers

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lelethu Mdoda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Climate Variability ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Crop Failure ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

Climate variability is a global phenomenon and its effects on agricultural productivity have been experienced by developing countries drastically. Climate differences such as high temperatures, drought and long seasons have led to a loss in food production through crop failure, water stress, and human disease outbreak. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate factors influencing farmers’ awareness and choice of adaptation strategies to climate variability by smallholder crop farmers in Libode, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Primary data were purposively collected from 120 smallholder crop farmers. Binary logistic regression was used to estimate factors influencing farmers’ awareness while Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate the choice of adaptation strategies employed by crop farmers. Results showed that farmers have perceived climate change and have adapted to changing climatic conditions. The empirical results have showed that socio-economic factors such as years spent in school, land size, farm experience, and extension services affect farmers' awareness positively while age has a negative influence. Few farmers have adjusted their farming practices to account for the effects of climate change. Thus, the study identifies crop diversification and agroforestry as being the most promising strategies with benefits for farmers, the environment and future generations. The government should develop policies aimed at providing and enhancing farmers’ knowledge on climate change. Farmers are encouraged to form farm organizations and be active as to serve as a platform to share knowledge on indigenous and technological farming practices for effective climate change adaptation.  

scholarly journals An Empirical Examination of Factors Influencing the Behavioral Intention to Use Zakat-Based Crowdfunding Platform Model for Countering the Adverse Impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
pp. 203-218
Author(s):  
Sulaeman Sulaeman ◽  
Sri Yayu Ninglasari
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Behavioral Intention To Use

ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the behavioral intention of the Muslim crowd funders to use the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model by adopting the concept of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Model. The platform model, as an intermediary between Muslim crowd funders and MSMEs, provides financing services for MSMEs to fight any kind of situation/pandemic like COVID-19 nowadays. This study used the primary data that is collected by using the online survey questionnaires, and then the analysis is conducted using partial least squares (PLS) regression. The empirical study shows that all the variables except for facilitating conditions have a significant positive effect on the intention of Muslim crowd funders to use the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model. The present study will help the government and policymakers to plan appropriate intervention strategies to minimize the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on MSMEs in Indonesia. Furthermore, the study will contribute to the existing literature especially on the factors influencing the adoption of the Zakat-based crowdfunding platform model.

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor yang Memengaruhi Peran Komunikasi Kelompok Tani dalam Adopsi Inovasi Teknologi Upaya Khusus (Padi, Jagung, dan Kedelai) di Jawa Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cut Rabiatul Adawiyah ◽  
NFN Sumardjo ◽  
Eko S. Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Group Communication ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Innovation Adoption ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

<strong>English</strong><br />The government commits to achieve food sovereignty and self-sufficiency, especially those of rice, corn, and soybean (Pajale) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. One of the problems is low speed of technological innovation adoption at farm level because of extension workers and farmer group’s communication is not dynamic. This study aims to analyze factors influencing technological innovation adoption of the Rice, Corn and Soybean Special Effort (Upsus Pajale) activities and roles of farmer group communication on technology adoption in Upsus Pajale activities. The research was conducted in Malang Regency, East Java Province. Primary data were collected using questionnaires from 90 respondents. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth interviews with key informants and direct observation. Primary data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model. The results showed that factors influencing technological innovation adoption in Upsus Pajale activities in Malang Regency were farmers’age, nonformal education, land holding size, mass media, farmers’ assistants, and the farmer group communication. Factors influencing the roles of farmer group communication were farmers’age, the size of controlled arable land, cosmopolity level, non-formal education, mass media, and farmers’ companion.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Pemerintah saat ini telah berkomitmen untuk mewujudkan kedaulatan pangan serta swasembada pangan, terutama komoditas padi, jagung, dan kedelai (Pajale) yang ditargetkan terwujud berturut-turut pada tahun 2017, 2018, dan 2019. Salah satu permasalahannya adalah kecepatan adopsi inovasi teknologi di tingkat petani masih rendah karena peran komunikasi penyuluh dan kelompok tani masih belum dinamis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap adopsi inovasi teknologi pada kegiatan upaya khusus (Upsus) Pajale dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang berpengaruh terhadap peran komunikasi kelompok tani terhadap adopsi inovasi teknologi dalam kegiatan Upsus Pajale. Lokasi penelitian dipilih secara sengaja di Kabupaten Malang, Provinsi Jawa Timur. Data diperoleh melalui wawancara menggunakan kuesioner dengan responden sebanyak 90 orang dan didukung oleh data kualitatif melalui wawancara mendalam terhadap beberapa informan kunci dan observasi langsung. Data dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferensia regresi model logistik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi adopsi inovasi teknologi pada kegiatan Upsus Pajale di Kabupaten Malang adalah umur petani, pendidikan nonformal, luas lahan yang dikuasai, peran media informasi, peran pendamping, dan peran komunikasi kelompok tani. Faktor-faktor yang memengaruhi peran komunikasi kelompok tani adalah umur petani, luas lahan yang dikuasai, tingkat kekosmopolitan, pendidikan nonformal, peran media informasi, dan peran pendamping petani.

scholarly journals Risk Mitigation Strategies in Semi-Organic Rice Supply Chains: Lesson Learned from the Involved Actors

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-255
Author(s):  
Agustina Shinta Hartati Wahyuningtyas ◽  
Novi Haryati ◽  
Destyana Ellingga Pratiwi ◽  
Luisa Maliny Situmeang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Risk Mitigation Strategies ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Rice is the main consumption food for Indonesians. The demand for food increased from 114.6 kg per capita in 2016 to 124.89 kg in 2017. However, rice farmers and supply chain actors in rice agribusiness have experienced high challenges, such as production, transportation, price, product quality, and the environment. This research aimed to understand actors involved in the supply chain, their perception of occurring risks, and evaluation and risk mitigation in the supply chain. This was a quantitative descriptive study done purposively in Watugede Village, Singosari Sub-District, Malang Regency. Non-probability sampling was taken to gather primary data. The respondent of this research was 16 involved actors, from on-farm actors to consumers. The data were analyzed using the Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) to provide descriptive risk mitigation strategies. The results show that six involved actors are suppliers, farmers, grinders, traders, and buyers. Each actor faces different risks, and thus, the recommended mitigation strategies are adjusted to their risks. Sharing information, optimizing the level of supply availability, measuring supply chain performance, and building more coordination with the government are the best strategies to mitigate risks.

Factors influencing investor behavior: an empirical study of Saudi Stock Market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Khawaja ◽  
Zainab Nasser Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Investor Behavior ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

PurposeThe objective of the study is to determine the factors influencing the behavior of investor in Saudi Stock Market.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses correlation analysis, factor analysis, reliability and multiple regression analysis on the primary data collected from 125 investors in Saudi Stock Market through a questionnaire distributed randomly.FindingsThe results indicate that the factors like past performance of the stocks, financial statements, firm status in industry, the reputation of the firm, and expected corporate earnings have significant influence on the behavior of investors. The factor of the image that a certain company has built for itself over the years on the basis of its financial practices is a large influencer of investor decisions as compared to advocate recommendation factors. The investment behavior is not significantly influenced by gender or age; however, it is significantly influenced by educational qualification, professional experience and investment volume.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper limits itself to study the factors that influence the behavior of investors. However, it does not address the issue of investor overconfidence and its implications for Saudi Stock Market.Practical implicationsThis research provides a road map for the investors interested in making their investment decisions by understanding the most influencing factors.Social implicationsThis research has social implications for government agencies to delineate the required legislation to regulate the investors and also to increase market efficiency. The results show that investors are strongly affected by signals from the government.Originality/valueThis research is an original contribution toward the behavioral finance field in Saudi Arabia and can be used as a reference material for investors, companies and government policymakers in Saudi Arabia. This study incorporates investors' individual characteristics and explores factors that influence investor behavior unlike some previous studies using Saudi data.

Investigation Of The Impact Of Networking Among Tenants In The Seda Limpopo Jewellery Incubator In South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26
Author(s):  
Forbes Chiromo ◽  
Goodwell Muyengwa ◽  
Joseph Makuvaza
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Metal Fabrication ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

AbstractThis study investigates the extent to which tenants in a jewellery incubator in the Limpopo Province of South Africa network. Since 1994 SEDA has set up more than 31 incubation centres in furniture making, construction, chemicals, jewellery, ICT, metal fabrication, agriculture and small scale mining. This study was done through a survey conducted on tenants in the SEDA Limpopo Jewellery Incubator (SLJI). Information was obtained through a structured questionnaire. The study revealed how tenants benefit from networking around exhibitions and collective purchasing of raw material. Through the Incubator institutional mechanisms, the study explains how tenants share expertise, experiences, technology and resources. Unfortunately the tenants do not initiate the own networking programmes. They lose out on benefits associated with collective effort in other areas such as advertisements, lobbying the government for industrial stands, organising an newsletter, hiring of consultants, and organising joint training programmes. Lastly the study identified opportunities that the tenants could collectively exploit in order strengthen and sustain their businesses.

Discourses in accounts of rape by sex offenders in Limpopo province, South Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 008124632096055
Author(s):  
Mandu Selepe ◽  
Graham Lindegger ◽  
Kaymarlin Govender
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Sex Offences ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sexual Power ◽  
Absent Mothers

South Africa is known for having the highest number of sexual violence cases in the world. In response to these reports, the government has declared rape as a priority crime, and various measures have been put in place to address this scourge. Despite these measures, rape statistics have continued to escalate. It is against this background that this study sought to explore accounts of sexual offences, particularly reports of rape, from a sample of sex offenders. Data were drawn from five Correctional Centres in the Limpopo province. Nineteen sex offenders were selected through a purposive sampling approach and interviewed face-to-face. Discourse analysis was used to identify and analyse the patterns of talk that sex offenders drew upon to account for their sex offences. Findings revealed that ‘blame’ was the most dominant discourse cited. The ‘rhetoric of blame’ revolved around uncontained sexual desires, sexual entitlement, absent mothers, provocative dress code by women, and unfair laws that discriminated men when they asserted their sexual power in relationships with women. Multi-sectoral intervention strategies are recommended for deconstructing blame discourses that perpetuate rape offences in South Africa.

scholarly journals Rationalisation of Nursing Education in Limpopo province: Nurse educators’ perspectives

Curationis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.R. Makhuvha ◽  
M. Davhana-Maselesele ◽  
V.O. Netshandama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Process Data ◽  
The Government

Nursing education institutions are facing a challenge of realigning its functioning according to the changes that are taking place within the country. The intention of the government post apartheid was to correct the imbalances which were brought about by the apartheid government and the following regulations and policies influenced the change in nursing education, that is, Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), White Paper on Higher Education (WPHE), and the National Qualification Framework (NQF) (South Africa, 1995:6). In 1996 the government introduced the first democratic constitution of the Republic of South Africa (RS A) according to Act 108 of 1996. In the light of those increasing changes in nursing education, led by political change, the experiences of nurse educators is a critical issue facing nursing campuses. The purpose of this study was two-fold; namely: to explore and describe the experiences of nurse educators with regard to the rationalisation of nursing education and to use information obtained to describe guidelines for the effective rationalisation of a nursing college in the Limpopo Province. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Qualitative interviews were conducted with nurse educators who worked in nursing colleges before and after 1994. Measures to ensure trustworthiness were applied and ethical issues were adhered to throughout the research process. Data was analysed following Tesch’s method (Creswell 1994:154-155). The research established that nurse educators experienced dissatisfaction in several areas relating to the rationalization of nursing education. Support was also expected from bureaucracy at higher level. This study developed guidelines to policy makers and nurse educators to ensure effective rationalisation process.

scholarly journals Inclusion of climate change strategies in municipal Integrated Development Plans: A case from seven municipalities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mankolo X. Lethoko
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Greenhouse Gasses ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Development Plans ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made it clear that anthropogenic greenhouse gasses are the main cause of observed global warming that leads to climate change. Climate change is now a global reality. In the South African political set-up, local municipalities are the structures that are in direct contact with communities and they draw up Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), which are reviewed and upgraded annually. The article seeks to investigate the extent to which climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies are embedded IDPs in seven vulnerable municipalities in the Limpopo Province. The article conducted an in-depth content analysis of the IDPs of the seven municipalities and the results have revealed that these municipalities have not included adaptation and mitigation strategies adequately in their IDPs despite being the most vulnerable municipalities in the province. The article concludes that these municipalities have not as yet institutionalised climate change in their daily operations, planning and decision making. To this end, the paper recommends that local municipalities should include climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in their IDPs.Keywords: Climate change; adaptation; mitigation; Integrated Development Plan; vulnerable municipalities

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