scholarly journals Survey of Cultivated Vegetable Crops in Rupandehi District, Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Chandra Bahadur Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Protective Food ◽  
The Status ◽  
Market Good ◽  
Key Informant Interview ◽  
Good Facility

Vegetable is very nutritious food and is considered to be protective food since it contains high amount of vitamins and minerals and also possesses medicinal value. In the present study, documentation of farmer’s knowledge on cultivated vegetable crops was carried out in Rupandehi district during the year 2016. The objective of this paper is to identify, enumerate and to know the status of vegetable crops in this district. It was carried out by conducting semi-structured interview with the vegetable growing farmers, local people, members of Community Based Organizations with the help of standard questionnaire, checklist, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and key informant interview. Altogether 50 plant species have been found to be cultivated in commercial scale as vegetable crops in Rupandehi district. Out of 50 plant spp.; 2 families, 4 genera and 5 spp. were monocots; and 9 families, 30 genera and 45 spp. were dicots. It is also found that fruit (55%) is the widely used part of plant as vegetable. Other parts like leaf (21%), inflorescence (4%), root (8%), tuber (2%), corm (6%), and bulb (4%) are also used as vegetable. Most of the vegetable growing farmers (91%) are economically benefited by the cultivation and selling of vegetable than other crops due to easily available seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in market; good facility of irrigation and accessible market in the study area.

scholarly journals ICT and Agriculture Development A Farm Level Case of Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meera Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Information Need ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Status ◽  
Key Informant Interview ◽  
Agriculture Development

The main objective of this research is to assess the status of satisfaction level of ICT   use for knowledge gain and skill adoption on Agriculture Information need and its use for sustainable agriculture transformation towards derivation of market. For this purpose Dhaitar Bhanjhang  Mahadevsthan 2 Mmahadevsthan and Patlekhet-8 Kalchebesi VDC’s of  Kavrepalanchowk out of seventy seven districts is selected.  Information’s were collected from a purposive sample of 98 farmers during January 2017. Four methods were used in the process of finalizing data collection instruments. Information were collected through  four  tools face-to-face interview by using personal interview schedule, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), key-informant interview (KII) and consultation with experts from public and NGO sector extension service providers,   A sample 98 was purposively selected due to the nature of research. Likert scales were developed and used in order to measure the concerned variables. Correlation test was used to ascertain the relationships between the concerned variables. More than one third (37.3 percent) of the farmers were found to use mobile phones for receiving agricultural information, while 21.3 percent used internet facilities provided by  national and international  web media. Only 2 percent farmers were found having use of smart phone. The use of ICT is used mainly in the case of market derived vegetable production and its prices at different market. 

scholarly journals Sustainable mangrove rehabilitation: Lessons and insights from community-based management in the Philippines and Myanmar

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Leni D. Camacho ◽  
Dixon T. Gevaña ◽  
Lorena L. Sabino ◽  
Clarissa D. Ruzol ◽  
Josephine E. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Species Selection ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Mangrove Rehabilitation ◽  
Secondary Information ◽  
Key Informant Interview

This study generally aims to synthesize the best practices and challenges in mangrove rehabilitation in the Philippines, Myanmar, Japan, China and India. It employed an in-depth review of secondary information such as policy documents and project reports, and participatory research activities with various mangrove stakeholders such as key informant interview and focus group discussion. Lessons and strategies obtained were used to develop a mangrove rehabilitation framework/guideline. The guideline was tested for suitability through case studies in the Philippines and Myanmar. It was concluded that mangrove rehabilitation will succeed if 1) it is built around an integrated and ecosystem-based approach that takes into account feedback between rehabilitation and other economic activities; 2) its scope is beyond mere planting; 3) local people are involved in planning and monitoring in addition to implementation; 4) all stakeholders are informed of their roles and responsibilities; and 5) species selection is based on ecological and silvicultural knowledge in conjunction with the needs and priorities identified by stakeholders.

scholarly journals THE DEPENDENCE OF TRIBAL LIVELIHOODS ON FOREST FRUITS IN RURAL JHARKHAND, INDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 576-585
Author(s):  
M.A. Islam ◽  
◽  
Angrej Ali ◽  
A.M. Ansari ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Sustainability Strategies ◽  
Key Informant Interview

This paper explores the diversity, extraction, consumption and livelihood contribution of forest fruits among tribes in Bundu block of Ranchi district, Jharkhand. A multi-stage random sampling technique was employed to draw a sample of 164 households from 9 selected villages for field surveys. Data were collected through a structured interview, non-participant observation, key informant interview, focus group discussion, and market assessment. Simple descriptive statistics viz., frequency (f), percentage (%), mean (x), and range were applied to analyze the data. Results of the study revealed that 31 forest fruits harvested from 26 trees and 5 shrubs belonging to 28 genera and 21 families and consumed as ripe fruit (24) followed by pickle (9), vegetable (4), oilseed (3), roasted/boiled seed (3), drink (2), dehydrated unripe slices (1), fruit aril (1), fruit leather (1), kernel (1), sauce (1), soar product (1) and vinegar (1). Total extraction of forest fruits was 19312.60 kg/year, of which 70.37% was sold for cash income and the rest 29.63% were consumed for subsistence. Sale of forest fruits accrued an annual income of ₹ 246685.00 which contributed 3.90% of the total household annual income. Forest fruits constitute a key source of food, nutrition, subsistence, cash income and safety nets. Overharvesting of forest fruits to mitigate livelihood stress is likely to deplete their availability which would greatly affect the tribal welfare and food security. To promote forest fruit’s conservation, forest management should be harmonized with tribal development, poverty alleviation, food security, and livelihood sustainability strategies and thus, some additional policies will be required.

scholarly journals The Level of Community Participation in Supporting Community-Based Tourism on Mount Merapi Slope

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Muhamad Muhamad ◽  
Syamsul Maarif ◽  
Slamet Widiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Tourist Village ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
High Level

This community service was carried out on the Mount Merapi slope, located around the 8-kilometer area, which falls in category III disaster-prone area. The main aim of this activity was to increase the community participation in developing their area through tourism. The method used here was Focused Group Discussion (FGD) that aimed at inviting and accommodating community participation, as well as a structured interview. The analysis employed 0-5 Likert scale containing score weight to identify the factors influencing participation forms and participation benefits. This research used the quantitative descriptive approach to describe the community level of participation. The result shows that the majority of residents (60%) participated in tourist village management, around 25% participated due to their awareness, around 12% participated without serious intention, and 3% did not participate. It can be concluded that they show high level of participation in supporting tourist village development in disaster-prone area.

scholarly journals DEAFying Silence: Analyzing Inclusive Non-Verbal Communication Strategies Between Students with Deafness and Their Non-PWD Peers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoe Sophia Berenice Taguibulos
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The Status ◽  
Research Procedure

People would often attribute persons with deafness as ‘mute’ individuals due to their frequent use of non-verbal communication strategies. In the Philippines’ transition to an inclusive education system, the question is how Non-PWDs can accommodate the communication style and needs of students with deafness. The researcher answers the question: How do students with deafness and Non-PWD peers promote inclusion through non-verbal communication strategies? A qualitative research design was utilized as the framework, while the research procedure consisted of a digital semi-structured interview for the participant with deafness and a focus group discussion for the Non-PWD participants. A thematic data analysis was carried out to examine the findings and extract themes.The emerging themes revealed that students with deafness are provided with poor assistive services, and that there are issues involving the lack of social inclusivity in mainstream schools. Non-PWDs have shown initiative to shatter communication barriers by obliterating the stigma of communicating with students with deafness. Conversely, the status quo is that persons with deafness should apply spoken language instead of encouraging Non-PWDs to learn sign language. It has been concluded that persons with deafness are visual communicators. They use space to distinguish their relationship with another communicator, and they also apply kinesic behavior like sign language to deliver their messages, facial expressions to convey their emotions, and body language to further demonstrate their messages. Lastly, Non-PWDs should be enhancing their usage of time, silence, and developing their application of space to practice haptics.

scholarly journals Species in peril: assessing the status of the trade in pangolins in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 15776-15783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prayash Ghimire ◽  
Nirjala Raut ◽  
Prajna Khanal ◽  
Suman Acharya ◽  
Suraj Upadhaya
Keyword(s):  
Group Discussion ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
The Status ◽  
Major Route ◽  
Sustainable Conservation ◽  
Local Use ◽  
Key Informant Interview

Pangolins are among the most widely traded taxa in the southeastern Asian illegal wildlife trade because of which they are at great risk of extinction.  Yet, little is known of their trade status in Nepal.  This research was carried out to unfold the status of pangolin trade in Sankhuwasava District of Nepal.  We used mixed methods such as semi-structured questionnaire (n=75) and, focus group discussion (n=4) and key Informant Interview, (n=30) to assess the trade status.  Seizure data (2009–2017) were gathered from law enforcement agencies to predict major trade routes.  The major threat perceived was hunting especially by unemployed local youth and children.  The majority of hunters were opportunistic.  Sankhuwasava District has become both source and transit for the illegal pangolin trade rather than for local use.  The involvement of non-timber forest product traders was high in the illegal trade business, however, there seems a rapid decline in the seizure of pangolin in the last two years, mainly because of the deployment of the Nepal army in the Makalu Barun National Park, which had long served as a major route to China.  Thus, we recommend continuation of strong border security.  Our study calls for capacity building of enforcement agencies for detailed investigation of seizure data.  For sustainable conservation of pangolin and its habitat we recommend sustained conservation awareness programs in addition to alternative livelihood opportunity.  Furthermore, formation of community based anti-poaching units followed by motivation, anti-poaching trainings, security assurance, and incentives for worthy conservation outcomes in pangolin-rich communities might aid in conservation.

scholarly journals Survey of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Practice in Vegetable Crops of Rupandehi District, Western Nepal

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Bahadur Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Development Organization ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Field School ◽  
Significant Difference

In the present study, documentation of farmer’s knowledge on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was carried out in Rupandehi district during the year 2016. The objective of this paper is to assess the knowledge of farmers about IPM and its effectiveness in this district. It was carried out by conducting semi-structured interview with the participants of IPM FFS, vegetable growing farmers, stakeholders and local people with the help of standard questionnaire, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and key informant interview. The IPM program is found to be conducted by an international non-government organization viz. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and government organizations viz. Plant Protection Directorate (PPD), Agronomy Development Directorate (ADD) and District Agriculture Development Organization (DADO) through Farmer’s Field School (FFS) in this district. In total forty IPM FFS was conducted from 1998 to 2015 which provided training about IPM in rice and vegetable crops to 1057 farmers in which 393 were male and 664 female. Although a significant difference has been found in the knowledge about the amount of pesticide used, biological method of pest control for IPM by FFS participant and nonparticipant farmers, it is not observed in their behavior during the cultivation of crops in the farm. The result showed that only 5% of participants of Farmer’s Field School (FFS) are following IPM practices in their own farm after taking training. Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 5(2): 237-242

scholarly journals THE VULNERABILITY AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF URBAN REDEVELOPMENT-INDUCED RELOCATEES IN ADDIS ABABA: THE CASE OF PEOPLE RELOCATED FROM ARADA-SUBCITY TO NIFAS SILK LAFTO-SUBCITY

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 974-979
Author(s):  
Habtamu Atlaw
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Key Informant Interview

The study aimed to investigate the vulnerability and livelihood strategies of urban relocatees. The study used purely qualitative research methodology. Semi-structured interview, key informant interview, focus group discussion and observation were employed to generate primary data. Relocating people from inner city slum to the outskirt has left relocatees vulnerable to weak social network. However, it has led relocatees turn out to be free of exclusion. Relocation has enabled relocated people to live in neat and better planned environment. It, however, exposed relocatees to unaffordable urban monetized life. Relocatees employed various strategies to cope up with the relocation- induced stun, such as, changing consumption pattern, reducing expenditure, using second hand product and increasing the quantity of labor in household. The strategies also increase relocatees vulnerability.

scholarly journals Examining the Values Allocated to the Natural Environment: Non-human beings in focus: The Case of Some Selected Districts in East Gojjam Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 09-15
Author(s):  
Yikunoamlak Mesfin
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Extrinsic Value ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Key Informant Interview ◽  
Document Review

Value is a worth given to something either for its consequential utility for the valuers or a worth given for its own sake. While the former way of evaluation is called extrinsic value, the latter is called intrinsic value. Any kind of approach we adapt to anything emerges from a kind of value we allocate to the thing in question, i.e., kind of value people attribute to the natural environment in general and to non-human, in particular, determine people's treatment, evaluation, action and attitude toward the being in focus. Supposing that the ever-increasing environmental crisis is anthropogenic, this paper is trying to examine the kind of value allocated to the environment and non-human beings in East Gojjam. A qualitative approach and case study design were employed to achieve the objective. Both Primary and secondary dated dates were collected. To collect data, focus group discussion, semi-structured interview, key informant interview, and document review were employed as data collecting instruments. Hence, the participants: officials and exports from the office of wildlife protection, office of natural resource management as well as the office of forest enterprise, local people and religious leaders were purposively selected, and the sample size was determined by data saturation. Finally, the collected data was analyzed thematically. The research found out that the kind of value ascribed to environments is extrinsic. Treating animals and plants as the mere means for the manifold end of human being paves the way for human beings to have untrammeled intervention in the environment.

scholarly journals Equity, Inclusion and Conflict in Community Based Forest Management: A Case of Salghari Community Forest in Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 209-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushant Acharya ◽  
Bishnu Raj Upreti
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Internal Conflict ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

The equity and inclusion issues are widely observed in Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and Community Forestry (CF) is not an exception. Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) are portrayed as robust grassroots institutions for forest management and group governance. However, many contemporary researches have shown that CFUGs are still governed by some influential local elites who hardly practice equity and inclusion. In this context, objectives of this paper are: to explore how equity and inclusion issues lead CFUGs fall into internal conflicts; and to demonstrate how CFUGs are able to address such issues locally. The study was carried out in Salghari CFUG of Ratnechaur, Myagdi. Semi-structured interview and focused group discussion were key tools used for data collection. Livelihoods and Social Inclusion Framework and Equity Framework are used for data analysis. The findings of the research revealed that dalits and non-dalits of Salghari fall into internal conflict regarding the use of forest products. The conflict was then managed through amendments in CF provisions and change in CF leadership. This paper concludes that execution of equity and inclusion provisions in CF, secures access to assets for disadvantaged people from CBFM. However, this demands empowerment of these people and facilitating role of external agency.

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