Information Acquisition and Conservation Farming Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Rural Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Quynh Anh Le Thi ◽  
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Yasuharu Shimamura ◽  
Hiroyuki Yamada ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Farming Households

Soil fertility conservation has become an increasing concern in Vietnamese agriculture owing to excessive use of agrochemicals. The use of organic fertilizers is considered an environment-friendly practice for sustainable agriculture. Although environmental awareness has emerged and production technologies of organic fertilizers have been introduced in recent years, their adoption remains limited among farming households. This study focuses on the causal effects of information acquisition on the use of organic fertilizers from agricultural extension services and from peers of farming households. The estimation results show that land size, land tenure, educational level, family labor endowment, and household wealth are significantly associated with the likelihood of using organic fertilizers. Information acquisition through both information sources positively affects the use of organic fertilizers. However, information acquisition from agricultural extension services has a greater marginal impact than that from peers. Despite its lower influence, information acquisition from peers plays a supplemental role in incentivizing farming households to use organic fertilizers as an environmentfriendly agricultural practice among rural communities in Vietnam.

A LASTING STORY: CONSERVATION AND AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES IN COLONIAL MALAWI

2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERIK GREEN
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Soil Conservation ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Empirical Knowledge ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Post War ◽  
The One ◽  
Over Time

AbstractHistorians have written extensively about agricultural extension services and the linkages between colonial administrations and rural communities in British Africa. Most studies argue that it is possible to identify a qualitative shift in strategies between the inter- and the post-war periods. The former is characterized by modest attempts at promoting soil conservation, while the latter is described as a period when colonial governments in British Africa – guided by scientific knowledge – tried to transform peasant agriculture to increase production. This article questions this division by using colonial Malawi as a case. It reveals that the strategies and intensity of agricultural extension services changed over time but that the aim of intervention, i.e. to combat soil erosion, remained the focal point throughout the colonial period. This shows that it is important to distinguish between strategies and scale of intervention on the one hand and their aims and contents on the other. Changes in the former took place within the conservation paradigm. Additionally, this article reveals that agricultural extension services were directed by colonial officials' perceptions about African farmers rather than detailed empirical knowledge about existing farming methods.

scholarly journals Benefits of agroecological technologies, an experience in a rural community in Mexico

2021 ◽  
pp. 000-000
Author(s):  
Rosalía Vázquez-Toriz ◽  
Myrna Solis-Oba ◽  
Coral Rojas-Serrano ◽  
Rigoberto Castro Rivera ◽  
Gisela Aguilar-Benítez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Food System ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Ecological Economic

Agroecology is the integration of research, education, action and changes that results in the sustainability to all that parts of the food system: ecological, economic and social. Agroecological techniques such as the use of organic fertilizers such as compost, vermicompost and digestate (effluent from bio-digesters after anaerobic digestion), contribute to reducing environmental and social problems, through methods and processes of a sustainable agriculture model. This project was carried out between 2015 and 2017 with women from the rural community of San Simón Coatepec, Puebla, Mexico. It began with a waste generation study, later, workshops were offered for the appropriation of agroecological techniques, consisting of the preparation of digestate, compost and vermicompost, using their domestic and community waste. Subsequently, each participant built a backyard vegetable garden to grow different vegetables with the use of biointensive beds. At the end of the project, the women recognized that the application of agroecological techniques allowed them to harvest their vegetables free of agrochemicals and sell the rest. In addition to make them feel more independent and with more self-assurance. The appropriation of agroecological techniques is a way in which women from rural communities can obtain economic, social and environmental benefits.

scholarly journals Agriculture extension service delivery in a semi-arid rural area in South Africa: The case study of Thorndale in the Limpopo province

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (59) ◽  
pp. 8034-8057
Author(s):  
DA Akpalu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Extension Services

Poverty, geographical isolation and being poorly served by agricultural workers, education, health, transport, communication and other services characterise the rural environment in most developing countries. Agricultural productivity and its associated agricultural extension services are important to the livelihood activities of rural communities. As a result rural communities require access to productive services information on input supply, new technologies, early warning systems for drought (pests and diseases), credit, and market prices. Agricultural extension service has been identified as an important part of the intended transformation of the agricultural sector. In South Africa, farmers consider the effectiveness of extension services in relation to receiving technological information and advice for purposes of crop and livestock production. The paper discusses the role of agricultural extension services in agricultural production in Thorndale, situated in the Savannah biome of the Bushbuckridge region in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. A questionnaire survey was used in the collection of data. The results indicated that the majority of the farmers do not have access to the services of extension officers. Yet, some farmers have infrequent contacts with extension officers and information, and the magnitude of extension services have been restricted to verbal instructions rather than demonstrative, innovative and hands on practical guidance to farmers. The majority of the respondents approximately 97% are farmers who engage in agricultural production, consisted of small-scale approximately 97% and commercial 3% farmers. The approximately 38% of households who have had contacts with extension officers indicated that the advice and assistance they received entailed farming practices such as buying seeds needed for crop production and storage of the produce harvested for eventualities such as drought or famine. Others include nursery making, correct crop spacing and fertilizer application, planting, transplanting, herbicide application, timely planting and early weeding. The study concluded that extension officers need to visit and guide rural farmers regularly with improved farming technologies and services. Further, capacity development and logistical assistance should be strengthened towards improving the current extension services to the rural communities.

scholarly journals Assessing efficiency of action aid Sierra Leone (AASL) extension services in Sierra Lione

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138
Author(s):  
Mohamed P. Ngegba ◽  
Patrick Moriba ◽  
Joseph B. A. Kandeh ◽  
Juana P. Moiwo ◽  
Saffa B. Massaquoi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Child Sponsorship

This paper investigated the participation of the beneficiaries of agricultural extension services run by Action Aid Sierra Leone (AASL) — A British-based non-profit and non-governmental organization. The study was conducted in Wonde Chiefdom (which is in Bo District, Sierra Leone) where all the 10 rural communities with AASL extension services were targeted. Out of the total 8291 of beneficiary household in the 10 communities, 250 were randomly covered in the survey, involving both quantitative and qualitative data. The study showed that AASL uses an integrated holistic approach to community development. Most of AASL extension services rendered were on child sponsorship (90.0%), women’s rights advocacy (78.8%), gender awareness creation (69.6%) and adult literacy (67.6%) programs. Beneficiary participation was high (96.0%) in the provided services and facilities. It was concluded that AASL should involve multi-stakeholders and encourage similar partnerships in the introduction of agricultural extension services and the associated facilities in the investigated Chiefdom.

Supply of and demand for agricultural extension services in Malawi – A synthesis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Extension Services

scholarly journals Ensuring Agricultural Sustainability through Remote Sensing in the Era of Agriculture 5.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 5911
Author(s):  
Vanesa Martos ◽  
Ali Ahmad ◽  
Pedro Cartujo ◽  
Javier Ordoñez
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
World Population ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Zero Hunger

Timely and reliable information about crop management, production, and yield is considered of great utility by stakeholders (e.g., national and international authorities, farmers, commercial units, etc.) to ensure food safety and security. By 2050, according to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates, around 70% more production of agricultural products will be needed to fulfil the demands of the world population. Likewise, to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the second goal of “zero hunger”, potential technologies like remote sensing (RS) need to be efficiently integrated into agriculture. The application of RS is indispensable today for a highly productive and sustainable agriculture. Therefore, the present study draws a general overview of RS technology with a special focus on the principal platforms of this technology, i.e., satellites and remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs), and the sensors used, in relation to the 5th industrial revolution. Nevertheless, since 1957, RS technology has found applications, through the use of satellite imagery, in agriculture, which was later enriched by the incorporation of remotely piloted aircrafts (RPAs), which is further pushing the boundaries of proficiency through the upgrading of sensors capable of higher spectral, spatial, and temporal resolutions. More prominently, wireless sensor technologies (WST) have streamlined real time information acquisition and programming for respective measures. Improved algorithms and sensors can, not only add significant value to crop data acquisition, but can also devise simulations on yield, harvesting and irrigation periods, metrological data, etc., by making use of cloud computing. The RS technology generates huge sets of data that necessitate the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to extract useful products, thereby augmenting the adeptness and efficiency of agriculture to ensure its sustainability. These technologies have made the orientation of current research towards the estimation of plant physiological traits rather than the structural parameters possible. Futuristic approaches for benefiting from these cutting-edge technologies are discussed in this study. This study can be helpful for researchers, academics, and young students aspiring to play a role in the achievement of sustainable agriculture.

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