Mobile Extension in Enhancing the Livelihood of Farmers in India

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
G. Sakthivel Murugan ◽  
I. Arul Aram ◽  
S. Amal Raj ◽  
A. Arivudai Nambi ◽  
Nancy J. Anabel
Keyword(s):  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Cropping Pattern ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Emerging Issues

This research article is based on an empirical investigation into mobile advisory services co-created by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and the agriculture farmers' community of the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It seeks to map pattern of mobile advisory use and its impact on agricultural livelihood vis-à-vis agriculture and animal husbandry. This research article investigates the effectiveness of the agricultural extension tool of mobile phone among farmers in areas of rural in Puducherry, during the years 2010-2013. Investigation with the farmers revealed that innovative dissemination of mobile advisory has improved their agricultural productivity. The mobile audio advisories played a vital role in bridging the knowledge gap and scientific solutions between the scientific and farming communities. This research paper analyses farmers' benefits, gaps in mobile advisory services (MAS), perception of mobile messages, socio-demographic, and socio-economic data. As a result, farmers were able to acquire knowledge and skills relating to their livelihoods and make timely decisions to cope with emerging issues and trends in agriculture to an extent of diversifying their cropping pattern. The audio advisories helped farmers with timely information on agriculture. Mobile advisory has also strengthened the local agricultural extension system where farmers have updated their knowledge and skills. These messages enhanced their knowledge in crop management, latest farming technologies, and agriculture-related government schemes and entitlements, and post-harvest techniques along with care and management of livestock. These skills are very much useful for them to get adapted to changing climate scenarios and to have improved livelihood opportunities.

Use of Mobiles for Promoting Agriculture in Puducherry, India

2020 ◽  
pp. 241-256
Author(s):  
I. Arul Aram ◽  
Sakthivel Murugan G.
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Crop Management ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
National Bank ◽  
Harvest Techniques ◽  
Union Territory

This research work is based on an empirical investigation into mobile advisory services co-created by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), and the agriculture farmers' community of the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. This research work investigates the effectiveness of the agricultural extension tool of mobile phone audio messages among farmers in areas of rural in Puducherry, during the years 2010-2013. The research work analysed farmers' benefits, gaps in mobile advisory services (MAS), perception of mobile messages, socio-demographic, and socio-economic data. As a result, farmers were able to acquire knowledge and skills relating to their livelihoods and make timely decisions to cope with emerging issues and trends in agriculture to an extent of diversifying their cropping patterns. These messages enhanced their knowledge in crop management, latest farming technologies, and agriculture-related government schemes and entitlements, and post-harvest techniques along with care and management of livestock.

ENHANCEMENT OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ADVISORY SERVICES THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING: A SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-30
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Extension System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sub Saharan

The unemployment rate in Nigeria and other Sub Saharan African countries keep surging year after year despite the need for human resources in several sectors. Nigeria records a large number of young graduates from tertiary institutions most of whom find it difficult to get white collar jobs. Despite this ongoing, human resource which is needed for economic development remains under exploited. Young people have a sense of responsibility which makes it easy for them to take up opportunities that will lead to individual and societal development. Unemployed youths who have interest in agriculture and the extension system can be recruited into this sector to achieve sustainable agricultural and rural development in these areas. Capacity development is essential in this scenario to absorb these group of people into the agricultural sector, thus, reducing employment rate. Unqualified young persons can carry out the functions or duties of agricultural extension advisory services if their technical and knowledge skills in line with the subject matter is developed.

scholarly journals Relevance and Utility of Different Training Needs of Input Dealers in Jhansi District of Bundelkhand Region

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Arjun Prasad Verma ◽  
Vimal Raj Yadav ◽  
Diksha Patel ◽  
Nishi Roy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institution ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Trade Name ◽  
Training Need ◽  
Higher Secondary Education

Agri-input dealers play a vital role in guaranteeing that farming communities have access to some of the essential and critical agricultural input that contribute in boosting the agricultural productivity. Besides this, they also contribute towards strengthening the Agricultural Extension System by providing valuable agro-advisory services to the farmers. It is essential that they are equipped with latest scientific know how through refresher training courses. The present study was conducted during 2018-19 in Jhansi district of Bundelkhand region to ascertain training needs of agri-input dealers. Data was collected personally by using well-structured interview schedule of 57 agri-input dealers. Respondents were found to be young age group (50.88%), one-third had higher secondary education (35.09%), sought financial assistance from bank and other financial institution (36.84%) and identification of trade name, chemical name and properties of pesticides have emerged as the most needed training area. Around 84.21 per cent of the respondent’s priorities vegetable among crop specific training needs and 84.21 per cent of the respondents had expressed ‘most needed’ training needs on micro nutrient fertilizers. More than two-third of respondents had expressed their training needs on improved varieties or hybrids of crops for cultivation (89.47%) and training in computer and its application in business is another preferred area. Lack of technical knowledge of different brands of product, fluctuation of sale on season basis and lack of need based training were some of the major constraints faced by agri-input dealers while delivering services. In order to overcome these problems agricultural institution must arrange some training programme which caters the above mentioned training need of input dealers.

scholarly journals Review of Opportunities and Challenges of Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services among Rural Farm Households in Nigeria during Pandemics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Chibuzo Uzoma Izuogu ◽  
Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke ◽  
Loveday Chukwudi Njoku ◽  
Gillian Chidozie Azuamairo ◽  
Mary C. Atasie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
World Health ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Advisory Services ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Health Organization

There is urgent need for increased institutional investment in ameliorating the adverse effects of pandemics among rural households. These effects are multi-faceted with governmental and other concerned agencies ignoring the socio-economic outcomes among rural households. The number of confirmed cases of Covid 19 patients in Nigeria rose from an index case on 27th February to 30,476 by 10th July 2020. About 82 Million Nigerians live in poverty. With a score of 27.9, Nigeria is ranked 93rd out of 117 countries on the 2019 Global Hunger Index. The objective of this review is to access the opportunities and challenges of agricultural extension and advisory services among rural farm households in Nigeria during pandemics. Data for the study were sourced from the World Health Organization, Food and Agricultural Organization, National Centre for Disease Control and other scientific documents. The identified impact of pandemics among rural households included increase in vulnerability, shortage of farm labor and worsening healthcare system etc. Dissemination of information in real time, encouraging healthy agricultural production system, providing market linkage for rural farmers, and effective interface with government were the major opportunities for rural advisory services. Extension must overcome the challenges of low utilization of modern technology by rural households, increasing housing deficit and poor infrastructural development in rural communities. The review recommends that more efforts should be targeted at ensuring that while the extension system is provided with all they need for optimal provision of services; policymakers are to develop more interest for rural development.

scholarly journals Factors associated with farmers’ use of fee-for-service advisors in a privatized agricultural extension system

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 105360
Author(s):  
R. Nettle ◽  
J.M. Morton ◽  
N. McDonald ◽  
M. Suryana ◽  
D. Birch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Fee For Service ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Extension System

براہوئی ادب ‘ ادبی ادارہ او نوشتوک آتا کڑد

Al-Burz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Nilofer Usman ◽  
Dr.Liaquat Ali Sani ◽  
Yousaf Rodeni
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Modern Poetry ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Language Literature ◽  
Literary Circles

This research article describes the role of Brahui literary circles, which have played a vital role for the preservation and promotion of Brahui Language, Literature and build a literary tendency. This paper also shows how the internal disagreement between learned established new literary circles. Few prominent personalities like  Noor Muhammad Parwana, Nawab Ghaus Bakhsh Raisani, Babo Abudl Rehman Kurd, Abdul Rehman Brahui, Syed Kamal al-Qadri and others have initiated this work in Brahui literary history. Now more the two dozen registered and non-registered Brahui literary originations working for betterment of Brahui literature. Every origination has set their separate Moto and vision, few of them promote Brahui Modern poetry few have introduced new literary tendencies, few have urged that criticism is better for new thoughts and new trend in Brahui literature. This research paper helps to understand the different periods in Brahui literature in context of Brahui originations. A descriptive research method will have been adopted to conclude this paper.

scholarly journals Reading Habits of Users of Sardar Patel University: A Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shishir H. Mandalia
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

Reading plays a vital role in life of a human. Reading provides experience through which the individual may expand his horizons of knowledge, identify, extend and intensify his interest and gains deeper understanding of himself, of other human beings and of the world. The study carried out to assess the reading habits of user of Sardar Patel University, VallabhVidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat. As a research tool; questionnaire was used for the data collection. Collected data were analyzed and tables were used to present the results of findings. Reading especially is a resource for continued education, for the acquisition of new knowledge and skills, for gaining information through media, especially newspapers, books, radio, television, and the computers. In this article investigator attempts to investigate the reading habits of users of the university.

scholarly journals STRENGTHENING STUDENT SKILLS THROUGH TRAINING IN MAKING MEATBALLS WITH CULLED CHICKEN MEAT

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Harapin Hafid
Keyword(s):  
Positive Response ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Base Material ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Chicken Meat ◽  
Training Material ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Technical Guidance

Students as agents of change are required to have a lot of knowledge and skills during their studies. The addition of the ability of the skills of the students should be obtained based on practical activities during the lecture, but is often constrained by the unpreparedness of lab facilities and adequate infrastructure. This has an impact on student mastery of skills is not optimal. Application of science and technology activities aimed to establish a student majoring in animal husbandry skills through training making meatballs with chicken base material salvage. Methods are activities undertaken by: (1) lectures and discussions on potential, prospects and agribusiness agroindusti meatballs, (2) demonstration and coaching of making meatballs, (3) motivated the development of entrepreneurial spirit. The results showed that activities of the training material presented and received positive response from participants was satisfactory considering there has not yet been carried out similar activities. Generally, the participants wanted to adopt the material about making meatballs with chicken base material reject rate. Concluded that the target audience consists of students majoring in animal husbandry are very enthusiastic and active in the manufacture of technical guidance meatballs. In general, trainees wishing to do entrepreneurship by producing meatballs made ​​from chicken meat laying reject rate.

scholarly journals Organisational Culture and Corporate Performance: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olu Ojo
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this research article is to examine various concepts on organisational culture and strives to ascertain the importance of the relationship between organisational culture and corporate performance in a business context. The study adopted survey research design. The population of this study is the entire employees of Nigerian commercial banks. Primary data were used for this study. Data were collected through a questionnaire that was administered to the selected respondents, The two hypotheses proffered were tested and relevant recommendations were made. The conclusion drawn from the study is that organisational culture plays a vital role in an organisation’s general performance. This study contributes to organisational culture’s literature by showing that employees would commit themselves to organisational goals and work actively in achieving those goals when they buy into cultural norms of the organisation and thus increase organisational performance.

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