scholarly journals An exploration of government administrative processes in supporting agro-smallholders’ access to municipal markets in eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jabulani C. Nyawo ◽  
Betty C. Mubangizi
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Government ◽  
Administrative Theory ◽  
Smallholder Producers

Background: The government’s inability to ensure that both the local and the national markets adequately accommodate smallholder producers is inhibiting the sector’s ability to grow and expand.Aim: This article explored the influence of the governmental administrative processes on agro-smallholders’ ability to access municipal markets.Setting: The study is based in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), specifically in the eThekwini Municipality. The target population is agricultural (agro-) smallholder producers who are located within the traditional leadership and government officials (KZN Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and eThekwini Municipality).Methods: A qualitative exploratory research methodology using semi-structured interviews was adopted for this study.Results: The results showed that the government structures and municipal markets do not provide substantial support to agro-smallholder producers who are seeking access to markets. The results further showed that there is no integration or relationship between the government institutions on the issues related to the promotion and development of agro-smallholder producers.Conclusion: Through the application of administrative theory, the article posited the recommendations that the government institutions should incorporate stakeholders’ insights, lay a policy foundation for a whole-of-government approach to planning and set the direction for agro-smallholder’s planned future. It is also recommended that the government departments create a single planning and coordination structure or forum that will be beneficial to the smallholder sub-sector and avoid duplication and resource wastage directed to this sub-sector.

scholarly journals Perception of Agricultural Smallholder Farmers on Public Extension and Advisory Services in Ethekwini Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-518
Author(s):  
Jabulani C. Nyawo ◽  
B.C. Mubangizi
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Advisory Program ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Government

The government’s inability in South Africa to ensure that formulated programs, structures, and policies adequately accommodate smallholder farmers hinders the sector’s ability to grow and develop. This study examines the agricultural smallholder farmers’ perception of the service delivered by the extension and advisory officers. The researchers obtained the primary data from fifteen focus group discussions with the smallholder farmers and three senior government officials under the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development who willingly responded to face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Using thematic analysis, the authors found that the public extension &advisory Officers do not provide substantial support to smallholder farmers seeking access to markets. The study results also show that the agricultural smallholder farmers are dissatisfied with the public extension and advisory officers’ services. Smallholder farmers continue to experience numerous challenges, although the extension and advisory program was implemented to help farmers deal with some challenges for growth and sustainability. New results are expected to provide empirical evidence regarding the performance of extension and advisory officers on smallholder sectors’ development. Furthermore, study results can be used as guidelines for the government when considering the best approaches and capacity building for smallholder farmers.

Perspectives on native maize conservation in Mexico: a public programme analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Vladimir Pelcastre ◽  
Eduardo García-Frapolli ◽  
Bárbara Ayala-Orozco ◽  
Elena Lazos-Chavero
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Community Processes ◽  
Conservation Programme ◽  
The Government ◽  
Effective Conservation

Summary In any conservation programme, a variety of actors participate and interact in its different phases. They commonly have different perspectives and priorities regarding conservation, and diversity in the ensuing perspectives constitutes a barrier to effective conservation. In this paper, we analyse the different perspectives around the Programa de Conservación de Maíz Criollo (Programme for the Conservation of Native Maize in Mexico; PROMAC) in order to understand the possible causes that resulted in the programme not fulfilling its objectives. We used Q methodology and semi-structured interviews with farmers from a natural protected area to analyse the perspectives of the key actors who conceptualized, designed and implemented the programme and of the target population. Our research identified two different perspectives: (1) native maize can only be conserved with the support of community processes; and (2) the government, and not farmers, is responsible for the conservation of native maize. For farmers, native maize is key to their subsistence livelihoods, and they participated in the programme because of government monetary incentives. These differences contributed to dissimilar interpretations throughout the programme’s implementation phase, which, in turn, likely contributed to PROMAC failing to meet its objectives.

Empowering Communities to cope Flood Risk: Learning from Flood affected Community in Narowal District, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
M. Asim ◽  
M. Nadeem ◽  
G. Saima
Keyword(s):  
Flood Risk ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Flood Impacts ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

Community empowerment plays a significant role in adapting and organizing flood risks and impacts. The flood impacts the livelihood, infrastructure, production system and sustainable development. The flood in 2014 has severely affected the Narowal district and has put a momentous impact on the communities residing in those places. The six most affected villages in Narowal were selected for this research study. The data was collected by conducting field surveys followed by structured interviews in study area. This study was carried out to assess the role of government institutions and to evaluate the status of community empowerment. The structured interviews were conducted with the officials of the various institutions and 121 affected respondents were identified to conduct the primary survey. This study concluded that more than 42% respondents did not leave home because of the nonavailability of the shelter point. More than 75% respondents were dissatisfied with the efforts of government during a flood. This study inferred that 9.09% and 67.77% respondents were highly dissatisfied and dissatisfied respectively with the efforts of the Government during flood in empowering communities to cope with flood risk. The government institutions should take suitable actions to comprehend the issues of the communities to bring them in sustainable trends.

scholarly journals Identifying and examining the nature and extent of external factors influencing growth and development of selected SMME's in Durban Kwa Zulu Natal

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sisanda Michelle Ngubane
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Target Population ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

This study identified and examined the nature and extent of external factors influencing growth and development of selected SMMEs in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The importance of the research lies in the contribution of its findings and recommendations to ensure the survival of SMMEs. The target population was identified as 300 owners of SMMEs in Durban, KwaZulu­ Natal, with a sample of 169 selected on a convenience basis, to which a questionnaire was distributed. Regardless of the problems experienced by SMMEs, it is vital to stimulate their growth and development, as this sector is likely to be the job creators of the future South Africa, as well as the providers of a continuation level of employment opportunities (Antonie, 2010). The rate at which SMMEs spring up is encouraging, considering that one of the cardinal goals of establishing SMMEs, is the eradication of unemployment and poverty. It was found that, not all of the respondents understand the potential of SMMEs to gain a competitive advantage; however, the majority agreed that Durban is an accessible and convenient location to do business, and that Government should partner with SMMEs in job creation and poverty alleviation. In addition, more than 80 percent of the respondents believe SMMEs will thrive with more access to loans and financial support. More than half of the respondents indicated that they often need to bribe government officials in the process of obtaining a business license and/or registration, while the findings also show that, when the process is fair, open and transparent, respondents believe it facilitates SMME growth and development. Recommendations on how factors identified can be better managed, so as to support, rather than negate, SMMEs' quest for growth and development, include government facilitation of workshops, and more visible training.

scholarly journals Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle

2019 ◽  
pp. 426-450
Author(s):  
Sara E Harrison ◽  
Peter A Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Government ◽  
Management Cycle ◽  
Disaster Management Cycle

Crowdsourcing is a communication platform that can be used during and after a disastrous event. Previous research in crisis crowdsourcing demonstrates its wide adoption for aiding response efforts by non-government organizations and public citizens. There is a gap in understanding the government use of crowdsourcing for emergency management, and in the use of crowdsourcing for mitigation and preparedness. This research aims to characterize crowdsourcing in all phases of the disaster management cycle by government agencies in Canada and the USA. Semi-structured interviews conducted with 22 government officials from both countries reveal that crisis crowdsourced information is used in all phases of the disaster management cycle, though direct crowdsourcing is yet to be applied in the pre-disaster phases. Emergency management officials and scholars have an opportunity to discover new ways to directly use crowdsourcing for mitigation and preparedness.

scholarly journals Political participation of street vendors and Government officials (Study in Pontianak City Indonesia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 472-478
Author(s):  
Elyta ◽  
Herlan ◽  
Burhanduddin
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Descriptive Data ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

This study focused on the political participation of street vendors and government officials. The government officials are a person who has been appointed by officials who have the power with the aim of so can do some business or activity, which is the duty and obligation of the government to achieve the state's goals. Government officials include the mayor, legislators, Subdistrict Head, Small-Subdistrict Head, Head of hamlet, neighbourhood, and some existing enforcement officials' administrative fields. Research methods in this observation type of research are descriptive qualitative, which is a kind of observation in the presentation of descriptive data in the form of a sentence structure that can be studied. The study was qualitative form an inductive approach in the design of sciencebased research and focused on the understanding of the experience. In this observation that an informant is the ethnic Malay community. How to get information using purposive sampling techniques, which means making the subject of research that has been included in the category. As for the informant is ten hawkers. The method used is shaped informant interviews with technical guidelines to help conduct interviews that comply with the standards with questions directly—using structured interviews to obtain information regarding viewpoints, insights, and experiences that provide in the form of oral or greeting openly. The escort process of data collection is done by selecting informants by the categories of samples as well as confidence in the informer. During the interview process, researchers used a tape recorder and a small note which serves to describe the current conditions when conducting interviews. The research found the close relationship between the level of income with connections made hawkers and political officials. Matters relating to the administrative officer who became the talk of the form of business organization means that issues relating to the license, places, and anything that can be used as a business.

scholarly journals Police Victimization and Insecurity in Mathare North Nairobi City County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
Jairus Mutinda Kilatya ◽  
Cyprian Kavivya
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
Positive Effect

Police victimization is one of the growing cases in Kenya. There are reported cases of police being subjected to beatings and assault by citizens particularly in the low-income areas in Nairobi. Most of these reported cases have been traced to police actions, perceptions of community towards the police and even inadequate resources that the police use. These in turn affect the security situation. It is upon this backdrop that this study envisaged to scrutinize police victimization and security in Mathare North, Nairobi City County. The specific objectives of the research were; to examine the categories of police victimization and their implications on security in Mathare North, to analyze the causes of police victimization and their implications on security in Mathare North, and to evaluate the state of security in Mathare North and how it could be related to police victimization. The life style theory of victimization was used in the research. An exploratory research design based on primary data method was relied on in the study. In conducting this research, the target population was 321 police officers in Mathare North, Nairobi City County comprising of the 147 General Duty Police, 101 traffic police and 73 Administration Police. A sample size of 97police officers was selected from the target populace of Mathare North, Nairobi City County. Data collection was done through the use of questionnaires while the analysis employing descriptive and content analysis. The test for reliability showed that the variables used were reliable (Cronbach alpha was 0.759). The outcome from the study revealed that killings of the police was the main form of police victimization as shown by mean of 3.9829, followed by intimidation of police with mean of 3.7358 and assaults with mean of 3.6470. Sixty-three (63) respondents duly filled the questionnaires representing 64 percent of the total respondents. The findings revealed that the main causes of police victimization were proliferation of illegal firearms among civilians, lack of adherence to the justice system, corruption in the police, human rights violations and lack of public trust in the police. The findings revealed further that government support was necessary and influenced the relationship between police victimization and insecurity in Mathare North as shown by mean of 3.7437. The respondents agreed at mean of 3.7426 that police victimization negatively affect the security of Mathare North. A correlation test was also done and revealed that police killings, assaults on police and intimidation of police were significantly and positively correlated with insecurity based on their correlation coefficients of 0.476, 0.512 and 0.495 respectively. A regression analysis was also carried out and from the findings; police killings had a significant and positive effect on the insecurity of Mathare North with regression coefficient being 0.899 and p value of 0.006. Assault on the police had a significant and positive effect on insecurity of Mathare North as shown by regression coefficient of 1.020 and p value of 0.001. Intimidation of police had a positive and significant effect on the insecurity of Mathare North with a regression coefficient of 0.894 and p value of 0.004. The study recommends that the government should strengthen collaboration between the National Police Service and civilians in Mathare North to prevent cases of insecurity arising from police victimization. The study further recommends that the government must improve on its support in terms of equipment’s to the police in the area so that they can be able to defend themselves while maintaining the security in Mathare. Future studies should focus on other low-income settlements in Nairobi and major towns in Kenya.

scholarly journals Moroccan Social Media Platforms and COVID-19 Misinformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
Hanane Aboulghazi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government ◽  
Crisis Situations

COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a massive ‘infodemic’ and an over-abundance of disinformation that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. Young Moroccan internet users resort to social media for their news, and easily fall prey to the misinformation and fake news they encounter online. When it concerns public health, disinformation can turn into a lethal weapon. This is further exacerbated at the time of COVID-19 pandemic. To tackle this, the present research paper answers the research questions using a qualitative method, particularly semi-structured interviews preferable  in exploratory  research where the purpose is to gain an understanding of spreading online misinformation in the age of COVID-19. Semi-structured Interviews are conducted via “Google Meet” and “Zoom” using video-conferencing among 12 young Moroccan social media activists and professionals. The main research findings have shown that young Moroccan social media users have been consuming fake news about the Coronavirus, which has been especially prevalent on the most popular platforms, Facebook, Whats App and YouTube. Other results have shown that the mainstream media failed to debunk misinformation by subjecting them to rigorous fact checking experiments, lack of Media Information Literacy research in the form of crisis audits and crisis planning, Moroccan social media are ill prepared for crisis manual and conducting crisis training. These ensure that media regulators are not better equipped to handle any  misinformation in health crisis situations. Therefore, media literacy is not only about how to use the computer and do an internet search, it also involves helping young Moroccan people to deal with disinformation in crisis situations, and realize that anyone anywhere can put up a very official-looking websites. These websites masquerade as high-credibility sources that have been spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Therefore, the government needs.

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN LOCAL WISDOM USAHA KERAJINAN NOKEN PAPUA BERBASIS DIGITAL DI KELURAHAN ARDIPURA JAYAPURA SELATAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sawir ◽  
Izzatul Laili ◽  
Rif'iy Qomarrullah ◽  
Lestari Wulandari S
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Grand Tour ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenology ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
High Level ◽  
Selection Stage

Abstract: This empowerment activity is aimed at the people of South Ardipura Jayapura. The purpose of this activity is to take advantage of opportunities by diversifying superior products with social media-based marketing media. The approach used is descriptive qualitative phenomenology which is integrated with quantitative data. The stages of implementing activities are carried out starting from socialization, implementation of activities and evaluation and mentoring. The results of this activity are from 15 craftsmen. The data instrument used observation techniques, and structured interviews. Then, to complete the data needed, both in the grand tour question, focused and selection stage, carry out data collection, analysis and make conclusions. Data analysis uses data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results and discussion of the activities carried out were that there was a high level of participation from the participants of the activity, and it was seen from the presence of enthusiastic residents to participate and support from government officials by participating in the activity. Based on these activities in the future, the government and the community can provide improvements to micro-enterprise empowerment programs, especially aspects of handling human resources, management, administration and production, and transfer of appropriate technology.Keywords: Local Wisdom; Noken Papua; Empowerment.Abstrak: Kegiatan pemberdayaan yang dilaksanakan ini ditujukan kepada masyarakat Ardipura Jayapura Selatan. Adapun tujuan kegiatan ini adalah memanfaatkan peluang dengan membuat diversifikasi produk unggulan dengan media pemasaran berbasis media sosial. Pendekatan yang dilakukan menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif fenomonologis yang terpadu dengan data kuantitatif. Tahapan pelaksanaan kegiatan dilakukan mulai dari sosialisasi, pelaksanaan kegiatan dan evaluasi serta pendampingan. Adapun hasil dari kegiatan ini yakni dari 15 pengrajin. Instrumen data menggunakan teknik oservasi, dan wawancara terstruktur. Kemudian, untuk melengkapi data yang dibutuhkan, baik pada grand tour question, tahap focused and selection, melakukan pengumpulan data, analisis dan membuat kesimpulan. Analisis data menggunakan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan menarik kesimpulan. Hasil dan pembahasan dari kegiatan yang dilaksanakan yakni bahwa tingkat partisipasi yang tinggi peserta kegiatan, dan terlihat dari kehadiran warga yang antusias untuk mengikuti serta dukungan dari perangkat pemerintah dengan turut serta hadir dalam kegiatan. Berdasarkan kegiatan tersebut ke depan pemerintah dan masyarakat dapat memberikan peningkatan program pemberdayaan usaha mikro terutama aspek penanganan sumber daya manusia, manajemen, administrasi dan produksi, dan transfer teknologi tepat guna.Kata Kunci: Local Wisdom; Noken Papua; Pemberdayaan.

scholarly journals Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle

Crowdsourcing ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 349-373
Author(s):  
Sara E. Harrison ◽  
Peter A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Government ◽  
Management Cycle ◽  
Disaster Management Cycle

Crowdsourcing is a communication platform that can be used during and after a disastrous event. Previous research in crisis crowdsourcing demonstrates its wide adoption for aiding response efforts by non-government organizations and public citizens. There is a gap in understanding the government use of crowdsourcing for emergency management, and in the use of crowdsourcing for mitigation and preparedness. This research aims to characterize crowdsourcing in all phases of the disaster management cycle by government agencies in Canada and the USA. Semi-structured interviews conducted with 22 government officials from both countries reveal that crisis crowdsourced information is used in all phases of the disaster management cycle, though direct crowdsourcing is yet to be applied in the pre-disaster phases. Emergency management officials and scholars have an opportunity to discover new ways to directly use crowdsourcing for mitigation and preparedness.

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