scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, POVERTY REDUCTION AND ENHANCED LIVELIHOOD: A THREE-STEP APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-96
Author(s):  
Jooji Tyomlia ◽  
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Oguchi Benjamin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Neoclassical Theory ◽  
General Welfare ◽  
Life Education ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

The majority of the population in most third world countries resides in the rural areas where farming is the predominant occupation. This study interrogated the extent to which sustainable agricultural practices can transform a rural farm population from one that is essentially poor to a vibrant semi-urban population whose standard of living is greatly enhanced in terms of income generation, access to basic necessities of life, education, sanitation, etc. Data was sourced from secondary materials which include books, magazines, journals, periodicals, newspapers, the internet, etc. the neoclassical theory of a linear closes system (Pearce, 1972) was adopted as the theoretical framework while the mode of content analysis employed as the tool of analysis revealed that a sustained agricultural practice can facilitate the process of poverty alleviation, improve the general welfare/living standard of the citizens and enhance the attainment of sustainable development in Nigeria. Government is therefore, advised to make greater effort at boosting sustainable agricultural practices as an avenue of facilitating sustainable development in the country.

scholarly journals Framing of sustainable agricultural practices by the farming press and its effect on adoption

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niki A. Rust ◽  
Rebecca M. Jarvis ◽  
Mark S. Reed ◽  
Julia Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices ◽  
Source Of Information

AbstractThere is growing political pressure for farmers to use more sustainable agricultural practices to protect people and the planet. The farming press could encourage farmers to adopt sustainable practices through its ability to manipulate discourse and spread awareness by changing the salience of issues or framing topics in specific ways. We sought to understand how the UK farming press framed sustainable agricultural practices and how the salience of these practices changed over time. We combined a media content analysis of the farming press alongside 60 qualitative interviews with farmers and agricultural advisors to understand whether the farming press influenced farmers to try more sustainable practices. Salience of sustainable agricultural practices grew between 2009 and 2020. Many of the practices studied were framed by the press around economic and agronomic aspects, and farmer respondents said the most common reasons for trying sustainable agricultural practices were for economic and agronomic reasons. The farming press tended to use more positive rather than negative tones when covering sustainable agricultural practices. Respondents used the farming press as a source of information, though many did not fully trust these outlets as they believed the farming press were mouthpieces for agribusinesses. Whilst a minority of farmers stated they were motivated to try a new sustainable agricultural practice after learning about it in the farming press, this was rare. Instead, the farming press was used by respondents to raise their awareness about wider agricultural topics. We reflect on the role and power given to agribusinesses by the farming press and what this means for agricultural sustainability.

A systematic review on sustainable agricultural practices among oil palm farmers

2021 ◽  
pp. 003072702110218
Author(s):  
Azlan Abas ◽  
Ah Choy Er ◽  
Noordeyana Tambi ◽  
Nur Hafizah Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Technology Implementation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Sustainable Practices ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

Oil palm farmers play an important role in ensuring oil palm cultivation can achieve sustainable agricultural practice. However, the best agricultural practices among oil palm farmers are yet to be known. This study aims to systematically review oil palm farmers’ sustainable practices. The present study integrated multiple research designs and the review was based on the published standard, namely ROSES (Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses). This study used Web of Science (WoS) as the main database in searching for the required articles. Based on the thematic analysis, this review has 5 (five) main themes, the sustainable practices, namely 1) land management, 2) waste management, 3) advanced technology implementation, 4) economic empowerment, and 5) social inclusion. The findings offer some basics on how to integrate oil palm farmers’ practices with scientific findings for the formation of the oil palm certification and policy besides providing some ideas on the role of the oil palm farmer in the sustainable development 2030 agenda.

scholarly journals EDUCATION AS THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR IN APPLYING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ON FARMS

2020 ◽  
Vol XXII (3) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Barbara Gołębiewska ◽  
Anna Grontkowska ◽  
Monika Gębska
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Education Level ◽  
University Education ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices ◽  
Sustainability Principles

The study is dedicated to the issue of implementing rules of sustainable development on farms. Research was conducted on 310 farms. The farm classification criterion was the education of the farm manager. Farms in four provinces were analyzed: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Mazowieckie, Lubelskie, and Wielkopolskie. The aim was to determine the knowledge and scope of applying sustainable development in farming, depending on the farmer's education level. The research consisted of determining the importance attached by farmers, depending on their declared level of formal education, to features of a sustainable farm and advantages of this mode of management for the environment, the society, and agricultural producers themselves. It was assumed that the higher the farmer's education level, the better the familiarity with sustainable development principles and their practical application. It was found that depending on the agricultural producer's education, the importance attached to individual variables characterizing a sustainable farm varied. In terms of environmental advantages, the most important feature was water protection; among benefits for the society, safe food was considered to be of the highest significance, while for producers, the most important was a higher income. The research results did not make it possible to unambiguously state that university education determines farmers' familiarity and compliance with sustainability principles. In some cases, farmers, who had good knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices, failed to apply them in their operations.

Adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Brazil: understanding the influence of socioeconomic and psychological factors

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Rogério Foguesatto ◽  
João Armando Dessimon Machado
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agricultural Conservation ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

PurposeDespite substantial efforts made by Brazil’s government to increase the adoption rate of sustainable agricultural practices (SAP), many of them have not been adopted by the farmers. This paper explores the factors influencing the adoption of SAP in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, one of the largest Brazilian grain producers.Design/methodology/approachUsing four logistic models, the authors test a conceptual framework that provides a systemic view of farmers' adoption decisions from a sample of 172 farmers.FindingsThe findings show that the adoption of SAP is influenced by farmers' socioeconomic characteristics (e.g. gender, level of education, farm size, asset values and farm income), attributes of SAP (compatibility of agricultural practice) and psychological factors (ecocentrism, anthropocentrism, and beliefs about climate change).Research limitations/implicationsThe results presented may not reflect the characteristics of the region studied because random sampling was not employed. Also, other psychological statements should be used in the questionnaire.Originality/valueLittle attention has been given to the analysis of farmers' psychological factors in studies on the adoption of agricultural conservation practices. This study provides a “systemic approach” that measures both socioeconomic and psychological factors.

Regional comparison on formation of Agro–Medico Polis and expansion of well-being

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (7) ◽  
pp. 53-55
Author(s):  
Koichi Ikegami
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
Regional Comparison ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The World ◽  
Lower Fertility ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices

The global trend amongst developed countries is towards lower fertility and ageing societies. At the same time, people around the world are continuing to move away from rural areas and towards cities. As societies age, many countries will need to create effective ways to look after the needs of the new population. Emeritus Professor Koichi Ikegami, from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kindai University, Japan, has a keen interest in this field and is working to create an agro-medico-polis model, which links medical, care, food and agricultural sectors, for integrating an elderly society and sustainable agricultural practices.

scholarly journals Effects of Agricultural Programmes and Land Ownership on the Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7249
Author(s):  
Ireti Emmanuel Adesida ◽  
William Nkomoki ◽  
Miroslava Bavorova ◽  
Mustapha Yakubu Madaki
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Animal Manure ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Crop Diversification ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Sustainable Agricultural Practices ◽  
Farmers Field School

Many countries promote food security through agricultural policies to boost agricultural productivity without looking at the effect of such policies on sustainability. This study investigates the effect of agricultural policies and land ownership on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from a survey of 288 smallholder farmers in November 2018. The results of the Logistic Regression Model revealed that programs affected the adoption of SAP. Farmers that participated in E-wallet were more likely to adopt fertiliser trees and use animal manure and were less likely to adopt planting basins than non-users. Farmers who participated in Fadama were less likely to adopt crop diversification. Participation in Farmers’ Field School (FFS) contributed to a greater likelihood of farmers adopting crop diversification and cover crops. Landowner farmers were found to be more likely to adopt mulching and less likely to adopt fertiliser trees. This study provides practical implications to foster sustainability through effective agricultural policies and land ownership to facilitate sustainable agricultural practice adoption rates.

scholarly journals STUDYING THE PHENOMENON OF POVERTY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF THE DAHHAR DISTRICT IN YEMEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-151
Author(s):  
Othman Saad Alnashwan ◽  
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Khalid Nahar Alrwis ◽  
Adel Mohamed Ghanem ◽  
Abdo M. Naji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Poverty Indicators ◽  
Economic Size

This research aimed to study poverty in rural Yemen through the percentage, gap, and severity in addition to the standard economic analysis. The study showed that the poverty percent reached 97%, while the gap and severity reached 64, and 45% respectively. A study of the probability distribution of poverty indicators showed that the poverty percent ranged from a minimum of 95.4% to a high of 98.6% at a 95% confidence level. The poverty gap ranged from a low of 59.8% to a high of 68.2% at 95% confidence. The severity of poverty ranged from a minimum of 40.7% to a high of 49.3% at 95% confidence. These results of the study are emphasized on the need for the implementation of several policies. Among these two most important are (1) expanding the activity of NGOs to reduce poverty and hunger, (2) focusing on sustainable development and increasing the economic size of the agricultural sector and its relative importance to poverty reduction. To reduce poverty in the rural areas of the Republic of Yemen, the study recommends (1) the expansion of the activities of civil societies under government supervision to increase their ability to reduce poverty and hunger, (2) the provision of the necessary funding for the expansion of small investment projects that are commensurate with the capabilities and qualifications of poor families and (3) focusing on sustainable development of the agricultural sector is relative importance in reducing poverty.

scholarly journals RISK OF POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sławomir KALINOWSKI ◽  
Barbara KIEŁBASA
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Parametric Method ◽  
Median Income ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Eu

This paper addresses the poverty risk issues in the context of sustainable development of rural areas. Empirical materials included in this paper are based on EU-SILC (European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) partial studies, and provide a reference point for comparing the EU income distribution and social integration statistics. Poverty reduction and counteracting social exclusion are among the key Millennium Development Goals. According to studies, one in four inhabitants of EU rural areas is at risk of poverty or social exclusion. While the highest shares of at-risk population are recorded in Bulgaria (54.8%) and Romania (50.8%), the levels reported by Poland and Lithuania are also above the EU average (by 4.5 and 9.2 percentage points, respectively). At the other end of the spectrum, the risk rate in the Netherlands and Czech Republic is 12.8%. For the households, income is a factor underpinning their economic safety and, thus, their confidence. The amount of incomes affects the objective poverty levels measured with a parametric method. In the EU, persons earning no more than 60% of the national median income are assumed to be at risk of poverty. Therefore, the risk of poverty affects nearly every fifth inhabitant of EU rural areas. Poverty and social exclusion are multidimensional aspects which result in unmet needs in multiple areas: healthcare, education, housing, culture and leisure. While triggering some kind of feedback loop, insufficient incomes are both the cause and the effect of deprivation of needs. Also, they provide favorable conditions for an unsustainable development of rural areas.

scholarly journals The Role of Small-Scale Industries in Achieving the Sustainable Development: the Experience of India

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
N. V. Galistcheva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Employment Level ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
Small Scale Industries

The article deals with the role of small scale industry in India in achieving the sustainable development. The author draws attention to the fact that the small scale industry promotion policy impacts significantly not only on decreasing the unemployment rate as well as long-term and youth unemployment but also on solving such acute social problems as poverty, famine, undernourishment and food insecurity, lack of quality education, gender inequality and the empowerment of women. The author pays attention to the evolution of small business in India in 1950-2010s. It argues convincingly that due to significant number of population as well as low-skilled labor on the one hand and limited financial resources on the other one small business has been considered to be a buffer between modern big business and the bulk of the population remaining outside it. The author considers the effectiveness of the industrial policy through the prism of stimulating small-scale industry and changing its place in the Indian economy. The author examines the activity of the The National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) which is considered to be the most important institution which looks after the development of the small scale industries. The aim of NABARD was poverty reduction and development assistance (it’s one of the premier agencies providing developmental credit in rural areas). The article presents the definition of small scale industry in India both in terms of employment level and the investment limits as well as statistical data on number of units, its share in industrial production and exports and expansion of small scale sector in 2000-2010s. The author identified main problems facing cottage and small scale industries in India at the present time. The research is based on the systematic approach to the study of national economy using basic methods of scientific knowledge such as induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis.

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