The Impact of Better Management Practices (BMPs) Among Cotton Farmers in Punjab, Pakistan

Better management practices (BMPs) as a sustainable approach made it attractive for growers to control the provision of pollutants from agricultural activities as well as enhance the financial return. The experiments of cotton production were conducted in four different regions of Punjab in cotton-growing years 2017-2019. The objective of the study was to evaluate the potential impact of BMPs among cotton farmers by rationalizing the use of input resources (viz., seed, fertilizers, pesticides and water). The data were collected from randomly selected adopters of BMPs (n = 400) and non-adopters of BMPs (n = 100) through a well-structured pretested questionnaire using a multistage sampling procedure from four different regions of Punjab province. Descriptive analysis was employing an independent two-sample t-test to evaluate the significant effect of BMPs on the utilization of input resources and profitability of cotton production between adopters and non-adopters of BMPs. The results indicated that adopters of BMPs were efficiently used input resources (at p ≤ 0.001 & p ≤ 0.01) and significantly enhanced the average cotton yield (855.09 kg acre-1) in Punjab, while non-adopters of BMPs had a significantly high cost of production by 11% (35,655 PKR acre-1) and output was lower by 15% (751.70 kg acre-1) under conventional farming for cotton cultivation. The economic analysis revealed that the average gross income gained by adopters of BMPs was significantly high by 11% (72,648 PKR acre-1 at p ≤ 0.001) with the maximum net return of 36% (40,785 PKR acre-1 at p ≤ 0.001) as well as a good B:C (1.28) as compared to non-adopters of BMPs. This study provides useful information about the potential impact of BMPs among cotton farmers even without the extra use of inputs. It is concluded that precision in inputs and management practices with lower input costs can significantly improve cotton productivity leading to uplift the farmers’ profit.

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Impact of Better Management Practices on Sustainable Cotton Production: Evidence from South Punjab

Journal of Economic Impact ◽

10.52223/jei0103194 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 92-97

Author(s):

Tayyaba Hina ◽

Muhammad Asad ur Rehman Naseer

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Farmyard Manure ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Positive Sign ◽

Cotton Production ◽

Data Set ◽

Adoption Rate ◽

The Impact

The basic purpose of this study was to look at the position of Better Management Practices (BMPs) of cotton crop in order to reduce the burden on our natural scarce resources. Relevant information was taken from 150 respondents from the district Khanewal, Punjab. The results of this study revealed that the education level and landholding size of respondents have a positive impact on the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. While the farmer’s age and farming experience were found a negative impact on BMPs adoption rate. Similarly, contact of respondents with the staff of farmer’s field schools and the number of visits of farmer’s field school staff were found positively correlated to BMPs adoption rate. The results of the regression analysis revealed the impact of different agriculture inputs and BMPs on cotton yield. The results showed that the age of the farmers, education, fertilizer, irrigations, water scouting, cotton area, farmyard manure, and hybrid seed variety and sowing method had a positive sign while the sign of pesticide coefficient was negative. The gross margins of BMPs adopter and non-adopter were 45,955 PKR and 28,790 PKR per acre respectively. The model also indicated that the production function fits well with the given data set. Therefore, the results of this study conveyed policy messages for the private and public organizations to promote BMPs for the betterment of the farming community.

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Knowledge and adoption of improved dairy management practices among women dairy farmers in Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu, India

Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research ◽

10.18805/ajdfr.dr-1272 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (02) ◽

Author(s):

R. Mariammal ◽

M. Seethalakshmi ◽

N. Narmatha

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Dry Period ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

New Born ◽

Dairy Management ◽

Multistage Sampling ◽

Time Of Feeding

A study was undertaken with the objective of assessing the knowledge and adoption of improved dairy management practices among women dairy farmers in Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu. Following multistage sampling procedure, 300 women dairy farmers involved in dairying were selected. The data were collected through a well structured schedule by personally interviewing the selected women dairy farmers. The study revealed that majority of the women dairy farmers had knowledge about time of feeding first colostrum to new born calves, dry period allowed for lactating pregnant animals, right time of insemination and the extent of adoption is also high. The overall knowledge level of women dairy farmers were found to be moderate (48.33 per cent) followed by good (27.34 per cent) and poor (24.33 per cent).

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Determinants of catfish farmers’ use of sustainable environmental management practices in Enugu State, Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.4314/jae.v25i4.15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Chukwuone Nnaemeka Andegebe ◽

Onyia Chukwuemeka Chiebonam ◽

Aniokoh Chukwuebuka David

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Study Data ◽

Extension Agents ◽

Probit Regression ◽

Environmental Management Practices ◽

Production Cycles ◽

Enugu State ◽

Multistage Sampling

The study assessed the use of sustainable environmental management practices (SEMP) by fish farmers in Enugu state, Nigeria. Seventy-five catfish farmers selected through multistage sampling procedure were used for the study. Data were obtained with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics, probit regression model and factor analysis. Results showed that most of the catfish farmers did not apply SEMP as only 25.33% of them had a score of 50% and above regarding the application of SEMP. The number of years spent in school and being a male significantly increased the likelihood of using SEMP. In contrast, the likelihood of use of SEMP significantly reduced with an increase in the number of production cycles carried out by a fish farmer. The fish farmers' constraints were grouped as poor technical knowledge and feed issues, financial uncertainties, and water supply problems. Government should deliver training packages and provide information on SEMP to catfish farmers through different media, including extension agents, radio and television messages, handbills and billboards. Supporting the farmers with credit facilities through existing credit programmes would help reduce their challenges in applying SEMP.

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Rural Credit and Farms Efficiency: Modelling Farmers Credit Allocation Decisions, Evidences from Benin

Economics Research International ◽

10.1155/2014/309352 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Comlan Hervé Sossou ◽

Freddy Noma ◽

Jacob A. Yabi

Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency ◽

Stochastic Frontier ◽

Household Head ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Credit Allocation ◽

Truncated Normal ◽

And Gender ◽

Multistage Sampling ◽

Agricultural Materials ◽

The Impact

This paper analyses farmers’ credit allocation behaviors and their effects on technical efficiency. Data were collected from 476 farmers using the multistage sampling procedure. The stochastic frontier truncated-normal with conditional mean model is used to assess allocation schemes effects on technical efficiency. Tobit model reveals the impact of farmers’ sociodemographic characteristics on efficiency scores. Results reveal that farm revenue (about 2,262,566 Fcfa on average) is positively correlated with land acreage, quantity of labour, and costs of fertilizers and insecticides. Farmers’ behaviors respond to six schemes which are categorized in two allocations contexts: out-farm and in-farm allocations. The model shows that only scheme (e) positively impacts technical efficiency. This scheme refers to the decision to invest credit to purchase better quality of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and so forth. The positive effect of the scheme (c) may be significant under conditions of farmers’ education level improvement. Then, scheme (e) is a better investment for all farmers, but effect of credit allocation to buy agricultural materials is positive only for educated farmers. Efficiency scores are reduced by household size and gender of the household head. Therefore a household with more than 10 members and a woman as head is likely to not be technically efficient.

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The Key Role of Knowledge-Oriented Leadership in Innovation Performance of Manufacturing and Commercial Companies of Guilan Province

International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences ◽

10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.62.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 62 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Alborz Safari ◽

Mohammad Raza Azadehdel

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Management Practices ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Knowledge Management Practices ◽

The Impact ◽

Guilan Province

The main objective of the study was to investigate the impact of knowledge oriented leadership on the innovation performance regarding to the role of knowledge management practices in manufacturing and commercial companies of Guilan province. The research is applied in terms of objective, and its methodology is descriptive. The population of study included manufacturing and commercial companies of Guilan province. To select a sample, convenience method was used .According to the Cochrane limited formula, total of 282 people were selected. Cronbach's alpha for reliability of the questionnaire was used. In this study, data were analyzed, by descriptive analysis, structural equation modeling and path analysis using SPSS 22 and Lisrel 8.50. Findings show that knowledge-oriented leadership has effect on creation of knowledge and application knowledge. Knowledge creation and application of knowledge has effect on the innovation performance. It was found that knowledge management practices has a mediating role in the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation performance.

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From backyard to commercial hog production

China Agricultural Economic Review ◽

10.1108/caer-10-2014-0100 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 22-36 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Weiming Huang ◽

Fangbin Qiao ◽

Huaiju Liu ◽

Xiangping Jia ◽

Bryan Lohmar

Keyword(s):

Large Scale ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Management Practices ◽

Rural China ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Manure Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Hog Production ◽

Hog Manure ◽

The Impact

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of structural changes in hog production manure management practices. Design/methodology/approach – The data used in this study are obtained from a large-scale nationwide hog producers’ survey in rural China conducted by the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2010. A descriptive analysis between hog manure management and its main determinants was conducted. Based on the collected data, an econometric model on the determinants of hog manure management was constructed and used for analysis. Findings – The results of this study suggest that the scale of hog production has an important impact on the pattern of hog manure management. Moreover, the results from descriptive statistics and multivariate estimation suggest that smaller hog producers are more likely to apply hog manure to their own lands, while larger hog producers are more likely to sell the manure or find other ways to dispose of it. Originality/value – This study contributes to the existing literature by examining the impact of structural changes in hog production on hog manure management and the environment.

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Measuring The Impact of Credit on The Welfare of Rural Farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Journal La Bisecoman ◽

10.37899/journallabisecoman.v2i1.225 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 32-38

Author(s):

Nsikak-Abasi Etim ◽

Glory Edet

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Financial Services ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Farm Size ◽

Farm Income ◽

Rural Farmers ◽

The Poor ◽

Multistage Sampling ◽

Capital Development ◽

The Impact

Majority of the poor in Nigeria lack access to basic financial services which are a sine qua non for improved livelihood. In most cases, they are often excluded from formal opportunities for financial services leaving them only with informal alternatives. But credit availability to the poor in the rural areas is critical to reducing poverty. An empirical study was conducted to measure the impact of agricultural credit of the welfare of farmers. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select the farmers. Questionnaires were employed to collect data. Multiple regression analysis and chow test were for analyses. Results revealed that the mean age and years of education of farmers were 12 and 31 years respectively. Findings also showed that the most critical factors impacting the welfare of farmers were marital status, marriage type, educational level, farm size, off-farm income, labour, type of enterprise, labour and access to modern farming inputs. Policies to encourage human capital development of rural farmers would be a rational decision.

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Knowledge and adoption of improved dairy management practices among women dairy farmers in Dindigul District of Tamil Nadu, India

Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research ◽

10.18805/dr-1272 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Swarnali Chakraborty ◽

R. Mariammal ◽

M Seethalakshmi ◽

N Narmatha

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Management Practices ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Knowledge Level ◽

Dry Period ◽

Dairy Farmers ◽

New Born ◽

Dairy Management ◽

Multistage Sampling ◽

Time Of Feeding

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Relationship between personal and socio-economic characteristics of the cashewnut growers and their adoption level

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ◽

10.15740/has/ijas/17.2/322-327 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 322-327

Author(s):

S. S. Raykar ◽

Y. S. Ekhande ◽

S.C. Holkar ◽

V. A. Palkar

Keyword(s):

Management Practices ◽

Crop Management ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Annual Production ◽

Chi Square ◽

The World ◽

Exploratory Survey ◽

Multistage Sampling ◽

Adoption Level ◽

The Relationship

India is the largest producer of raw cashew in the world which ranks first in area under cashew (8, 55, 000 ha) with an annual production of 6.20 lakh MT. Nigeria ranks second in area under the cashewnut cultivation, but ranks first in cashewnut production with annual production of 6.36 lakh MT. In the year 2007-2008, India had exported 1,34,340 metrics tonnes of raw cashew valued Rs.11.97crore. The cashew production in Maharashtra is mainly concentrated in Konkan region particularly in Ratnagiri district. In Maharashtra, the area under cashew was 1.65lakh ha. In Ratnagiri, area under cashew was 88,612ha with production of 85,822 tonnes of cashewnuts. The exploratory survey research design was used for the present study. The study was conducted in Ratnagiri district of the Konkan region of Maharashtra state. Three tahsils namely, Khed and Dapoli were selected purposively on the basis of the maximum area under cashewnut cultivation. The main objective of this study is to study the relationship between personal and socio-economic characteristics of the cashewnut growers and their adoption level. It was observed during the study that, The relationship between selected characteristics of the cashew growers and adoption of recommended critical crop management practices for the cashew crop revealed that the characteristics namely age, family size, and number of bearing cashewnut trees were non-significantly related with the adoption level of critical crop management practices for the cashew crop. On the other hand, education, land holding, annual income, age of orchard, production from cashewnut tree, experience in cashew cultivation and market orientation were significantly related with adoption level. The present study was used as a multistage sampling procedure. Collected data were classified, tabulated and analyzed by using statistical methods like frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Chi-square.

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Extent of Adoption of ANGRAU Technologies in Cotton Crop in Andhra Pradesh, India

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology ◽

10.9734/ajaees/2021/v39i530576 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 34-38

Author(s):

K. Raghavendra Chowdary ◽

S. V. Prasad ◽

. Vemaraju

Keyword(s):

Research Design ◽

Weed Management ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Andhra Pradesh ◽

Management Practices ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Ex Post ◽

Recommended Practices ◽

Cotton Farmers

Cotton is the backbone of Indian textile industry, which produces 59% of the country’s total fiber production. Ex-post facto research design was selected as an appropriate research design to investigate the variables influencing extent of ANGRAU technologies in cotton cultivation. Two districts were selected purposively from Andhra Pradesh based on the highest area under cotton cultivation. The names of the selected districts were Kurnool and Guntur. Three mandals from each district were purposively selected based on the highest area of cotton cultivation thus constituting six mandals. Four villages from each mandal were selected by following simple random sampling procedure. The sample constituted to a total of twenty four villages. From each of the selected village, ten farmers were selected by following lottery method of simple random sampling procedure. The sample constituted to a total of 240 respondents. Cent per cent of the farmers had adopted seed rate followed by overwhelmingly (92.08%) of the members had adopted spacing per cent had adopted disease management practices, 53.33 per cent had adopted weed management, more than half (52.50%) had adopted harvesting and water management practices, 32.5 per cent had adopted nutrient management, 15.83 per cent had adopted fertilizer management and minute (3.33%) had adopted recommended varieties of SAU. In overall level of extent of adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation more than half (60.00%) of the cotton farmers had medium adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation followed by one-fifth (20.00%) of the cotton farmers had high adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation and rest (20.00%) had low adoption of recommended practices in cotton cultivation.

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