scholarly journals Assessing the Information Seeking Behavior of Urban Farmers to Design an Integrated Extension Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 638-647
Author(s):  
Anju Abraham ◽  
R. Arunachalam
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
High Price ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Nutritious Food ◽  
Extension Model

Even though the urbanisation is considered as a development indicator, the tremendous migration from rural areas to urban areas leads to serious environmental, health and economic issues. Due to the space and time constraints, the urban entity used to depend on rural community for their food products.  But in the same time, highly priced demand for land and the lesser profit from farming results in withdrawal of rural farmers from farming. And these above mentioned factors contributed to a gap in supply and demand for food. This gap leads to the non-availability of nutritious food and thereby, made difficult for urban dwellers  to access it due the high price. And the result was seen as a double burden in the form of malnutrition and obesity among urban dwellers. The concept of Urban Farming can bring back the traditional homestead farming culture and more than that, a nutritionally secured and environmentally sustainable society. As most of the urban dwellers are new to this setup, they need information and assistance for bring it in a successful way. Hence, there is a necessity for understanding their information needs, and the sources currently they are depending. The present study focuses on the information seeking behaviour and its utilisation constraints experienced by the farmers in an urban community. The study was carried out in the period from December 2020 to March 2021 in Ernakulam and Calicut districts which ranks first and third in degree of urbanisation in Kerala respectively. From the findings of the study it is understood that, their information needs varies from the selection of nutritious food crop to marketing of surplus quantity produced. The constraints analysis could give suggestions for improvement and it can narrow down the gap between farmers - extension system. Based on this, an integrated urban farming extension model has been designed for the effective information dissemination to the farmers. This can save time of farmers and efforts of extension agents, and it will motivate them towards potential adoption of more technologies.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN URBAN FARMING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KELESTARIAN LINGKUNGAN PADA HUNIAN PERUMAHAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Anisur Rosyad ◽  
Triana Yuni Astuti ◽  
Etik Wukir Tini
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Vegetable Crops ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Residential Housing ◽  
The Road ◽  
Productive Activities ◽  
Hands On

Currently, it has developed rapidly in the form of housing in Banyumas Regency. The location of these housing settlements is well-known, mostly near urban areas and some in rural areas. Purwosari Indah Housing is one of the residential housing located in Banyumas Regency, located in Purwosari Village, Baturraden District. Yard and residential roads have not been used optimally for productive activities. Therefore, urban agriculture (Urban Farming) can be applied in housing to increase the added value of land and the income of the community around housing. The purpose of this activity is to increase the knowledge and skills of PKK RT 4 RW 5 Purwosari Housing and increase the income of the community and help improve the sustainability of the housing environment. The target audience for this activity is the PKK RT 4 RW 5 Housing Purwosari, Baturraden, Banyumas. Technology transfer activities include training, hands-on practice, and making demonstration plots at partner locations. Activities carried out in the form of counseling, direct practice demonstration plots of leaf vegetable cultivation (caisim, kale, pakcoy, mustard greens, leeks, and celery) verticulture using polybags arranged in stages on racks built from bamboo and gutters that are stratified from bamboo racks. , as well as vegetable plants planted in polybags placed in polybags which are neatly arranged on the side of the road, in the yard, or at home. Partners have been able to grow leafy vegetables well, so they can harvest vegetables for their own consumption or give to neighbors. Vegetable harvest is still limited, so it is only consumed by themselves and not sold.   Keywords: Urban farming, vegetable crops, verticulture.   ABSTRAK Saat ini telah berkembang dengan pesat hunian berbentuk perumahan di Kabupaten Banyumas. Lokasi hunian perumahan tersebut tersebar sebagian besar dekat daerah perkotaan dan sebagian lagi berada di perdesaan. Perumahan Purwosari Indah merupakan salah satu hunian perumahan yang berada di Kabupaten Banyumas, berlokasi di Desa Purwosari Kecamatan Baturraden. Lahan pekarangan rumah dan pinggir jalan perumahan belum dimanfaatkan secara optimal untuk kegiatan produktif. Oleh karena itu pertanian perkotaan (Urban Farming) perlu diterapkan di perumahan untuk meningkatkan nilai tambah lahan dan pendapatan masyarakat disekitar perumahan. Tujuan kegiatan ini untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan ketrampilan ibu PKK RT 4 RW 5 Perumahan Purwosari dan menambah pendapatan masyarakatnya serta ikut meningkatkan kelestarian lingkungan perumahan. Khalayak sasaran kegiatan ini adalah ibu PKK RT 4 RW 5 Perumahan Purwosari, Baturraden, Banyumas. Kegiatan alih teknologi berupa pelatihan, praktek langsung, dan pembuatan demplot di lokasi mitra. Kegiatan yang dilakukan berupa penyuluhan, praktek langsung demplot budidaya tanaman sayuran daun (caisim, kangkung, pakcoy, sawi, bawang daun, dan seledri) secara vertikultur dengan menggunakan polibag yang ditata secara bertingkat pada rak yang terbuat dari bambu serta talang yang diletakkan bertingkat dari rak bambu, serta tanaman sayuran yang ditanam di polibag yang diletakkan dalam polibag yang ditata rapi di pinggir jalan, di pekarangan maupun di dak rumah. Mitra telah mampu menanam tanaman sayuran daun dengan baik, sehingga mereka dapat melakukan panen sayuran untuk di konsumsi sendiri maupun diberikan ke tetangga. Panen sayuran masih terbatas sehingga hanya dikonsumsi sendiri dan belum dijual.   Kata kunci: Urban farming, tanaman sayuran, vertikultur.

Strategizing the Role of Local Actors to Enhance Outreach

2017 ◽  
pp. 115-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Chandra Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
The People ◽  
Outreach Programme ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
Challenging Situation

The reach of open universities in any society can be gauged by how well their practitioners are able to sense the information needs of their prospective clientele and put in place responsive information and guidance systems. The Open Universities in developing countries face a challenging situation to create such information services because their prospective clientele are too vulnerable, live mostly in geographically inaccessible areas and are nearly cut off from traditional systems of information dissemination. It's due to this reason that the Indian open universities have long been trying to explore innovative ways of community sensitization. India offers a challenging situation primarily due to its diverse socioeconomic and cultural settings. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), having jurisdiction over the entire country, has to face this heterogeneity while planning out its programmes and policies. During three decades of its existence, IGNOU has been using variety of strategies to sensitize the people, enroll them and provide support services right at their doorsteps. However despite the overwhelming response from urban areas, the participation of disadvantaged communities living in deep rural interiors is still a major cause of concern in the university. This chapter critically reviews the issues involved in community sensitization and seeks to evolve a roadmap to reach communities, cut off from the mainstream. The need for information and guidance services has been described in detail. The author's engagements with socioeconomically disadvantaged communities of Madhya Pradesh (India) have been described. The analysis presented here helps to evolve new paradigms for involvement of local actors and gives the recommendations for successful implementation of outreach programmes. Lessons learnt out of such experimentations will be crucially important to implement India's ambitious University's Outreach Programme called “Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan”.

scholarly journals Information-Seeking Question Intonation in Basque Spanish and Its Correlation with Degree of Contact and Language Attitudes

Languages ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Magdalena Romera ◽  
Gorka Elordieta
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Degree Of Convergence ◽  
Question Intonation ◽  
Ethnolinguistic Group

The present study analyzes the prosodic characteristics of the variety of Spanish in contact with Basque (in the Basque Country, Spain). We focus on information-seeking yes/no questions, which present different intonation contours in Spanish and Basque. In Castilian Spanish, these sentences end in a rising contour, whereas in Basque, they end in a falling or rising–falling circumflex contour. In our previous work, this topic was investigated among the urban populations of Bilbao and San Sebastian. The results were that 79% of information-seeking yes/no questions had final falling intonational configurations. All the speakers presented a substantial presence of final falls regardless of their linguistic profile, but there were differences among speakers in the degree of presence of such features. A correlation was observed between the dependent variable of ‘frequency of occurrence of final falls in absolute interrogatives’ and social factors, such as ‘degree of contact with Basque’ and ‘attitudes towards Basque and the Basque ethnolinguistic group’. The correlation was that the higher the degree of contact with Basque and the more positive the attitudes towards Basque and the Basque ethnolinguistic group, the greater the frequency of occurrence of final falling intonational contours in information-seeking absolute interrogatives. The interpretation of this correlation was that the adoption of the characteristic Basque prosody allows speakers to be recognized as members of the Basque community. In the present study, we focused on rural areas. Falling intonational contours at the end of information-seeking absolute interrogatives were even more common than in urban areas (93.4%), and no correlation was found with degree of contact with Basque and with attitudes towards Basque. Our interpretation is that in rural areas the presence of Basque in daily life is stronger, and that there is a consolidated variety of Spanish used by all speakers regardless of their attitudes. Thus, the adoption of intonating features of this language is not the only indicator belonging to the Basque ethnolinguistic group. Our study reveals the great relevance of subjective social factors, such as language attitudes, in the degree of convergence between two languages.

scholarly journals Public information seeking, place-based risk messaging and wildfire preparedness in southern California

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Lise K. Velez ◽  
John M. Diaz ◽  
Tamara U. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Daily News ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
Threat Index

Southern California is a challenging environment for managing and adapting to wildland–urban interface fires. Previous research shows risk perception and information seeking are related and that public information dissemination influences locally specific risk perception and preparedness actions. Here, we examine relationships between residents’ wildfire knowledge and experience, readiness actions and media choice to determine how to integrate preparedness information and the recently developed Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index into public information. Based on frequencies, means tests and correlations, we find television most frequently used for both daily news and wildfire information and that most people intend to seek information from the same sources in future fires. Wildfire knowledge, experience and past preparedness actions influence the number of sources from which respondents report seeking information. We note significant geographic differences in information sources used before and during wildfire, with higher percentages of residents in more rural areas relying on television, radio, Reverse 911, and friends and family for information during a wildfire. Findings support previous research results indicating sources considered trustworthy are not always considered the most up-to-date. Our findings support other empirical research recommending a multimedia, two-way communication model for event-based and readiness information supplemented with one-way sources like television.

scholarly journals Dietary patterns of the Andean population of Puna and Quebrada of Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina

2008 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Romaguera ◽  
N. Samman ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
C. Miranda ◽  
A. Pons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diet Quality ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Level

The aim of the present study was to describe dietary patterns in a representative sample from Puna and Quebrada of Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina. A cross-sectional nutritional survey was carried out in a representative sample (n 1236) of individuals from these regions. For the present study, only children aged 2–9 years (n 360), adolescents aged 10–18 years (n 223) and adults aged 18 years or over (n 465) were considered. Breast-fed children, pregnant women and lactating women were excluded. Dietary data collection methods comprised one 24 h recall and a semi-quantitative FFQ. We used principal component (PC) analyses to identify prevailing dietary patterns. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to assess the determinants of the identified dietary patterns. Two dominant PC were identified: PC1 reflected a ‘Western-like’ diet with an emphasis on not-autochthon foods. This pattern tended to be present in urban areas of the Quebrada region and was associated with a younger age, a higher level of development, and a worse diet quality. PC2 reflected an ‘Andean-like’ diet including a variety of autochthon crops. This was preferred by individuals living in rural areas from Puna with a high level of development during the post-harvest season, and was associated with a greater diet quality. These results suggest that the nutrition transition phenomenon is a reality in certain sectors of this population and might be one of the leading causes of the observed double burden of malnutrition.

User Information Needs in the Public Libraries in India

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-53
Author(s):  
R. Perumalsamy ◽  
Sri. P. Kannan
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Local Center ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Public ◽  
Seeking Behavior

The researcher has chosen the topic for the purpose of the study in consultation with research supervisor. The public library is the local center of information, making all kinds of knowledge and information readily available to its users. The services of the public library are provided on the basis of equality of access to all, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, nationality, language, or social status. Public library is a non-profit organization maintained for public use. The thesis comprises of information needs and information seeking behavior of the user of south Tamilnadu, from various angles, the information dissemination services existing in south Tamilnadu and the role played by the district central library in this regard. In public libraries we have the users with different age groups of people right from children to old persons.

scholarly journals Association Between Household Structure and Concurrent Stunting and Overweight Among Young Children in Indonesia: Evidence from A National Health Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 171-171
Author(s):  
Ceria Ciptanurani ◽  
Hsin-Jen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Household Composition ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Household Type ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Working Adults

Abstract Objectives To examine the association of household type and household composition with concurrent stunting and overweight in young children in Indonesia. Methods A secondary data analysis of children aged 2–5 years (n = 45,050) in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (Indonesian Basic Health Research/RISKESDAS 2013). We utilized household member information to construct the household structure which was analyzed as household type (nuclear, extended, and grandfamilies), number of parents, household size, number of working adults, number of dependent adults and number of dependent children. We defined concurrent stunting and overweight as height-for-age Z-score <−2 and weight-for-height Z-score >+2 based on WHO Child Growth Standards. Multivariate logistic regression was performed separately for urban and rural to assess the relationship between household structure variables and concurrent stunting and overweight. The analyses were weighted to reflect national estimates and were adjusted for confounding variables. Results The prevalence of concurrent stunting and overweight was higher in children from the nuclear household (5.8%) than those living in extended household (4.5%) or grandfamilies (4.9%). In rural areas, children from extended households had lower odds of concurrent stunting and overweight compared to those from nuclear households (OR: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.61–0.95). In urban areas, when compared to small-sized households (2–4 people), the odds of concurrent stunting and overweight in children decreased to 0.71 (95% CI: 0.55–0.90), 0.67 (95% CI: 0.47–0.97), and 0.65 (95% CI: 0.38–1.10), respectively for households with five, six, and seven or more people. We also found that when compared to households with three or more working adults, the odds of concurrent stunting and overweight in children increased to 1.66 (95% CI: 1.09–2.54) and 1.91 (95% CI: 1.22–2.99), respectively for households with two and one working adult. However, such association was not observed in rural settings. Conclusions The extent to which household structures were associated with concurrent stunting and overweight in children differed between urban and rural. These findings highlight the need to consider different strategies addressing double burden of malnutrition for children living in urban and rural areas. Funding Sources None.

scholarly journals Double Burden of Underweight and Overweight among Women in South and Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuhin Biswas ◽  
R J Soares Magalhaes ◽  
Nick Townsend ◽  
Sumon Kumar Das ◽  
Abdullah Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Wealth Quintile ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
South And Southeast Asia ◽  
Pooled Prevalence ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Total Study Period

ABSTRACT The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is characterized by the coexistence of underweight and overweight individuals in a population. The objective of this study was to assess the level of DBM, as well as its main determinants, in women in South and Southeast Asia. We searched scientific literature databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Google Scholar; gray literature; and reference lists from primary research published between 1969 and September 30, 2017. In total, 128 studies met our inclusion criteria, representing data of ∼5 million women >15 y of age from South and Southeast Asia. The findings show that prevalence rates of underweight and overweight varied by study from 7.0% to 61.0% and 1.0% to 64.0%, respectively. For the total study period, the pooled prevalence of underweight and overweight was 28% (95% CI: 25%, 31%) and 17% (95% CI: 15%, 19%) in South Asia, respectively, and 20% (95% CI: 15%, 26%) and 20% (95% CI: 15%, 24%) in Southeast Asia, respectively. In both regions, underweight was more prevalent in rural areas, among women of the youngest age group (15–19 y), and among those in the poorest wealth quintile. In contrast, overweight was higher in urban areas, among women of older age, and among those in the wealthiest households. This study also found that prevalence of overweight has recently exceeded that for underweight in this population.

scholarly journals Double burden of undernutrition and overnutrition in Vietnam in 2011: results of the SEANUTS study in 0·5–11-year-old children

2013 ◽  
Vol 110 (S3) ◽  
pp. S45-S56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bao Khanh Le Nguyen ◽  
Hop Le Thi ◽  
Van Anh Nguyen Do ◽  
Nga Tran Thuy ◽  
Chinh Nguyen Huu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Vitamin D Insufficiency ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional

The Vietnamese South East Asian Nutrition Survey (SEANUTS), a cross-sectional study, was undertaken to assess the nutritional status in a nationally representative sample of children aged 0·5–11·9 years. A multi-stage cluster-randomised sampling method was used to recruit 2872 children. Anthropometric measurements included weight, height, mid-upper arm circumference, and waist and hip circumferences. Blood biochemistry involved analyses of Hb, serum ferritin, and vitamins A and D. Dietary intake was assessed using a 24 h recall questionnaire, and nutrient intakes were compared with the Vietnamese RDA. In children aged < 5 years, approximately 14 % were stunted, 8·6 % underweight and 4·4 % thin. A higher prevalence of stunting (15·6 %) and underweight (22·2 %) was observed in school-aged children. Undernutrition was more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas. In contrast, almost 29 % of the urban children were either overweight or obese when compared with 4 % of the overweight children and 1·6 % of the obese children in rural areas. A higher percentage of children in the age group 0·5–1·9 years and residing in rural areas had low Hb levels than those in the age group 2·0–5·9 years and residing in urban areas. In children aged 6–11 years, a small percentage had low Hb (11–14 %) and vitamin A (5–10 %) levels, but almost half the children (48–53 %) had vitamin D insufficiency. Food consumption data indicated that the children did not meet the RDA for energy, protein, Fe, vitamin A, vitamin B1 and vitamin C. Results from the SEANUTS highlight the double burden of malnutrition in Vietnam. Information from the SEANUTS can serve as an input for targeted policy development, planning and development of nutrition programmes.

scholarly journals Prevalence of double burden on malnutrition at household level in four Latin America countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanrieti Rotelli Temponi ◽  
Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Keyword(s):  
Short Stature ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Rural And Urban Areas ◽  
Maternal Overweight

Abstract Objectives: to estimate the prevalence of maternal overweight and short stature in children at household level in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Methods: a cross-sectional descriptive study. Population-based studies on children (0-5 years old) and women (15 to 49 years old) who participated in the Pesquisa Nacional de Demografia e Saúde da Criança e da Mulher(National Survey on Children and Women Demography and Health) in Brazil and the Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud, (National Survey on Demography and Health), in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Variables of interest: overweight mother and child with short stature, a double burden when both outcomes are present. Global prevalence and stratification, according to rural and urban areas and 95% confidence intervals, were estimated. Results: the global sample consisted of 26,506 households. The prevalence of double burden was 9.3% in Bolivia (CI95%= 8.3-10.4), 6.7% in Peru (CI95%=5.9-7.5), Colombia (3.2%; CI95%=2.8-3.6) and Brazil (2.2%; CI95%=1.4-3.2). The highest prevalence were observed in the rural areas in Bolivia (13% vs 6.5%; p<0.001) and Peru (11.9% vs 4.1%; p<0.001). Conclusions: the highest prevalence were registered in Peru and Bolivia, and the lowest in Brazil and Colombia.

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