scholarly journals Evaluation of the Impacts of Oil Pollution and a Sustainability Assessment: A Focus Group Case Study of Ogoniland, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 315-327
Author(s):  
Ime Ben ◽  
Chigozie Nwankpa ◽  
Jim Baird
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Oil Spills ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Oil Pollution ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Matrix Analysis ◽  
Group Matrix ◽  
Gender Based

The growing impact of climate change has piqued public interest in determining the effects of people's actions on future generations. However, while environmentalists continue to advocate for accountability, most people in the places where the majority of these pollutions occur, particularly in oil-producing communities, have no say in their future. The study proposes a qualitative approach and the creation of a focus group environmental matrix as a unique technique for oil spill management that considers people's perceptions. This study takes a qualitative approach, relying on a focus group discussion of 12 open-ended questions about oil spills effects on the ecosystem. The questions were all about the spills' impact on residents. The qualitative study was performed between March and May 2018 in Gio, Ogale, Kwakwa, and KeDere Local Governments in Ogoniland. Gender-based strategies were studied with pre-determined questions and a total of 48 participants. Participants were indigenous who were conversant with the chosen topic and were asked leading questions. Finally, matrix analysis was used, which matched the people's perspectives. As a result, the total environmental components were affected. The following are the effects of oil pollution recognised by the focus group matrix: unsustainable income, devalued economy, devalued culture, weathering mangrove, respiratory disorders, inaccuracy in reaction, communication barrier, and economic deterioration. It ascertained that the focus group technique to promote environmental restoration and sustainability is vital. It allows for a more direct connection with the most vulnerable and provides policymakers with potential solutions.

Social Media Literacy For Housewives In Kanoman Maguwoharjo Village, Sleman, Yogyakarta

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dewi Novianti ◽  
Siti Fatonah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Research Subjects

Social media is a necessity for everyone in communicating and exchanging information. Social media users do not know the boundaries of age, generation, gender, ethnicity, and religion. However, what is interesting is the user among housewives. This study took the research subjects of housewives. Housewives are chosen as research subjects because they are pillars or pillars in a household. If the pillar is strong, then the household will also be healthy. Thus, if we want to build a resilient and robust generation, we will start from the housewives. A healthy household starts from strong mothers too. This study aims to find out the insights of the housewives of Kanoman village regarding the content on smartphones and social media and provide knowledge of social media literacy to housewives. This study used a qualitative approach with data collection techniques using participant observation, interviews, focus group discussion (FGD), and documentation. The results of the study showed that previously housewives had not experienced social media literacy. Then the researchers took steps to be able to achieve the desired literacy results. Researchers took several steps to make them become social media literates. They become able to use social media, understand social media, and even produce messages through social media.

scholarly journals Mothers’ Awareness And Experiences Of Having A Thalassemic Child: A Qualitative Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Kamran Ishfaq ◽  
Mehreen Hashmi ◽  
Salman Bin Naeem
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
General Public ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
Qualitative Approach

The purpose of this study is to understand the mothers’ level of awareness regarding thalassemia and their experiences of having a thalassemic child. A total of (N=64) mothers are chosen as participants. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) is carried out. Majority of the children’s parents is cousins but they are not screened for thalassemia before marriage and despite of the birth of thalassemic child, they are unaware about pre-natal diagnosis. The study highlights the need of implementing effective public educational programs and to make pre-marital screening compulsory for general public to reduce the prevalence rate of the disease.

scholarly journals Financing Product Design for Fisheries Through Sharia Micro-Finance Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 1144-1149
Author(s):  
Anas Alhifni ◽  
Tuti Kurnia ◽  
Biyati Ahwarumi ◽  
Rully Trihantana
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
Study Results

Fishermen in Indonesia have limited access to financial assistant from banks because they do not meet criteria set by the bank. One institution that could be able to provide access and solve this problem is sharia micro-finance institution (SMFI). This study aims for identifying fishermen needs on SMFI financing products and proposing the most suitable financing design which can be applied through SMFI. The study uses qualitative approach by adopting phenomenology technique and holding a focus group discussion (FGD) to acquire the intended design. The study results showed that in general, fishermen of Palabuhan Ratu need financing product from SMFI like consumptive financing for living or family needs and productive financing that can be used to support the sustainability of their business such as purchasing equipment, boats, fishing tools and so on. The proposed design which formulated by this study incorporates double-approaches financing design; firstly, optimizing SMFI’s role as Baitul mall (house of fund) through two Islamic contracts model i.e. Qard or Qardhul Hasan and Temporary Waqf; secondly, both optimizing SMFI as Baitut Tamwil (house of financing) through three financing products that is Parallel Istishna (PI), Syirkah Mudharaba Mutlaqa (SMM) and Ijarah Muntahia Bit Tamlik (IMBT).

scholarly journals Industrial heritage along railway corridor: a gear towards tourism development, a case study of Lampang Province, Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 03002
Author(s):  
Siripen Yiamjanya
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Lampang Province

This study investigated industrial heritage elements and associated landscapes along the railway corridor of Lampang Province, Thailand, and potential (re)uses for tourism development by approaches in relation to the industrial heritage concept. The study employed the qualitative approach utilizing field surveys and focus group discussion with key informants, and an additional questionnaire- based survey. The findings highlight significant potential of mining and railway heritage that can be developed for tourism in the future. The study proposed alternative approaches for future interpretation, with a remark addressing that more research is required, as academic studies in this field still lack, in order to advance the academic and practical areas of the industrial heritage in Thailand.

scholarly journals PENGARUH IMPLEMENTASI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA TERHADAP PERILAKU KEAGAMAAN PESERTA DIDIK SMA DI BAWAH YAYASAN KEAGAMAAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilam Kadarin Nuriyanto
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Religious Behavior ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Implementation Method ◽  
Religious Aspect

AbstractThis research is carried out at SMA Kristen Palangkaraya and Muhammadiyah 1 Palangkaraya. The research aims at finding out implementation of religious education curriculum that has been applied for the school under religious foundation and its influence against religious behavior of the student which is seen from the aspect of religiosity, honesty, tolerance, reconciliation, social awareness and ideal form in the implementation. Method applied in this research is combination between quantitative and qualitative approach using focus group discussion (FGD). The influence of relation of r2 (determination coefficient) is around 0.343. It means that a religious behavior of the student is 34,3% that can be explained by the religious education implementation and remaining 65.7% should be explained by other factors. The FGD is to find out an idea in building the student character in the expectation of building religious spiritual (religious aspect) and social piety (aspects of honesty, tolerance, love peace and social preservation). AbstrakPenelitian ini dilakukan di SMA Kristen Palangkaraya dan Muhammadiyah 1 Palangkaraya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pelaksanaan kurikulum pendidikan agama yang telah diterapkan untuk sekolah di bawah yayasan keagamaan, dan pengaruhnya pada perilaku keagamaan peserta didik dilihat dari aspek religiusitas, kejujuran, toleransi, perdamaian, kesadaran sosial, dan bentuk yang ideal dalam pelaksanaannya. Metode yang dipakai pada penelitian ini adalah kombinasi antara pendekatan kuantitatif dan kualitatif yang menggunakan focus group discussion (FGD). Besarnya pengaruh hubungan dari r2 (koefisien determinasi) adalah sekitar 0.343. Artinya, perilaku keagamaan siswa sebesar 34,3% dapat dijelaskan oleh pelaksanaan pendidikan agama, dan sekitar 65,7% yang tersisa harus dijelaskan oleh faktor lain. Melalui FGD untuk menemukan ide dalam membangun karakter siswa dengan harapan membangun spiritual keagamaan (aspek religius) dan kesalehan sosial (aspek kejujuran, aspek toleransi, aspek cinta damai, dan aspek perawatan sosial).

scholarly journals Indonesian smallholder beef producers’ perception of sustainability and their treactions to the results of an assessment using the sustainability assessment of food and agriculture system (SAFA) – a case study based on focus group discussions

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-68
Author(s):  
S. Gayatri ◽  
M. Vaarst
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization

Beef cattle farmers were interviewed about what “sustainability” means to them with regard to their daily practices, both in their daily working life and after being confronted with the results of an assessment conducted on their farms prior to a focus group discussion (FGD) utilizing the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture (SAFA) system developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The study presented in this article was based on two FGDs, using the results of the SAFA online assessment as a tool to initiate and facilitate the discussions. The two group discussions were recorded using a digital voice recorder, transcribed in full and then coded using the software program Transana. The discussions were organized into themes, which allowed a basis for the further analysis. The themes allowed us to build a picture of the participants’ views and thoughts on sustainability with regard to their farming management practices in the light of the SAFA framework, and their own thoughts and perception of the government’s action to promote sustainability, as well as to consider its implications for the futures of their own farms. The interviewed beef cattle farmers thought of sustainability on a day-to-day context rather than as a multi-dimensional concept. In their views, sustainability was very much about being able to continue farming, for the farm to survive and about being able to hand it over to the next generation. However, when presented with the four dimensions of the SAFA framework, they acknowledged the wider perspectives and different aspects of sustainability and reflected about how their own agricultural practices related to these wider aspects too. 

Challenges Faced by Community Volunteers in Community Development: Voices from Volunteers in Chegutu District, Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110345
Author(s):  
Itai Kabonga ◽  
Kwashirai Zvokuomba
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Volunteers ◽  
Depth Interviews

Volunteer scholarship in Zimbabwe tends to focus on volunteer motivations, volunteers’ role in community development and, to a lesser extent, volunteers’ challenges. In this study, we captured the lived experiences of volunteers in the current milieu of socio-economic challenges. We discovered that the major challenges affecting community volunteers in the Chegutu District are poverty and vulnerability, burnout, too much work, lack of community appreciation of volunteerism and lack of adequate volunteer paraphernalia. We move beyond other studies to explore how volunteers are coping with the challenges. Volunteers are reliant on spiritual support and encouragement by some community members. The study adopts a qualitative approach with data collected using in-depth interviews and focus group discussion. The findings are presented and discussed thematically.

scholarly journals Visibilitas Website UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta dalam Pemeringkatan Webometrics

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Parhan Hidayat ◽  
Muhammad Azwar
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Content Management ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Web Performance ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
The Right ◽  
Web Management

This article attempts to describe the efforts to increase the visibility of the website of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta in webometrics ranking. Webometrics is a means to measure the progress of a university through its website. This article aims to find the right work steps in an effort to increase website visibility and also the birth of practical steps to lift webometrics rankings that can be used as guidelines by website managers at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type. The main data was obtained using Focus Group Discussion (FGD) techniques by presenting parties related to webometrics ranking, having knowledge of SEO practices, and having experience in web management. The findings indicate that there have been efforts to increase the quantity and quality of content with the establishment of the publication and documentation division. There are still various obstacles to be faced, such as content management that does not meet SEO principles, several pages and subdomains that are not maintained, are damaged, and even lost, causing bad backlinks. It is necessary to build a website that uses the multisite method which is very effective and efficient in integrating various website needs at UIN Jakarta. The need for various efforts to overcome these obstacles, such as the need for effective communication between web development teams, the need for SEO-friendly content writing training, and the importance of SOPs in optimizing web performance and getting maximum webometrics ranking.

scholarly journals Ecological Wisdom in Slash Burning Farming of Remote Indigenous Community in North Mamuju Regency

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
M. Saleh S. Ali ◽  
Rahmadanih Rahmadanih
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The World ◽  
Remote Indigenous Community ◽  
Treat All ◽  
Slash Burning

The slash and burning system is a farming system that is the most widely practiced in many places in the world. The System is generally sedentary from one place to others. Slash and burning community has developed ways to cultivate the fields so that it becomes an integral part of their cultural system. This paper aims to explain the sociocultural of remote indigenous communities in practicing slash and burning farming in North Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia. This study was designed with a qualitative approach using ethnographic tradition. Data collected through interviews for selected snowballing and FGD (Focus Group Discussion). The informants include residents of the indigenous communities, indigenous elders, village heads and local government officials. The results of this study indicate that slash burning farming is done by indigenous communities in North Mamuju Regency for generations. Totua Panggare' or Bangunasa. Rice for people in the region understood as a manifestation of the ancestral spirits that must be respected or treated well like to humans treat. All the activities of farming are filled with rituals as a manifestation of their culture.

scholarly journals Rancangan dan Implementasi Sekolah Lapang Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu Padi

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Rangga Ditya Yofa ◽  
Mewa Ariani ◽  
I Ketut Kariyasa ◽  
Achmad Suryana
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Integrated Crop Management ◽  
Agriculture Extension

<p>Field School-Integrated Crop Management (FS-ICM) was one of components within the National Rice Production Enhancement Program implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture in the period of 2009−2014. With the support of a large amount of budget, FS-ICM implementation was expected to have a significant impact on the increase of food production. This study aims to assess planning design and the implementation of FS-ICM on rice. This study used primary and secondary data included all information related to planning design and the implementation of FS-ICM program at national and regional levels. Data collection was carried out by interviewing the leaders of agricultural institutions associated with activities of FS-ICM and from Focus Group Discussion (FGD) among the group and individual rice farmers at provincial and regency levels in West Java Province in the period of September−October 2014. The data and information were processed descriptively and qualitatively. The results of this study indicated that annual planning of the FS-ICM program was in fact not based on the results of annual evaluation of the implementation and the performance of FS-ICM. During five-year period, annual target of the FS-ICM had been arranged to be increased at a very high rate, regardless of the limited capacity and the unsuccessful implementation of the program. This study had also indicated that planning and implementation of FS-ICM in the field was not fully in accordance with the basic concept of ICM. The rate of adoption of ICM technology components among the rice farmers was quite low, besides the limited number and quality of agriculture extension workers to support this program. It is suggested reporting systems and socialization program improvement, well-functioning LL, encouraging the mobilization of extension, fostering local growers, establishing better coordination between central and local governments as well as implementers in the field, and also building and repairing aspects of processing, marketing and farmers groups.</p><p> </p><p>Abstrak</p><p>Sekolah Lapang Pengelolaan Tanaman Terpadu (SL-PTT) merupakan salah satu komponen dalam program Peningkatan Produksi Beras Nasional yang dilaksanakan Kementerian Pertanian pada tahun 2009−2014. Dengan dukungan anggaran yang besar, pelaksanaan SL-PTT diharapkan dapat berdampak nyata pada peningkatan produksi pangan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji perencanaan dari implementasi kegiatan SL-PTT padi sawah. Data yang digunakan dalam kajian ini adalah data primer dan sekunder, meliputi informasi tentang perencanaan dan implementasi SL-PTT di pusat dan daerah. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui wawancara dengan pimpinan instansi pertanian yang terkait dengan kegiatan SL-PTT serta <em>focus group discussion</em> (FGD) di antara kelompok tani/petani padi sawah pada tingkat provinsi dan kabupaten di Provinsi Jawa Barat yang dilaksanakan pada bulan September−Oktober 2014.  Pengolahan data dan informasi dilakukan dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan perencanaan tahunan SL-PTT tidak didasarkan pada hasil evaluasi pelaksanaan dan kinerja implementasi SL-PTT di lapangan. Selama periode lima tahun, target tahunan SL-PTT terus ditambah dengan tingkat kenaikan yang tinggi, tanpa memperhatikan kemampuan daya dukung keberhasilan program. Kajian ini juga menunjukkan perencanaan dan implementasi SL-PTT di lapangan tidak mengacu sepenuhnya pada konsep dasar PTT, tingkat adopsi komponen teknologi PTT masih rendah, dan jumlah serta kualitas penyuluh pertanian terbatas untuk mendukung keberhasilan program SL-PTT ini. Implikasi kebijakan yang disarankan ialah perbaikan sistem pelaporan dan sosialisasi program, memfungsikan LL secara baik, mendorong mobilisasi penyuluh, menumbuhkan penangkar-penangkar lokal, membangun koordinasi yang baik antara pemerintah pusat, daerah, dan pelaksana di lapangan, serta membangun dan memperbaiki aspek pengolahan, pemasaran, dan kelembagaan kelompok tani.</p>

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