scholarly journals People’s Bamboo Production Status and their Livelihood Improvement in Dimla Upazila, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh

Author(s):  
Md. Rubayet Al Ferdous Noman ◽  
Pallab Goswami ◽  
Tama Rani Bhattacharje ◽  
Md. Sadekur Rahman ◽  
Saiful Huda

The bamboos are an amazingly multipurpose and useful group of plants. It is a fundamental part of human livelihood strategies in many places worldwide. This study focus was to know the state of bamboo, its’ production and the available bamboo made products, to identify the knowledge requirement for increasing the bamboo production, to identify the ways of livelihood improvement by bamboo production and explore the causes of bamboo declining along with suggestion to overcome this. Data were collected using pre-tested interview schedule from a sample of 105 bamboo clump owners. This data collection was conducted in Tepa Kharibari union of Dimla Upazila under Nilphamari district during 1st December 2017 to 15th January 2018.  Besides the descriptive statistical parameter, rank order was used for the analysis. The findings revealed that the bamboo production is declining at a gradual rate and has already decreased considerably in the study area. It is also explored that the local people mostly mentioned knowledge about better variety of bamboo is considered for increasing bamboo production. Furthermore, the means of livelihood is significantly influenced by bamboo production. The local people’s livelihood therefore, is mostly improved through increasing income and creating employment opportunities. It is warning that due to rapid increasing of residents/houses bamboo production is declining as there are not enough homesteads or fallow land in the study area to have a bamboo clump.

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Eko Sugiarto ◽  
Dian Haryanti

This study aims to identify local wisdom in Green Village Gedangsari, Gunungkidul Regency. This research uses qualitative method with combined data collection technique, there are observation, interview, and documentation. Some invention that have been identified as the findings of this research are (1) Tourism development in Green Village Gedangsari; (2) Some of the taboos that local people believe; (3) Local culinary; (4) The place of the sacred; (5) Nyadran and Rosulan Traditions; and (6) 4G development plan by Gedangsari community. These findings have the potential to increase tourist attraction in the Green Village Gedangsari region. Keywords: Local Wisdom, Tourist Attractions


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Hoang Thanh ◽  
Linh Ta Nhat ◽  
Hao Nguyen Dang ◽  
Thi Minh Hop Ho ◽  
Philippe Lebailly

Agriculture and rural development has continuously been a hot debate and received significant attention from literature. In this context, endogenous development is considered to be basic approach for rural development strategies in many countries of which the Japanese model namely One Village One Product (OVOP) is a successful one. This paper studies the OVOP movement and analyzes its early adaption in Vietnam, the so-called One Commune One Product (OCOP). This question is addressed by reviewing the existing literature on OVOP following by a case study in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. The results, reveal, in practice, despite some criticism, OCOP strategy in general generate employment opportunities, incomes; enhance creativity and capability of local people.


2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 217
Author(s):  
Rizki Nurislaminingsih ◽  
Roro Isyawati Permata Ganggi

Rumah Baca Apung located in Tambak Lorok Village is a valuable asset belonging to the community that can be used as meeting hall and village library. In fact Rumah Baca Apung has not been utilized optimally in accordance with the function and purpose of building a library. Based on preliminary observations of the researchers, can be knew that the location is more often used as a place for discussion by the local people.Therefore, this study aims to further study the utilization of Rumah Baca Apung and the reasons behind the utilization. This research uses qualitative approach of case study with using data collection technique through interview, documentation study, and observation. The results of this study show that the use of Rumah Baca Apung has not been based on the function of education, research and preservation function of a library. Rumah Baca Apung also has not been used as a place to increase reading habit. Rumah Baca Apung is now used as a place of recreation, a place to discuss, socialize and counsel for the local people. The utilization of Rumah Baca Apung which has not yet represented the function of the village library is due to the limited quantity and quality of the collection books, the lack of educative games equipment, and the absence of learning companion teacher as a volunteer for the coastal children of Tambak Lorok.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 548
Author(s):  
Rika Novitri ◽  
Wirdatul Aini

This research is motivated by the low learning motivation of the Haus Public Speaking training participants in Padang City, this is presumably because it has something to do with the andragogical competence of the Trainer in the Haus Public speaking Training in Padang City. This study aims to see an overview of the andragogical competence of the trainer, the description of learning motivation, and the relationship between the andragogical competence of the trainer and the learning motivation of the participants in the Haus Public Speaking training in Padang City. The approach to this research is quantitative with descriptive correlational research. The population in this study was 25 participants in the Haus Public Speaking training in Padang City and a sample of 70%, namely 17 people. The sampling technique was random sampling. In this study, data collection using a questionnaire or questionnaire with the data collection tool in the form of a questionnaire guide. The data analysis technique in this study used a percentage formula and rank-order correlation. The results of this study indicate that the andragogical competence of the trainer is quite low, the learning motivation of the participants is still low, and there is a significant relationship between the andragogical competence of the trainer and the learning motivation of the public speaking training participants. Suggestions are to the managers of the public speaking training program to further improve the quality of learning in public speaking training. To trainers, so they can improve their competence as educators, especially andragogical competence in public speaking training. It is hoped that in other studies, we can see some other factors that have not been examined in this study.Keywords: Andragogical Competence, Learning Motivation


2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Binu Thomas ◽  
Shilpa Sharma ◽  
Veena Sharma

This study aimed at assessing the perception of adults towards rape. This descriptive study included 50 adults residing in Delhi, India, selected using convenient sampling technique. A structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Results revealed that people still do not have positive perceptions for rape victims. While majority of the respondents were females, yet many of them responded that a woman was responsible for rape in various situations. This study concluded that the issue of gender sensitization needs to be taken seriously by educationists, sociologists, politicians and common people alike.


2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1437-1453
Author(s):  
Medard Twinamatsiko ◽  
Grace Kagoro Rugunda ◽  
Benon Basheka ◽  
Tom De Herdt

This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary that was recognized by UNESCO in 2005 as a world heritage due to its rich biodiversity. Governance is an important procedural dimension of equity that entails decision making processes and how local people are involved in matters that most affect them. The paper uses a Policy Arrangements Approach to illustrate the procedural dimension of the Justice and Equity Framework. A mixed method approach was used to generate results in this paper. Household surveys, key informant interviews and Focus Group Discussions were employed for data collection. Linear and Multi Logistic Regressions were used to determine the level of significance and relationships that exist between governance, peoples livelihoods and conservation support. Polychoric Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to generate indices of livelihood improvement and conservation support. Results revealed that meaningful involvement, leadership composition on committees, local capacity, information flow and awareness and accountability significantly influence peoples livelihoods and conservation of Bwindi. Local people are not only concerned about distributive equity in benefit sharing but also the procedural dimension. This entails being part of revenue sharing projects from the design phase to the evaluation phase. The study recommends the use of equity framework in revenue sharing in order to increase greater involvement of local people in decision making processes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-102
Author(s):  
Vallarie S. Lyngdoh ◽  
R. A. J. Syngkon

Entrepreneurship have been projected as one of the main tool for the development of an economy through which enterprises are created thereby providing employment opportunities. Through this practice, many types of business enterprises have been formed particularly micro and small enterprises have been established in Meghalaya. This study attempts to analyze the contribution and association of entrepreneurs in terms of their managerial skills towards the growth of MSMEs in the state of Meghalaya. Questionnaire technique was used for data collection from units registered with DIC and appropriate statistical tools and techniques were used for analyzing the data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-314
Author(s):  
Sushma Sahu ◽  
D.K. Surywanshi ◽  
M.A. Khan ◽  
Bhedu Prasad Sahu

The present study was carried out during 2013 in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh state. This study was conducted in randomly selected 8 villages of two purposively selected blocks i.e. Durg and Dhamdha located in Durg district. The aim of this study was to assess the risk orientation and level of knowledge of drip irrigation farmers about drip irrigation technology. A total of 128 respondents including 64 drip irrigation farmers and 64 non-drip irrigation farmers were selected randomly. The data collection was done by the use of interview schedule through personal interview. Data were analyzed with help of suitable statistical tools. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents had high risk bearing capability and having high level of knowledge about equipments fitted in DIS. Majority of the DIF were having high level of knowledge regarding drip irrigation technology.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Nova Riyanti ◽  
Muhammad Riban Satia ◽  
Muh Azhari

This research aims to analyze the management of natural resources as a resource as a source of economic income of local communities on the border of the river Rungan Palangka Raya City. As long as this local community relies only on fishery resources, while fishery resources are now difficult to find due to various pollution that occurs. The research approach in this research is a qualitative descriptive that aims to illustrate the complexity and dynamism of natural resources management for the local community's economic income. Data collection In this research researchers use field research techniques that are data collection techniques conducted using researchers plunge directly into the field where the research location is conducted. The data collection techniques used are observations, interviews, documentation, and literature studies. The results showed research conclusions that during this time, the management of potential natural resources available has not been well managed. So that the unmanaged natural resources are not able to provide a permanent source of economic income for local communities on the border of the city of Palangka Raya River. Whereas various potentials can be developed for the source of economic income of local people such as plants and plants that can be cultivated and have local wisdom to be religious tourism that can be a source of economic income of local people. The barriers to natural resource management for the source of economic income of local communities on the boundary of the Rungan River of Palangka Raya City are 1) personal ownership or land tenure, 2)from the institutional and Non-institutional side. 3) No support and utilization of technology in the management of natural resources for the source of economic income of local communities.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Joey Henriques

A Start up is defined as an entrepreneurial venture which is a newly emerged business venture that aims to meet a market place need, want or problem by developing a viable business model around products, services, processes or platforms. The Government of India has initiated several measures to promote startups in the country with a view of creating employment opportunities and promoting economic growth. The study attempts to find out the various factors that motivated the founders to set up their startups and also throw light on the problems that these entrepreneurs experience. The paper is based on primary data collected from a total of 10 startup founders in the State of Goa. Convenience and random sampling has been used to select the respondents. The data findings are based on their responses to the interview schedule.


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