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Amin, Muh. "EFEKTIVITAS DAN PERILAKU PETANI DALAM MEMANFAATKAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI BERBASIS CYBER EXTENSION." Informatika Pertanian 23, no. 2 (October 26, 2016): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.21082/ip.v23n2.2014.p211-219.
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Information technology based on cyber extension is one of agricultural communication tools to achieve farmers welfare. Cyber extension is a technology innovation to accelerate communication of agricultural information to the user , so that information can be obtained more quickly, precisely and relevant to farmer demands.The study aimed to analyze the effectiveness and behavior of farmers in using cyber extension as a medium of communication and information in support of agricultural development. The study method was survey with 86 farmer as sample respondents. The data were analyzed descriptively and using path analysis. The results show that the effectiveness of cyber extension is influenced by the farmer characteristics, farmers interaction and farmer perception. The effectiveness of cyber extension is the most strongly influenced by farmer characteristics (coefficient rate 0.328 ), and can be seen from the availability of information technology facilities and motivation of farmers to seek required information for farming activities. On the other hand, farmer's behavior is directly influenced by farmer perception and farmer effectiveness in using cyber extension. In addition, cyber extension is strongly effective to influence farmer behaviour with a coefficient of 0.413.
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Maller, C. J., P. H. Hemsworth, K. T. Ng, E. J. Jongman, G. J. Coleman, and N. A. Arnold. "The relationships between characteristics of milking sheds and the attitudes to dairy cows, working conditions, and quality of life of dairy farmers." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56, no. 4 (2005): 363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar04148.
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This study consisted of a survey of dairy farmers and their milking sheds at 198 Victorian dairy farms to examine the relationships between physical features in the milking shed and a number of job-related characteristics of the farmer, such as attitudes to handling cows and job satisfaction. Furthermore, farmers’ opinions of the effects of specific design features of the milking shed on cow behaviour were sought. A further objective of this survey was to use the relationships between shed characteristics and job-related characteristics of the farmer to identify, for future research, possible features of the milking shed that may affect cow behaviour. There was substantial variation in both the behavioural beliefs of farmers about cow behaviour in the milking shed and reports by farmers on comfort and working conditions in the dairy, indicating that considerable opportunities exist to improve these key job-related characteristics. A principal component analysis (PCA) of the responses to the questions on job-related characteristics of the farmer identified 6 factors: 2 of the factors identified were related to behavioural beliefs by farmers about cow behaviour (labelled ‘Cow Movement’ and ‘Cow Behaviour’); one of the factors related to comfort of the farmer in the shed (labelled ‘Operator Comfort’); and 3 of the factors related to aspects of the quality of life of the farmer (labelled ‘Workload’, ‘Farmer Mood’, and ‘Job Characteristics’). Positive beliefs about both cow movement (factor called Cow Movement) and cow behaviour (factor called Cow Behaviour) were correlated with farmers being more positive about working in the dairy (factor called Operator Comfort; P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively) and the characteristics of the job (factor called Job Characteristics; P < 0.01). These relationships suggest that improvements in cow behaviour may lead to improvements in both job satisfaction and the quality of life of the farmer. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed that a number of the shed features, such as height of the breast rail, presence of stall gates, length and width of the platform and solid side on first milking bail, were significant predictors of one or more of these 6 PCA factors. Although these results may not reflect causal relationships, these relationships between shed characteristics and a number of job-related characteristics of the farmer highlight the potential importance of shed design to both the cow and the farmer and provide a valuable guide in identifying features of milking sheds that require future examination as to their effects on cow behaviour.
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Ambrose-Oji, Bianca, Alice Goodenough, Julie Urquhart, Clare Hall, and Berglind Karlsdóttir. "‘We’re Farmers Not Foresters’: Farmers’ Decision-Making and Behaviours towards Managing Trees for Pests and Diseases." Forests 13, no. 7 (June 30, 2022): 1030. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f13071030.
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Policy makers are challenged to find ways of influencing and supporting land manager behaviours and actions to deal with the impacts of increasing pressure from tree pests and diseases. This paper investigates attitudes and behaviours of farmers towards managing trees on farmland for pests and diseases. Data collection with farmers included deliberative workshops and semi-structured interviews. Data were thematically analyzed using the COM-B (Capacity/Opportunity/Motivation-Behaviour) model to understand the drivers of farmer behaviour for tree health. Results suggested farmers had some knowledge, experience and skills managing trees, but they did not recognize this capacity. Social norms and networks impacted the context of opportunity to act for tree health, along with access to trusted advice and labour, and the costs associated with management action. Motivational factors such as self-efficacy, perceived benefits of acting, personal interest and sense of agency were impacted by farmers’ self-identity as food producers. The COM-B model also provides a framework for identifying intervention design through a Behaviour Change Wheel. This suggests that enhancing self-efficacy supported by the right kind of advice and guidance, framed and communicated in farmers’ terms and brokered by appropriate knowledge intermediaries, seems critical to building action amongst different farmer types and attitudinal groups.
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Bard, Alison M., David C. J. Main, Anne M. Haase, Helen R. Whay, and Kristen K. Reyher. "Veterinary communication can influence farmer Change Talk and can be modified following brief Motivational Interviewing training." PLOS ONE 17, no. 9 (September 12, 2022): e0265586. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265586.
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Current veterinary communication skills training often focuses on the strategies necessary to successfully transfer information and promote shared decision making rather than inspiring client motivation to engage in behaviour change(s). One evidence-based communication methodology with a specific focus on enhancing conversations about change is Motivational Interviewing (MI), which is perceived by veterinarians to be highly relevant to their profession. We examined whether veterinarians who experienced brief (4–5 hours) MI training (BMIT) were able to change their communication behaviours to be more MI consistent. Fourteen veterinarians recorded 31 veterinary herd health consultations before (n = 15) and after (n = 16) BMIT to allow pre-post intervention analysis of veterinarian and farmer verbal behaviour. Additionally, using a sequential linguistic analysis of 3885 veterinarian-farmer communication events within these consultations, the influence of veterinarians’ verbal behaviours on farmers’ response language was explored. Analysis of veterinary consultations undertaken before and after BMIT revealed that veterinarians changed their communication style to be more consistent with the MI methodology, including more use of reflection statements, a more empathic and partnership-oriented consultation style and greater emphasis on clients’ own language in favour of change goals. In response, farmers contributed more to the conversation and discussed more herd health-related changes. Sequential linguistic analysis suggested that following a veterinarian emphasising something positive about the farmer (e.g. efforts, strengths), seeking collaboration or emphasising farmer choice, farmers were subsequently more likely to express arguments in favour of change (‘Change Talk’), especially phrases indicative of commitment. This study offers the first evidence of the potential value of a BMIT experience to enhance veterinary communication skills, although conscious and disciplined use of MI principles, strategies and Spirit–an ethos of compassion, acceptance, partnership and evocation—requires longer and more complex training. Further studies examining the longevity and consistency of these verbal behaviour changes following BMIT are required.
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Hall, Alison, Lydia Turner, and Sue Kilpatrick. "Understanding Tasmanian dairy farmer adoption of pasture management practices: a Theory of Planned Behaviour approach." Animal Production Science 59, no. 10 (2019): 1941. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an18321.
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Improved pasture management and increased pasture utilisation are positively associated with dairy farm efficiency and profitability in Tasmania. Supporting dairy farmers in developing pasture management knowledge and skills has been a key priority for research, development and extension in the Tasmanian dairy industry. The role of extension has been to increase farmer awareness and knowledge of best practice pasture management and to facilitate farmer learning, focusing on training farmers to use pasture measurement tools. However, many farmers have never used a pasture measurement tool, only trialled/tested a tool, and/or do not implement recommended pasture management practices. This study aimed to identify and understand factors influencing pasture management decision-making and behaviour for different farmer subgroups. Qualitative data was obtained through semi-structured interviews with 30 Tasmanian dairy farmers. The Theory of Planned Behaviour was used to identify and explore key factors influencing pasture management behaviour. There was a negative effect of social influence on pasture measurement tool use by experienced farmers, with many perceiving tool use to be for less experienced, younger farmers. This negative influence limited their intention to measure pasture and engage in the learning process required to overcome perceived control factors and change practices. Perceived control factors limiting behaviour change included tool data inaccuracy and challenging calculations associated with applying measurement data on-farm. This study demonstrates how the Theory of Planned Behaviour can be used to identify and understand factors influencing adoption behaviour of Tasmanian dairy farmers and assist in developing recommendations for future extension and pasture management programs.
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Shah, Jamal, and Majed Alharthi. "The Association between Farmers’ Psychological Factors and Their Choice to Adopt Risk Management Strategies: The Case of Pakistan." Agriculture 12, no. 3 (March 15, 2022): 412. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12030412.
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Agriculture is a risky business, and risk persists in all management decisions taken by a farmer at the farm level. Disrupting agricultural business severely affects the livelihood of individual farmers and negatively affects the country’s economy. To cope with risks, farmers’ tend to mitigate the harsh impact of risks by adopting risk management strategies. Such an adoption decision is affected by several factors, most importantly, the psychological factors, i.e., risk perception and risk attitude of the farmer. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to understand farmers’ risk perception and risk attitude that affect their behaviour in making decisions at the farm level in a risky prospect. The association is investigated by employing chi-squared tests and Cramér’s V. The indirect impact of socioeconomic characteristics of the farmer via their psychological factors is conducted using structural equation model (SEM) path analysis. Their direct impact, together with psychological factors, are examined using the probit model. The two models are compared statistically for better performance and interpretations of the results. From the results, we found that risk perception and risk attitude are the key driving forces of farmers’ decisions during uncertainty which induce them to adopt risk management strategies. Other key variables and their quadratic functions that significantly affect farmers’ behaviour include education level, farming experience, off-farm income, and farm size. Thus, it is vital to consider these factors while assessing farmers’ behaviour in a risky prospect.
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Burman, R. Roy, Amit Kumar Goswami, J. P. Sharma, Subhashree Sahu, Reshma Gills, Anshu Rani, and Pinaki Roy. "Behavioural pattern of farmer entrepreneurs and success factors for establishment of agribusiness ventures under ACABC scheme." Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 90, no. 9 (October 28, 2020): 1653–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i9.106586.
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The study aimed at specifying the entrepreneurial behaviour and delineating the critical success factors of the farmer entrepreneurs for establishment of agribusiness ventures under ACABC scheme. There is need of a wellstructured training module which would not only inculcate the right entrepreneurial behaviour at training stage but can be used at later stages of enterprise expansion. Training about profitable enterprise selection, cognizance of loan procedure from institutional credit sources can be really helpful factors for successful enterprise creation. The study has been conducted with a sample of 30 trained farmer entrepreneurs, 15 each from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra from randomly selected 13 and 15 blocks of respective states, who underwent training under ACABC scheme. The data was collected through semi-structured interview schedule consisting of two parts: Entrepreneurial behaviour of farmers and factors for successful establishment of agribusiness ventures. The entrepreneurial behaviour of farmer-entrepreneurs was measured with the help of a scale developed by Technonet Asia (1981) in terms of four dimensions namely, Risk taking behaviour, Hope of success, Manageability and Persuasive ability. Against each dimension, responses were obtained in terms of Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree and Strongly disagree in frequency and percentage. Three factors namely Motivational factors, Social factors and Economic factors were studied for their contribution in successful establishment of agribusiness ventures. Against each Critical success factor, responses were obtained as frequency and percentage in terms of Strongly Agree, Agree, Undecided, Disagree and Strongly disagree. It was found that the farmer entrepreneurs of Uttar Pradesh had medium risk taking behaviour while Maharashtra farmers had high risk taking behaviour because of the abundance of the resources that the state had which supported them to take risk beyond capacity. Similarly, both the states had medium hope of success, high manageability and high persuasive ability that made these two states entrepreneurial hub for agriculture. Farmer entrepreneurs of Uttar Pradesh considered motivational factors to be moderately affecting while social and economic factors to be highly affecting the success of the agri-enterprise while respondents of Maharashtra perceived all the factors to be equally and highly affecting the success of the agri-enterprises.
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Lensink, B. J., I. Veissier, and L. Florand. "The farmers’ influence on calves’ behaviour, health and production of a veal unit." Animal Science 72, no. 1 (February 2001): 105–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1357729800055600.
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AbstractAlthough veal production is a highly standardized system, there still remains considerable variability in productivity between units. This variability might be due to the farmers working on these units, through differences in stockmanship, work attitudes or behaviour, which in turn may affect animals’ fear responses, productivity and health. A survey was conducted on 50 commercial farms affiliated to the same veal company. All units had calves housed in individual crates, a similar number of crates, and the same diets and management advice. Data were collected on: building and general farm characteristics, farmers’ backgrounds and their attitudes towards their work and calves, farmers’ behaviour with the calves, calves’ reactivity to people, and disease level of the calves. Productivity results (growth rates, food efficiency and mortality) were used to classify veal units as ‘high producing’ (no. = 24) v. ‘moderate producing’ (no. = 26). Calves were less reactive to people in units where the farmer behaved sympathetically and where there were several stockpersons working. The disease level was lower in units where the farmer had a positive attitude towards the sensitivity of the calves to contact and towards the importance of cleaning. Productivity of the veal unit was associated with the health of the calves but not with their reactivity to people.It is suggested that the farmer can have an influence on the success of the veal unit mainly through his/her ability to control the health of the calves and that a positive attitude towards animals and towards work (specifically cleaning actions) can improve the accuracy of surveillance and care of the animals. Moreover, through his/her behaviour with the calves and his/her ability to control their health, the farmer can play an important rôle in assuring calves’ welfare.
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BIHARI, BANKEY, MADAN SINGH, RAJESH BISHNOI, TRISHA ROY, LAKHAN SINGH, SURESH KUMAR, LEKH CHAND, et al. "Impact of scientist-farmer interface in rainfed agro-ecosystem of North West Himalayan region: A case of Farmer FIRST Project in Doon Valley." Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 90, no. 3 (June 22, 2020): 650–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v90i3.101510.
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In North West Himalayan region, farmers tend to face problems related to production and natural resource management due to steep slopes; fragile geology and frequent landslides which leads to high soil erosion. The present study was conducted with the objective to assess the impact of Farmer FIRST Project on the livelihood of beneficiary farmers of study area. A sample of 300 farmers comprising of 180 beneficiary and 120 non-beneficiary farmers were selected through multi stage random sampling. To delineate the impact, with-without and before-after comparison on different aspects of Farmer FIRST Project were carried out. Study revealed that there exists a significant difference between beneficiary farmers and non-beneficiary farmers on various aspects, viz. awareness level, change in decision making behaviour, change in marketing behaviour, change in yield, change in income, change in cropping intensity and change in average annual employment days. Before-after comparison of beneficiary farmers showed that there is a significant increase in crop yield, cultivable area and average annual employment days. Hence, there is a need of upscaling the project for inclusion of more numbers of farmers and securing their livelihood.
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Saleh, Khaerul, and Suherman. "Factors affecting the capacity of farming rice farmers in managing rice field in the District Tangerang." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 883, no. 1 (October 1, 2021): 012048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/883/1/012048.
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Abstract Farmers' capacity to manage rice paddy farming is closely related to individuals' behaviour in managing the farm. Farmer capacity building program has been widely and often conducted relevant government innovation lowland rice farm and delivered to farmers. Still, the farmers cannot give a proper response to lowland rice farm management innovation, especially in terms of strengthening farmers' capacity. This study aims to: (1) determine the level of farmer capacity in managing rice paddy farmers and (2) to analyze the factors related to the capacity level of rice paddy farmers. The research was conducted in the northern part of Tangerang Regency (Pantura), the centre for rice production in the Tangerang Regency. The research was conducted from July to November 2020. Data was collected through FGD interviews and observations of 150 farmers. The data analysis used descriptive test and multiple regression. The results showed that the farmer capacity in managing lowland rice farming in Tangerang district was classified as moderate, both in resource utilization, problem identification, farming planning, and adaptability. The main factor determining the level of farmer capacity in managing rice paddy farmers is formal education and nonformal education.
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Kalule, Stephen W., Haroon Sseguya, Duncan Ongeng, and Gabriel Karubanga. "Facilitating conditions for farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach." Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 25, no. 3 (April 12, 2019): 211–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1389224x.2019.1604389.
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Rijswijk, K., and R. Brazendale. "Pasture renewal practices, experiences and attitudes: a comparison over time." Journal of New Zealand Grasslands 78 (January 1, 2016): 51–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2016.78.520.
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In 2010, Waikato and Bay of Plenty dairy farmers were surveyed by the Pasture Improvement Leadership Group (PILG) to better understand their attitudes, confidence and ability to make informed decisions on their pasture renewal practices. To assess changes in farmer behaviour towards pasture renewal and to measure the impact of the PILG, the survey was repeated in 2015. In comparison to 2010, the 2015 survey results were more positive. Farmers' confidence, attitude and satisfaction with their ability to successfully renew pasture, and to improve pasture performance have increased. However, some scepticism remains about time investment and the financial return from pasture renewal. These results suggest that the PILG aim of ensuring that consistent messages relating to pasture renewal are provided to farmers, appears to have been met. Farmers indicated in the 2015 survey that not only is there now better information available in comparison to 2010, the messages are also more consistent across the industry. Keywords: pasture renewal, pasture performance, farmer confidence, farmer attitude, communication
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Devitt, Catherine. "Transition to Organic Farming in Ireland: How Do Organic Farmers Arrive at the Decision to Adopt and Commit to Organic Farming Methods?" Irish Journal of Sociology 15, no. 2 (December 2006): 101–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/079160350601500207.
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The following paper reviews the research Transition to Organic Farming in Ireland: How do Organic Farmers Arrive at the Decision to Adopt and Commit to Organic Farming Methods? The objective of this research was to examine how individuals arrive at the decision to adopt organic farming methods and commit to this decision on a daily basis through their everyday behaviour. A social movement approach was adopted. This approach considered the impact and appeal of the cosmological, organisational and technological aspects of the organic farming movement and how these aspects combine, in the decision process, to influence the biographies, motivations and behaviour of the organic farmer as well as the extent to which the organic farmer participates in social networks.
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Astuti, Rufti Puji, and Novyandra Ilham Bahtera. "DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF PEPPER FARMER." Journal of Integrated Agribusiness 4, no. 1 (May 31, 2022): 88–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.33019/jia.v4i1.3091.
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In the last few years, the business performance of muntok white pepper has gradually decreased. The reducing production of pepper, the declining area of pepper plantation, and the decreasing income of pepper farmer are the phenomenon that pepper’s business performance is weak. The study aims to analyse the determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour and its business performance as well as to determine the dominant factors between internal and external factors. The survey was used as the research method with purposive sampling as the sampling method. 90 farmers involved as the respondents of the study. Structural equation modelling with smart partial least squares was applied to analyse the data. The study found that the entrepreneurial behaviour of pepper farmer was positively significant in affecting the business performance. The changing of pepper income was the most powerful indicator in reflecting the business performance. The entrepreneurial characteristics and the personal factors as the internal factor as well as environmental factor as the external factor influenced both entrepreneurial behaviour and business performance. The ethnicity as the internal factor played a vital role in affecting the entrepreneurial behaviour and business performance. Through entrepreneurial characteristics as the internal factor, the direct effect of entrepreneurial behaviour towards business performance was bigger than the indirect effect of both internal and external factors towards the business performance. It indicated that the internal and external supports were inadequate to improve the business performance if the pepper farmer had no entrepreneurial behaviour in managing farming activities.
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Setyowati, Putri Budi, Hery Toiba, S. Sujarwo, S. Syafrial, and Condro Puspo Nugroho. "GAME THEORY APPLICATION IN DECISION MAKING OF HORTICULTURE FARMING." Agricultural Social Economic Journal 21, no. 1 (January 31, 2021): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21776/ub.agrise.2021.021.1.8.
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In running farming system, farmers not only have a role important as owners who land they farm. But also they are as farm managers to make any decisions to face their farming problems under risk and uncertainty. These problems are categorized as internal and external factors related to price fluctuations of agricultural commodities. For that reason, farmers need to consider some strategies to overcome their farming problem for instance by choosing the best commodities that would give them an optimal profit. The maximax, maximin, savage, and laplace criterions were used to analyze decision making of horticulture farmer in determining which best horticultural commodities to plant according to their behaviour and attitude toward farming risk. Thus, horticulture farmer will be able to make a choice whether or not it is potato, cabbage, or, scallion that will be cultivated in the next planting period. Potato farmers are categorized as the optimistic farmer who loves farming risks and they are cautious. While scallion farmers are pessimistic farmers and they are risk averse. In addition, cabbage farmers are the ones who have the least regret.
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Maye, Damian, and Kin Wing (Ray) Chan. "On-farm biosecurity in livestock production: farmer behaviour, cultural identities and practices of care." Emerging Topics in Life Sciences 4, no. 5 (September 10, 2020): 521–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/etls20200063.
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Definitions of biosecurity typically include generalised statements about how biosecurity risks on farms should be managed and contained. However, in reality, on-farm biosecurity practices are uneven and transfer differently between social groups, geographical scales and agricultural commodity chains. This paper reviews social science studies that examine on-farm biosecurity for animal health. We first review behavioural and psychosocial models of individual farmer behaviour/decisions. Behavioural approaches are prominent in biosecurity policy but have limitations because of a focus on individual farmer behaviour and intentions. We then review geographical and rural sociological work that emphasises social and cultural structures, contexts and norms that guide disease behaviour. Socio-cultural approaches have the capacity to extend the more commonly applied behavioural approaches and contribute to the better formulation of biosecurity policy and on-farm practice. This includes strengthening our understanding of ‘good farming' identity, tacit knowledge, farmer influence networks, and reformulating biosecurity as localised practices of care. Recognising on-farm biosecurity as practices of biosecure farming care offers a new way of engaging, motivating and encouraging farmers to manage and contain diseases on farm. This is critical given government intentions to devolve biosecurity governance to the farming industry.
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Touch, Van, Rebecca Cross, Clemens Grünbühel, Peter Ampt, Try Yorn, Robert John Martin, Floris Van Ogtrop, and Daniel K. Y. Tan. "Assessments of Lowland Rice-Based Farming Systems and Prospects for Future Research and Development Priorities." Proceedings 36, no. 1 (April 7, 2020): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2019036153.
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Projections of global demand for rice is expected to increase at the rate of 1.5% per year (or 48.5% by 2050). The crop production increase must be done sustainably from existing farming land due to the reduction in availability and quantity of resources. Having more local studies enhances our understanding of different farmer characteristics and behaviour, socio-economic conditions and other essential constraints faced by individual farmers. This is needed for fine-tuning farming systems research which will lead to a profitable and sustainable increase in farming production. This study aims to understand and assess the lowland rice-based farming systems in Northwest Cambodia, and examine options to enhance rice production, profitability and sustainability. Farmer surveys were conducted using the CommCare Mobile Acquired Data (MAD) system and 524 farmers were interviewed. The survey identified farmers’ key constraints on crop production, their knowledge gaps and limitations and the rice yield gaps which exist in Northwest Cambodia. Agricultural research and development priorities should be focused on crop establishment method, sowing window, weed and nutrient management strategies, overall soil health improvement, crop rotations and cover crops that can improve cropping systems, profitability and sustainability. An increase in understanding of farmer behaviour, adoption constraints and barriers, together with other essential interaction at the local level is also crucial when aiming to promote improved farming innovations.
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Mahyuni, Eka Lestari, Ida Yustina, and Etty Sudaryati. "Safety Talk and Check to Prevent Pesticide Toxicity among Farmer." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 6, no. 4 (December 1, 2017): 293. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v6i4.9113.
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The problem at informal sector in particular for farmer when used the pesticides. In Sumber Mufakat village the farmers always use the pesticides without using the safety equipment and have direct contact with the pesticides exposure. The purpose of this research was to apply the safety talk and check method as prevention method to solve the pesticides toxicity that asses from safety and health of pesticide use behaviour. This preventive intervention research was using Participatory Action Research (PAR) design.The data collected by observation, quetionaire, and health check list. The population was all holticultura farmers in Sumber Mufakat village that divide in nine farmer's group. The sample collected by using proportional random sampling. The data will analyze by using qualitative descriptive. The result showed that the implication of safety talk and check method could prevent of pesticide exposure that present from safety and health of pesticides use behaviour. To support the action of safety talk method needed to develop one community that care about the farmers with government endorsement. The check method was very helpful the farmers to identify and predict their health. Both of it could be to cultivate the farmer in safety of pesticide used and early discovery of health symptom cause pesticide used.
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ANUSE, M. Y., B. T. KOLGANE, and S. S. DAROLE. "Marketing behaviour of farmer in jaggery production technology." AGRICULTURE UPDATE 9, no. 4 (November 15, 2014): 599–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.15740/has/au/9.4/599-601.
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Morgans, Lisa, Kristen K. Reyher, David C. Barrett, Andrea Turner, Jenny Bellini, Phil Elkins, and Tom Clarke. "Changing farmer and veterinarian behaviour around antimicrobial use." Livestock 24, no. 2 (March 2, 2019): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/live.2019.24.2.75.
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Suharyanto, Suharyanto, Nyoman Ngurah Arya, and Putu Sutami. "Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour of Farmer on Integrated Crop Management for Healthy Citrus Orchard (ICMHCO) in Gianyar District." KnE Life Sciences 2, no. 6 (November 26, 2017): 670. http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/kls.v2i6.1089.
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One cause of low productivity and quality of citrus in Indonesia is not free of CVPD (Citrus Vein Phloem Degeneration) or Huang Lung Bin (HLB) disease in several citrus production centers. Integrated Crop Management for Healthy Citrus Orchard (ICMHCO) is a HLB control strategy consisted of (a) the used of labeled and free diseases planting materials, (b) pest and diseases control especially for the HLB vector, (c) good field sanitation, (d) optimum cultural practices, and (e) field management consolidation. The research objective was to determine the knowledge, attitudes and behavior of farmers in the control HLB. The research was conducted in the village of Pupuan, Tegallalang Sub-district, Gianyar District on August 2015, using a survey of 30 farmers of respondents. Data were analyzed descriptively uses the cross tabulation. The results showed that the knowledge of farmers on ICMHCO could be classified as moderate, relatively neutral attitude of farmers and farmers' behavior is low. Efforts should be made to improve the implementation of ICMHCO, among others, by increasing the availability of seed labeled and free of disease and other production inputs, training and institutional capacity building of farmer groups. Keywords: knowledge; attitude; behavior; citrus farmer
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Nurlina, Lilis, Unang Yunasaf, Marina Sulistyati, and Syahirul Alim. "Learning Process of Dairy Farmer in Achieving Dairy Farming’ Succeed (Case Study in KPBS Pangalengan and KSU Tandangsari West Java)." KnE Life Sciences 2, no. 6 (November 26, 2017): 314. http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/kls.v2i6.1054.
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Research on the learning process of dairy farmers in achieving decent scale of livestock farming has been carried out in South Bandung Dairy Farmer Cooperative (Koperasi Peternak Bandung Selatan/KPBS) Pangalengan and Multi Purpose Cooperative (Koperasi Serba Usaha/KSU) Tandangsari. The purposes of this study were to: (1) analyze the learning process of dairy farmer in order to achieve business success; and (2) analyze the success indicators in dairy farming business according to farmer’s perception. This research used case study with descriptive qualitative approach with 32 dairy farmers as informants. Data were analyzed descriptively by several stages namely reduction, categorization of data and conclusions. The results showed: dairy farmers who achieve success in their business is the farmer who has made the process of learning the truth, those who have been able to do active business in changing the behaviour of himself to be able to apply aspects of breeding, feeding and management as they should so that the dairy cattle business that manages has provided benefits and feasibility. The learning process through which the dairy farmers is the result of interaction or influence the motivation to learn instrisic owned by farmers, with reinforcement from outside through training, mentoring and enrichment of others, thus becoming sedentary behaviour or patterned to respond appropriately to problems or the challenges faced in achieving business success. Indicators of successful dairy farming according to farmers were having : productive cow more than 7 cows, decent housing (permanent buildings), four-wheel vehicles, more land for grass planting and able to finance their children to study in university. Keywords: Learning process, dairy cow farming’success, dairy farmers.
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Astuti, Nuraini Budi. "SIKAP PETANI TERHADAP PROFESI PETANI: UPAYA UNTUK MEMAHAMI PETANI MELALUI PENDEKATAN PSIKOLOGI SOSIAL (KASUS PETANI DI KECAMATAN PAUH, KOTA PADANG)." Jurnal AGRISEP 15, no. 1 (March 11, 2016): 59–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.31186/jagrisep.15.1.59-66.
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The farmer behaviour is influenced by many factors and one of them is what the farmer's attitude toward his profession. In order to understand the farmer's behaviour, we have to understand the farmer's attitude in advance. The purposes of this study are: 1) to analyze the farmer's attitude toward his profession, 2) to describe the schematic attitute. The data for this study were analized quantitatively using likest scale and qualitatively using theories of social psicology. The finding shows that the farmers tend to have a positive attitude. Meanwhile the schematic attitude shows that the farmers attitude toward their professions was positive and negative. therefore, extension acctivities should emphasize on changing the aspect of negative attitude. Key word : farmers, behaviour, attitude
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VÄRE, M., K. PIETOLA, and C. R. WEISS. "The irrelevance of stated plans in predicting farm successions in Finland." Agricultural and Food Science 19, no. 1 (December 4, 2008): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2137/145960610791015041.
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This study estimates the value of farmers stated succession plans in predicting revealed succession decisions. The stated succession plan exists when a farmer answers in a survey questionnaire that the farm is going to be transferred to a new entrant within a five year period. The succession is revealed when the farm is transferred to a successor. The stated and revealed behaviour is estimated as a recursive Binomial-Probit- Model, which accounts for censoring of the decision variables and controls for a potential correlation between the estimating equations. The results suggest that the succession plans, as stated by elderly farmers in the questionnaires, do not provide information that is significant and valuable in predicting the true, revealed successions, once certain farm and farmer characteristics are controlled for.;
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Krejčí, Igor, Pavel Moulis, Jana Pitrová, Ivana Tichá, Ladislav Pilař, and Jan Rydval. "Traps and Opportunities of Czech Small-Scale Beef Cattle Farming." Sustainability 11, no. 15 (August 6, 2019): 4245. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11154245.
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Small farmers represent a majority of the European Union (EU) farming sector and are considered the cornerstone of both the current and future sustainable EU agriculture. The dynamic complexity of livestock systems hinders the understanding of its behaviour, as well as recognizing the causes of problems and sources of resistance to applied policies and strategies. Livestock system behaviour needs to be understood in order to find leverage points and identify efficient solutions. The presented study depicts issues of small-scale beef cattle farmers in the market environment from a systemic perspective. The common complexity of managing a company increases with biological processes characterized by very long time periods, especially in the case of beef cattle farming. The scenarios analysed by the computer simulation model presented in the study evaluate the benefits of basic diversification into meat processing and a farm-to-table approach. The direct contact of the farmer with the final consumers represents increased demand and requirements on farmers’ entrepreneurship; nevertheless, such a strategy is a significant growth driver that allows faster maximisation of the farm’s output, accelerates the return of the investments, strengthens the market position of the farmer, and increases the farm’s sustainability.
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Nwafor, Christopher Ugochukwu, Abiodun A. Ogundeji, and Carlu Van der Westhuizen. "Marketing Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Smallholder Livestock Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa." Journal of Agricultural Extension 24, no. 3 (August 13, 2020): 98–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v24i3.9.
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This study examined marketing information needs and seeking behaviour among smallholder livestock farmers from the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from 150 livestock farmers and analysed using percentages, weighted means for ranking and correlation. The results show a dominance of market price information requirement among farmers (65%), immediate market price information need (38%), high level of need (48%), and a strong reliance on sources such as other farmers (36%), phone calls (24%) and auctions (23%) for market information. In addition to this, the listed demographic characteristics of farmers namely age, sex, education, marital status, household size, income and herd size strongly influenced their information seeking behaviour (p<0.05). Provision of additional sources of market price information, and ensuring that the personal features of farmers are taken into consideration when designing information service interventions is crucial.
Keywords: behaviour, information need, information-seeking, livestock farmer, smallholder
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Adriankurniawati, Aisyah Muluukhul, Imam Syafii, and M. Rondhi. "PERILAKU PETANI CABAI RAWIT TERHADAP RESIKO FLUKTUASI HARGA DI KECAMATAN GUMUKMAS KABUPATEN JEMBER." JSEP (Journal of Social and Agricultural Economics) 10, no. 2 (October 12, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.19184/jsep.v10i2.5284.
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This study was aimed to determine the farmer’s behaviour in face of risk as result of pepper’s price fluctuation in Gumukmas District, Jember Regency. There are three criterias in farmer’s behaviour : risk lover, risk neutral, and risk averter. Thirty-nine farmers was selected by using simple random sampling. The utility function was employed to determine farmer’s behaviour. In this research, utility function with Bernoulli and Neuman -Morgerstern technique was used. This specification was modified with neutral probability (50:50). Estimation on this function was done by using uncertainty equivalent (CE) through quadratic estimation. The result showed that arround 33 farmers (84.62%) are risk neutral. The risk averter are 5 farmers (11.52%) and one farmer (2.56%) is risk lover. This result also showed that farmers with own land ownership status were more daring than farmers who own land tenure status, profit sharing, or farmers who have two land ownership status. Other results indicated that the farmers who pursued local pepperwere more daring than the farmers who pursued hybrid pepper or farmers who persuedlocal and hybrid at once.
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Kalule, Stephen W., Haroon Sseguya, Duncan Ongeng, and Gabriel Karubanga. "Social cognitive drivers of farmer learning behaviour in the student-to-farmer university outreach in Uganda." African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 11, no. 7 (April 23, 2019): 821–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2019.1586114.
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Budiman, Kabul, Kartono Kartono, and Natelda R. Timisela. "Risiko Usahatani Kakao di Kabupaten Kolaka." JURNAL BUDIDAYA PERTANIAN 15, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 119–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.30598/jbdp.2019.15.2.119.
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This study aimed to measure production risk and income risk of cocoa farming in Kolaka Regency and to determine the factors that influenced the behaviour of farmers towards the risk. This study involved 142 cocoa farmers spread across the Kolaka Regency. The research method used to measure production and income risks used the coefficient of variation and to measure risk behaviour using the Ordardi Least Squares (OLS) method of the Moscardi and De Janvry models. The OLS method was used to analyse the factors that influence the behaviour of farmers towards the risk of cocoa farming. The results of the coefficient of production variance and income of cocoa farming were high, which were due to the attack of cocoa pods, the use of various fertilisers and pesticides, as well as fluctuating prices. This means that production in cocoa farming has a high chance of failure. Analysis of the average value of aversion to the risk of cocoa farming is 1.5643, assuming that (1.2 ≤ K (S) ≤ 2.0), meaning that on average cocoa farmers in the Regency are risk averters. Factors that influenced the behaviour of farmers towards risk were the area of arable land (ha), farmer education, farmer experience, number of cocoa plant stands, with significant effects; meanwhile, farmer age, dummy planting patterns of cocoa-coconut-nilam and cocoa-coconut-cashew had insignificant effects.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan mengukur risiko produksi dan risiko pendapatan usahatani kakao di Kabupaten Kolaka dan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku petani terhadap risiko. Penelitian ini dengan mengambil 142 petani kakao yang tersebar di wilayah Kabupaten Kolaka. Metode penelitian yang digunakan untuk mengukur risiko produksi dan pendapatan mengunakan nilai koefisien variasi dan perilaku risiko mengunakan metode Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) model Moscardi dan De Janvry. Metode OLS digunkan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku petani terhadap risiko usahatani kakao. Hasil penelitian koefisien varian produksi dan pendapatan usahatani kakao adalah tinggi akibat dari serangan penyakit buah kakao, pengunaan pupuk dan pestisida beragam serta harga yang fluktuatif. Artinya bahwa dalam proses produksi usahatani kakao memiliki peluang gagal yang tinggi. Analisis rata-rata nilai keengganan terhadap risiko usahatani kakao sebesar 1,5643, dengan asumsi bahwa (1,2 ≤ K (S) ≤ 2,0), artinya secara rata-rata petani kakao di Kabupaten adalah menolak risiko (risk overter). Faktor-faktor yang mempemgaruhi perilaku petani terhadap risiko adalah luas lahan Garapan (ha), pendidikan petani, pengalaman petani, jumlah tegakkan tanaman kakao, berpengaruh singnifikan, sedangkan umur petani, dummy pola tanam kakao kelapa nilan dan kakao kelapa jambu mete (KKN dan KJKJ) berpengaruh tidak signifikan.
Kata kunci: kakao, ordinary least square, perilaku terhadap risiko
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Saputro, Bimo Bagus, Asmaida Asmaida, and Rizki Gemala Busyra. "Perubahan Perilaku Petani Akibat Adanya Keberadaan dan Peran PPL dalam Usahatani Padi Sawah di Desa Makmur Jaya Kecamatan Betara Kabupaten Tanjung Jabung Barat." Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Batanghari Jambi 19, no. 1 (January 22, 2019): 161. http://dx.doi.org/10.33087/jiubj.v19i1.581.
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Desa Makmur Jaya is located in Betara District, Tanjung Jabung Barat Regency and this village is one of the village that has potential in agriculture, in 2017 this village is a land area of 250 hectares wich was used for lowland rice farming with production reaching 315 tons and productivity of 1,26 tons/hectare. Increasing activities in cultivating rice fields is a form of change that is inseparable from the role and fresence of field agricultural instructors, while also influencing changes in farmer behavior. Besides that prosperous villages also have farmer groups that have been formed from 2006 by PPL.The purpose of the behaviour of rice farmers due to PPL in the study area. Behavioral changes that one to be studied area the behavior of farmers before and after the existence of PPL in the aspects of seedling, the system of growing rice, types of fertilizer used in pest control and rice plants, the ability to overcome problems with rice cuktivation and the ability to form farmer groups. The type of data used is the type of cross section data with the type of ordinal measuring scale. The data is source from primary data and sekunder data, the primary data is obtained from the regionsl office directly through the questionnaire while the secondary data is taken from the relevant agencies. The methods used is survey method. In this case the sample is farmers who cultivate paddy field before 2006 to 2018. Data about respondents is a promising data source with data collection techniquws by observation, intervies and referring to the topic and tittle of the research proportional random sampling techniqus of sampling with 50 RTP samples.Data from research result are abstracted, tabulated and the average frequency is calculated and then presented for qualitative data, score is given to find out changes in farmer behavior before and after the presence of PPL, namely by adding up all the scores from the farmers sample then continuing to divide each aspect with two categories, namely the inadeguate category and the able category then analyzed using then wilcoxon martch pairs test using a 95% convidents level. The results of he study were using the wilcoxon test, 95% confidence level of a significant level Z with the formula (Siregar, S 2015) yielding a Z count volve of -6,15which compared to the Z table valv of 1,96 was greater than Z counted and taken there was a change in the behavior of the sample farmers in farming paddy rice is covered and after PPL.
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Russell-Green, Sienna, Jacqueline Cotton, and Susan Brumby. "Research Engagement Changes Attitudes and Behaviours towards Agrichemical Safety in Australian Farmers." Safety 6, no. 1 (March 12, 2020): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/safety6010016.
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There is limited research that evaluates the effect of farmer involvement in agrichemical exposure surveillance on their attitudes and behaviour towards pesticide handling and use of personal protective equipment. This limited follow-up study aimed to (i) evaluate attitudes/behaviours towards the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among farmers who participated in the In-Field Personalised Cholinesterase Assessment Project (PCAP) (2016/17); and (ii) qualitatively assess the effect of monthly presentation of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) testing results on farmer agrichemical safety practices and behaviours prior to, and following participation in PCAP. This study surveyed 42 farming men and women, asking questions about agrichemical usage and hygiene practices. The majority of surveyed farmers’ self-apply agrichemicals on their farm (97.6%), with 81% reporting that involvement in PCAP research changed the way they handled Organophosphates (OPs)—a widely used insecticide in agriculture. By enabling people to think critically about their exposure, there was a 66% increase in frequency of respirator usage post-PCAP. Following this, participants were invited to take part in one-on-one interviews to further discuss their involvement in PCAP. Many responses were positive, with participants stating they were more aware and cautious of their own practices. This study determined that research participation and point-of-care testing and education can result in effective engagement of farmers and farm workers, increase health literacy and change farming practice—highlighting the importance of an interactive, participatory model in order to bring about change, to reduce possible pesticide exposures.
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Maya Dhania Sari, Bunaiyah Honorita, and Dedeh Hadiyanti. "Farmers Behavior In Integrated Rice Crops Management In The Rawa Lebak Agroecosystem." Jurnal Prodi Agribisnis 2, no. 2 (December 29, 2021): 19–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.56869/kaliagri.v2i2.250.
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Rice productivities in the swamp radish area is still in low category. It needs to introduce technology innovation through integrated crop management approach. Adopting technology innovation process needs farmer’s behaviour changing. Farming instructor has strategic role in changing of farmer behaviour. There are many methods can be used, one of them is Aplply Experiment in effort technology dissemination Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, do a studying applicating swamp rice cultivation to improve farmer behaviour. This paper aim to (1) to measure farmer’s knowledge and behaviour in swamp rice cultivation using PTT approach. (2) to evaluate farmer’s applying level in rice swamp cultivation using PPT approach. (3) to analyse relation between farmer’s knowledge and behaviour in rice swamp cultivation using PTT approach. This research has been done on December 2020 in Pemulutan village I, Ogan Komering Ilir district using survey method and interview using questioner. Being analysed descriptively and non-parametric Spearman Rank correlation. the result shows that most of respondents has known and agree with swamp rice cultivation technology by PTT approach exception in fertilization frequency and fertilization based on PUTR and only 40% and 30% farmers know about each component . Most farmer’s absorbing level is in trying level and just few reach applied level. Spearman rank Relation test result shows a significant relation between knowledge and farmer’s behaviour with relation direction positively with correlation coefficient is 1,00 and signification number is 0,000.
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Ernantje, Hendrik, M. R. Pellokila, and L. M. Riwu Kaho. "SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR THAT INFLUENCING FARMING BEHAVIOUR AND FARMER PARTICIPATION LEVEL ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN BAUMATA VILLAGE, KUPANG DISTRICT." Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan 13, no. 2 (March 15, 2016): 104. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/jil.13.2.104-117.
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In an attempt to increase agricultural productivity and environtment, it is important to understand farmers’ behaviour and participation in agri-environmental management. The study was conducted to analyze the influence of sosio-economic factor on farming behaviour and participation in agri-environmental management in Baumata village, Kupang District, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara Province. The aims of this research were: 1) To find out sosio-economic factors influencing farming behaviour and participation; 2) To find out the relationship between farming behaviors and participation through environmental management. This research was a survey study of descriptive method, with samples were farmers who live and farming in Baumata Village. The respondents were 75 farmers household chosen with a ramdom sampling technique. Data analysis were conducted with Chi Square methods and Spearman Rank Correlation. Results showed that farming behaviours mean score were 17,84 (medium). The socio-economic characteristics influenced farmer’s behaviour in agricultural activities were: age (χ2= 10,306; df = 2; p = 0,006), farming experience (χ2 = 10,720; df = 2; p = 0,005) and income (χ2 = 10,505; df = 2; p = 0,005); while the socio-economic characteristics that did not influence farmer’s behaviour in agricultural activities were: education (χ2 = 2,725; df = 4; p = 0,605), family size (χ2= 5,096 ; df = 4; p = 0,278). Participation in environmental management mean score was 17,33 (medium), there was no socio-economic characteristics that influence farmer’s participation, while the socio-economic characteristics that did not influence farmer’s participation in environmental management were: age (χ2 = 2,995; df = 2; sig = 0,224 ), education (χ2 = 4,504; df = 2; p = 0,105), family size (χ2 = 0,667; df = 2; p = 0,716), farming experience (χ2 = 2,575; df = 2; p = 0,276), and income (χ2 = 2,150; df = 4; p = 0,341). Spearman Rank Correlation test result showed that there was significant relation between farming behaviours with level of participation in environmental manajement (rs = 0,383; p = 0,001).
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Barnes, A. P., J. Willock, L. Toma, and C. Hall. "Utilising a farmer typology to understand farmer behaviour towards water quality management: Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Scotland." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 54, no. 4 (May 2011): 477–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2010.515880.
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Putro, Utomo Sarjono, Dini Turipanam Alamanda, Hesty Nurul Utami, Manahan Siallagan, and Shena Nadya Nirmala. "Factors Influencing Indonesian Dairy Farmers in Making Business Decisions." Asian Journal of Technology Management (AJTM) 14, no. 1 (2021): 75–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.12695/ajtm.2021.14.1.5.
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Abstract. The development of the dairy industry in Indonesia is concentrated in Java and is dominated by the traditional farm with small-scale ownership, which is farmers do not get a big profit, farm management is very simple, farmers low level of education, and most farmers have dairy cattle that functioned as savings. This research was conducted to answer questions about how the behavior and decisions of farmers are influenced by interactions with other agents or factors; and how to encourage farmers to increase the cattle population and milk production so that farmers' income increases and have a sustainable business farm to develop the dairy industry in Bandung Regency. Agent-based modeling was conduction with the help of the SOARS program. In this research, dairy farmers are categorized into three clusters using cluster analysis, which is, the motivated, the survived, and the unsatisfied. Agent-based modeling is suitable for the complexities of this research which are the motivation, behavior, decision, and interactions of dairy farmers will be affecting the output of the dairy industry system as a whole; and to implement some policy scenarios. Keywords: Agent-based, dairy farmer, milk production, business decisions, behaviour
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Mugonya, J., S. W. Kalule, and E. K. Ndyomugyenyi. "Utilisation of labour among pig farmers in northern Uganda." African Crop Science Journal 28, s1 (October 2, 2020): 237–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/acsj.v28i1.18s.
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In many sub-Saharan countries, pig (Susscrofa domesticus) production is increasingly an important food security and income generating activity for smallholder farmers. This is attributed to the high prospects for vigilance of the pork market, driven by urbanisation, population growth and dietary transition towards more animal protein per capita. Therefore, increasing pig production is one of the viable pathways to get smallholder farmers out of poverty and food insecurity. Although there are extensive studies about the elements of pig production, such as feeding, breeding and space requirements; little work has been done on distribution of innovation behaviour and the socio-economic factors that influence labour utilisation in the region. The objective of this study was to determine the socio-economic factors that influence labour (family or hired) utilisation and distribution of innovation behaviour among pig farmers in Northern Uganda. Through a cross sectional survey and descriptive analysis, we characterised smallholder pig farmers in the northern Uganda by type of labour used for pig production, and explored the distribution of the dimensions of innovation behaviour (exploration, experimentation, adaptation and modification) among them. Results revealed that young educated farmers with non-farm employment, a smaller household size, belonging to a farmer group and who had many pigs were more likely to use hired labour than those with counter characteristics. There were significant differences in the number of farmers who exhibited the different dimensions of innovation behavior. Therefore, interventions to boost pig production through the use of hired labour should consider the socio-economic differences among farmers which determine labour constraints they face.
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Carroll and Groarke. "The Importance of the Social Sciences in Reducing Tail Biting Prevalence in Pigs." Animals 9, no. 9 (August 21, 2019): 591. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9090591.
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Tail biting in pigs has been recognised as a welfare problem for several decades, being referred to in scientific literature as far back as the 1940s. Today, animal welfare scientists have a solid understanding of the aetiology of tail biting. Despite this, there has been a major failure in applying research findings on commercial farms. Consequently, tail biting remains a significant problem in modern intensive pig farming. Of all farming industry stakeholders, farmers have the greatest influence over the welfare of their animals. Despite this, little animal welfare research has focused on changing farmer behaviour. Understanding the reasons why farmers act or fail to act to improve animal welfare is key if research findings are to be translated into practical on-farm change. Adopting the principles of behavioural science, this review discussed theory-based methods of identifying barriers to effective tail biting management. A guide was provided for designing behaviour change interventions for farmers using The Behaviour Change Wheel, a systematic framework that links the source of behaviour to suitable interventions. It was concluded that the social sciences are of great importance to ensuring that theory is put into practice.
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Foti, Vera Teresa, and Giuseppe Timpanaro. "Relationships, sustainability and agri-food purchasing behaviour in farmer markets in Italy." British Food Journal 123, no. 13 (October 11, 2021): 428–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-04-2021-0358.
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PurposeThe study aims to demonstrate that farmers' markets can represent a model of environmental, social and governance reference for modern agri-food systems facing the challenge of post COVID-19 pandemic reconstruction, responding to consumer expectations in terms of health, safety and wholesomeness of agri-food products.Design/methodology/approachA sample of consumers was surveyed in farmers' markets and social network analysis (SNA) was adopted as a methodological approach to reconstruct the links between the worlds of production and consumption and to derive the relative importance attributed to various factors that promote relational structures.FindingsThe work demonstrates the importance of sustainability – as a productive and behavioural model of firms – for the construction of efficient and durable relationship systems in two farmer markets in Sicily. In particular, four fundamental components emerge in the construction of networks represented by consumer sensitivity to sustainability processes, the individual behavioural model of purchasing and consumption, the expectation of political direction and the level and factors of knowledge of the firm. The clustering elements of the relationships were found to be the territory and local products, the environmentalist attitude and the protection of resources, as well as the adoption of a rational waste disposal policy, the fight against food waste, the encouragement of healthier and more sustainable consumption styles, clear and transparent communication and the activation of sustainable supply chain processes in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Originality/valueThe paper aims to demonstrate how alternative food systems can become a useful model for large enterprises, which are committed to rebuilding their business strategy to overcome the current crisis.
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Ngarava, Saul, Abbyssinia Mushunje, Amon Taruvinga, Peter Mukarumbwa, Simbarashe Tatsvarei, and Ebenezer T. Megbowon. "Determinants of Risk Behaviour in Livestock Development Programs: Evidence from South Africa's Kaonafatso Yadikgomo (Kyd) Scheme." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 10, no. 5(J) (November 3, 2018): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v10i5(j).2493.
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Risk plays a significant role in input use decisions and production of output in agricultural production. Understanding farmer risk attitudes and their responses to risk is significant in designing effective intervention programmes. Few studies have tried to identify how the introduction of a livestock programme has tended to influence farmer risk profile. The objective of the study was to highlight the determinants of risk behaviour in participants of a livestock development programme. The study was carried out in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province of South Africa, utilising a purposive sample of 164 respondents who are part of the Kaonafatso Yadikgomo (KYD) Scheme. The cross-sectional survey collected data pertaining to the risk attitudes of the livestock farmers from an attitudinal scale as well as socio-economic and farm biophysical characteristics. Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression were used to analyse the data. The results show that the livestock farmers were risk loving, with the risk attitude being influenced by the age of household head, monthly household income and experience in rearing cattle at the ð‘ < 0.1 level. Furthermore, the source of income, herd size, reason for slaughtering cattle distance to the nearest water source and access to a dip tank had significant influence of attitude towards risk at the ð‘ < 0.05 level. The study concludes that being part of a livestock development programme tends inflto uence the risk attitudes of the participants as the determinants were against a priori expectations.
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Thamrin, Fifi D., S. Rizal, S. Bunasor, and W. Hari. "Economic Behaviour Versus Rice Farmer Environmental Behaviour in Making Food Independence: Case West Java-Indonesia." Asian Journal of Scientific Research 8, no. 1 (December 15, 2014): 67–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/ajsr.2015.67.73.
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Cahyadinata, Indra, and Risqie Iryansyah. "KAJIAN PRODUKSI JAGUNG DAN FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHINYA (STUDI KASUS DI KABUPATEN SELUMA PROPINSI BENGKULU)." Jurnal AGRISEP 9, no. 1 (April 4, 2010): 125–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.31186/jagrisep.9.1.125-139.
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This research was aimed to define the corn farmer's behaviour in Seluma Regency of Bengkulu Province on inputs and outputs allocation, and determine of production factors influencing corn production. The research was located in three villages in Seluma Regency, namely Riak Siabun, Sido Luhur, and Sumber Arum. Sixty two farmers were selected using stratified random sampling method. In this research, the analitical description was used to analyse farmer behaviour. In order to determine the input and output allocation of the corn productions, this research used the function of production Cobb-Douglas approach. The result showed found that the behaviour of the farmers to choose corn was due to the corn was easy to sell and cultivate. However, the farmers found that it is hard to access some production factors, such as seed, fertilizer, and pesticide. Their prices were also high, and these were contradicted to the product's price which was low. Tis research also found that land area is the main factor that has a significant impacts on production while other factors were not.Key words: corn, determined factors, production.
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Hatibaruah, Dipankar, Lohit Chandra Dutta, Sajib Borua, and Hemanta Saikia. "Adoption Behaviour of Sericulture Farmers Regarding Improved Technologies ofJorhat District of Assam." Indian Journal of Extension Education 58, no. 1 (2022): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.48165/ijee.2022.58106.
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The research study was undertaken in the purposively selected Jorhat and Majuli(undivided) districts of Assam during the year 2018-19 with an objective to analyze theadoption behaviour of sericulture farmers regarding improved technologies and their socio-economic relationship with the adoption behaviour for enhancement of production andproductivity at farmers level. Sericulture has been practiced traditionally and a large portionof rural people earn their livelihood from sericulture sector in this region. The presentfindings revealed that adoption of improved sericulture technologies was in medium categoryfor majority of the respondents 76.67 per cent in eri culture, 66.67 per cent in muga cultureand 76.67 per cent in mulberry culture. Due to lack of awareness of improved sericulturetechnologies as well as poor living conditions the adoption level of sericulture technologiesamong the seri farmers of Jorhat district was very low. There was gap in disseminationand adoption of improved sericulture technologies in pre and post cocoon sector for growthand development of sericulture in acreage of food plants, rearing of silkworm and productionand productivity of cocoon and silk. Hence, the study recommends that adoption ofscientific technologies among the seri farmers has significant impact on growth anddevelopment of sericulture as well as economic benefit of the farmer.
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Kanwal, Shubhangi, and S. K. Kashyap. "Role of extension professionals in determining marketing behaviour of the farmers indulged in Horticulture sector in Indian context: A review." Journal of Applied and Natural Science 11, no. 2 (June 10, 2019): 450–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.31018/jans.v11i2.2084.
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The companionship of advanced technology and easy outlay for the primary products have always been a prime focus to boost economy of the nation. Although, India has gone through a major transformation from being food deficient to now the leading producer and exporter of many agricultural commodities. The socio-economic condition of the farmer has not witnessed a noticeable change. The root cause identified by the researchers being the existence of long supply chains, lack of awareness, inadequate infrastructural facilities, etc. Researches analyzing the marketing behaviour of the farmers may help in identifying the constraints faced by the farmers in marketing their produce for optimum returns. Also, results may help to purview the factors contributing to better marketing by analyzing the varied behaviour of the farmers. Proper analysis, devising the effective strategy and its implementation require well-equipped extension professionals with upgraded skills and futuristic vision.
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Pandit, D. B., M. S. N. Mandal, M. A. Hakim, N. C. D. Barma, T. P. Tiwari, and A. K. Joshi. "Farmers’ preference and informal seed dissemination of first Ug99 tolerant wheat variety in Bangladesh." Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 47, Special Issue (October 20, 2011): S160—S164. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/3272-cjgpb.
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Farmers’ preference study and informal seed dissemination was carried out through farmer participatory variety selection (PVS) during 2006–2007 to 2008–2009 by the Wheat Research Centre (WRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Dinajpur, Bangladesh, in collaboration with CIMMYT. Four varieties including widely grown Shatabdi and four advance lines including Ug99 tolerant BAW 1064 were tested in mother-baby trial approach in 8 villages in each year. Mother trials were researcher designed but farmer managed. However, baby trials were designed and managed by farmers themselves. Preference scores of 30 farmers for varieties were recorded two times viz., pre and post-harvest stages. Farmers’ preferred BAW 1064 owing to its 10% yield superiority over the widely grown Shatabdi variety, bolder white grains, larger grains/spike, non-lodging behaviour, earliness and resistance to diseases. This variety was found moderately resistant to Ug99 in Kenya. BAW 1064 was released as BARI Gom 26 in March 2010. After three years of PVS work, 19.4 t seeds reached informally to 969 farmers of 24 PVS villages from only 252 kg source seeds supplied for trials. In 2009–2010, seed production of this variety was done in 44 ha; 33.8 ha in 111 farmers’ fields and 10.2 ha in research stations. Around 150 t seeds were produced that are being used for further testing and multiplication in 2010–2011. Seed dissemination through PVS was much faster than official approach of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC). Hence, for selection and dissemination of CIMMYT developed Ug99 tolerant lines, farmer-participatory approach is being deployed.
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Osumba, Joab J. L., John W. Recha, and George W. Oroma. "Transforming Agricultural Extension Service Delivery through Innovative Bottom–Up Climate-Resilient Agribusiness Farmer Field Schools." Sustainability 13, no. 7 (April 2, 2021): 3938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13073938.
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Conventional approaches to agricultural extension based on top–down technology transfer and information dissemination models are inadequate to help smallholder farmers tackle increasingly complex agroclimatic adversities. Innovative service delivery alternatives, such as field schools, exist but are mostly implemented in isolationistic silos with little effort to integrate them for cost reduction and greater technical effectiveness. This article presents a proof-of-concept effort to develop an innovative, climate-resilient field school methodology, integrating the attributes of Farmers’ Field School, Climate Field School, Climate-Smart Agriculture and indigenous technical knowledge of weather indicators in one package to address the gaps, while sensitizing actors on implications for policy advocacy. Some 661 local facilitators, 32% of them women and 54% youth, were trained on the innovation across East Africa. The initiative has reached 36 agribusiness champions working with 237,250 smallholder farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Initial results show that the innovation is strengthening adaptation behaviour of agribusiness champions, farmers and supply chain actors, and reducing training costs. Preliminary findings indicate that the process is rapidly shaping group adaptive thinking. The integrated approach offers lessons to transform extension and to improve food security and resilience. The approach bundles the costs of previously separate processes into the cost of one joint, simultaneous process, while also strengthening technical service delivery through bundled messaging. Experience from this initiative can be leveraged to develop scalable participatory extension and training models, especially scaling out through farmer-to-farmer replication and scaling up through farmer group networks.
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K, Raman,, Rani, J, and Krishnapriya, V. "Agripreneurial Behaviour of Small Organic Vegetables Grower’s, in India – A Conceptual Model." Restaurant Business 118, no. 1 (January 23, 2019): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/rb.v118i1.7614.
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Agripreneursip refers to the entrepreneurship in agriculture sector. It is a concept that transform an idea or vision into a new business venture, or expansion of a new or an existing business by an individual or group. The economy in India is mainly depended on agriculture and most of the farmers are marginal with minimal land holdings. These small farmers in turn contribute to around 70% to the total production of vegetable and therefore decide the future of organic farming. In recent time, it is observed that the small vegetable grower’s are switching over to `Organic methods’ of cultivation to escape from the vagaries of high cost of cultivation, pesticides residual issues, poor farm-gate prices for produces, and in turn low profitability. This has led to a transition to an `Agripreneurial culture’ among small farmers, which require a shift in their `Agripreneurial Orientation’, from an ordinary farmer to an `Agricultural entrepreneur’ or `Agripreneur’. The present paper discusses about the conceptual model of `Agripreneurial behaviour’ of small organic vegetable grower’s in India, by integrating all major influencing factors into three important categories, namely (1) Demographic factors, (2) Agripreneurial Orientation and Attitudinal factors, and (2) Environmental and Resourcefulness factors.
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Tham-Agyekum, Enoch Kwame, Joseph Kwarteng, Ernest Laryea Okorley, Fred Nimoh, and John-Eudes Bakang. "Market Orientation and Entrepreneurial Proclivity as Antecedents of Innovative Behaviour: Implications for Cocoa Farmers in Ghana." Journal of Agriculture and Crops, no. 74 (September 24, 2021): 132–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jac.74.132.139.
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Despite the increasing importance of innovation in literature, there is no agreement about its antecedents. This clearly makes it difficult and risky for cocoa farmers to choose suitable strategies to adopt, develop and promote successful innovations to fit their farm situations. The research questions were aimed at assessing the level of the entrepreneurial proclivity of cocoa farmers, their level of market orientation, their level of innovative behavior, and the influence of entrepreneurial proclivity and market orientation on innovative behavior. Cocoa farmers were sampled from all the six Cocoa Regions in Ghana. In total, 370 cocoa farmers, who participated in the Farmer Business School, were sampled using the multi-stage sampling procedure. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (multiple linear regression). The study showed evidence that market orientation and entrepreneurial proclivity can be considered as antecedents of innovation with the key factors being, customer emphasis, intelligence dissemination, and market responsiveness. The study recommends improved flexibility in the cocoa marketing system of Ghana giving attention to the systems of customer/export options available to cocoa farmers.
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Kiriyama, Hiroki, Hirotaka Matsuda, Yoshiaki Kamiji, and Shigenori Morita. "Nitrogen stock and farmer behaviour under rice policy change in Japan." Journal of Environmental Management 299 (December 2021): 113438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113438.
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Burton, Rob J. F. "The influence of farmer demographic characteristics on environmental behaviour: A review." Journal of Environmental Management 135 (March 2014): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.12.005.
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Karelakis, Christos, Zafeiris Abas, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, and Konstantinos Polymeros. "Positive effects of the Greek economic crisis on livestock farmer behaviour." Agronomy for Sustainable Development 33, no. 3 (February 27, 2013): 445–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13593-013-0136-y.
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