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McDonald, Alyssa Jade. "A one health exploration of cacao farmer training." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27418.
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Responding to emerging evidence indicating the cacao farming households experience poor health and often live in poverty, this research identifies and analyses a popular, yet often under-researched intervention, cacao farmer training. Using PRISMA to identify published cacao training programs form 2014-2020, this study identified 59 programs which demonstrated that most training occurs in crop productivity and financial literacy to a lesser extent, with very little training in human health or environmental sustainability. Results indicate that farmer training is reported consistently over the years, and is mostly recorded from West Africa and the Asia Pacific area, with little evidence documented in Latin America. A review of the data was then conducted to identify Eco Health principles in training program design, and One Health frameworks in curriculum. This thesis offers an alternate method to improving sectoral productivity beyond the old-fashioned models of increasing land size or implementing modern agronomic technologies applying plant growth stimulants. This analysis looks at underlying barriers within the value chain, particularly in the farming household, and contributes a novel understanding of issues that extend beyond cacao to agricultural and developing community challenges such as food security, sustainable crop production and human and animal wellbeing.
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Daniels, Nelson T. "An evaluation of the small farmer outreach training and technical assistance program for farmers of color in Texas." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4438.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the small farmer outreach training and technical assistance programs as related to farmers of color. The items to be evaluated included financial considerations, educational effectiveness, access and acquisition of farm loans, participation in Extension sponsored events and involvement in community activities. The sample population for this study was small scale agricultural producers representing two ethnic groups, African Americans and Hispanics, located in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties and enrolled in the Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Program (N=68) between October 1, 2001, and September 30, 2004. Descriptive statistics were used for reporting personal characteristics of the participants, as well as to determine knowledge gained and effectiveness of the Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Program. Statistical Package for the Social Sciencesî (SPSS) was used to calculate frequencies, percentages and variability of the variables. The major findings of the study were as follows: 1. The Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Program is an effective educational program in teaching farm management techniques and assisting with the acquisition of financial resources. 2. Farm size was relatively small with over half of the farms being fewer than 50 acres. 3. The ethnic identity of participants was more likely to be Hispanic than African American. 4. Total household income for a majority of the participants was less than $50,000. 5. The majority of the participants were part-time farmers. 6. The majority of the participants had a farm plan. 7. A majority of the participants had at least a high school education. 8. Program participants were likely to be approved for a loan through the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Atengdem, Paschal B. "Effectiveness and relevance of farmer training : lessons from Northern Ghana." Thesis, University of Reading, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362056.
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Stones, Wilna Anneke. "The evaluation of the subtropical crops extension and advisory service (Subtrop) as perceived by farmer members and extension advisors in the subtropical regions, South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29115.
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In order to minimize duplication, consolidate resources and strengthen industry representation to government, the South African Avocado Growers Association (SAAGA), South African Litchi Growers Association (SALGA), South African Macadamia Growers Association (SAMAC) and the South African Mango Growers Association (SAMGA); amalgamated under an umbrella organization called Subtrop. This study focuses on the pre and post effect the amalgamation had on Extension services to the abovementioned organizations. The effect was measured by conducting a survey. The survey measured both Subtrop member and relevant Subtrop staff responses. The survey used two questionnaire types, one for Subtrop members and one for Subtrop extension advisors. The questionnaires were designed to complement the SPPS V19.0® statistical package. The questionnaires were completed at group interview sessions. A total of 127 farmer respondents, divided in two groups, namely 90 farmer respondents and 37 opinion leader respondents participated in the external survey. The internal survey comprised of six Subtrop extension advisor respondents. Farmer and opinion leader respondents, (hereafter called respondents), provided their perceptions and rated the extension services of the technical department of Subtrop. Results showed that the respondents used the Extension services for on farm advice and group based Extension services like study groups. The Subtrop Extension services received a higher rating after the Subtrop amalgamation than before the amalgamation. Subtrop extension advisor responses showed a need for training and coaching, as well as some reconciliation with respect to the increase in work load afforded by the amalgamation. Pre-amalgamation extension advisors served one commodity, while post amalgamation extension advisors now serve four commodities. The respondents indicated their satisfaction with the organizing of study groups. They also indicated that the study groups met their needs. Although the respondents understood the value of intercommunication and participation, the study showed that the minority realized the need to take ownership of study groups. All the extension advisors indicated that organizing study groups was the single activity that used most of their time. The Subtrop study groups were rated higher after the Subtrop amalgamation than before. The Subtrop newsletters were rated higher after the Subtrop amalgamation. The respondents indicated the newsletters as valuable and therefore proved newsletters as an appropriate extension communication tool. The Subtrop websites were indicated as somewhat valuable. Most respondents indicated a lack of awareness of the websites, indicating a need to promote the websites better. Although very few respondents completed the marketing related services section of the survey, those that completed this section were all aware of this service. The following recommendations emerged: For extension advisors: - The development of a curriculum of Subtrop commodities for training purposes;
- Regular technical and soft-skill training;
- The development of a mentorship program; and
- For new extension advisors an orientation program which includes the above mentioned.
- Study group management needs to be improved, combine newsletters, improve awareness of research and promote websites and market services.
- Further: develop an extension policy, maximize area committee involvement and regular member feedback surveys.
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development
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Burgess, Roberta. "Goat production in the Northern Cape: what are the impacts of farmer training?" Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003868.
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The main millennium development goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger in the world by 2015. South Africa is one of the countries that signed this pledge at the millennium summit in 2000. The Department of Agriculture, has initiated a number of projects to assist farmers and communities with reaching this goal. In the Northern Cape, the commercialization of goats is one such anchor project. The major activities of this project is to train farmers in applied and appropriate production practices, assist them with accessing markets and supporting them with improved livestock. The main aim of this research was to evaluate whether the project has achieved its outcome and whether this outcome, is having an impact on the livelihoods of the farmers involved in the project. After reviewing the literature on evaluation research and programme evaluation across time, the different paradigms and approaches, participatory methodology was used in this study. A case study approach was applied to evaluate the outcomes and effects of the training received by farmers, as part of the commercialization of goats programme. The results of the study proved that the training received by members of the Campbell Agricultural Co-operative Enterprises, changed their goat production practices. The training also had a secondary impact. Trained farmers were imparting (technology transfer) their acquired knowledge to other members of the co-operative. This appeared very effective as all members of the cooperative were farming more scientifically. These changes to the production practices had a positive impact on the livelihoods of the farmers, as their animals were of a better quality and they were able to sell their animals at different markets and for better prices. This has however not commercialized their farming operations as they are still faced with many challenges. These challenges are the lack of a proper marketing structure, access to financial assistance, proper infrastructure and adequate transport for the animals to mention a few. If the Department of Agriculture and Land Affairs is serious about assisting these farmers to move from the status of “emerging farmer” to “commercial farmer” they will have to look at addressing the problems experienced with financial access and access to adequate and appropriate transport.
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Anderson, Glenn A. "Leadership competencies to be taught in the young farmer instructional program." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53862.
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This study identified and rated the leadership competencies that were considered needed by young farmers and should be taught in the young farmer instructional program. The participants in the study were the young farmer advisors, certain young farmer members, state staff, and teacher educators. All participants were from the state of Virginia.
The participants rated a list of 43 leadership competencies according to the following rating scale: 4...High Importance, 3... Medium Importance, 2...Low Importance, and 1...No Importance. The mean of the ratings for the four groups were computed as well as the total mean for all groups. The total mean for all competencies was 2.5 or above. All competencies were placed in the medium to high importance category.
The ratings of the four groups were examined to determine if the groups rated the competencies similarly. The two groups who rated the most competencies similarly were the advisors and the members. The groups who rated the fewest competencies similarly were members and state staff, and state staff and teacher educators.
Also, the respondents ranked the top ten competencies. The competencies which were ranked the top ten are listed below:
Bank Competency
1 37. Assume responsibility.
2 34. Cooperate with others.
3 36. Develop enthusiasm.
4 38. Learn to be fair in dealings with others.
5 30. Speak effectively to others.
6 31. Listen effectively to others.
7 39. Participate in community activities.
8 18. Obtain participation by all members.
9 1. Open and close a meeting correctly.
10 32. Accept others as they are.Ed. D.
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Amezah, Agbenyega, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, of Science Technology and Agriculture Faculty, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "A participative learning approach to agricultural development : a Ghanaian case." THESIS_FSTA_ARD_Amezah_A.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/75.
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This dissertation is the documentation of a participative learning project with the purpose of facilitating improvement in farming and agricultural development work in the Hohoe district of Ghana. This study was done in a context in which (a)agricultural production is carried out by small scale farmers who depend on social networking at the village level, for the distribution and management of agricultural resources, and on local knowledge for productive purposes; (b)government efforts at agricultural development is implemented through the activitiesof its agricultural development agencies - Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MIST).Participative learning, based on the logic and concepts of action research, experiential learning and critical systems learning, was used as a methodological framework. The conclusion drawn from this inquiry is that participative learning is a legitimate and an effective way of facilitating the development of food and other agricultual production. The challenge is therefore for individuals and organizations involved in the development of agricultural production to establish suitable processes and relationships to support participative learning.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Amezah, Agbenyega. "A participative learning approach to agricultural development : a Ghanaian case." Thesis, View thesis View thesis, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/75.
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This dissertation is the documentation of a participative learning project with the purpose of facilitating improvement in farming and agricultural development work in the Hohoe district of Ghana. This study was done in a context in which (a)agricultural production is carried out by small scale farmers who depend on social networking at the village level, for the distribution and management of agricultural resources, and on local knowledge for productive purposes; (b)government efforts at agricultural development is implemented through the activitiesof its agricultural development agencies - Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MIST).Participative learning, based on the logic and concepts of action research, experiential learning and critical systems learning, was used as a methodological framework. The conclusion drawn from this inquiry is that participative learning is a legitimate and an effective way of facilitating the development of food and other agricultual production. The challenge is therefore for individuals and organizations involved in the development of agricultural production to establish suitable processes and relationships to support participative learning.
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Dibba, Lamin [Verfasser], and Manfred [Akademischer Betreuer] Zeller. "Impact evaluation of improved rice varieties and farmer training on food security and technical efficiency in The Gambia / Lamin Dibba. Betreuer: Manfred Zeller." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1100055436/34.
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Chunsanit, Suchada. "Pesticide use and training needs of Thai rice farmers : a case study." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.248668.
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Caeiro, Rute Martins. "Vitamin A deficiency and training to farmers: evidence from a field experiment in Mozambique." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11593.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Economics from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsVitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper analyzes the impact of a food-based intervention to fight vitamin A deficiency using orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP). We conducted a randomized evaluation of OFSP-related training to female farmers in Mozambique, in which the treatment group was taught basic concepts of nutrition, and OFSP-planting and cooking skills. We found encouraging evidence of changes in behavior and attitudes towards OFSP consumption and planting, and considerable increases in nutritionrelated knowledge, as well as knowledge on cooking and planting OFSP.
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Amezah, Agbenyega. "A participative learning approach to agricultural development : a Ghanaian case /." View thesis View thesis, 1998. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030603.164705/index.html.
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Atabila, Albert. "Human Health Risk Assessment and Management of Chlorpyrifos Exposure among Rice Farmers in Ghana." Thesis, Griffith University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/378754.
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Pesticides are commonly applied in the agricultural sector of Ghana by farmers. Owing to weaknesses in regulations and unsafe practices, applicators of pesticides in the country are vulnerable to excessive exposure and consequent health risks. However, there is no information on the levels of pesticide exposure and associated health risks among applicators in Ghana. In addition, the rice sector of Ghanaian agriculture has been growing in recent years, with significant use of pesticides among commercial growers. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the patterns, determinants, magnitude and health risks of pesticide exposure among rice farmers in Ghana. In order to achieve the objectives, a representative cross-section of small-scale farmers who grow rice with irrigation in the catchment area of Kpone Irrigation Scheme (KIS) were recruited for the study. The research was based on the four-step health risk assessment framework of the United States’ National Research Council, which is generally accepted by regulatory agencies and researchers. Thus, the research involved hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose-response assessment and risk characterization. The hazard identification study with the farmers (n = 214), which was carried out by questionnaire survey, showed that chlorpyrifos was the most widely used pesticide with usage prevalence of 83%. The study also showed that pesticides were applied under unsafe conditions and all applicators had experienced symptoms compatible with pesticide poisoning, as described by the WHO. Evaluation of exposure to chlorpyrifos among the applicators during a typical spray event was carried out, based on two approaches. These were (1) whole-body dosimetry assessment of dermal exposure, using Tyvek coverall, hand gloves and socks to sample chlorpyrifos residues of applicators (n = 24); and (2) urinary trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP) assessment of overall exposure from six urine samples (one sample collected prior to application and five samples collected over five days after application) from each applicator (n = 21). The dermal exposure study showed that the percentage Unit Exposure (UE) value calculated from Total Dermal Exposure (TDE) was 0.03% and 0.06% among the median-exposed and the 5% highly-exposed groups, respectively. The study also indicated that the hands (39% of TDE) and the lower anatomical (82% of TDE) regions of the applicators were the most contaminated and potential sources of dermal exposure. The urinary TCP assessment indicated that the mean elimination half-life (t1/2) of chlorpyrifos in the body of the applicators was 50 hours, which is higher than those (27 to 43 hours) previously reported. The median absorbed dose of chlorpyrifos estimated from urinary TCP due to chronic background exposure (LADDB), chronic application exposure (LADDA) and acute application exposure (ADDA) were 0.2 μg/kg/day (mean ± S.D of 0.3 ± 0.4 μg/kg/day), 0.1 μg/kg/day (mean ± S.D of 0.3± 0.3 μg/kg/day) and 6 μg/kg/day (mean ± S.D of 19 ± 24 μg/kg/day). The absorbed daily dose of chlorpyrifos estimated from urinary TCP and whole-body dermal dosimetry methods produced similar exposure estimates, based on the means ± S.D (15±22 and 16±7 μg/kg/day, respectively), with applicators who participated in both evaluations. The levels of chlorpyrifos exposure from occupational application were positively influenced by the quantity of chlorpyrifos formulation applied, spraying duration, the number of spray tanks applied and the height of the crops sprayed (p < 0.05). To evaluate the dose-response of chlorpyrifos, exposure data from human epidemiological studies from the scientific literature were collated. The exposure data associated with adverse effects were expressed as Cumulative Probability Distributions (CPDs) to obtain the Toxicant Sensitivity Distributions (TSDs) of chlorpyrifos for chronic and acute adverse effects. A guideline value determined at the 5th percentile of the TSD for chronic and acute adverse effects was 0.5 and 2 μg/kg/day, respectively. These guideline values derived with the TSD method are directly applicable to humans without the need for safety factors. On the other hand, conventional guideline values established by regulatory institutions require the application of safety factors when the No Observable Adverse Effect Level (NOAEL) or Lowest Observable Adverse Effect Level (LOAEL) methods are used. Except for the guideline values set by the WHO which gave HQ < 1, those of the USEPA, APVMA and the TSD threshold dose at the 5th percentile gave HQ > 1, suggesting adverse health effects would be observed among the applicators. The percentages of the applicators who were likely to suffer adverse effects due to chlorpyrifos exposure were quantified with the Overall Risk Probability (ORP) and the Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) techniques. The ORP and the MCS techniques showed that between 1 to 3%, 2 to 4% and 5 to 8% of the applicators were likely to suffer chronic adverse effects due to chlorpyrifos exposure from background, occupational application and combined exposure from background and occupational application, respectively. Such chronic health effects may include altered thyroid functions and reductions in estradiol levels, based on the TSD. Also, the ORP and MCS techniques showed that between 31 to 33% and 32 to 34% of the applicators were likely to suffer acute health effects due to exposure from occupational application and combined exposure from background as well as occupational application, respectively. Comparison of these values with the TSD suggests that the acute health effects likely to be suffered by the applicators can include depression of cholinesterase activity, sub-clinical neuropathy and memory problems, particularly with occupational exposure. Recommendations proposed for adoption by government institutions to help reduce pesticide exposure and associated health effects among the applicators, include provision of training and technical services to enhance adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), promoting use of less toxic pesticides, regular training of farmers and Agricultural Extension Officers (AEOs) on pesticide safety and regular monitoring of exposure among applicators. It is also recommended that farmers should avoid excessive pesticide use, reduce spray duration, reduce number of spray tanks, practice good hygiene and use adequate PPE, particularly for the hands and the lower anatomical regions of the body.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Environment and Sc
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Moerane, Rebone. "The impact of training using a structured primary animal health care model on the skills of rural small scale farmers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40697.
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Primary animal health care (PAHC) programs are aimed at the provision of basic animal health
services at local level. No single approach has emerged as the one of choice. The aim of this
study was to evaluate the impact of training using the PAHC model developed by Afrivet
Training Service, on the skills of small scale rural farmers.
Seventy nine farmers were selected randomly from Makapanstad, Ratjiepane and Mnisi area
using a statistical software EpiCalc 2000 v1.02. The selected farmers were assessed for
knowledge and skills with background information collected prior to a 5 day training session.
Data was captured using Microsoft Excel and analysed using Stata 12.1. Means were
compared using participant’s t-test or ANOVA while the proportions were compared using
Fisher’s exact test. The statistical significance was assessed at p < 0.05.
The findings prior to training indicated that complete data was available for 77 participants, of
which the majority were adult males with age of mean±SD of 49±18.2 years. The average herd
size was 12±14.1 cattle. There was a significant involvement of youth and females at 31% and
32% respectively. The unemployment rate amongst participants was 91%. Farmers perceived
clinical services as being unaffordable. Most of the participants (79%) preferred to treat a sick
animal themselves or seek advice from the neighbouring farmers as compared to 21% who
approached a veterinary professional for assistance. Lack of knowledge, poor access to
products and poor communication between farmers and veterinary officials was identified. Post-training assessment indicated that farmers gained skills to observe, examine and treat;
implement preventative measures independently. There was a better understanding of the
farmers’ role in the provision of animal health care. There was no significant difference in overall
skill level between the various age groups, level of education and farming experience. There
were differences between the genders in the acquisition of specific skills during the training,
with females performing better in data recording while males were more skilled at determining
temperature using a thermometer.
The conclusion is that the training model used had a positive impact on the ability of the
participants to provide first-line animal health care and keep records. A modified, standardised
method to evaluate knowledge before and after training is proposed for future studies. Further
studies are also required to evaluate the impact of the training on animal health and production,
food security and socio-economic impact.Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Production Animal Studies
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Xaba, Sharon Thembi. "Analysis of the impact of training and capacity building by CASP on raising the income levels of emerging farmers in Limpopo Province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97429.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African government continues to provide post-settlement support to emerging farmers, with the objective of improving productivity through targeted funding or conditional grants. The Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP), which came into effect in 2004, provides funding targeted at supporting emerging farmers. CASP has six pillars, of which this study focused on one, which is capacity building and training. The study investigated the assessment of the impact of training on the projects’ beneficiaries who had benefited from the CASP pillar of training and capacity building in the Limpopo Province. The methodology applied was the difference-in-difference technique. Projects that benefited from funding were regarded as the treatment group and those that did not benefit from the programme were regarded as the control group. The justification for the research was that while the government had financed CASP through fiscal allocation since 2004, because CASP is a conditional grant, there was a need to review the programme, focusing on establishing whether the budget allocation had achieved its intended objectives during this time. The objectives of the study were to measure whether there had been an improvement in the beneficiaries’ income levels. It focused on the status of the projects prior to the beneficiaries receiving training and benefiting from capacity building, and what the status was after receiving training through the programme, with the key determinant being an increase in income levels. Not all funded projects had benefited from the particular pillar investigated here. The selection of the beneficiaries to be trained was based on a skills audit which treated the groups as homogeneous, which was found to be inappropriate because of the differences in the prior skills, education levels and the specific interests of individuals. The findings were that there was variation in the increase of income levels. There was a positive relationship between training and reported increase in income levels in some projects, and a negative relationship between training and income levels for other projects. It was interesting that income levels increased for projects that had benefited from the CASP pillar of training and capacity building when the projects were analysed as a group, but when projects were analysed individually, it was revealed that there was a marginal decrease in income levels. There should be a shift in policy. The focus on training and capacity building should be a priority and should occur prior to the projects receiving infrastructure support. The 10% of the total CASP budget allocated for training and capacity building needs to be reviewed, taking into account that low skills levels continue to be the main reason why projects are not sustainable. There is also a need to review the impact of training. The type of training offered should not be generic for all projects, it should be differentiated to suit the both the people and the commodities concerned and should be more biased towards entrepreneurship, as this would enable emerging farmers to grow their business units and realise increased income levels.
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Sebadieta, Rapelang Bamba. "Factors affecting the implementation of acquired skills and knowledge presented to farmers at Denman Rural Training Centre in Gaborone agricultural region, Botswana." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08082007-163412.
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Mukute, Mutizwa. "Exploring and expanding learning processes in sustainable agriculture workplace contexts." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003421.
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The focus of this study is to explore and expand farmer learning processes in sustainable agriculture workplace contexts. It examines change oriented learning processes in the context of three sustainable agriculture practices. The study begins by discussing the history and emergence of environmental discourses and approaches; sustainable agriculture; and the histories of three kinds of sustainable agriculture practices: Permaculture, Organic Farming and Machobane Farming System. It also traces the evolution of agricultural extension approaches within the wider context of education for sustainable development. The main focus of the study is an exploration of how farmer learning can be mediated through an expansive learning process. The study methodology surfaces some of the contradictions in sustainable agriculture and learning activity systems that farmers encounter in learning and practising sustainable agriculture. It uses these contradictions as sources of expansive learning in and between the respective activity systems of farmers, sustainable agriculture facilitators, agricultural extension workers (conventional) and organic entrepreneurs. As shown in the study, the expansive learning processes result in the modelling, implementation and reviewing of solutions to contradictions being faced in the learning and practice of sustainable agriculture. The study also proposes a number of tools that can be adapted and used by development farmers and agricultural trainers to examine and expand learning as well as build farmer agency. The study was conducted in three case study sites in Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe the study is located in Hwedza district in the St Margaret Primary School and community that learn, practise and facilitate the learning of Permaculture within the Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme (SCOPE). The second study site is in South Africa: Durban urban and peri-urban areas where a community of organic farmers, facilitators and entrepreneurs coordinate the marketing of their produce through Isidore Farm and Earth Mother Organic and support each other to learn and practise organic farming. The third study site is based in the Mafeteng and Mohale‟s Hoek districts of Lesotho where the focus was on farmers who learn and practise the Machobane Farming System (MFS) and are supported in this by the Rural Self Development Association (RSDA) and the Machobane Agricultural Development Foundation (MADF). Drawing on three sensitising concepts of dialectics, reflexivity and agency, the study worked with Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) underpinned by critical realism to reveal how farmer learning is mediated and expanded. The theory of practice/habitus also provided a useful theoretical lens with which to examine data generated. Using a two-phased, multiple embedded case study approach, the study worked within the broad framework of social learning. It used semi-structured individual and group interviews, observations and document analysis to explore learning processes and generate „mirror‟ data. This data was then used in Change Laboratory Workshops, within the Developmental Work Research methodology, where double stimulation and focus group discussions contributed to expanding learning processes. Drawing on critical realism the study used inductive, abductive and retroductive modes of inference to analyse data in each case study as well as across case studies. The findings of the study reveal that farmer learning is influenced by both intrinsic motives, such as identity, and extrinsic motives which are primarily associated with economic, ecological and health benefits. Farmers learn through scaffolding and mediating tools that link everyday and scientific knowledge. They also learn from fellow farmers through observation, practising and experimentation. Some of the issues that were raised in connection with farmer learning processes are: language; time to learn, practice and appropriate concepts; time to improve the natural resource base while at the same time improving income generation; and responses to climate change. The study also found that farmer learning and practice of sustainable agriculture in the case studies investigated, is influenced by past and current agricultural and educational policies; societal values and attitudes; social and cultural backgrounds; work affordances and gender relations; quality of training offered; poverty; and, HIV and AIDS. In the second phase of the study, which built on the problematic situations being encountered by research participants (sustainable agriculture farmers, sustainable agriculture facilitators, extension workers, and organic marketers) to surface contradictions, the main finding was that the expansive learning process has potential to enhance farmer learning and practice of sustainable agriculture. It does this by mobilising distributed cognition among participants as well as their preparedness to act. Through the expansive learning processes in each case study, research participants were able to question their practices, surface contradictions, model solutions and implement them, and thus build individual, collective and relational agency reflexively. Observation of this required micro-analysis of agentive talk and reflective talk. The study contributes in-depth insight into participatory research and learning processes, especially within the context of people-centred learning and innovation in the agricultural development arena. It provides empirical and explanatory insight into how change oriented social learning can emerge and be expanded in Education for Sustainable Development, explaining learning and change relationships in three sustainable agricultural practices. It also provides learning and extension tools to work with contradictions that arise from intentionality, experience, context and history in farming and training activity systems. Its key contribution lies in providing in-depth insight into mobilisation of human agency and reflexivity in change oriented sustainable agriculture learning and development, processes that are critical for responding to contemporary socio-ecological issues and risks.
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Tunnicliffe, Susan Dale. "Talking about animals : studies of young children visiting zoos, a museum and a farm." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/talking-about-animals--studies-of-young-children-visiting-zoos-a-museum-and-a-farm(a105c4f2-ac03-4746-b48e-b42aa5858ff1).html.
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Bejot, Laurent. "La professionnalisation des agriculteurs par la formation professionnelle continue : représentations et usages différenciés de la FPC." Thesis, Reims, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015REIML015.
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Cette thèse traite de la Formation Professionnelle Continue (FPC) des agriculteurs. Nous avons fait le choix d'avoir recours aux concepts et notions de la sociologie anglo-saxonne et française des professions, des groupes professionnels et de la professionnalisation. Les agriculteurs se sont vus confier un ‘mandat' issu des politiques publiques et de la demande sociale : l'autosuffisance alimentaire élargie aujourd'hui à la sécurité sanitaire et au respect de l'environnement. Les agriculteurs constituent un groupe professionnel qui voit alors son métier évoluer.Les instances professionnelles agricoles, à partir de relations complexes tissées avec les pouvoirs publics, se sont engagées dans la dynamique de professionnalisation du groupe par la formation à travers des questions d'entrée dans le métier, de savoirs, de compétences.Notre thèse interroge l'idée que les agriculteurs constituent un groupe professionnel en mutation, dont la composition identitaire apparait complexe, fragmentée et en évolution. L'intellectualisation et l'entrepreneuriat deviennent des dimensions majeures du métier que le groupe doit s'approprier. Nous montrons que la détention d'une ‘licence' accordée par les pouvoirs publics permet à ce groupe professionnel un usage différencié de la FPC. Cette différenciation marque l'émergence d'identités plurielles et complexes mettant le profil de ‘chef d'entreprise' au cœur de la dynamique de reprofessionnalisation engagée.C'est l'analyse des mécanismes entre les processus de professionnalisation, la construction des identités professionnelles des agriculteurs, et le recours à la formation qui est au cœur des résultats développésThis thesis deals with continuing vocational training (CVT) for farmers. The choice has been made to resort to Anglo-Saxon and French sociological concepts and notions when linked to occupations, professional groups and continued professionalization. Farmers have been given a mandate stemming from public policy and social demand: food self-sufficiency, coupled with today's greater need for food security and respect for the environment. Farmers therefore constitute a professional group whose occupation is constantly evolving.The agricultural professional bodies, by means of complex relationships forged with the governing bodies, have engaged themselves in the dynamics of professionalization of farmers through questions about job access, professional knowledge and skills.This thesis questions the idea that farmers constitute a changing professional group, whose identity composition appears complex, fragmented and evolving. Intellectualization and entrepreneurship are becoming major dimensions of the occupation which the group must adapt to. It is shown that the possession of a licence granted by public authorities offers farmers different uses of the CVT provided. This differentiation brings about the emergence of multiple and complex identities while emphasizing the entrepreneurial aspect at the heart of the dynamics of reprofessionalization.It is the analysis of the mechanisms between the professionalization processes, the construction of professional identities of farmers and the use of training that is at the heart of the obtained results
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Ngxetwane, Vuyolwethu. "Integrated crop-livestock farming system for sustainable economic empowerment of small-scale and emerging farmers in the former homeland of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: a case study of Ciskei area in Nkonkobe municipality." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/459.
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For decades, there has been significant investment in the development of agricultural technologies that aim to increase productivity of smallholder farmers in Africa. But farm output and productivity have stagnated and poverty rates have remained high and even increasing in some areas. At the same time, increases in human population levels have resulted in rising demand for food as well as for arable land. The growing intensification of farming has been accompanied by degradation of wild lands, including tropical forests and wetlands, at an alarming rate. Further pressure on fragile land has come from associated urbanization, leading to agricultural land being converted to residential and industrial uses with serious consequences for agricultural production and food supply. The recent increases in food prices across the globe as well as South Africa have drawn attention to this problem even more strongly. The main objective of the current study was to investigate farmer’s perception of the relative importance of crop-livestock integration in the small holder farming systems. Data were collected from 70 emerging and smallholder farmers selected by stratified random sampling in the communities surrounding Alice, Middledrift and the Seymour- Balfour area of Nkonkobe municipality of the Eastern Cape Province. To collect the data, a semi-structure questionnaire was administered to the respondents through face-to-face interviews. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the farmers in terms of their socio-economic and demographic backgrounds. A series of multiple linear regression models and a binary logistic regression equation were fitted to determine the factors influencing farmers’ perception and how these in turn contribute to the decision to adopt or not to adopt crop-livestock integration. The results of the study reveal that small farmers in the Nkonkobe municipality have the possibility of realizing immense benefits from the integrated systems which also have the potential to lead to substantial improvements of the physical, chemical and biological soil properties. There is clear evidence of widespread interest to experiment with the practices based on the strong positive perceptions that a majority of the survey farmers exhibited during the course of the survey. But the farmers are facing challenges in coping with the associated complexities of competition on land, and management skill which are often in limited supply. That in most cases is not enough and efficient even to manage one of these two enterprises alone and reduction in crops yield due to use of manure as a substitute of fertilizer. Constraints to integrating crops and livestock include the competition for resources, especially land. Managing two types of farming on the same farm was perceived as difficult and many respondents held the view that use of waste of one enterprise as input to the other enterprise can reduce productivity. For example some farmers considered that the use of manure to improve soil fertility may not lead to output growth to the same extent as the use of fertilizer. A number of farmers (86%) pointed out that they only market their produce after deducting their consumption share, highlighting the crucial role of food security as a motivation for crop-livestock integration. Complementation of inputs rather than substituting inputs is required to render the system more productive and sustainable as costs are minimized and output is boosted. Associations of grain and livestock producers are useful for filling these gaps which include limited access to credit, technology and knowledge and can promote the adoption of a crop-livestock system.
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Wang, Huey-Jen, and 王惠珍. "The Study on Management Training Systems for Farmer Association’s Departments- 「Core Competencies」and「Training Need」as Variables." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61538895383818977475.
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碩士淡江大學
全球華商經營管理數位學習碩士在職專班
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The Farmer Association has been established in Taiwan for more than one century, the customers who Farmer Association serving are more than seven millions that includes the farmers and their families. Their business scope is very wide, the Farmer Association is a very important organization indeed in Taiwan. In 1980, the Farmer Association established a Joint Training Union Officially（NTIFO）. Although the regulations clearly defined the managers in Farmer Association must have to be well trained before taking their manager positions, there has not been a completed training system to develop the managers’ competencies. This study tries to identify the core competencies of the manager and confirm the contents and guideline of each competency in order to design some training courses to develop managers’ core competencies and training needs. The target for this study is to provide suggestions for developing training system to train managers in the Farmer Association. Using literature review、expert panel、deeply interview and questionnaire methods，we identify six core competencies which are criteria for being promoted as a manager in the Farmer Association. The six core competencies are professionalism, communication skills, innovation, leadership, marketing and service capability, and finally information management. Through the panel and depth interview, we have identified 23 items are required for being a manager in the Farmer Association, these 23 items are about the training needs, demand side, and the principles of behavior of each competency. According to the internal survey in the Farmer Association, by analyzing 405 questionnaires, the executive chair of Farmer Association or employees have almost the same understanding as the results of panel about the major training needs for the managers. The training system includes the training purpose, trainee arrangement, training hours, training methodology, and training examples. The training purpose is various and depend on the core competency development. The training methodology is proposed to be “Traditional” & “Program model”. The traditional training is constrained by the training time, so that the way is to through some comprehensive discussions to complete the Six core competencies development. The program model is defined to have single course to develop each core competency, the training time is designed by each different course. Without finishing the total six courses, the manager candidate can’t be awarded.The Council of Agriculture, the training institute and the Farmer Association will have to consider which way is better to enhance managers’ capability. The result of this study reveals the Joint Training Union has to build a completed training system to offer job training for employees in the Farmer Association. Each training program has to fit the needs of the trainee significantly. The training methodology has to be flexible absolutely. An efficient and productive training must be able to enhance the trainee’ core competencies. This study does enrich the humor resource management in the Farmer Association, helps the Council of Agriculture concentrate on the importance of the manager development instead of just giving graduate certificate easily. In addition, this study provides the training organization and the Farmer Association some concepts about how to well develop the manager’s core competencies which should match organization goal change, business improvement, service offering, environment change, and future needs.
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Chih, Chun-Chi, and 池俊吉. "Evaluation of Taiwan local farmer association extension agents on-the-job training." Thesis, 1997. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82439882920147063765.
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Lin, Jyun-wei, and 林俊維. "A Study of Non-Profit Organization (Farmer Association) Education Training System, Organization Culture, and Organization Performance." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r6hm4k.
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碩士國立勤益科技大學
工業工程與管理系
106
With a present-day climate characterized by more competition, non-profit organization’s operation has become more complicated. They may be replaced anytime and anywhere. Additionally, with a rapidly changing environment, non-profit organization’s educative training has become significant to making employee’s more competitive and contributing to the growth of the organization. This type of training also shows that the non-profit organization’s culture affects its operation relatively. Educative training is crucial for substantially influencing the development of the organization. This study used the National Farmers’ Association as a case study to explain the differences among three aspects: educative training, organizational culture, and organizational evaluation. After distributing 300 questionnaires in the central region of Taiwan, this study used SPSS and Structure Equation Modeling to analyze the data. Findings showed a significant positive correlation between: educative training and organizational culture; educative training and organizational evaluation; and organizational culture and organizational evaluation. The study validated the educative training model, and the organizational culture and organizational evaluation were found to be relevant. Moreover, the educative training was found to affect organizational culture significantly by enhancing employee cooperation and performance, which may contribute to organizational evaluation.
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Molefe, Thato. "Qualitative evaluation of smallholder and organic farmer decision support tool (DST) and its improvement by inclusion of a disease management component." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8467.
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Historically, South Africans, particularly small-scale farmers have had little support and hence lack tools and information when faced with production decisions. Information plays an important role in enlightening people, raising their level of knowledge and in turn improving their standard of living and participation in decision making process. Research shows that Information Communication Technology (ICT) like Decision support tools (DSTs) plays an important role in systematic dissemination of information in agriculture, thus improving the quality of farmers’ decisions. Decision support tools provide up-to-date data, procedures and analytical capacity leading to better-informed decisions, especially in rural areas. A body of research is emerging around issues of effectiveness of DSTs for farmers in the developed world. However, few studies have focused on issues around effectiveness of these tools for farmers in the developing world, particularly for resource-limited farmers.
This study set out to evaluate the effectiveness of a new DST for organic and small-scale farmers with a group of extension officers and researchers in KwaZulu-Natal. As an extension to the DST, a crop disease management component linked to the DST was developed. The study also set to evaluate the effectiveness of the crop disease management component. Extension officers and researchers were purposively selected for this study because both groups play a major role as far as organising and disseminating information to organic and small-scale farmers is concerned.
This study identified key measures for effectiveness of DSTs and crop disease management guides using literature from the study. Two frameworks for measuring effectiveness were developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new DST and its crop disease management component with the extension officers and researchers. Focus group discussions were used for data collection. The frameworks were used as a base for the focus group discussions. Focus groups were conducted to explore and establish whether in the light the groups (extension officers and researchers), the new DST and its crop disease management component are effective.
Results from the study revealed that extension officers and researchers felt that the DST and its crop disease management component are effective since they meet key measures for effectiveness identified in the framework. The groups agreed that the DST and its crop disease management component are relevant to small-scale farmers. They also agreed that the DST has the ability to improve access to information for small-scale farmers. Lastly, they also agreed that the DST and its crop disease management component are transparent (meaning flexible and user friendly) for small-scale farmers. Some of the areas for improvement identified by the groups included a need for information on pests and more diseases for the DST and the crop disease management component.
Although the groups felt that both the DST and crop disease management were effective, they strongly recommended a need for another study that will aim at developing a pest management component of the DST as this was clearly requested by groups in this study. Results of this study showed that half the respondents felt that the DST was easy enough to be used by small-scale farmers without help from extension officers, while the other half believed that small-scale farmers will still need the help of extension officers to show them how to use the DST. Government and other relevant institutions need to provide appropriate training for these farmers, making the DST useful to them.Thesis (M.Agric)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
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Chiu, Li-An, and 邱立安. "Exploring Factors Affecting Training Effectiveness of Farmers’ Computer Skill Training." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24429378985772901247.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
農業推廣學研究所
96
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors of training effectiveness. This study considered both individual and organizational factors and applied hierarchical linear model (HLM) analysis method to examine the structure with affecting factors of farmers’ computer training effectiveness. There are five individual factors, three organizational factors and four training effectiveness criteria in the study structure. The five individual factors are gender, age, education, occupation, and information communication technology (ICT) experience of participants. The three organizational factors are levels of training, types of training host, and regions of training delivery. The four training effectiveness criteria are perceived satisfaction, perceived usefulness, mastering of learning, and confidence of learning transfer. For the individual factors, findings of the study show that firstly, male performed better than female on three training effectiveness criteria: perceived usefulness, mastering of learning, and confidence of learning transfer. Secondly, the age of trainee significantly influence all training effectiveness criteria. However, except for the criterion “perceived satisfaction”, the age of trainee has effects on the other three criteria. Thirdly, the education of trainees significantly influences three training effectiveness criteria. Fourthly, the trainees who are not professional farmers performed better than the farmers in terms of perceived usefulness of training. Lastly, the ICT experience of trainees significantly influence three training effectiveness criteria. For the organization factors, findings of the study show that only training program significantly influence two training effectiveness criteria: perceived satisfaction and usefulness of training. This finding means that the trainee who participate in basic level training programs performed better than who participate in advanced level program in terms of perceived satisfaction and usefulness of training. On the other hand, the region factor at organizational level played a key role of having positive moderating effects on the explanation of the relationships among two individual-level affecting factors. One is among the ICT experience of trainee and perceived satisfaction of training; the other is the age of trainee and confidence of learning transfer.
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Chou, Zou-nan, and 周若男. "The Motivation about Subsidiary Skill Training for Farmers." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/95133251553199950665.
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Wang, Sheng-Ping, and 王勝平. "The Training Effectiveness on Farming Ability:The Case Study of training programs of Farmers’ Academy." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6synh5.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
生物產業傳播暨發展學研究所
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The main focus of this study is to investigate the impact of The Farmers'' Academy training programs on the improvement of professional farming ability, analysis of whether the participation criteria for these training programs are appropriate standards of differentiation using objective data such as training effectiveness, and exploration of whether the training programs designed to improve farmers'' professional abilities truly contribute to the elevation of professional farming performance. This study utilized data from training performance evaluation surveys of The Farmers'' Academy trainees from 2012 and 2013. Data analysis was conducted using research methodologies such as Wilcoxon signed-rank test, t-test, principal components analysis, multiple regression analysis, and two stage least squares. Research findings suggest that The Farmers'' Academy training programs significantly contribute to improving the professional farming abilities of participating trainees. Nevertheless, current participation criteria standards of differentiation are inadequate for clearly distinguishing suitable trainees. Among all the improved abilities of professional farmers, advances in "production, human resource and research and development abilities" are most beneficial towards elevating professional farming performance. It is recommended that The Farmers'' Academy training program participation criteria undergo further evaluation and adjustment, or that trainee selection and evaluation mechanisms should be established according to the participation criteria of each program level. The training programs are designed to improve the professional farming abilities of participating farmers. These improved abilities should therefore contribute toward enhancing farming performance. The effectiveness of training programs should also be continuously monitored in order to clearly understand and evaluate the ways in which programs have contributed toward elevating both professional farming abilities and farming performance.
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Tseng, Chih-mei, and 曾智美. "Education and training for animal husbandry farmers in Kaohsiung County." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29216566007306932392.
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碩士國立中山大學
高階公共政策碩士班
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This study assessed through interviews the effectiveness of education and training for animal husbandry farmers in Kaohsiung County, based on the model formulated by D.L. Kirkpatrick, which includes the effectiveness of four tests on such levels as reaction, learning, behavior, and results. A s to the level of reaction, parking places were what the farmers were more cared about. Regarding curriculum, the farmers approved of what the agencies in charge had done with relation to content, teaching materials, and teachers. At the same time, the farmers more expected that more sessions could be offered, numbers of teaching hours could be increased, more pictures would be added to teaching materials, the instruction could be more practical, and teachers could describe on-site or clinical experience so as to share with the farmers. As to the level of learning, the farmers confirmed that attending education and training could increase their knowledge and technical skills in relation to preventing diseases and make them more confident in managing the farm (their work). So on the level of learning, the value is positive. The farmers looked forward to participating in visits and observation sessions so as to learn others’ strengths and advantages. In addition, public health and husbandry management that have been increasingly emphasized are what the farmers most anxious to learn. As to the level of behavior, the farmers were more conservative in relation to the application of education and training in work. They would rather first try part of it, adjusted step by step, and then observed and augmented application. This was true to both farm management and workflow. However, the farmers emphasized the provision of information and sharing of practices and experience as what they needed most. As to the level of results, the farmers agreed that they could increase their production and revenue by decreasing costs and the death of animals when the animals grow up. They consider education and training helping in this regard. What the farmers really need from government agencies are focused on site work (practices). They expect government agencies to provide information, teachers, and teaching materials in this regard. At present, epidemic and contagious diseases are raging, and they hope to receive advice and assistance so as to avoid any trouble and losses that may be caused by sudden diseases.
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Yang, Cin-Sian Tang, and 湯楊欽憲. "Farmers training needs assessment-For example Guangfu Township Hualien County." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h962v9.
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碩士國立中興大學
生物產業管理研究所
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This study used the method of training needs assessment to investigate the needs of farmers in the area of farmers in Hualien County, and discussed the different types of operators such as crop categories, specialty, and age, etc. In order to present the current situation of agricultural training needs in the region, another questionnaire survey was conducted in the Guangfu Township area from January to March 2018. The farmers'' meeting was held for distribution. Finally, 323 effective questionnaires were collected. The overall recovery rate was 84%. . The research tool was a questionnaire for the "Rural Training Needs Assessment for the Hometown Farmers" questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were conducted with subdistribution, percentages, sample averages, and standard deviations. Cross-analysis was used to understand the relationship between the two variables. The characteristics were dependent or independent. After analyzing the research data, important research conclusions were obtained, including: (1) The most suitable training time for the respondents in the Guangfu Township area was higher on holiday; (2) In the most appropriate number of training days, farmers in the Guangfu Township area agreed that 3 days of training days was most suitable for the training days of local farmers; (3) In the most appropriate training methods, there were five methods: lecture method, group discussion, apprenticeship training, case study, and digital teaching. Professional farmers and peasants For the speech method, there was a high degree of support for 54.5% and 38.2%, and the support for apprenticeship training for the secondary industry farmers is 32.7%. Different backgrounds have different training methods. (4) The training content needs will be divided into 13 courses: Territorial Adaptability Assessment Course, Variety Adaptability Assessment Course, Cultivation Management Course, Pest Management Course, Fertilizer Management Course, Harvest Processing Course, Business Strategy Course, Agricultural Ethics Courses, quality management courses, marketing management courses, human resources, courses, financial management courses, agricultural machinery courses, etc., with 51-60-year-old, sideline farmers, cultivation of rice crops, etc., had significant training needs for the above 13 courses. The results of this study showed that the surveyed farmers in the region had demonstrated significant development needs for agricultural technology functions. Further in-depth exploration could also reveal that agricultural operators grew with age, the type of major crops they were growing in, and the degree of special service, etc. For the development of various projects, there were different requirements for professional training and development. Therefore, training courses should be designed in accordance with the development of regional industries.
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Chen, Yi-Hsin, and 陳羿欣. "Analysis on Youth Farmers Training and Development Policy in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22107NCHU5855009%22.&searchmode=basic.
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碩士國立中興大學
生物產業管理研究所
107
In the face of the aging agricultural population in Taiwan, the government actively encourages young people to become farmers. However, in this wave of agricultural change, young farmers are faced with a series of difficulties and challenges, and their problems will vary with the stage of agriculture. This study adopts a qualitative research, using in-depth interviewing to interview active young farmers, discussing the difficulties faced by young farmers in the process of farming, and the limitations with conditions of their development under the implementation of existing agricultural policies. Trying to use relevant agricultural policies to find solutions and ways to improve the problem. Through the perspective of young farmers, analyzing their expectation and related recommendations for agricultural policies. The results of the study show that young farmers have difficulties in acquiring land and human resources, and there is a lack of courses for post-harvest treatment, marketing lessons and non-mainstream cash crops. In the agricultural product verification of the stamps, the crops with obtained the production and sales history have no obvious market segmentation in the market. The Young Farmers Association, which is organized by young farmers in the local area, provides the young farmers with the function of substantial companionship and guidance. But it needs subsidies for relevant operating expenses to create more useful activity for members. By analyzing the results, it can provide relevant recommendations for relevant government agencies in the future when formulating policies or implementing relevant procedures. Through the analysis results, this study hopes to alleviate the problems encountered by young farmers during their transition from farming in the future, and also hopes to contribute to young farmers.
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Shu-Yi, Chen, and 陳舒怡. "A Study of Training Needs for Farmers’ Associations in Taipei County." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25587246554299627310.
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碩士國立臺北大學
公共行政暨政策學系
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To react to enormous impacts with WTO and financial liberalization, the Farmer’s Association is forced to shift its ways of operations. Human resource is the main urgent in re-engineering and organization innovation. Except recruiting the new outsiders, the concept of training and educating talent staffs within Farmer’s Association to reserve adequately abilities for facing the challenges is more efficient. This study merges both current literatures and intensive interviews to bring up Farmer’s Association’s self-criticism and analysis for current training courses and operations. Analysis the needs of training courses, with in considerations of organization concepts, task descriptions, and individual personal, this study provides the evidences for future trainings and planning of human resources as the followings: 1.Planning and adjusting training courses and contents. i.Adjusting the numbers of courses to fit the different needs of each Farmer’s Association. ii.Strengthen the abilities of creatively planning and relevant trading skills for personals in departments of sales and marketing. iii.Providing essential courses for staffs of departments of insurance and affairs under the limited resources. iv.Besides professional courses, enterprising marketing, computer information science, communications and coordinating courses are also necessary courses. 2.Construction organization chart and distributing responsibilities. i.NTIFO is the main coordinating organization for training courses; however, insufficient courses should be provided by individual Farmer’s Associations with special needs. ii.NTIFO acts as a supporting unit which provides training materials and information of teaching staffs. 3.Relevant supplement i.To encourage the staffs to participate courses and trainings, the Farmer’s Association may record the conduct or offer prizes. ii.The government body may offer assists in providing training budgets and in expecting the returns of a well-developed and well-trained Farmer’s Association.
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Chen, Huei-Jen, and 陳惠貞. "Research on training transfer factors of extension agents of Farmers'' Associations." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63431470490969668032.
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碩士國立中興大學
生物產業推廣暨經營學系所
97
In Taiwan, the training for extension agents of Farmers’ Associations (FAs) is very complicated. When investing a lot of time and money in training, organizations always expect that it can lead to more beneficial results. Training transfer is a prerequisite of ensuring the training effectiveness. Without training transfer, it is impossible for learning outcomes deriving from training to transform into behavioral changes at workplace. From the standpoint of human resource development, to construct a systematic measure for the examination of training transfer is necessary. This study taking advantage of Taiwanese Learning Transfer System Inventory (TLTSI) as the main research tool aims to explore factors affecting training transfer of FAs’ extension agents. The sample for investigation consists of 196 FAs’ extension agents who had completed training of all kinds in the last half year prior to their participation in this study. In addition to identifying influential factors related to training transfer, the current study also has an attempt to understand if there exist differences in the factors identified due to trainees’ personal background or variation in training courses. Findings of the present study conclude fourteen factors affecting training transfer of FAs’ extension agents in Taiwan. It is also revealed that some personal and training course variables have an effect on factors affecting training transfer. The results suggest these fourteen factors can be used for the purpose of evaluating training transfer. Moreover, FA organizations should establish their own training system in combination with setting up more specific training goals to facilitate training transfer.
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高正忠, KAO CHENG-CHUNG, and 高正忠. "The Relationships among of Training Characteristics, Training Motivation to Transfer and Training Transfer Behavior: The case of The Farmer's Academy." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/dg7y8q.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
技術及職業教育研究所
107
The present study aims at exploring the relationship of training transfer behavior, training motivation to transfer and training characteristics. And understanding the training characteristics, Training Motivation to Transfer and Training Transfer Behavior of peasant of Advanced Training of The Famer’s Academy. In a sample of n = 408 peasants who participated advanced training of The Famer’s Academy that held by Hualien Agricultural research and extension station in 2017 and 2018. Letter date collection using from 92 respondents was made and analyzed using bivariate correlations and hierarchical multiple regression. Moreover, regression revealed that content validity of the advanced training is good, the similarity with the work of the participants is high, and the transfer design of the training is helpful to the participants in the work. Advanced training participants are highly training motivation to transfer. The training transfer behavior of advanced training participants is good and the degree of application to practice is high, transfer quantity in practice are many and successful in practice. And the positive effects of training characteristics on training transfer behavior, the positive effects of training motivation on training transfer behavior and the positive effects of training characteristics on training motivation.
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Šálová, Andrea. "Mladá - mezi zánikem obce a vznikem vojenského cvičiště (1904-1906)." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-326046.
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1. 4. ABSTRACT Diploma Thesis Mladá - Between the Destrution of Village and the Emergence of Military Training Ground (1904-1906) discusses the turbulent lives of the parish community on Benátky-Region, which, in 1904, was in the very center of planned artillery firing ranges and military training ground of the Austro-Hungarian army. As the only one of the affected villages, Mladá was doomed, people were forced to move, and the local buildings were used to house troops, and, subsequently, they were used as artillery targets. Sacrificing Mladá village in fact brought economic prosperity to the surrounding municipalities. The Transport infrastructure had improved, local trade got new impulses, agriculture production found a new outlet in the army etc. Finally, the dissolution of Mladá village led to the emergence of a new micro-regional center, when a small village of Milovice became a town that still commemorates this historical event village through the name of one of its urban parts - Mladá.
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Kao, Yu-Fen, and 高玉芬. "A Study of Effectiveness Evaluation for Farmers Second Specialty Training in Taitung Area." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77031518112803290364.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
熱帶農業暨國際合作系所
100
In order to promote agriculture labor transfer, to provide farmers’ second specialty training has become one of the government policies. This research aims to comprehend the training situation in Taitung area from 1991 to 2010, and uses questionnaire titled “Satisfaction of farmers’ second specialty training in Taitung” as a research method. The contents include five parts: personal information, participating motivation, personal evaluation and satisfaction, training outcome, and suggestions for future curriculum. Two hundred questionnaires were sent out, with one no return and fourteen invalid ones, one hundred and eighty five questionnaires were counted valid, which means the effective return rate was 92.5%. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, factor statistics, independent t test, single factor variation analysis, and the level of important-performance IPA statistic methods. The result shows: a. People who participated in the second specialty were mainly female, aged forty one to fifty years old, married, high school level of education, household management as profession, participated at most once, mostly held by farmers’ association, and the percentage of getting a certification with a test after the training was 68.6%. b. The average value of participating motivation was 4.03, personal evaluation was 4.02, training satisfaction was 4.05, and the training outcome was 3.55. As a whole, the trainees were satisfied with the training. c. Through IPA analysis, we got the message that the trainees who felt “I get more confident when I finish the work every time” and “Teachers were very knowledgeable and skillful” were highly satisfied with the training and had high personal evaluation. The research reveals that “learning” was the main goal of the farmers’ second specialty trainings held in Taitung. The training effectiveness was affected by external factors; therefore, the conduct effectiveness evaluation was not remarkable.
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Lin, Pei-Shin, and 林佩欣. "The Influence of Organizational Commitment and Performance After Appling the Education Training in Farmers’ Association." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21843659243955533471.
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碩士國立勤益科技大學
研發科技與資訊管理研究所
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It’s a difficult assignment for farmers’ association under resource-limited era. Human resource plays an important role in the corporation for developing and creating the new technologies and ideas. It’s the fundamental basis to the business unites to keep moving forward and to earn the profit ahead. As a result, the operating performance is based on the outstanding human resource gathering, and the proper education training could influence the quality of human resource. It is the reason why the education training is essential today. The purpose of this research attends to explore the effect of performance evaluation after applying educational training based on the Kirkpatrick four level evaluation model as the foundation of ideas and verification of causal model. With questionnaire survey, we gather sample in convenience sampling in north Taiwan for empirical study. From SEM statistics, overall fit indexes pass theory threshold. Empirical results show employees’ training reactions affect the result of organization commitment through training learning and training behaviors. Futher, organization commitment affects the organizational performance, too. Thus, training learning and training behaviors are mediating in overall causal model. The conclusion of the study is employees show stronger learning achievements and learning behaviors when they have better reactions to education training. They have, as a result, higher organization commitment. In addition, the more organization commitment they exhibit, the higher organizational performance they achive. The key to promote organizational commitment is to enhance employees’ positive reactions after education training to have stronger learning achievements and learning behaviors. It is hoped that findings in this study will help managers of farmers’ association understand how employees feel after education training. We also offer suggestions for reference of administrators in operation management.
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JHUANG, YI-MIN, and 莊逸民. "A Study of Education and Training of Agricultural University on Career Development of Young Farmers." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ttx68b.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
技術及職業教育研究所
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The study aimed at exploring the motivation process of agricultural youth farmers, the learning purpose of youth farmers who train in the Farmer’s Academy and analyzing their career planning after they graduated from academy also. The study adopted three case studies who are Taiwanese youth farmers to carry on in-depth interviews. According to the analysis of literature review and the interview data, the study came to three conclusions as following: 1. The motivation of youth farmers to engage in the agriculture is the age factor of parents. They all don’t have prior knowledge about agriculture which will be achieved and advanced through peer-to-peer exchanges after entered the academy. Their current difficulties include insufficient labor supply, technology immaturity and marketing problems which are still settled by itself at present. 2. The reason why youth farmers train in the Farmers’ Academy is to enable to expand their connections and to study different agricultural technologies, especially the field of soil conservation and medication safety. Additionally, the impact of post-training, the gained knowledge and the achieved technology conduce to the practical application. 3. There are two options for youth farmers in the career planning. One is to change their job, and another is to improve on their career which cause agricultural development to get better. Moreover, they hope to do academic training in career planning which cause jobs in the agriculture to quickly start and continuous self-growth. Finally, based on the results, the study made some suggestions for youth farmers, training institutions such as the Farmers’ Academy and future research.
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TSAI, CHING-FEN, and 蔡靜芬. "The Study of Relationships between Educational Training and Team Efficacy for Tzukuan Farmers' Association of Kaohsiung City." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02392345933843902212.
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碩士高苑科技大學
經營管理研究所
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The key essentialities for enterprises to survive and develop in the competitive business world are the planning and applications in human resources management. Above all, the educational trainings are the direct methods to develop employees’ knowledge, professional skills, and proper working attitudes within the enterprises. They are also important media which affecting the output of the enterprise’s team performance. The main purpose of this research is to study the relationships between educational trainings and team efficacy in Tzukuan Farmers’ Association of Kaohsiung City and in addition, also to analyze the different perspectives of the staffs with different personal backgrounds, regarding the interactions among educational trainings, learning attitudes, and team effectiveness. The questionnaires survey for the Study of Relationships between Educational Training and Team Efficacy for Tzukuan Farmers’ Association of Kaohsiung City was conducted as an implementing tool of this research. This study took samples mainly from the current employees of Tzukuan Farmers’ Association of Kaohsiung City. A total of 105 questionnaires were distributed, and the number of valid questionnaires is 99 of 105. The retrieving rate was 98.01%. The concrete results of this study are summarized as followings: 1. Educational training and team efficacy for Tzukuan Farmers’ Association of Kaohsiung City has significant positive relationship. 2. Learning attitudes and team efficacy for Tzukuan Farmers’ Association of Kaohsiung City has significant positive relationship. 3. Learning attitudes has significant positive relationships with educational trainings and team efficacy.
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Wang, Yahsuan, and 王雅萱. "The effect of job involvement and motivation to training participation in job performance - elderly farmers in flower-planting industry." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63484405545619839957.
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碩士國立臺北大學
金融與合作經營學系
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This study conducts the related analysis between the job involvement and the motivation of training participation on professional elderly farmers in flower-planting industries. The method of data collection is questionnaire measurement assisted by promoters in local farmers’ associations. We sample the production and marketing team lists in Taiwan flower-planting production brochure according to the ratio of planting areas. The amounts of questionnaires we collected are 217 among three flower-planting districts in Taiwan, that is, the north, the midst , and the south of Taiwan. With the variance analysis and the path analysis, we found that farmers with varied traits have significant influences on the job involvement and the motivation of training participation. This study allocates the motivation of training participation into six factors: the specialist status, the social stimulation, the social service, the outer expectation, the social contact, and the cognition of interests. We discover the elderly farmers have considerable differences in each factors when they are in different genders, ages, education degrees, market channels and profits. It is revealed that the flower farmers prefer the training courses hold by local and farmers’ associations as the elderly farmers pay their most attention on training courses hold by the agriculture research institutes and the agriculture research and extension stations. We also found that the higher job involvements the elderly farmers have, the stronger motivation of training participation they have. Moreover, their job performances are even better.
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Buhl, Martin Thomas. "Agriculture In change: evaluation of factors influencing the adoption of smart farming technologies in Portugal." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/132387.
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Recent developments in technology, such as Smart Farming Technologies (“SFT”),have the potential of revolutionizing agriculture .However, the level of adoption falls short of expectations, implying the importance of understanding the drivers of and barriers to technology adoption. Based on interviews with sector experts and field survey data, this paper analyses factors that may condition the adoption of SFT in Portugal. The logistic regression shows the importance of cost of investment, trialability of the technology, the awareness of available training programs and external financing, as well as the age and education of farmers for the adoption of SFT.
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吳思信. "A Study of the Factors that Influence Learning Effectiveness - An Analysis of the Training Project about the Subsidiary Skill for Farmers and Fishermen." Thesis, 1994. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52549152318287038441.
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碩士國立中興大學
農業推廣教育研究所
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In order to play a more useful role in modern soclety, adult have to be able to absorb new knowledge continuously. However, because they have already finished formal education, it is important for them to participate in vocational training, especially for the under-educated farmers and fishermen. This study is based on the project about the subsidiary skill for farmers and fishemen which examlnes the factors that in-fluence the effectiveness of vocational training. Using adult learning theory as a basis, we attempt to find out the motivation of participants, the teaching style, the currlculum deslgn, the learning of participants and the learnlng effec-tiveness of the training, and also the causal relationship of those factors. One would hope that the findings can provide some suggestions for improving the training programs. The results of the research revealed, that although the participants showed weak learning motivation, however, the majohty fully partlcipated. Although the participants had positive comment regarding the teaching style and curriculum design, it was also indicated that "the total training period ", "the adjustment of curriculum content" and "the supporting equipment" had to be improved. The effectiveness is not good enough, because only 12% of participants are able to utilize the new skills to find additional employment. Analysis of variance showed that participants with different skills had different learning motivation, learning and learning effectiveness, also had different satlsfaction of teaching skill, varying curriculum adjustment and utility of the curriculum. The participants of make-up skill were more satisfied with teaching skill, curriculum adjustment and the utility of the curriculum, the participants of plumbing and electric skill had higher motivation, learnlng and learning effectiveness. Path analysis showed that learning motivation and curriculum design had both of positive and significant ifluence on learning. Learning motivation. teaching style and learning had positive and significant influence on learning effectiveness, too. The result highlinghts that learning motivation, teaching style, curriculum design and learning are all important factors that influence learning effectiveness. Therefore, we suggest that the agencies that develop the programs should encourage only those whose motivation is congruous with the training objectives, and offer the suitable training period and supply enough learning materials. If the teachers, based on the need of participants, can adjust their curriculum content, then they can induce the learning of the participants and therefore improve learning effectiveness.
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Chiang, Kuo-Yuan, and 江國源. "Study of the Relationships between Personality traits, training and job involvement –A Case Study on Renwu farmer’s association employee." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25959199717581925284.
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碩士義守大學
管理學院碩士班
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Taiwan set up the nation based on agriculture . Taiwan‘s agriculture facing more tough challenge after joined WTO and the global climatic rapidly changing, the farmer’s life has been effected directly as well. Farmers Association play a local banking role to serve the farmer, such as: banking, agriculture technique, assurance and marketing, etc., it is the farmer’s most trust association. Moreover, Because of free banking market and external environment changing that effects Farmers Association business. Therefore, its operation system should be more adequate to serve farmers and customers. By this study, I want to research the correlation among Personality traits, Training and Job involvement to provide some suggestion to the managers and directors of Farmers Association. In this study, we discussed on the correlation among JEN-Wu Farmers Association staff’s Personality traits, Training and Job involvement . I totally issued 54 copies of survey questionnaires. There are 54 copies are valid and the effective recovery is 100%. In this study, I researched by analysis of variance, correlation analysis, the impact of inter-variable analysis methods such as statistical analysis. The results were showed as follows: 1.There was a significant difference among Personality traits, Training. It means that Personality traits and training are affirmative with Job involvement . 2.There was a significant difference among personal attributes (gender, age, marriage status, level of education, length of service, job title, etc.), personality traits, training, Job involvement. 3.Farmers staff is willing to be trained and learn that will be more active to search the working knowledge . Of course, the job performance is positive, too.
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Bragg, Abigail Nicole. "The Eugenic Origins of Indiana's Muscatatuck Colony: 1920-2005." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/24083.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This thesis examines the widely unknown history and origins of Muscatatuck Colony, located in Butlerville, Indiana. The national eugenics movement impacted the United States politically, medically, legally, and socially. While the United States established mental institutions prior to the eugenics movement, many institutions, including ones in Indiana, were founded as eugenic tools to advance the agenda of achieving a “purer” society. Muscatatuck was one such state institution founded during this national movement. I explore various elements that made the national eugenics movement effective, how Indiana helped advance the movement, and how all these elements impacted Muscatatuck’s founding. I investigate the language used to describe people that were considered “mentally inferior,” specifically who the “feeble-minded” were and how Americans were grouped into this category. I research commonly held beliefs by eugenicists of this time-period, eugenic methods implemented, and how these discussions and actions led to the establishment of Muscatatuck in 1920. Muscatatuck Colony, though a byproduct of the national eugenics movement, outlived this scientific effort. Toward the mid and late twentieth century, Muscatatuck leadership executed institutional change to best reflect American society’s evolving thoughts on mental health and how best to treat people with mental disabilities. Muscatatuck Colony reveals a complicated narrative of how best to treat or care for people within these institutions, a complex narrative that many mental institutions share.
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Letsoalo, Ngoako Lucas. "Rangeland management practices among emerging livestock farmers in Gauteng province, South Africa." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25597.
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In South Africa, communal and/or emerging farmers’ rangeland condition and grazing capacities deteriorate, because grazing capacity is usually over-estimated due to lack of knowledge on veld and livestock production system by the farmers. Woody plants has encroached in the arid and semi-arid savannas and grasslands biomes many parts of world, including in southern Africa. This causes challenges to farm owners due to its negative effects on the herbaceous plant material, which offers a substantial part of forage for livestock production. Although the consequences of deteriorating rangeland condition on livestock production is understood, there is limited research on the impact of land ownership on rangeland condition. Furthermore, knowledge on how farmers manages their livestock and rangelands.
The objectives were to document the knowledge of emerging livestock farmers on livestock-rangeland management practices, and to determine the effects of land ownership and practices on rangeland condition. Firstly, we hypothesize that, emerging livestock farmers unknowingly manages livestock in isolation from their rangelands, and secondly, rangeland in private owned lands are relatively in good conditions compared to communal and leased lands.
Fifty (50) emerging livestock farmers (i.e. ruminants) in different vegetation types and district municipalities of the Gauteng province were selected using a snowball procedure. To investigate the knowledge of emerging farmers on livestock - rangeland management practices, the farmers were asked questions about their 1) demographic information, 2) livestock management practices and 3) rangeland management practices. To test the differences in farmers’ demographic profiles, Chi-square statistics was employed. To determine the effects of land ownership on rangeland condition of the selected farms, rangeland condition among three land ownership types was compared using ANOVA, and the relations between veld condition score (%) and herbaceous biomass production (kg DM/ha) was tested using Pearson’s correlation analysis
The results revealed that, the emerging livestock farmer are dominated by males (68 %) compared to female (32%). Majority (66%) of the farmers are old aged (> 50 years) compared to middle aged (30% (31 – 50 years)) and young (< 30 years) farmers (4%). Farmers who did not receive any agricultural training were higher (74%) than farmers who had prior training (26%). Sixty-three percent of the farmers had knowledge and understanding of breeding and calving seasons of their livestock, with only 27% having no knowledge and understanding of breeding and calving seasons of their animals. Eighty-three percent of the farmers keep mixed livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) species and 17% only keep cattle. The mean cattle herd sizes were significantly lower 8.2 ± 7.16 compared to goats and sheep (15.5 ±11.2). Feed shortage was the major constrain to livestock production (46%) compared to diseases (26%), marketing (14%), stock theft (8%) and other (6%) constrains. Sixty-three percent of the farmers had knowledge and understanding of breeding and calving seasons of their livestock, with only 27% having no knowledge and understanding. Eighty-three percent of the farmers keep mixed livestock (cattle, sheep and goats) species and 17% only keep cattle. All of the farmers indicated that they did not conduct rangeland condition assessment (mainly due to lack of knowledge). All farmers did not have fodder conservation plan for their farms and highlighted that during dry season, forage is scarce for their animals. Majority (58%) of the farmers relay on government-drought relief programme compared to those who were supplementing (20%), selling their animals (14%) and those with no drought coping strategy (8%). v
Vegetation was assessed using nearest plant technique. In total, 28 grass species were identified during field survey, of which n=23, n=4 and n=2 were perennials, annuals and short-lived perennial, respectively. The most commonly observed and very palatable grass species, Digitaria eriantha had the highest frequency on private lands (n=92 and the lowest on communal lands (n=51). There were no significance difference in grass species richness and basal cover among land ownership types (P > 0.05). There were significant differences in veld condition score, large stock units, grazing capacity and herbaceous biomass production among land ownership types (P < 0.05). Private lands had a significantly higher veld condition score (69.63%) than leased (56.07%) and communal lands (52.55%). The herbaceous biomass production was positively correlated to the veld condition score (r = 0.159; P<0.005). The outcomes of this study show that emerging livestock farmers in Gauteng province have little understanding of rangeland-livestock management practices. The current results further indicated that poor grazing practices such as overgrazing might be common on leased and communal lands due to farmers’ lack of knowledge on rangeland management practices. This may lead to rangeland degradation thus negatively affecting livestock production and the livelihood of farmers who rely on farming as a source of income.Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology
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Stefano, Lynn. "Printed information access, preferences and use by farmers with potential for small-scale organic production, KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6252.
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Printed information access, preferences and use by small-scale farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, who are experimenting with or converting to organic farming, were investigated to establish the need for information on organic production, certification, and marketing. Forty-six resource-poor farmers from four groups at Umbumbulu, Tugela Ferry, KwaMashu and Muden participated in semi-structured group interviews. Guiding questions, information tabulation, ranking and sorting, and voting were used to gather data. Five printed agricultural information materials were evaluated. The findings indicated that the participants trusted and relied on intermediaries for access to innovative, research-based information, and preferred interpersonal communication over other information channels. Printed materials were valued for their permanence, while participants preferred materials in isiZulu as 75% of participants were able to read and write isiZulu or were able to ask family members to read materials in isiZulu. At least one functionally literate farmer
was a member of each of the participating farmer groups. Appropriate printed information on organic production, certification and marketing had not reached the participants. Characteristics of printed information materials preferred by participating farmers included: large typeface, photographs, drawings, step-by-step instructions, stories about people and events, context-specific
content, the use of plain language in English or preferably isiZulu.Thesis (M.Agric.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.
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KUNG, CHIA-HUI, and 龔珈慧. "Exploring the Process and Effectiveness of the Food and Farming Education Training Course - A Case Study of Fuli Township Farmers’ Association of Hualien County "2018 Food and Farming Education Promotion Model Project"." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8qj8ae.
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碩士國立臺南大學
生態暨環境資源學系生態旅遊碩士班
107
With the issue of food and farming education has bee gradually emphasized. The researchers found that most of the research was based on the farming experience of farming or the eating experience of food education. But for students living in rural areas, these are just their usual routines. Therefore, in addition to the farming experience and the dietary experience, different teaching modes are needed for food and agriculture education. This study, through the "2018 Food and Farming Education Promotion Model Project " training course of the Fuli Township Farmers Association in Hualien County, discover the purpose of the course guidance by using different teaching methods and observing the arrangement of the entire course. Explore the effectiveness of the student's learning and the effectiveness of the course in this way. In the course of the research, the teaching methods used in the training courses were found, responding to the experiential learning that scholar thinks.Through the process of creating knowledge through the transformation of experience, individual learning needs to be cycled through four stages of experience, reflection, induction and application. According to the results of the study, the results of the "2018 Food and Farming Education Promotion Model Project " training course were good. In addition to the results of the data, in the actual situation, the seed teachers selected in the training course. It also used the table game developed by the project, the food farmer, to continue to assist the Fuli Township Farmers Association to promote the activities related to food and agriculture education, and to apply what was learned in life, not only after completing the training course. Therefore, the arrangement and layout of the training courses can be provided to other researchers for reference in the future. It is also recommended that the course can be further operated once by the trainees designed by the students, and can be modified to promote the activities of the Fuli Farmers Association. In the future, the food and agriculture industry also proposes to add the concept of consumption or food mileage to show more concepts of food education.
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Landmann, Dirk Hauke. "Capacity development of small-scale farmers in developing countries: Analysis of preferences and the role of information and communication technologies." Doctoral thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-002E-E505-2.
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Worth, Steven Hugh. "An assessment of the appropriateness of agricultural extension education in South Africa." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1024.
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This thesis is about agricultural extension education. The context is agricultural extension in South Africa. It addresses the following questions: To what extent does current agricultural extension education in South Africa adequately reflect the current and changing educational and developmental imperatives? To what extent does it adequately equip extension officers and other agricultural development practitioners to deliver relevant support to farmers and farming communities? In short, how relevant is the training received by South African Agricultural Extension practitioners? The South African government has made significant changes in the policy environment governing agriculture. While the majority of the policy changes fall outside the scope of this research, it can be safely argued, as noted in the current Strategy for South African Agriculture, that the changes are fundamental. The changes redirect agriculture to the majority population which has hitherto been marginalised and generally denied meaningful access to the agricultural sector of the South African economy. To implement these changes, the agricultural sector will need appropriate skills – skills which, it is submitted – are largely lacking within the agricultural extension service and, more relevantly to this study, in Agricultural Extension curricula. In addition to the foregoing, assumptions about farmers and their roles in technology and information creation and consumption, assumptions about the roles of tertiary institutions in the triad of teaching, extension and research and indeed about the triad itself need to be challenged. A system of education which has its origins in the 1800s (before even the industrial revolution, much less the digital revolution) needs, per force, to be interrogated regularly to ensure that it delivers according to the demands of the exigencies of the time. Similarly, assumptions about the aim of development and in particular agricultural development have been questioned in many parts of the world. And yet it is submitted that in South Africa, the basic extension methodologies have not changed in any fundamental way; rather they have adopted some of the outer trappings of new approaches, without assessing the fundamentals of the core extension approach. It is believed that extension is in need of a serious review and that it is timely to do so. Recent research in Africa and elsewhere in the world indicates that extension needs be reconstructed on a different set of operational objectives led by a different vision. The extension strategy herein presented is built around a vision which places the focus on the farmer (and other land users) in the context not of technology, but of creating prosperity. The vision implies that the purpose of agricultural extension is to facilitate the establishment of self-reliant farmers who are contributing to widespread prosperity. The dual outcomes of self-reliant farmers and widespread prosperity are meant to be realised through a new set of =rules of engagement‘. Prosperity is derived out of farmers working together, sharing information, and learning together. Self-reliant farmers are an outcome of a learning partnership between farmers and extension practitioners. This study was conducted in a series of stages. The first thrust examined the nature of Agricultural Extension and the assumptions on which it is predicated. The result of this interrogation was to propose a new concept for Agricultural Extension – Agriflection – which is a learning-based concept aimed at improving the sustainability of the livelihoods of farmers through iterative development processes fostered through a learning agenda that is facilitated by an appropriately trained Agricultural Extension practitioner. To realise such a vision, it is essential that the mission of the extension service be recast to reflect the dynamics of the implications of the vision. The key elements of the mission are, therefore, client-responsiveness and partnerships. The power to realise the vision rests in three critical aspects. First is the capacity of the extension service to engage with its clients as genuine partners in a shared learning agenda. The second is the capacity of the extension service to engage with the many other agencies and organisations which supply goods and services to farmers and land users. The third is ensuring that engagements with farmers support sustainable development, that is, that production of food, fibre and fuel is socially just, economically sustainable and environmentally sustainable. This new vision and mission lay the foundation for a fundamental shift in the way agricultural extension is positioned, resourced, implemented and evaluated. The strategic goals, principles and values presented in this strategy are built on this foundation, and they, in turn, create the framework for constructing the operational plans of the extension service as well as for management and measurement of the service. The second thrust of the study was to filter the Agriflection concept through South African educational and agricultural policy. Given that the agricultural frontier is subject to change in focus and priorities, it was reasoned that the training and education of would-be extension practitioners needs to be able to respond to changes in methods and in the field. The National Government has adopted the outcomes-based model as the general structure for curriculum development. Further sustainable development/livelihoods has been adopted as the general framework for development. Outcomes-based education and sustainable development/livelihoods provide a framework for studying and developing curricula. A tool that enables curriculum analysis and development which allows for adjustment to changing imperatives while maintaining integrity in terms of education and development, would be valuable for tertiary institutions training extension officers. The result of this second thrust was the development of curriculum markers that encapsulated what non-technical knowledge and skills (i.e. Agricultural Extension knowledge and skills) were needed to be able to deliver on the imperatives of the transformation agenda of current agricultural policy. Thirty-four markers were identified. The third thrust of the study was to create a credible method to evaluate Agricultural Extension curricula and to capture and analyse data. A detailed review of methods and approaches was made resulting in fashioning the Theory-led Instructional-Design Curriculum Evaluation (TICE) method. One of the primary facets of this six-process method is questioning of the assumptions on which the discipline of Agricultural Extension is based. Such a questioning would lead to a new theory to govern the evaluation of curriculum. Ancillary to the TICE method were the methods of data collection and analysis. The study consolidated these in presence and efficacy factors. These factors measured the presence of the 34 markers in Agricultural Extension curricula and the extent to which they were addressed, if present. The fourth thrust of the study was the detailed evaluation of curricula of qualifications most commonly held by public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners. The study examined the curricula of agricultural diplomas, of three- and four-year agricultural degrees and of one-year postgraduate qualifications offered by Colleges of Agriculture and selected Universities and Universities of Technology. The fifth thrust was to conduct corroborative investigations in the public sector. This was done by surveying Agricultural Extension practitioners asking them to evaluate the extent to which they believed they have knowledge and/or skill represented by the 34 curricula markers. In addition, a brief analysis was made of Agricultural Extension practitioner job descriptions used in the public sector. This was done to determine what knowledge and skills were expected of Agricultural Extension practitioners and comparing this to the 34 markers. The study revealed that there is very limited Agricultural Extension training offered in the curricula of qualifications held by the majority of public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners. Further, using the 34 markers as the touchstone, it was determined that the current curricula do not adequately equip public sector Agricultural Extension practitioners to deliver on the agenda of current South African agricultural policy. Without extensive revision of curricula in terms of both the quantity and content of extension training, the South African public sector Agricultural Extension service will not be able to realise the intended transformation of agriculture. Its key operatives will not have the knowledge and skills needed to do so. This is a unique study. No study of its kind has ever been conducted in South Africa. Numerous studies have been conducted into the training needs of Agricultural Extension practitioners. None have gone to the extent of questioning the assumptions on which Agricultural Extension is based. None have made a critical examination of curricula in the light of current educational and agricultural policy. This study found that there is an urgent need for serious attention to be given the purpose, scope, outcomes of Agricultural Extension higher education in South Africa to ensure that it can contribute to the positive and sustainable transformation of agriculture.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.
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Ndoro, Jorine Tafadzwa. "Examining of knowledge management systems applied by extension workers supportive community gardens in the uMgungundlovu District Municipality." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8539.
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South Africa as other African countries has not been spared from the rural poverty. The South African government is trying to address this problem through various government departments. One such ministry trying to address rural poverty is the Ministry of Agriculture, working together with the provincial Ministries of Agriculture in different provinces. The provision of appropriate agricultural extension services is regarded as a tool that may be used to address rural poverty and development in South Africa’s rural areas. Appropriate extension services will depend on the knowledge management system applied by the organisation making it innovative and responsive to the needs of the farmers. The objective of this research was therefore to identify knowledge management systems applied by extension workers to support community garden farmers in the uMgungundlovu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. To address the objective, qualitative research methods, namely focus group discussion and semi-structured interviews, were used. In this research, it was evident that the extension workers were not efficiently managing knowledge within their department, among themselves as well as among the farmers. The extension workers have potential knowledge management methods in place, such as departmental meetings. However, the extension workers’ practices do not capture the true essence of knowledge management. There is no evidence that knowledge gained by extension workers during meetings and informal discussions in the organisation is translated into learning, which could lead to the development of new knowledge by the extension workers. The extension workers claimed that they are using appropriate methods to learn from the farmers and to share knowledge with them. However, the farmers do not believe that the extension workers make use of any methods to encourage knowledge sharing and learning. It is thus evident that extension workers do not integrate knowledge gained from the farmers into the improvement of their own agricultural extension practices. Agricultural extension organisations therefore need to adopt methods that encourage learning, reflection and engagement with the knowledge gained from the organisation and the farmers for real knowledge management to take place. This, in essence, will lead to the creation, sharing, utilization, absorption and transformation of knowledge.Thesis (M.Agric.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
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Síbková, Lucie. "Využití socioterapeutické farmy v rámci zaměstnávání osob zdravotně postižených na chráněných a tréninkových pracovních místech ve Středisku ekologické výchovy Toulcův dvůr." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-334745.
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The thesis addresses the topic of employment of persons with disabilities on sheltered and training positions. Its intention is to draw attention to the importance of employment in the life of these people, the importance of raising public awareness and the necessity to establish a responsive attitude of the public as well as employers in this sphere. The thesis provides a theoretical background for the issues of employment of the disabled. It intentionally explains the term of vocational rehabilitation in a broader context of active employment policy and as an element of complex rehabilitation. The thesis characterises the sphere of social entrepreneurship as one of the options where the creation of sheltered and training positions may form a central programme of an enterprise. It presents operational programmes which currently enable the creation of training positions. The thesis includes characteristics of a selected entity where training and sheltered positions are implemented on a sociotherapeutic farm. The practical section of the thesis describes the possible ways of utilising the sociotherapeutic farm in the employment of individuals with disabilities. The research section assesses the benefits of working on the farm for specific disabled individuals employed as animal attendants. Powered by TCPDF...