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Murray, Jamey Allen. "Perceptions of the Farmland Preservation Program by West Virginia farmers." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10509.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 72 p. : col. ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-53).
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Wesockes, Alison Marie. "Measuring the environmental sustainability of farmers' markets two case studies from Clark County, Washington /." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2010/a_wesockes_042210.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in environmental sciences)--Washington State University, May 2010.Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2010). "Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences." Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-80).
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Tiranutti, Vilailuk. "Farmers and free trade : views from the rice and soybean farmers in Thailand." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437944.
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Jayappa, Vinay. "Economic perspective of farmers indebtedness in suicidal prone area - Punjab, India." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4157.
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Mark, Allyssa. "Effects of Farm and Household Decisions on Labor Allocation and Profitability of Beginning Vegetable Farms in Virginia: a Linear Programming Model." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70975.
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The United States is facing a rising average age of principal farm operators and a decline in number of beginning farmers. With numerous barriers and challenges resulting in many farm failures, a majority of beginning farmers are relying on off-farm income to support their households. Decision-making and farm business planning are difficult skills to develop and improve, and the ability to develop a plan to balance on- and off-farm labor could allow farmers to make more profitable decisions. In this study, a General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is used to develop a labor management planning framework for use by Virginia's beginning vegetable farmers or service providers, such as extension agents, with the goal of improving total (on- and off-farm) profitability and farm viability. Study findings suggest that a willingness to work of 12 hours per day, 365 days per year and hired labor costs of $9.30 per hour, which is the national average for agricultural workers encourage a farmer to maintain an off-farm job, while a relatively lower off-farm wage or salary may encourage a farmer to work on the farm only. Lastly, higher hired labor costs may encourage a farmer to pursue his or her most profitable work opportunity, be it on- or off-farm, without hiring labor to maintain the farm. The model developed in this study may be used to plan multiple years of farm management to include anticipated changes in off-farm employment opportunities, land availability, product mix, and access to farm labor. The author suggests that beginning farmers who use this planning tool are able to make more informed decisions related to allocation of labor time and resources, resulting in lower failure rates for beginning farmers in Virginia. A user-friendly interface may be developed based on the study framework, to strengthen the results and increase the practicality of the tool.Master of Science
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Kleinschmidt, Rachel E. "Soil sisters : independent land owning women in Coles and Douglas counties, Illinois, 1870-1930 /." View online, 2008. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131458612.pdf.
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Miller, Stacy M. "Characteristics of farmers' market vendors in West Virginia." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3900.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 122 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-82).
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Di, Hua. "Understanding Chinese farmers' grain storage." Thesis, Montana State University, 1999. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/1999/di/DiH1999.pdf.
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China is the largest grain producer and consumer in the world. Since introducing its open-door policy in the 1980's, China has become an increasingly important grain importing country. However, China's wheat imports have varied considerably from year to year. One key issue affecting China's grain imports is its large on-farm grain reserves. This thesis is intended to examine factors significant for China's on-farm grain stocks and shed some additional light on its potential impacts on China's domestic grain markets and grain import activities. The key finding is that Chinese farmers' grain supply is primarily from self-production. The Chinese government decrees that farmers be not eligible to purchase grain from government food agencies that control 70 to 80 percent of the total marketed surplus of grain in China. This policy plus the underdeveloped domestic grain and credit markets leads Chinese farmers to store a considerable amount of grain for consumption. The food- and income-security concern of Chinese farmers is found to be another important factor in Chinese farmers' grain storage decisions. The highly variable weather, a still developing infrastructure, and frequent changes in government grain policies all increase the risk faced by Chinese farmers, thus increase their food- and income-security concerns. This thesis finds that the increasing number of farm family members working off-farm can help reduce the quantity of on-farm grain storage because of the potential remittance from more stable off-farm earnings to the farm home. It is also found that farmers tend to store less as income increases due to changes in absolute risk-aversions of farmers. The last important finding of thesis is that Chinese farmers' grain storage is somewhat price-elastic, in contrast with suggestions by some Chinese economists that China's on-farm grain storage is primarily for food-security concerns and therefore generally price-inelastic. It is also found that additions to farm household grain storage is directly elastic with respect to household grain output.
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McElwee, Gerard. "Farmers in an Entrepreneurial World." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.486990.
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This commentary covers three areas of enquiry: Entrepreneurship, Farming and Methodology. I present a synthesis of and focus on my recent publications in the area of farm entrepreneurship although other aspects of my work are discussed. I show how and why my research is predominantly focused on entrepreneurship within the farm sector. A discussion of my approach to research is followed by an examination of my role as researcher. The policy implications of the workare discussed. A number of key themes emerge. 1. Farmers are a particularly rich area for study in the area of entrepreneurial capability. 2. The myths surrounding farmers' capability to be entrepreneurial requires examination. 3. In order to enhance and develop farmers' entrepreneurial capacity they need to be able to help themselves through self-advocacy. 4. Farmers are business people in that they run businesses but in practice do not necessarily have well defined business skills. 5. The barriers to becoming entrepreneurial for farmers are greater than in other sectors. farm enterprise and hence the farmer have often been understood through the prism of economic determinism i.e. viewed as economic actors. In this sense entrepreneurial activity has been correlated with economic prosperity. The thesis develops a conceptual understanding Of the farmer as entrepreneur and provides an innovative theoretical framework based on a modelling process and taxonomy of the farmer which- enables. the complexities of the dynamic chang~ forces which act upon the life world of farm enterprise and hence the farmer has often been understood through the prism of economic determinism i.e. viewed as economic actors. In this sense entrepreneurial activity has been correlated with economic prosperity. The thesis develops a conceptual understanding Of the farmer as entrepreneur and provides an innovative theoretical framework based on a modelling process and taxonomy of the farmer which- enables. the complexities of the dynamic chang~ forces which act upon the life world of the farmer to be framed.. This framework is supported by the presented empirical work.
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Ikeanumba, C. F., and O. J. Adebiyi. "Risk management strategies for farmers." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/36039.
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Agricultural producers face many sources of variability which can affect the cash flow, net returns, and economic progress of the farm firm. The risks which producers face and the risk management responses available to producers have been significantly affected by the 2008 Farm Bill. The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program appears to significantly risk management strategies and impact direct payments, marketing loans and loan deficiency payments. Less than fully equity in the farm business creates financial risk which may compound the effects of the business risks which all farmers face. Farmers typically combine production, marketing, and financial responses to risk and practice risk balancing. Past research has often failed to consider the sequential nature of the decision-making and knowledge which becomes available during the production process. For example, grain storage investments are often analyzed assuming storage will be used each year without considering the effect of alternative market situations.
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Sorensen, Emily Allyson. "Modeling Whole Farm Systems to Enhance Beginning Small Farmer Success in Southwest Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72282.
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The number of very small farms (<10 acres) is increasing and beginning farmers (in practice for <10 years) are more likely to run them. Very small farms are typically complex systems in which the farmer manages both production of a diverse array of crops and marketing of crops directly to consumers and their failure rate in early years is high. This work seeks to increase the likelihood of success for beginning farmers by understanding these complex systems better. We collected qualitative and quantitative data from interviews with three successful beginning farm operations in Southwest Virginia covering practical and philosophical aspects of farm production, sales and management. We mapped social, environmental and economic aspects of farming systems and studied how farmers use resources (Community Capitals) and management to enhance their system's success, developing a broader definition of success that encompasses what farmers gain from farming beyond profitability. Using these maps, we created a system dynamics model of a small farm system in STELLA including unique components such as customer attraction and retention. Through model development, we learned that these successful farmers began their operations with experience and financial resources, and employed their skills, resourcefulness and cultural and social capital to charge prices for their products that could sustain their operations financially. Using our model, current and aspiring farmers, service providers, and small farm advocates will be able to simulate real or hypothetical farm systems to better understand what establishing a successful small farm might require and how to confront potential challenges.Master of Science
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Smyth, Jolene D. "Doing gender when home and work are blurred : women and sex-atypical tasks in family farming." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2007/j_smyth_071507.pdf.
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Kaberia, Bonface Kangentu. "Comparative study of roles of knowledge repositories in farmer-to-farmer knowledge exchange among smallholder dairy goat farmers in Kenya." Thesis, University of Reading, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494807.
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This study looks at the ongoing exchange of information among dairy goat keeping communities in Kenya. Its aim is to understand the mechanism of communications between farmers and to consider how this mechanism could be used to scale up development initiatives in order to create maximum impact among poor farmers. The field study was carried out in Meru Central and South districts in Kenya between September 2005-August 2006. Based on the research questions, it employed a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (for purpose of triangulation) using Focus Group Discussions (n=16), structured questionnaire interviews (n=144) and Repertory Grid interviews (n=124) to obtain data on information exchange processes among rural dairy goat farmers. The study provides and tests a conceptual and methodological framework for eliciting and studying features of the ongoing information exchange. A similar framework can also be used in evaluating the effectiveness of farmer-to-farmer extension communications in rural development.
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Wurjanto, Didy. "Why do farmers plant trees? : developing and testing a decision-making model for Indonesian farmers." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Forestry, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7594.
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The main issue faced by the Government of Indonesia (GoI) in managing its tropical forest resources is the uncontrolled forest degradation that has reached an alarming rate. This problem particularly has adversely affected the balance of wood supply and demand in Indonesia as well as creating some environmental issues. The GoI has sought to maintain and to rehabilitate its natural forest by introducing various policies and programmes. One of these programmes is to create new resources through encouraging landowners to grow trees for timber production.
A case study using multiple social science methods was conducted in Riau Province of
Indonesia with the objective of understanding landowners' reasons, aspirations and decision-making regarding tree planting. Understanding these topics is very important for planning and implementing further policies and projects relating to tree planting on private land for timber production. To date, only a few studies of landowners' decision-making regarding tree planting have been conducted in Indonesia. The research used unstructured interviews to identify the tree planting issues directly from the landowners themselves. Primary data and information obtained from the 146 farmers and landowners were then arranged into a hierarchical decision model (HDM) in order to examine and to understand decision-making. The tree-like model formulated in this study represents details of the landowners' decision-making process and explains why they decided to plant or not to plant trees on their lands. The model does not simply list the factors influencing the farmers' decision-making, nor only presents the main reasons and constraints that the landowners took into account before they decided to grow trees, but also provides details about the process of their decision-making.
The decision model was then tested to evaluate how well it predicted behaviour. The testing procedure used a questionnaire survey that involved a sample of 309 randomly selected respondents in the same study area. The survey was conducted with the help of the survey helpers, and the questions in the questionnaire were based on the decision criteria that represent the model. The results show that the model was able to predict decision-making behaviour with a reasonable accuracy of 82 percent. In addition the research used statistical tests to analyse quantitative data obtained from the model-testing period. Both qualitative and quantitative results were then compared, and the results obtained from quantitative analysis supported and strengthened the findings obtained from the decision tree model. The combination of results from the qualitative and quantitative approaches has increased understanding of tree planting decision-making.
The hierarchical decision tree model is one of the cognitive science models which has worked well in representing farmers' decision-making in the study area, and was a suitable approach to address the objectives of this research. Different from similar research that highlights only the significant factors influencing farmers' decision-making, the HDM model in this thesis showed that farmers responded to distinctive combinations of economic and social factors in making decisions regarding tree planting. The model also showed the details of the decision-making process that it is not possible to represent with economic models or statistic behaviour models.
Based on real-life decision-making, the model in this research is able to show the needs as well as the aspirations of landowners and farmers regarding tree planting. The model is useful to policy makers, and shows that farmers had views and expectations different from the Indonesian government. The current policies provided by the GoI are not sufficient to encourage farmers to manage trees on their own farms. In order to have more farmers or landowners participate in the tree-planting programme, the model suggests that the Indonesian government should adjust and improve the implementation of the policies in line with the needs of people who are involved in the programme. The recommended policies include providing channels for small-scale tree farmers, improving the way the GoI trains the extension agents, continue providing incentives and soft loans with more emphasis on helping small tree farmers.
It also includes giving usufruct rights to tree farmers, and introducing inter cropping systems rather than monoculture tree plantation. Decentralisation strategies can also be effective to conserve and to utilise community based forest management.
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Mofokeng, Maine Jonas. "Factors affecting the hedging decision of farmers : the case of maize farmers in Gauteng province." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71750.
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Thesis (MScAgric)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Maize is the most important field crop in South Africa. It is used for both animal feeds and human consumption. It is also used by many industries as an input, is a source of foreign exchange and of employment opportunities for many people in the country. It is an important component of the agricultural sector, plays an important role in the economy and presents opportunities in terms of agricultural investment and employment creation. The maize industry in South Africa has long history of government intervention where the price of maize was set by government through the office of the Minister of Agriculture. This was fuelled by the two Marketing Acts (of 1937 and 1968). During the period of these Acts, farmers were not exposed to international markets. However after the introduction of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (Act 47 of 1996), farmers have been exposed to international maize prices, i.e. to the forces of supply and demand. Farmers are no longer guaranteed a maize price during the beginning of the production season, and now have to use different methods to protect their income against a volatile maize price. Through forward contracting (hedging) their maize, farmers can minimize the price risk that they are facing. A number of instruments have been developed to assist farmers to protect themselves against price risk. In South Africa, SAFEX is used to reflect the expected future price of maize and it can be used by farmers as a reference for the expected price. Different factors affect the hedging decisions of farmers. The main objective of this study was to identify factors affecting the hedging decision of maize farmers in Gauteng, and hence their rate of adoption of hedging strategies. The study employed a number of methods in an effort to answer this question. Data analysis relating to factors affecting the hedging decision of the farmers was carried out using Excel and the SPSS statistical package and took the form of multiple cross tabulation. A Probit regression equation was estimated using the SPSS 20 statistical software package. In the case of the adoption rate of hedging by maize farmers in Gauteng, it was found that only 35 per cent of the maize farmers forward contract their maize against price risk. This implies that they are not protecting their income against price volatility through forward contracting. The results show that the factors that have the most influence on the decision whether to hedge are: the gender, age, and agricultural qualification of the principal decision maker; whether the decision maker is a member of a grain association and the size of that grain association; the length of period that the decision maker has been producing grain; the size of the farm; whether the farmer rents in land; the proportion of off-farm income earned and whether the farmer takes out insurance. These variables are all statistically significant at the 5 per cent level.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Mielies is die belangrikste akkerbougewas in Suid-Afrika. Dit word gebruik vir beide dierevoere en menslike verbruik. Dit word ook in baie bedrywe as ’n inset gebruik, vorm ’n bron van buitelandse valuta en verskaf werksgeleenthede aan baie mense in die land. Dit is ’n belangrike komponent van die landbousektor, speel ’n belangrike rol in die ekonomie en verskaf geleenthede in terme van landboubelegging en werkskepping. Die mieliebedryf in Suid-Afrika het ’n lang geskiedenis van regeringsingryping waardeur die prys van mielies deur die regering, by name van die kantoor van die Minister van Landbou, vasgestel is. Dit is aangevuur deur twee Bemarkingswette (van 1937 en 1968). Gedurende die tydperk van hierdie wette is boere nie aan internasionale markte blootgestel nie. Met die aanvang van die Wet op die Bemarking van Landbouprodukte (Wet 47 van 1996) is boere aan internasionale mieliepryse blootgestel, m.a.w. aan die kragte van vraag en aanbod. Boere word nie meer aan die begin van die produksieseisoen ’n mielieprys gewaarborg nie, en moet nou ander maniere vind om hulle inkomste teen ’n onbestendige mielieprys te beskerm. Deur die koop van termynkontrakte op hulle mielies (verskansing) kan boere die prysrisiko’s wat hulle in die gesig staar, minimaliseer. ’n Aantal instrumente is ontwikkel om boere te help om hulleself teen prysrisiko te beskerm. In Suid-Afrika word SAFEX gebruik om die verwagte toekomstige prys van mielies te weerspieël en dit kan deur boere as ’n verwysing na die verwagte prys gebruik word. Verskeie faktore beïnvloed die verskansingsbesluite van boere. Die belangrikste doelwit van hierdie studie was om faktore te identifiseer wat die verskansingsbesluit van mielieboere in Gauteng beïnvloed, en dus die tempo waarteen hulle verskansingstrategieë in gebruik neem. Die studie het ’n aantal metodes gebruik in ’n poging om hierdie vraag te beantwoord. Data-analise m.b.t. die faktore wat die verskansingsbesluit van die boere beïnvloed, is met Excel en die SPSS statistiese pakket uitgevoer en het die vorm van meervoudige kruistabellering aangeneem. ’n Probitregressievergelyking is met behulp van SPSS 20 statistiese sagteware beraam. In die geval van die tempo van aanneming van verskansing deur mielieboere in Gauteng is daar gevind dat net 35 persent van die mielieboere termynkontrakte op hulle mielies gebruik om hulle teen prysrisiko te beskerm. Dit impliseer dat hulle nie hulle inkomste teen onbestendige pryse beskerm nie. Die resultate toon dat die faktore wat die grootste invloed het op die besluit om te verskans die volgende is: die geslag, ouderdom en landboukwalifikasie van die hoof besluitnemer; of die besluitnemer ’n lid van ’n graanvereniging is, en die grootte van dié graanvereniging; hoe lank die besluitnemer reeds graan produseer; die grootte van die plaas; of die boer grond inhuur; die proporsie van inkomste wat weg van die plaas af verdien word; en of die boer versekering uitneem. Hierdie veranderlikes is almal statisties betekenisvol by die 5 persent vlak.
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Mbonane, Nobuhle Duduzile. "An analysis of farmers' preferences for crop insurance : a case of maize farmers in Swaziland." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67801.
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The uncertain nature of agricultural production makes risk management essential in providing farmers with protection against potential losses. Crop insurance is a sustainable risk management tool that ensures the sustainability of agricultural enterprises by reducing income risks. The main focus has been on the supply and penetration of crop insurance, with limited attention paid to the demand and to farmers’ preferences for crop insurance. In Swaziland, the crop insurance industry is still under-developed; hence, an empirical gap exists in knowledge of farmers’ preferences for crop insurance. This study identifies the conditions that farmers prefer to accept with regard to crop insurance, as well as the factors that influence them in purchasing it. It provides an understanding of the need of farming households for crop insurance, and seeks to identify the best ways of protecting farmers’ livelihoods from agricultural risks. It also provides an account of the effects of ineffective risk management strategies. The study employed descriptive statistics to analyse primary data: snowballing sampling methods were used to collect survey data from 150 households in the Hhohho and Lubombo regions of Swaziland. Results show that 52% of the sampled households expressed an interest in purchasing crop insurance; the other 48% were not interested in purchasing crop insurance and gave reasons for this. The probit model was used to determine the factors that influence the likelihood of farmers indicating an interest in purchasing crop insurance: these included gender, marital status, occupation, education, location, savings and farming experience. Farmers based their preferences on crop insurance features such as risk cover, coverage levels and the nature of cover, compensation and premiums. Binary logistic regressions were used to identify factors that influence farmers’ preferences regarding crop-insurance features. Respondents preferred the multi-peril crop insurance cover, higher coverage levels, lower premiums and compensation based on market price. They also wanted their coverage to include both crops and livestock, and to be involved in the designing of crop insurance programmes. A lack of farmer education regarding the purpose and benefits of crop insurance was one of the causes of farmers’ lack of interest in purchasing crop insurance. Evidence from this study indicated that farmers in the Lubombo region were more interested in crop insurance than farmers in the Hhohho region. This was predictable, considering that the more risk or uncertainty farmers face, the more likely they are to show an interest in purchasing a sustainable risk management strategy like crop insurance. Farmers are currently more responsive to crop insurance and their preferences are important in informing the ex-ante design process and finding ways of improving crop insurance programmes in Swaziland. This study recommends education for farmers on the role and benefits of crop insurance; it also suggests that the Swazi government to consider implementing crop insurance subsidies and engage with insurance providers to tailor programmes to meet the needs and constraints faced by farmers. Understanding farmers’ preferences for particular attributes of crop insurance is imperative in informing and designing improved insurance contracts.Dissertation (MSc (Agric))--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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Kramic, Jayne L. "The level of impact of agricultural information sources on production and marketing decisions of Ohio farmers." Connect to this title online, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1108145175.
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Halpin, Darren Richard. "Authenticity and the representative paradox : the political representation of Australian farmers through the NFF family of interest groups /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030527.163228/index.html.
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Fair, Ross D. "Gentlemen, farmers, and gentlemen half-farmers, the development of agricultural societies in Upper Canada, 1792-1846." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0002/NQ35958.pdf.
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Bennett, Katy. "Transgressing rural boundaries : identifying farmers' wives." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310475.
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Kaewanan, Weerachart. "Occupational health of Thai older farmers." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16291/.
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The number of older people is increasing worldwide - within both the general and the farming population. Thailand is also becoming an ageing society, and with limited welfare support older people are increasingly required to rely on themselves. This study focuses on how Thai older farmers who are still working experience their lives and how they manage to 'balance' the multiple demands that they face. The study employed a design drawing on the principles of Constructivist Grounded Theory and the findings based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 27 Thai older farmers and in some instances their family members. Theoretical sampling was applied to find potential participants and two phases of data collection were implemented to ensure that sufficient data were gathered for theoretical saturation. Comprehensive data analysis revealed the range of challenges that farmers face as they age and also highlighted the changes that they have experienced throughout their working lives. The substantive theory that emerged comprised of three main elements and charts how farmers have adapted to their lives over time and continue to do so. The theory captures the temporal nature of changes the farmers faced utilising the basic social processes of becoming and being. The core category of balancing, which lies at the heart of the theory, serves to bring the other elements together into a cohesive whole. Taken together these three elements capture the dynamic and continually changing nature of the farmers' lives and how their experiences have been shaped by a wide range of local, national and global influences. The theory produced in this study is subsequently related to the wider literature on older farmers in other countries and areas of commonality are identified. Attention is then turned to broader theories of ageing and comparisons made between the core category of 'balancing' and similar processes described in the international literature. Implications for the future support of older farmers in Thailand are presented and the contribution the study makes to a wider understanding of the shared process of ageing in differing contexts is considered.
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McFadden, Caterina M. "An Urban Dwelling Place for Farmers." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36087.
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It is my intention to plan for the types of activity carried out by future inhabitants of vertical farms. Through a twenty-six storey high building,a conceptual farm with housing for the producers, situated amongst dense urban fabric of Baltimore Maryland, architecture is explored.
Utilizing form, order and space, architecture has a responsibility to construct the interalia or main theatre of human function. The architect
has a fiduciary responsible to determine the design and purpose of the stage, setting limits on the types of drama that the inhabitants play.
From spacious rural cultivator with evocative farmhouses, to confined urban neo-farmer, the stage for dwelling is extremely critical to
determine. These displaced farmers do not perform all typical city functions, but they are confined as city dwellers. For them, it remains
critical to be connected with nature and neighbor. Urban farmers need housing that enhances their quality of life. Rather than imposing
regulated apartment space for one inhabitant, the city comes forth to them in a different light, with many open neighborhood spaces for
interaction and farm activity within a merging dual structure. The dialog the two concepts (city dwelling and farming) play as they join, dwell
on a relationship of graphic tools such as rotation, scale, thickness and transparency. Further opportunity exists to investigate the act of labor(natural) and work (physical) of the urban neo-farmer, in a tall building in an effort to provide insight to their human condition. One
activity that is part of being an urban neo-farmer may be the practice of cleaning off boots and placing them in lockers before returning home
after a long work day.Master of Architecture
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Baser, Heather Jane Carleton University Dissertation International Affairs. "Lima and women farmers in Zambia." Ottawa, 1987.
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Knight, Susan M. "LAPIS Aids Small Farmers in Lesotho." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/295684.
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Morley, Erin. "Healthcare-seeking behaviors among Midwest farmers." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2019. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6812.
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The agriculture industry has high rates of injury and illness. Furthermore, the average age of US farmers is 58 years old. Chronic conditions are more common among older populations and often require management by a health professional. Farmers face barriers when seeking healthcare. These barriers include limited free time, shortage of providers in rural areas, limited funds, and poor health insurance. In addition, lack of quality health insurance and concerns about paying for healthcare are identified as barriers to healthcare-seeking behavior among farmers. More research is needed to examine the impact of type of health insurance on utilization of specific types of healthcare services among this high-risk population.
The goal of this study was to examine the association between a farmer’s type of health insurance and their healthcare-seeking behaviors. A brief, in-person, self-administered survey was used to identify the types of health insurance Midwest farmers were using and how this affected what type of healthcare services they utilized, specifically looking at preventive healthcare services. A second survey, administered online, was used to identify pre-existing conditions farmers had and the specific healthcare preventive healthcare services they utilized.
The online survey found that type of health insurance was significantly associated with usage of preventive services. Other associations were found in the in-person survey between type of health insurance and stress over health insurance as well as stress over injury on the farm. These results can be used to inform future health and safety programs about the impact of health insurance on farmer’s healthcare-seeking behavior. However, additional research should be done with a larger sample.
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Conrad, Abigail. "We are farmers| Agriculture, food security, and adaptive capacity among permaculture and conventional farmers in central Malawi." Thesis, American University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3668010.
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Small-scale family farming to meet household food and livelihood needs is a central activity for most households in rural Malawi. Food insecurity and malnutrition are persistent problems for these farmers. Conventional agriculture techniques and maize production are the focus of most household farming, government agriculture policy, and agricultural development programs. However, conventional agriculture and maize production are expensive and unreliable in the short term, and environmentally and financially unsustainable in the long term. As an alternative, some NGOs and farmers in Malawi use permaculture, an agroecology design and low external input agriculture system. Previous research and NGO reports have pointed to benefits and constraints to permaculture adoption in Malawi.
For this dissertation, I investigated the relationships between agriculture practices and food security among smallholder conventional and permaculture farmers in Lilongwe Rural District in Malawi in partnership with two implementing permaculture organizations. Building on political ecology, the anthropology of food, structural violence, and permaculture literatures, I analyzed the impact of permaculture practice on farmers' agricultural practices, diet, and food security. This analysis showed that farmers who used permaculture experienced agricultural, environmental, livelihood, and food and nutrition security benefits in comparison to farmers who solely used conventional agriculture. These benefits were important given the context of structural violence in which farmers face systemic risk to impoverishment, food insecurity, and malnutrition. However, the benefits of permaculture use were constrained by the broader agro-food system, resource entitlements, and other structural constraints. The findings of this study add to our understanding of how smallholder farmers in Malawi can maneuver within the broader agro-food system, while pointing to potential strategies that farmers and organizations can use to try to address existing constraints.
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Savran, Al-Haik Havva. "Exploring Women Farmers' Experiences: A Case Study of Gender Inequality on Small Turkish Farms." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78355.
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In many countries, including Turkey, agriculture is a major component of the rural population income, and in these rural areas women are the cornerstones of the agricultural production. Resources, especially water, land, livestock, crops, and knowledge about agricultural production are crucial for preserving the livelihoods of most of the world's rural families. Access to, control over, and management of these resources determines which farming activities are pursued, what goods may be produced, and whether the lives of rural households are enhanced or diminished. Yet, gender influences who has access to these resources and what level of access they have. Although women work in the fields, the homes, outside the farm, and at the markets, their male counterparts often maintain control of the decision making over the household and its economy. Thus, women, more than men, bear the burdens - physical, psychological, social, moral, economic, and legal- of these gender inequalities. Previous studies focused on the women farmers' unpaid work in agriculture and household duties, their access to technical information, credit, extension services, critical inputs such as fertilizers and water, and marketing around the world including Turkey. However, there are not many studies addressing the Turkish women farmers' gender inequality positions from a feminist standpoint lens. Drawing on the feminist standpoint theory, the purpose of this study was to explore the gender inequality experiences of women farmers on small farm practices in Turkey. Utilizing qualitative methods through the lens of feminist inquiry as a methodological approach, this study explored several aspects addressed by research questions associated with social positions: gender division labor; women's work in agriculture and household; decision making dynamics of rural families; accessing resources and knowledge; agrarian change; and effect of gender on small farm practices from Turkish women farmers' standpoints. Feminist standpoint data were collected through 23 individual in-depth interviews, and five focus group sessions with women farmers in their villages, located in southern region of Konya province, in Turkey. Data were analyzed thoroughly following the constant comparative method by using the computer software, Atlas.ti. Initial codes used in data analysis were based on concepts and themes drawn from both the literature and theoretical framework. The results demonstrated that there are gendered roles and responsibilities on small farm practices; women participants carry out both farm and household tasks, and in this sense bearing a heavier workload burden than men. Moreover, women's work in agricultural production, subsistence production, providing care for family members, or work in the extended family house, is invisible. The results also highlighted that these rural women's formal education level is low and they lack access to extension education services. Further, they lacked decision making power, compared to their husbands, on household resources and income on these small farm practices. Additionally, this study pointed out that there is an ongoing depeasantization in these rural villages and the migrating rural women hold unemployable positions in the cities due to their limited skills and poor education background. This study concludes with recommendations for individuals, community organizations, Turkish government agricultural policy makers, and extension education systems to better assist these women in their work.Ph. D.
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Dang, Lili. "Consumers' Accessibility, Opinions, and Behaviors Toward Farmers' Market in Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties, Maine." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2004. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/DangL2004.pdf.
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Ngcobo, Phumelele Nondumiso. "Implementation Evaluation Of The Smallholder Farmer Support Programme And Its Likelihood Of Increasing Farm Productivity: A Case Of “Abalimi Phambili Project”, Jozini, Kwazulu-Natal." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30870.
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Farmer support programmes are aimed at assisting in unlocking barriers faced by smallholder farmers. These programmes were implemented many years ago by the public and private sector. However, research continues to show that the increase in the number of these initiatives and in budgets/expenditures have not equally translated into an increase in the number of smallholder farmers advancing to commercial status. Therefore, this evaluation research is focused on assessing the implementation progress of a farmer support programme being implemented in Jozini, KwaZulu-Natal. The aim is to assess whether or not the programme is implemented according to the theory of change and to assess the likelihood of the programme achieving its intended outcomes. Both the quantitative and qualitative approaches were applied to collect and analyse data. Quantitative data was made up of project data and qualitative data was obtained through conducting in-depth interviews with farmers currently participating in the programme. Findings from this paper are expected to add to the existing body of knowledge in terms of strengthening and improving the design of farmer support programmes; to emphasise the importance of conducting implementation evaluations to assess programme performance early in implementation; to better understand what is working or not during implementation; and to understand why this is so.
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Taylor, Dan. "Field of futility or hidden hope? : agricultural knowledge and practice of low resource farmers in the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325329.
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Provost, Ruth A. "An analysis of the construct of role overload in farmwomen." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Malungani, M. M. "Nxopaxopo wa swivangelo swa mavito yo duvulela lama thyiweke van'wamapursi lava kumekaka eka nambu wa ritavinkulu." University of Limpopo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1796.
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Thesis (M. A. (African Languages)) --University of Limpopo, 2014This study analyse Nicknames Given to farm owners along the Great Letaba River .The study indicates that names are some of the most important things in people’s lives. It has been indicated that naming cannot be taken for granted as a name serves as an important identity feature.
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Morupisi, Joseph. "Women farmers' representation in Botswana Agrinews Magazine." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6567.
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The Government of Botswana recognises the important role that women can play in the economic development of the country, particularly in the agricultural sector, with respect to food security at both household and national levels. The study sought to investigate how women in agriculture are represented in the Botswana Agrinews Magazine. Moreover, it sought to establish whether, and how, messages conveyed to audience by the Botswana Agrinews Magazine promote any type of social or economic interaction between farming communities, individuals and/or government and other stakeholders. The sources of data were the articles that reported on women farmers from the sample of the Botswana Agrinews Magazine, over 24 months, that is, from January 2012 to December 2013. This magazine under study is a government publication targeting the broad Botswana farming community. Critical discourse analysis revealed that women farmers participated in events associated with commercial horticultural farming, dry land farming (field crop production), in the arable farming sector, at Consumer Fairs and Regional Agricultural shows for Commercial Farmers respectively, as well as in pastoral farming sector events at Agricultural shows. They also participated in the arable farming sector agricultural activities for commercial horticultural farmers and those for subsistence dry land farming. Furthermore, the results revealed that women farmers encountered constraints in the different ventures, they undertook in both arable and pastoral farming. However, the reports showed that they received support from the government and/or other stakeholders to counteract their constraints. Furthermore, the analysis identified the coverage on the themes of (1) arable farming, (2) pastoral farming, (3) integrated farming, and (4) attitudes of both women in agriculture and Ministry of Agriculture workers, which promoted women farmers’ participation in the agricultural sector.
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Hart, James Andrew. "Information as a service for dairy farmers." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/16000.
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Communication with an organisation’s customers has become one of the most important factors that play a role in doing business today. Organisations that supply their customers with correct and different kinds of information create customer loyalty. Dairy farmers are no exception to the rule, because of the ongoing planning that dairy farmers need to do on a daily basis. Dairy farming in South Africa is extremely price sensitive and therefore information that can help in decision making plays an important role in making the right decision at the right time. The Internet has become an essential environment where information is readily available to anyone who has access to the technologies, such as smartphones, computers and tablets. Thus, it will be beneficial for both the organisation and the dairy farmer to have relevant information available on the organisation’s website. The information that is made available to the dairy farmers on these websites needs to be updated on a daily basis. The information must be relevant to dairy farming and must provide additional information besides the information that the specific organisation specialises in. Information as a Service (IaaS) for Dairy Farmers in South Africa is the focus of this research. The purpose of the investigation is to provide a means of providing the information needed by dairy farmers in South Africa, to enable them to make the right decisions on an operational level. The empirical data were collected, analysed and interpreted. From these findings a proposed communications framework is created to assist organisations to better communicate with dairy farmers in South Africa. The purpose of this research study is to design a framework which will provide IaaS to dairy farmers in South Africa. The research determined the different ways in which organisations can communicate with dairy farmers and the best time period in which that communication should take place for each specific communication strategy. Therefore, the aim of the research study was to determine the best ways to communicate with dairy farmers. A clear knowledge of the technologies that dairy farmers use to manage information was determined by the research study. The required information that dairy farmers need to make the correct decisions suitable for the requirement of farming on a practical level was determined by the research study.The proposed framework on Information as a Service for Dairy Farmers could help organisations to supply dairy farmers with the right information at the right time. The proposed framework will assist organisations dealing with dairy farmers easier and will also assist farmers, because the information provided as a service will be relevant to dairy farming. The treatise is an exploratory, mixed method research study which consists of literature reviews, surveys and cross-sectional studies. Secondary resources was used to conduct literature studies to determine the information needed by dairy farmers. A questionnaire was compiled from existing questionnaires as well as from literature studies and was completed by the respective respondents in the dairy farming community. The survey also consists of questions that determine what dairy farmers think about the service they receive from the organisations that they deal with. A cross-sectional study was used to compare the information needed specifically by pasture-based dairy farmers in relation to total mixed-ration-based dairy farmers. Both Descriptive and Inferential Statistical methods will be used for the analysis of the data. The communication systems can vary from Self-Help Groups to Mobile Technology. The type of communication system will depend on the systems that the organisation have available for their customers. The timing of communication with dairy farmers needs to be convenient and depends, according to literature, on the type of social networking that the organisation might use. An organisation that deals with dairy farmers needs to decide which Social Media site is most suitable when it needs to communicate with dairy farmers. The technology used to access information consist of Laptops, Smart Phones, Tablets and Desktops. Agricultural organisations provide information which dairy farmers need, to give them the correct guidance in performing good farming practices in order to produce safe, high-quality milk. The study will conclude with the development of a proposed communications framework where agricultural organisations can provide information as a service to dairy farmers.
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Byles, Sharon M. "An investigation into farmers' continuing professional development." Thesis, University of Reading, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529990.
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Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an integral part of most careers, particularly where practitioners have to deal with challenges of technological change and advances in knowledge along with economic, institutional and political uncertainties. CPD is undertaken across a wide spectrum of professions, but what it consists of, and how it should be implemented to develop a career, are aspects of CPD that are not completely understood. Public demand for accountability of professional conduct reinforces the role that CPD plays in maintaining and improving professional effectiveness and competencies. CPD is encouraged within professions as the assumption is that it is beneficial and that by undertaking CPD a professional upholds standards. In these respects, farming is no exception. Evidence that this is the case is less obvious and because many of the outcomes of CPD can only be examined subjectively, rigorous evaluation is problematic. CPD is investigated, first generically, to gain a better understanding of its purpose and nature, looking at systems in place across organisations and how its success is assessed. This research has explored patterns of CPD among farmers, focusing on the relationship between CPD and the farmer and farm business. A multi-method approach began with a review of the existing literature which directed the design of the initial Vocational Training Scheme (VTS) survey conducted in the South West of England to obtain baseline information on CPD undertaken by farmers. Statistical investigation of relationships between farmers and farm characteristics and CPD identified influential factors, from which a model was developed predicting which farmers are likely to act after the CPD has been undertaken. Cluster analysis was applied to determine two overarching types of farmers: those undertaking 'Dynamic CPD' and 'Occasional CPD', which sub-divided into four distinct types: Progressive Professionals, Secure Socialisers, Change Followers and Change Resistant. Each type has homogeneous CPD patterns associated with farm and personal characteristics. Subsequently, the Farm Business Survey (FBS) containing large, national data sets was used to test the inferences drawn from the previous part of the research, and answer questions that could not have been addressed by using the VTS survey alone. The influential factors that have been identified include the farmer's level of education, attributes of the farmer's approach to management information, features of the CPD undertaken, and farm characteristics, all as linked to patterns of CPD. It is concluded that farmers have CPD inputs comparable to other professions, although initially farmers underestimate their CPD activity. The farmers who are most active in CPD take action and apply CPD when making changes to their business. Typically, these farmers have a high education level, are from large or intensive farms and their business is involved in discussion groups and benchmarking. This research recognises the distinction between CPD as a management process and a training programme as an event. The reported outcomes and their implications for the farming industry provides a sound basis for discussion and development of the thinking on CPD for farmers and all those involved in farmers' CPD.
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Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi. "Farmers' parties : a study in electoral adaptation." Thesis, University of Essex, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235585.
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Kurdi, Mir Shwan, and Linn Öström. "Solar Drying Systems for farmers in Cameroon." Thesis, KTH, Energiteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-190835.
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Imagine being a farmer having your livelyhood endangered by heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms due to global warming (Habiba Gitay 2002), when what you really need is sun to dry your maize, coffee or cocoa harvest. Such is the case for the farmers in Cameroon. The high moisture content in the air and the recurring rain present a real threat to farming on the countryside. Engineers Without Borders hope to act on that; bringing about this report - in which a possible solution is presented; Solar Drying Systems (SDS). This report aims to give a deeper insight in the current agricultural situation in Cameroon, the definition of an SDS as well as the drying process of foodstuffs. For the quantitave analysis to give an extensive response of the feasibility of SDS in Cameroon, it has been divided into two parts: • A realization of an analogue (not electricity powered) SDS with cost, little previous knowledge of relevant construction, and comercial viability as key factors. This is done by designing, constructing and testing a prototype. • Testing a theoretical modelling of a different protype in its capability of extracting water from a body (drying) and heating of air by simulating weather conditions in Cameroon. The construction of a prototype provides a design that meet all aformentioned criterias and suggestions for further improvements are given. Furthermore; the theoretical model suggests a prototype that will give twice as good water extraction capabilities in the months February to April than July to September.Föreställ dig att som jordbrukare riskera ditt levebröd på grund av tunga regnfall och stormar som följd av växthuseffekten (Habiba Gitay 2002), när du är i stort behov av solljus för att torka dina majs-, kaffe- och kakaogrödor. Detta är fallet för bönderna i Kamerun. Där hög luftfuktighet och återkommande regn hotar jordbruket. Ingenjörer utan Gränser hoppas kunna ge bot på detta och har begärt en rapport som analyserar problemet, denna rapport föreslår en lösning; Soltorkare. Målsättningen med denna rapport är att förse en djupare insikt i jordbrukssituationen i Kamerun, förklara vad Soltorkare är samt hur torkningsprocessen av de flesta livsmedel går till. För att kunna ge en omfattande kvantitativ analys av Soltorkares genomförbarhet i Kamerun har detta gjorts på två vis: • Ett förverkligande av en analog (icke eldriven) soltorkare med huvudfaktorer såsom kostnad, begränsad tidigare kunskap av relevant konstruktion och kommersiell lönsamhet. Detta görs genom att designa, konstruera och sedan testa en föreslagen prototyp • Test av torkningskapabilitet och luftupphetningsförmåga med en teoretisk modell av en annan protyp genom att simulera väderförhållanden i Kamerun. Prototypskonstruktion förser en design som tillmötesgår alla ovannämnda huvudfaktorer och förslag till förbättringar ges. Vidare föreslår den teoretiska modellen en prototyp med dubbelt så god torkningskapabilitet mellan februari och april än juli och september.
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Deese, Steven Daniel. "Economic analysis weeding techniques for organic farmers /." Click here to view, 2010. http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/agbsp/14/.
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Thesis (B.S.)--California Polytechnic State University, 2010.Project advisor: Wayne Howard. Title from PDF title page; viewed on Mar. 24, 2010. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on microfiche.
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Tyson, Cornelius Benjamin. "Needs and constraints faced by the small-scale farmer in the San Pedro River Valley, Pinal County, Arizona." 1986. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_e9791_1986_76_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Glatt, Kora Liegh. "The challenges farmers face at Vancouver Island’s farmers’ markets." Thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13399.
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Farmers’ markets are often thought to be the hallmark of the local food movement. However, there appears to be relatively little research which considers farmers’ experiences there. Drawing on 12 open-ended interviews with 16 farmers on Vancouver Island, BC, I explore how farmers’ markets support small-scale farmers, although they are losing farmer focus. I explore three key themes in this research: mainstream economic assessments of farmers’ markets, how consumer culture affects small-scale farmers, and whether organic certification works for small-scale farmers. The intent of my research is not only to consider farmers’ experiences at farmers’ markets, but to show how to improve their current organization on Vancouver Island and elsewhere. As such, this refocuses farmers’ markets back to local food, small-scale ecological farming, and food sovereignty.Graduate
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LIN, HSIN-YI, and 林心儀. "Agriculture Mobile Apps in drivers and barriers for farmers: Old farmer and young farmer differences." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/874cnu.
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碩士國立高雄應用科技大學
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With the development of ICT combined with information management and mobile applications, development of other related agricultural ICTs has become a global trend. Mobile agriculture technology is a developing domain of agricultural ICT, offering a variety of agriculture related services through mobile applications. However, most mobile applications are not widely implemented for farmers. In this thesis, we discuss the use of the Shennong Knowledge application, available for Android and iOS, among smallholder farmers to understand the influence of the application on farmer behavior. This study aimed to investigate the intent drive and resistance of farmers in Taiwan to the Shennong Knowledge application and to analyze the differences in these aspects between old and young farmers. Results indicate that effort expectation, tradition barrier, and image barrier positively influence young farmers. By contrast, performance expectation, social influence, and tradition barrier are the major factors among affecting elderly farmers. Mobile application developers should improve the programming framework to address these resistance factors and should market the advantages of the driving factors. This measure may strengthen the willingness of farmers to use mobile applications to enhance the effectiveness, authenticity, and convenience of agricultural information and services.
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Grace, David Hamilton. "Moral gentlemen and business farmers the reform program of The Genesee Farmer /." 1992. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/26061815.html.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1992.Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 110-116).
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Chang, Han-Jen, and 張瀚仁. "Analysis of the Digital Divide between Farmers and Non-farmer in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bx33w3.
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Taiwan is a highly developed information society, with over 90% people as Internet users. However, digital divide becomes larger and larger between agricultural industry and non-agricultural industry. To promote the informatization of the agricultural industry, Taiwan government established many computing platforms, such as Taiwan agricultural products production traceability system, Taiwan agriculture and food traceability system, agricultural technology industry information platform, etc. Besides establishing all these platforms, it is also an important issue to evaluate the level of our agricultural informatization. This study uses the instant messaging usage as the measurement of digital capability to address several issues. First, we investigate whether there exists digital divide between agricultural and non-agricultural employees. We then examine the digital divide among different socio-demographic groups. Data used in the empirical analysis consists of people aged 15 and over drawn from the Taiwan Digital Divide Survey from 3G era (2009 to 2012) to 4G era (2015 to 2018). The empirical analysis was conducted in a two-stage framework. The first stage analysis estimates instant messaging using the Probit Model, and the second stage analysis decomposes the agricultural-nonagricultural digital divide using Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition Model. Results show that there was a digital divide between agricultural and non-agricultural employees, regardless of the 3G or 4G era. A negative association is found between instant messaging usage and age. In contrast, instant messaging usage is positively correlated with monthly income and educational level. Probability of instant messaging usage is higher for male in both 3G and 4G era. In the results of the decomposition analysis, the explained part in digital divide accounted for about over 70% of the total digital inequality. Also, the digital divide is mainly driven by the differences in the differences in education level, especially in the 15- to 44-year-old generation (61.42%). In conclusion, as Taiwan joined the 4G era in recent years, there is still a digital divide between agricultural and non-agricultural employees. To overcome the digital divide, the government should put emphasis on education when making policies and allocating resources. The government should also recruit more young people to agricultural industry.
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SU, CHIH-FEN, and 蘇治芬. "Cows and plows: Exploring the Relationship between Farmers and Farmers’ Association." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u3kd39.
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This study intends to explore the reformation between Taiwan farmers and Farmers' Association, as the relationship between a cow and a plow. When a cow works with a plow, it can do more with less. This study attempts to go through the literature and interviews, clearly stating the historical development and current situation of the Agricultural Association and putting forward to the reform direction of the Agricultural Association. It is expected that Farmers’ Association would play the role of the functional organization and become an ideal partner for all farmers in Taiwan. The Taiwan Farmers’ Association is a multi-functional organization that combines the elements in politics, economy, sociality and education. After the evolution of the system of division of powers and responsibilities and the deletion of the shareholding system, members of farmers association not only did not share directly the surplus of the farmers association, but also reduce the incentives for supervising the management team, not to mention the unique election system of the farmers’ association that make Farmers’ Association under the control of general manager and few board members, instead of farmers themselves. During the Japanese occupation, Farmers’ Association was the organization of the ruling authority with strong guidance from top to bottom. As a tool to promote colonial policies, Farmers’ Association played an important role in agricultural development and economic regulation which deeply affected the Taiwan Farmers’ Association even to this day. After the Kuomintang government came to Taiwan, the peasant association still served as the means of rule by the ruling party. Those in power who share local interests through Farmers’ Associations and attract local factions to cooperate with them will profoundly affect Taiwanese society. This study conducts in-depth interviews to collect data, and put forward to several reform proposals and solutions in the conclusion. The conclusion reveals several proposals, such as advocating that the government should review the legal business scope of Farmers’ Association, reducing budgetary subsidies for inappropriate and inefficient or unfair unions, enabling the farmers’ association to be liberated from the "servant relationship" with the government. By this way, Farmers’ Association itself will seriously consider its essential positions and future development. Furthermore, Farmers’ Associations should also be restored to a shareholding system or transformed into agribusiness, returning to the essence of peasants and implement the autonomy of Farmers’ Association. It will enhance farmers' trust, participation and identity in Farmers’ Association. Furthermore, importing modern management thinking, changing the three-level farmers’ association into the second-level organization, through a more open and more efficient market with transparent information, breaking the long-term interest structure with flexible means and transforming into a self-responsible agricultural system, strengthening the joint marketing and regulation functions of agricultural products will truly implement the rights and benefits of farmers in Taiwan.
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WANG, KUEI-MEI, and 王貴美. "Exploring the behavior intention of farmers adopting the farmer's occupational insurance by UTAUTII." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ug7hz6.
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Compared with other social insurance, Taiwan didn't officially launch the farmer health insurance until 1989, and the current farmer health insurance has only three items, namely maternity payment, disability payment and funeral allowance, etc. When a farmer has an accident in farming, related payment can only be made when the farmer is disabled or dead. In order to improve the social insurance system for farmers, the executive passed the draft amendment to some articles of the regulations on farmers' health insurance in April 107, and passed the third reading of the same year in May. In 106, there were about 1.17 million farmers covered by health insurance, among which 2,781 were paid for childbirth, 12,595 were paid for physical and mental disorders, and 31,010 were paid for funeral allowances. In the application for occupational disaster of labor insurance, 27,596 agricultural, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry medical benefits and 46 death benefits were paid (annual report of the labor insurance bureau of the ministry of labor, 2017) The health insurance for farmers does not include occupational disaster, so the injury data have been lacking for a long time. Although the pilot application of occupational disaster insurance for farmers started in November 107, there is a lack of research on the implementation of occupational disaster insurance policy for farmers. The aim of this study is to clarify the peasant of occupational accident insurance policies to promote Taiwan today and difficult, and farmers as disaster insurance during the pilot method is a voluntary, this study proposed to expanded UTAUT in order to investigate farmers post disaster insurance policy adopted for farmers willingness of influencing factors. There were 207 valid questionnaires. The results showed that the correlation between performance expectation and social influence was the highest. Similar results can be obtained by regression analysis. There were significant differences in gender or age among all the study variables, and gender had an interference effect on insurance intention among some of the antecedent variables.
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Ellis, Pamela C. "Evaluation of socioeconomic characteristics of farmers who choose to adopt a new type of crop and factors that influence the decision to adopt switchgrass for energy production." 2006. http://etd.utk.edu/2006/EllisPamela.pdf.
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Lin, Wen-Ting, and 林婉婷. "Why Farmers Participate in Contract Farming? The Case of Hualien Rice Farmers." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gk3692.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
農企業管理系所
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The rice contract farming groups in Hualien and Taitung had been well established. With price assurance, guaranteed procurement, and the provision of extension and counseling services, the rice quality under the contract farming scheme has been improved. Because of the contract group system, the farmers’ earnings have gradually increased. The present study conducted in-depth interviews by choosing farmers participated in the three different types of contract farming arrangements, namely, farmers' alliance, agricultural cooperatives, and privately owned businesses. The interviews collected information on farmers’ knowledge and opinion before and after they joining the scheme. The research used coding and transcriptions of the interview to conduct a qualitative analysis. The results of the study were: 1.Farmers were aware of the contract farming scheme especially about the price and the acquisition quantity assurance, and the extension and counseling system of the group. 2.Most of the contract farming groups would help seek professional and knowledge-based guidance on the problems and needs of farmers. 3.After they participate in the group, farmers generally had positive attitudes about contract farming. 4.For improvement of the system, farmers suggested to increase the price, increase the subsidies and to subsidize on large farm machinery.
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LIU, KUO-CHEN, and 劉幗珍. "New Entrepreneurship Model for Young Farmers: Going from Farmers to Becoming Businessmen." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9y5mze.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
資訊管理系
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"People live on their own heaps of food", says as an ancient proverb. Agriculture and human life are inseparable and closely related with food, environment, food safety and other issues. However, agriculture in Taiwan is facing issues of aging manpower, insufficient numbers of successors, and severe overexploitation of profits by channels, and is even regarded as a difficult, sunset industry. In order to bring vitality to agricultural manpower and sustainable development has become the first priority of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (COA). In 2006, it the COA started to promote the transformation of the new agricultural movement and changed the thinking of the past of using only passive subsidies so as to attract more young people who embrace their rural dreams to return home. In 2013, the COA further took stock of various industry counseling measures, established a cross-industry resource integration platform, and provided one-stop counseling services program to address the problems of youth farmers in their early stages of entrepreneurship. In the process of these promotions, it went through three stages including changes of mindsets in agriculture, elevation of the capacity in management and sales, and fulfillment of the responsibility regarding environmental ecology, presenting different agricultural characteristics and business priorities in each stage. Finally, youth farmers could then not only being free from the traditional path to become the large-scale of agro-products sales and processing operators, developing the business model with safe agriculture and direct selling for sustainable management. Moreover, it established the social network of youth farmers to promote the cooperation with other youth farmers or cross-industries, developing more business opportunities and leading to a successful entrepreneur. This study is conducted using the Harvard case study method and can be used to discuss issues such as the Business Model, Resource Bricolage, Ambidexterity and Social Impacts . Understanding that the COA, by combining various existing industry assisting measures with the resource bricolage, has constructed an innovative business model in which youth farmers return home. On one hand, it helps youth farmers to exchange and cooperate with each other using the social network while it supports youth farmers to start their own successful businesses and fulfilling themselves on the other hand. Finally, youth farmers can become agricultural businessmen in the countryside, realizing the social influence of direct selling and fair trading.
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Cunningham, Lewis Theophilus. "Explaining differences in prices received by farmers testing theory based on actual farmer transactions /." 2004. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/etd/umi-okstate-1085.pdf.
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Chen, Hui-Shan, and 陳惠珊. "The Exhibition Farmers Marketing Efficiency and Satisfaction of The Taipei Hope Farmers Market." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08167699474725220902.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
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The purpose of the study aims to analyze the marketing effectiveness and exhibition satisfaction received by exhibiting Taipei Hope Farmer’s Market. The study implements questionnaire survey to exhibiting farmers who have a booth at the Taipei Hope Farmers’ Market. A total of 301 valid questionnaires were issued and the questionnaires recovered underwent statistical analysis to analyze the characteristics variables of exhibiting farmers and the post-exhibition marketing effectiveness, as well as the satisfaction difference towards the exhibition site. The empirical results of the study show that: 1.The post-exhibition marketing effectiveness for exhibiting farmers in general shows a growth. 2. There is significant difference between the questionnaires on the four post-exhibition marketing effectiveness, including the monthly order for exhibiting farmers in 6 months after the exhibition as compared to order quantity without exhibition, the overview of post-exhibition sales growth, the post-exhibition orders from consumers attending the exhibition, and the time to receive exhibition consumer orders after the exhibition, with some farmer’s characteristic variables. 3. There is significant difference between the factors related to exhibiting farmers’ gender, age, education, residence area, and post-exhibition marketing effectiveness. 4. Exhibiting farmers tend to hold higher satisfaction towards the software service provided by the exhibition administration than the hardware facilities at the exhibition site. 5.There is significant difference between the questions regarding the four satisfaction dimension, including hardware facility mostly valued by exhibiting farmers, the satisfaction towards exhibition site management, intention to recommend exhibition site, and the comments on whether if the establishment of exhibition site helps the promotion of agricultural products, with the characteristic variables of some exhibiting farmers. The study proposes recommendations in accordance with the empirical results in attempt to provide reference of future improvement on service quality and orientation of management for the administration of Hope Farmers’ Market. Keywords: Farmers’ Market, Exhibition and Marketing Effectiveness, Satisfaction, Taipei Hope Farmers’ Market