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Lawrence, David Norman, and n/a. "Learning as Participation in Grains Research, Development and Extension in Australia." Griffith University. School of Vocational, Technology and Arts Education, 2006. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20070118.111610.
Full textLawrence, David Norman. "Learning as Participation in Grains Research, Development and Extension in Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366360.
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Wibberley, E. John. "The farmer - dominant study group : a practical paradigm in international extension strategy." Thesis, University of Reading, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.333655.
Full textErdenebolor, Baast. "Improving dairy farming a situation analysis of the dairy farming sector in Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia and development of strategies for extension work." Weikersheim Margraf, 2008. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3043510&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
Full textErdenebolor, Baast. "Improving dairy farming : a situation analysis of the dairy farming sector in Ulaanbaatar/Mongolia and development of strategies for extension work /." Weikersheim : Margraf, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3043510&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
Full textBedo, Shannon Hajdik. "Education, research, and extension: an evaluation of agricultural institutions in Tunisia." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/176.
Full textVan, Deventer Thomas. "Ecosystemic supply chain : a research and development centre for urban agriculture." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29984.
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Haedrich, Lisa. "Integration of food consumption and nutrition considerations into the RIARS farming systems research and extension project in the Bicol region of the Philippines." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45975.
Full textThe purpose of the research was to describe the relationship of nutrition/consumption to agricultural production and related areas in the diagnosis and preliminary design of project activities and to describe the contributions of a nutrition focus to problem identification, grouping and treatment selection compared with an agricultural focus.
A multidisciplinary team integrated the nutrition/consumption perspective into the rapid community assessment for planning (RCAP) by incorporating topic areas, observational items and questions in each of five stages in the community diagnosis.
Three problems in subsistence food production and consumption were among the top five priority problems. Differences in problems between the team and the community were attributed to differing perspectives. Compared with the agriculture RCAP, nutrition-related problems were reported only to a limited degree and their rankings were generally lower.
Seasonality was a particularly important linkage, along with income, labor, enterprise mix and markets. Groups of farm families based mainly on farming system shared production-related but not nutrition-related characteristics. The household characteristics most useful for research domain subgroups were agroecology, produce disposal, resources and food and income gaps. Nutrition/consumption information enabled the team to plan separate research designs for groups of families with similar conditions.
Production factors identified for investigation related to the priority problem of food crop production included crop protection, soil improvement, pest and disease control and overall plot design. Nutrition/ consumption aspects related to research trials included: selection of crops and varieties for filling food, income and nutrient gaps; and other nutrition-related areas of sanitation, labor and post-harvest storage, many of which were established based on nutrition information integrated into the RCAP. Areas for ex ante analysis included food preferences, sanitation and womenâ s time conflicts. The nutrition focus contributed information important for problem identification, grouping and treatment selection.
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Kassa, Belay Habtemariam. "Livestock and livelihood security in the Harar highlands of Ethiopia : implications for research and development /." Uppsala : Dept. of Rural Development Studies, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, 2003. http://epsilon.slu.se/a388-ab.html.
Full textBorremans, Lieve. "The development of agroforestry systems in Flanders. A farming systems research approach to social, institutional and economic inquiry." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2019. https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/281527/3/TOC.pdf.
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Maximin, Brent M. "Critical Evaluation and Life Course Change: The Development of the Critical Problem-Solving Skills Scale – Qualitative Extension." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/418.
Full textNyamupangedengu, Sydney. "Institutional linkages between research extension and farmers a key factor for sustainable agricultural development : the Nyanga district perspective Zimbabwe." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53545.
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Cheng, Zhen. "Essays on Agricultural and Regional Development." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/92696.
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In a world of imbalance, food production and consumption exhibit great diversity among regions and countries. While farmers of developed economies benefit from up-todate agricultural technology and produce more than they consume, households in the developing world are still facing food insecurity. This dissertation is composed of two manuscripts. Chapter 1 is about food consumption in developing countries. It analyzes household food demand behavior in the two West Africa countries Niger and Nigeria with a focus on staple foods. Food demand behavior differs for rural and urban households and households of different income. Therefore, when evaluating the effects of policies and other impacts, policymakers and researchers should treat households with different attributes separately. Chapter 2 is on how to improve agricultural production within the context of a developed economy: it evaluates the returns to public expenditures on agricultural research and extension (R&E) in Virginia. Previous studies choose statistical models arbitrarily, and this study attempts to address this issue. It finds that Virginia’s investments in agricultural R&E contribute to nineteen percent of the productivity growth in 1949-2016, and the contribution of research is about twice of that of extension.
Sebei, Phokgedi Julius. "The assessment of some factors influencing the survival of kids in a small- scale communal goat production system." Diss., Electronic thesis, 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03232005-135152/.
Full textTaylor, Jennifer E. II. "An Exploratory Literature Review of Efforts to Help the Small-Scale, Resource Poor Farmer in International Agricultural Development." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30345.
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Schick, Alina [Verfasser], and Volker [Akademischer Betreuer] Hoffmann. "Conversion of subsistence farming to sustainable agroforestry in the Midhills of Nepal : participatory action research in system development / Alina Schick. Betreuer: Volker Hoffmann." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1076082319/34.
Full textAtinuke, Jimoh Rashidat. "Investigating the use of social networking via mobile phone as an extension tool in small-scale (emerging) agriculture in selected farming communities in the Cacadu District." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/18398.
Full textBiggs, Stephen D. "Two articles focusing on participatory approaches." Olive Organisation Development and Training, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/75076.
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Quan, Truong Tan. "Transition from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam." Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1557.
Full textANDRADE, Silvana Luna de. "Desenvolvimento local, agricultura familiar e povos tradicionais : uma análise em torno da assistência técnica e extensão rural no estado de Tocantins." Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, 2015. http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/5521.
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The study aimed to analyze the extensionist practices of the State of Tocantins servers linked with the Rural Development Institute of the State of Tocantins - TO, specifically regarding the Local Development conception and understanding around the Traditional Peoples of the region. The National Policy for Rural Technical Assistance was privileged as a reference - PNATER. The research was conducted under qualitative basis and developed from a characterization of relationships and practices involving professionals in the extension. To collect data it was used semi-structured questionnaires made with rural extensionionists of technical assistance from the State of Tocantins, particularly professionals related to the Rural Development Institute of the State - Ruraltins; also resorted to desk research and informal interviews. The results of this research revealed difficulties in the construction of the services provided by the Institute as it reflected in the design and implementation of local development as well as the design around traditional peoples and the service they provided. This study recommended the development of further studies, with more emphasizing over the situations in which they present the reality of extension activities once this service is seen as an effective and necessary tool when it comes to monitoring, dialog and understanding of the actors who make up much of family farming and specifically traditional peoples.
O estudo pretendeu analisar as práticas extensionistas dos servidores do Estado do Tocantins vinculados ao Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Estado do Tocantins – TO, especificamente no que concerne à concepção do Desenvolvimento Local e à compreensão em torno dos Povos Tradicionais da região. Privilegiou-se como referência a Política Nacional de Assistência Técnica Rural – PNATER. A pesquisa foi de base qualitativa, desenvolvida a partir de uma caracterização das relações e práticas que envolveram os profissionais da extensão rural. Para a coleta de dados, foram usados questionários semiestruturados com extensionistas rurais da assistência técnica do Estado do Tocantins, especificamente profissionais vinculados ao Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Estado – Ruraltins; também se recorreu a pesquisa documental e entrevistas informais. Os resultados da presente pesquisa revelaram dificuldades na construção dos serviços prestados pelo Instituto, com reflexos na concepção e na concretização de desenvolvimento local, assim como na concepção em torno de povos tradicionais e no serviço a eles prestado. Recomenda-se o desenvolvimento de mais estudos, enfatizando mais as conjunturas nas quais se apresentam a realidade das atividades extensionistas, visto ser esse serviço uma ferramenta eficaz e necessária quando se trata do acompanhamento, dialogicidade e compreensão dos atores que compõem o cenário da agricultura familiar e especificamente os povos tradicionais.
Schumann, Sybille A. "Research on hydrological processes and pesticide behaviour in irrigated, terraced catchments in the Mid-Hills of Nepal : a collaborative project on environmental risks of pesticides and sustainable development of integrated pesticide management systems (IPMS) in Nepal considering socio-economic conditions /." Clausthal-Zellerfeld : Papierflieger, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/bs/toc/476541220.pdf.
Full textFean, Paul. "Coming to know about teaching, its development and researcher practice through collaborative action research with adult education teachers in Sudan." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2012. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/39414/.
Full textDavis, Julie M. "Innovation through action research in environmental education : from project to praxis." Thesis, Griffith University, 2003. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67230/2/67230.pdf.
Full textWickham, Trevor Wayne. "Farmers ain't no fools exploring the role of participatory rural appraisal to access indigenous knowledge and enhance sustainable development research and planning : a case study of Dusun Pausan, Bali, Indonesia /." Waterloo, Ont., Canada : University Consortium on the Environment, 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/37546949.html.
Full textBeban, Alice. "Organic agriculture: an empowering development strategy for small-scale farmers? A Cambodian case study : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." Massey University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/971.
Full textPettan, Kleber Batista. "A Politica Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (PNATER) = percepções e tendencias." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/256920.
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Resumo: Com a implementação da nova Política Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (PNATER) a partir de 2004, a temática assistência técnica e extensão rural (Ater) surgiu revigorada e fortalecida no âmbito das políticas públicas para a agricultura familiar brasileira. Os textos de apoio à política recorrem à estratégia didática de contraposição desta com as orientações dominantes no período anterior (a "Extensão Rural Agroecológica" versus "Extensão Rural Convencional") ressaltando-se a magnitude da mudança preconizada nas orientações da configuração institucional e da ação extensionista. Embora os novos perfis das entidades de ATER e dos extensionistas estejam configurados com relativa clareza do ponto de vista teórico e durante os sete primeiros anos de sua implementação (2003 a 2009) foram realizadas ações com vistas a promover tais mudanças, registram-se dificuldades para a concretização das mesmas em favor de uma prática mais participativa, mais inclusiva socialmente, mais agroecológica e dirigida à agricultura familiar. Esta situação tem causado preocupações e a discussão de suas causas tem despertado interesse acadêmico e político. Diante deste cenário, o presente trabalho parte do suposto que existe no país uma grande diversidade de ação extensionista e de entidades de ATER. Neste contexto, importa identificar em que medida estão ocorrendo tais mudanças a partir do momento que começam a implementar a PNATER. Nesta perspectiva, a pesquisa objetivou conhecer os perfis dos extensionistas e das entidades cadastradas no Sistema Brasileiro de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Sibrater) responsáveis pela implementação da política em todo o território nacional de modo a construir uma tipologia que permitisse situá-los em relação ao alinhamento ou não à PNATER. Depois da aplicação - via web - de um questionário em âmbito nacional, os dados foram analisados por meio de ferramentas e técnicas da Estatística Descritiva e da Análise Estatística de Dados Multivariados. Desta forma foram identificados três Grupos Comportamentais de Extensionistas: fortemente alinhados, moderadamente alinhados e levemente alinhados. Não foi identificado nenhum grupo formado por extensionistas não alinhados com a política. Quanto às entidades de Ater foram identificados três tipos de comportamentos em relação às suas capacidades organizacional e institucional para implementar a atual política nacional: um grupo Moderadamente Alinhado, outro Alinhado e o terceiro Não Alinhado. Se unidos os dois primeiros grupos, verifica-se que 79,7% dos extensionistas trabalham em organizações alinhadas com a Pnater e que somente 20,3% atuam em organizações Não Alinhadas. Embora muitos autores tenham apontado dificuldades na implementação da política analisada, os resultados desta pesquisa demonstram que tanto os extensionista quanto as organizações de Ater estão se ajustando às novas proposições demonstrando avanços na sua implementação
Abstract: With the implementation of the new National Policy on Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (NAPTARE) as from 2004, the area of technical assistance and rural extension (TARE) emerged invigorated and strengthened within the framework of public policies for family farming in Brazil. The supporting literature to the policy uses the didactic strategy of opposing their guidelines to those of the previous period (the "Agroecological Rural Extension versus Conventional Rural Extension") highlighting the magnitude of change advocated in the guidelines of the institutional setting and of the extensionist action. This has caused some concern and the discussion of their causes have attracted scholarly and political interest. Given this scenario, this work assumes to exist in the country a great diversity of extensionist action and TARE entities. In this context it is important to identify to what extent such changes are occurring from the moment NAPTARE begins to be implemented. In this perspective, the research aimed to identify the profiles of extensionists and organizations responsible for policy implementation throughout the national territory registered in the Brazilian System of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension (Sibrater) in order to create a typology for situating them in relation to alignment or not with NAPTARE. After the application - via web - of a nationwide survey, data were analyzed using tools and techniques of Descriptive Statistics and Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Data. Three Groups of Extensionist Behavior were identified: strongly, moderately and lightly alined. There was no group of extensionists not aligned with the policy. With regard to TARE organizations, three types of behavior in relation to their organizational and institutional capacities to implement the current national policy were identified: moderately aligned, aligned, and another third group non-Aligned. If the first two groups are put together, it is verified that 79.7% of the extensionists work in organizations aligned with the TARE and only 20.3% work in organizations not aligned. Although many authors have pointed to difficulties in implementing the analyzed policy, the results of this study demonstrate that both the extension workers and TARE organizations are adjusting to the new propositions showing progress in its implementation
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Planejamento e Desenvolvimento Rural Sustentável
Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola
SANTANA, Eloisa Pio de. "As práticas da extensão rural no processo de modernização da agricultura: agricultores familiares goianos e a questão ambiental (1975-2008)." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2011. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/336.
Full textThe central proposal of this work is to elucidate the practice of transferring technology to family farmers carried by the official rural extension system between the years of 1975 and 2008. To take technologies to the rural man, the rural extension has served in several areas providing the insertion of the farmer in "technological packs" of the green revolution, propelling this process, based on an economic rationality, which, despite providing great advances in the growth of agriculture and livestock, it has caused negative impacts to the environment. To know the thoughts of farmers and technicians about the educational practices inserted in the work of rural extension 57 counties were visited, corresponding to a sample of approximately 25% of the total of all counties in the state of Goiás where 268 interviews were conducted with 171 family farmers served by the rural extension and 97 with technicians employees of the rural extension. The research covered the following regions: Southwest, South, Railway, Saint Patricio Vale, Antas River, Plateau, Meia Ponte, Paranã Vale, Araguaia Vale, Mesa Sierra, West, Red River, Paranaiba River and Bois River. Bound to this fieldwork, documental analysis were proceeded based on data from the IBGE Agriculture Census/ 2006, the Goiás State Secretary of Planning-SEPLAN/SEPIN and the reports of activities of EMATER-GO in the period of 1975-2008. Studies lead to the conclusion that the technical assistance service and rural extension needs to be rethought, but it can not finish because according to the technicians and farmers, the small farmer still needs a lot from the extension, since the large and average producer can afford to hire the private services, while the small one has only the extension. Family farmers emphasize that the rural extension is essential for the development of productive activities and the preservation of natural resources on their properties. It also concludes that if the EMATER /RURALAGENCY was the organ that intermediated the introduction of technologies in rural areas, it should also contribute to the construction of a new and necessary rationality in the countryside, that incorporates farmers and technicians to the perspective of sustainable development.
A proposta central deste trabalho consiste em elucidar as práticas de transferência de tecnologia para os produtores familiares, empreendidas pelo sistema oficial de extensão rural entre os anos de 1975 e 2008. Para levar as tecnologias ao homem do campo, a extensão rural atuou em várias áreas proporcionando a inserção do agricultor nos pacotes tecnológicos da revolução verde, propulsora desse processo, baseado numa racionalidade econômica que apesar de proporcionar grandes avanços no crescimento da agricultura e pecuária, causou impactos negativos ao meio ambiente. Para conhecer o pensamento dos agricultores e técnicos sobre as práticas educativas inseridas no trabalho de extensão rural, foram visitados 57 municípios, correspondendo a uma amostra de aproximadamente 25% do total de municípios do estado de Goiás, onde foram realizadas 268 entrevistas, sendo 171 com agricultores familiares atendidos pela extensão rural e 97 com técnicos funcionários da extensão rural. A pesquisa abrangeu as seguintes regiões: Sudoeste, Sul, Estrada de Ferro, Vale do São Patrício, Rio das Antas, Planalto, Meia Ponte, Vale do Paranã, Vale do Araguaia, Serra da Mesa, Oeste, Rio Vermelho, Rio Paranaíba e Rio dos Bois. Vinculado a esse trabalho de campo, procedeu-se à análise documental, baseada nos dados do IBGE- Censo Agropecuário/2006, da Secretaria de Planejamento do estado de Goiás-SEPLAN/SEPIN e nos relatórios de atividades da EMATER-GO, no período de 1975-2008. Os estudos levam à conclusão, que o serviço de assistência técnica e extensão rural precisa ser repensado; mas que este não pode acabar, pois, segundo os técnicos e os agricultores familiares, o pequeno agricultor ainda precisa muito da extensão, posto que o grande e médio produtor têm condições de contratar os serviços particulares, enquanto o pequeno só tem a extensão . Os agricultores familiares enfatizam que a extensão rural é essencial para o desenvolvimento das atividades produtivas e preservação dos recursos naturais existentes nas suas propriedades. Conclui ainda, que, se a EMATER/AGENCIARURAL foi o órgão que intermediou a introdução das tecnologias no meio rural, cabe a ela também contribuir na construção de uma nova e necessária racionalidade no campo, que incorpore agricultores e técnicos na perspectiva de um desenvolvimento sustentável.
Gömec, Görkem. "Building Rural Development Strategies Through Energy Resilience in Turkey: A Brown Revolution of Biogas and Cooperatives." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-209718.
Full textLima, Filipe Augusto Xavier. "AS MÚLTIPLAS FACES DO DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL: COMPREENDENDO AS EXPERIÊNCIAS DE TRANSIÇÃO AGROECOLÓGICA NOS MUNICÍPIOS DE SANTA CRUZ DA BAIXA VERDE E DE SÃO LOURENÇO DA MATA, PE." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2016. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/3825.
Full textSince the development of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension National Policy (Pnater) in 2004, it can be observed that subsequent extension policies shows both theoretical and methodological ambiguities, distortions and weaknesses, with regard to Agroecological approaches and sustainable rural development strategies, which might lead to damages and uncertainties regarding extension actions, as well as among family farmers, public that benefits from technical assistance and public extension politics. Given the importance of this theme, the research poses the following question: how Agroecology has been incorporated to rural development dynamics, respecting a wide range of socioeconomic, productive and environmental situations, as well as associative organizations, which shape strategies and experience of family farmers? The work aims to analyze how different situations influence rural development. Respecting this, the research consists on a comparative analysis between two specific cases from Pernambuco state: a family farmers group from Santa Cruz da BaixaVerde which experienced an agroecological transition process in 1990s, and a group of farmers settled through agrarian reform at São Lourenço da Mata, which participated of an agroecological transition process, starting in the late 2000s. With regard to methodological resources, the thesis will be guided in the mixed model, which enables integration between qualitative and quantitative approaches, following some additional steps, such as literature, documentary research, case study, direct observation, survey and data processing. The comparative approach between two case studies, enabled the observation of actor´s participation on construction of qualitative factors which compound sustainability of rural development strategies and experiences driven by Agroecology. Moreover, it was clear that such as the selection of appropriate strategies for sustainable rural development, also the ability to readapt itto scenery changes and to learn from others' experiences are crucial in the long run, regarding the success of this kind of initiative. Considering that agroecological transition is permanently subjected to re-orientations, this research shows how actors and social networks can influence rural development; and which factors might lead to qualitative differences among individual cases; and which factors may lead to more or less sustainable dynamics in a time spam. The importance of this research is justified by the possibility of enabling the comprehension of relationship between family farmers in agroecological and other social stakeholders, revealing singularities of rural development. In addition, an analysis that confronts particularities of rural development strategies in different local contexts, as well as its consequences, might contribute to the improvement of technical assistance and rural extension policies towards family farmers.
Desde a criação da Política Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Pnater) de 2004, observa-se que as políticas de extensão rural subsequentes apresentam ambiguidades, distorções e fragilidades, tanto de ordem teórica, quanto metodológica, no que se refere às abordagens sobre a Agroecologia e as estratégias de desenvolvimento rural sustentável, fato que pode causar prejuízos e incertezas para as ações dos extensionistas e junto aos agricultores familiares, público priorizado pelas políticas de assistência técnica e extensão rural (Ater). Diante da importância do tema, a pesquisa parte da seguinte pergunta: de que forma a Agroecologia vem sendo incorporada às dinâmicas de desenvolvimento rural, considerando as diferentes situações socioeconômicas, produtivas, ambientais e de organização associativa presentes nas estratégias e experiências dos agricultores familiares? O trabalho tem como principal objetivo analisar como essas diferentes situações influenciam o desenvolvimento rural. Para isso, elegeu-se como base da pesquisa uma análise comparativa entre dois casos específicos no estado de Pernambuco: um grupo de agricultores familiares de Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde, que vivenciaram, ainda na década de 1990, um processo de transição agroecológica, e um grupo de agricultores assentados de programa oficial de reforma agrária no município de São Lourenço da Mata, que participaram de um processo de transição agroecológica iniciado no final dos anos 2000. No âmbito dos recursos metodológicos, a tese pautou-se no modelo misto, que permite a integração entre os enfoques qualitativo e quantitativo, seguindo algumas etapas complementares, como, por exemplo, pesquisa bibliográfica, pesquisa documental, estudo de caso, observação direta, levantamento e tratamento dos dados. A abordagem comparativa, entre os dois casos em estudo, permitiu observar a participação dos atores na construção de fatores qualitativos que compõem a sustentabilidade das estratégias e experiências de desenvolvimento rural orientadas pela Agroecologia. Também foi possível perceber que, tanto quanto a escolha de estratégias adequadas para o desenvolvimento rural sustentável, a capacidade de readaptá-las em face das mudanças de cenário e de aprender com as experiências alheias são determinantes, no longo prazo, para o sucesso desse tipo de iniciativa. Entendendo que a transição agroecológica está permanentemente sujeita a reorientações, a pesquisa demonstra de que maneira atores e redes sociais podem influenciar o desenvolvimento rural; que é possível identificar fatores que qualitativamente produzem diferenças entre casos concretos; e que tais fatores podem levar a dinâmicas mais ou menos sustentáveis no tempo. A importância da pesquisa está justificada na possibilidade de contribuir para a compreensão das relações existentes entre os agricultores familiares de base agroecológica e outros atores sociais, revelando particularidades do desenvolvimento rural. Além disso, uma análise que confronte as particularidades de estratégias de desenvolvimento rural em contextos locais diferentes, assim como as suas consequências, pode contribuir para o aprimoramento das políticas de assistência técnica e extensão rural voltadas aos agricultores familiares.
Kalkan, Almina, and Johanna Wiss. "Alleviating poverty with new technology? : A field study of the implications of a new agriculture production methodin Zambia and the factors affecting its adoption." Thesis, Linköping University, Linköping University, Economics and Economic History, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-54685.
Full textNew technology and new innovations have for long been considered as a spring for growth. Conservation farming (CF) is a new production method introduced in rural Zambia and previous research shows that it increases yields and improves soil fertility. Even though the method is proven more efficient than conventional agriculture, only approximately 10 % of Zambia’s farmers have adopted the method. The purpose of this study is to discuss the implications of the introduction of CF on the capabilities of farmers and on economic growth. Furthermore, the study aims to explore why CF, which is proven to be more economically efficient than the conventional method, is not adopted to a larger extent in Zambia.
A qualitative study of 25 farmers, farming with either CF or conventional methods, was performed in the region of Mumbwa, Zambia. The results were divided depending on whether the farmers were using the new method or not. To analyze the selected material theories were chosen that regard economic growth and technological change, the adoption process of new innovations, incentive creation and the expansion of capabilities.
The two groups showed differences in age, the size of their land, how many crops they grew and to what extent they were working for others or hiring labor. The conclusion from the small sample of farmers is that the farmers using CF had been able to expand their capabilities in different ways. They had food for all the year, the new method allowed them to plan their time better and it was more environmentally sustainable than the old method. The negative aspect of CF is that it is not compatible with the old method in terms of social norms. CF leads to a more efficient use of capital and labor and therefore it can increase the economic growth. In terms of a new innovation, CF seems to have a relative advantage over the old method but it must be spread to a larger group of farmers to reach a breakthrough. To create a higher adoption rate of the method the farmers’ perception must be taken into account.
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Mapfumo, Alexander. "Agricultural expenditure for economic growth and poverty reduction in Zimbabwe." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/422.
Full textRaman, Nair R. "An investigative and evaluative study of factors affecting quality of agricultural and farm information services in Kerala." Diss., University of Kerala, 2004. http://www.keralauniversity.edu/.
Full textAndersson, Sandra. "Avdrag för FoU : Innebär tillägget verksamheten i övrigt en faktisk utvidgning av avdragsrätten för FoU i förhållande till den tidigare lydelsen av IL 16 kap 9 §?" Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19136.
Full textDe senaste åren har möjligheten till avdrag för FoU tolkats snävt vilket försvårat för företagen att få avdrag för FoU av allmän karaktär. Svaret på kritiken mot den snäva tolkningen förde med sig en lagändring av IL 16 kap 9 § (FoU-regeln). Uppsatsens syfte är att fastställa innebörden av FoU-regeln för att utreda om lagändringen är en utvidgning i förhållande till den tidigare lydelsen av lagregeln samt bedöma om lagändringen är ändamålsenlig. Enligt FoU-regeln krävs det att mottagaren av bidraget utgör en FoU verksamhet samt att tillräckligt samband finns mellan FoU:n och företaget för att erhålla avdragsrätt. Svårigheten att bedöma sambandet är då FoU:n utförs av någon extern och syftet med forskningen inte är inriktad på att lösa företagets specifika problem utan forskningen är av mer allmän karaktär. Det måste finnas ett rimligt intresse mellan FoU-verksamheten och företaget, vilket innebä ratt bara sådan FoU som hamnar helt utanför företagets område ska uteslutas från avdragsrätt. I praxis har även dock FoU med visst samband uteslutits varför tillämpningen av FoU-regeln är komplex. Lagändringen av FoU-regeln innebär att avdrag får göras när det finns samband mellan FoU-verksamheten och den huvudsakliga verksamheten eller verksamheten i övrigt. Vid bedömningen ska hänsyn alltså tas till hela verksamheten. Det här innebär en utvidgning av avdragsrätten i förhållande till den tidigare lydelsen, då avdrag endast medgavs när samband fanns med kärnverksamheten. Det huvudsakliga ändamålet med lagändringen är en utvidgad avdragsrätt. Utifrån ordalydelse är det nu tydligt att avdrag får göras även då samband inte finns med den huvudsakliga verksamheten, men samband finns med den övriga verksamheten. Tillägget verksamheten i övrigt innebär således en faktisk utvidgning av avdragsrätten för FoU i förhållande till den tidigare lydelsen av FoUregeln.
Carbonnel, Anna. "Engagement de la recherche agronomique dans l'action. Le cas d'une Recherche-Action en Partenariat au Cameroun." Phd thesis, Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier III, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00839985.
Full textBachmann, Lorenz. "Review of the Agricultural Knowledge System in Fiji." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/14618.
Full textThe small Island country Fiji has an articulated agricultural knowledge system with private and public institutions. The agricultural research and extension departments of the Ministry of Agriculture are the focus of this study. A participatory action research methodology was used to investigate the potential of participatory methods and to improve information flows between farmers and the Ministry in order to achieve a systematic Integration of farmers' problems into the knowledge system. Furthermore, the potential of platforms in improvement of the efficiency of work in the Ministry was studied. Participatory methods proved suitable in improving the dialog with farmers and the analysis of their problems. Besides this, farmers potentials and their ideas for solutions could be assessed. As a result, a model for the systematic compilation of farmers' problems and respective research and extension priorities could be elaborated. The training course on participatory methods revealed the following strength of Ministry staff: organising surveys, field use of tools, presentation and visualisation of findings. Conceptual thinking, analytical skills, interpretation, and report writing skills were identified as weaknesses. These deficits restrict the problem solving potential of participatory methods in the Ministry. Further education of Ministry staff and revised curricula at the local agricultural colleges will be required, to raise the overall level of scientific education. Four projects that were studied as cases for platforms, revealed that platforms were suitable means for promoting innovation development and somewhat less successful for the diffusion of findings. The most successful platform was characterised by a balanced contribution and participation of all actors involved. Strengths of the platform model were identified as such: better co-ordination, improved linkages, better interplay of actors, better means to reach goals, reduced duplication of efforts, and better use of resources. Weaknesses were seen in the need to achieve consensus and co-ordination, the weakening of hierarchical authority due to increased flexibility, and the fact that experienced-trained staff were not available in abundance in the Ministry. Three years after the first introduction of participatory methods in the Ministry, a partial institutionalisation could be observed. For the further consolidation of participatory methods and platforms, a linkage unit for further promotion is recommended.
Patterson, R. G. "A study of the soils and agronomy of a high country catchment." Lincoln University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1315.
Full textKwenani, K. M. (Kingsley Mabuku). "The effectiveness of community action plans of farmer's livelihood in the Caprivi Region, Namibia." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27298.
Full textDissertation (MInstAgrar)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Chiche, Yeshi. "Comparative analysis of gender related farm households in the Arsi-Negele farming zone in Ethiopia." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27269.
Full textDissertation (MSc (Agricultural Extension))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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Mononyane, Kgaogelo Rebecca. "The impact of training of extension officers on poverty alleviation agricultural projects in Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality of Capricorn District Municipality in Limpopo Province, South Africa." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/987.
Full textThe aim this study was to assess the impact of training of Extension Officers on poverty alleviation agricultural projects in Lepelle-Nkumpi Municipality. It aimed to assess if the skills that the Extension Officers acquired from the training offered to them did have a positive impact on the farmers and their projects. The objectives of the study thus, were: to identify and describe the nature and relevance of the training programs offered to the Extension Officers; to assess the impact of training and development on service delivery; and to suggest appropriate actions or interventions as may be necessary to improve the impact on service delivery. The study was qualitative in design and it sampled 10 projects. Data was gathered from Extension Officers attached to the 10 projects, famers, key informants consisting of community leaders and headmen and Deputy Managers. The study used focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews and a questionnaire to collect data. The key findings from this study are: computer literacy skills training seems to be the most popular one among the Extensions Officers. Some of them have never been given the opportunity to attend agricultural-related training. The study recommends that the computer literacy should be combined with the technical agricultural subjects so that the Extension Officers could be equipped with more information which will assist them to search for information from the internet and to impart the agricultural information to the farmers so that they could improve their productivity and income. Training in marketing and financial management is imperative for farmers to enhance their productivity and to manage their finances. The study also found out that the Extension Officers are not receiving adequate posttraining supervision in the form of evaluation. The frequent project visits and supervision of the extension officers’ daily duties by their superiors can improve their commitments to their work as well as increase the farmers’ productivity. Farmers lament the fact that they are offered the training theoretically and none of the extension officers make an effort to demonstrate to them practically. The work-related training which the Extension Officers have attended have improved service delivery at their work place because some of the beneficiaries since they started working in their projects, they have been getting their salary every month and their secret is that they cultivate the correct vegetables at the right time and this helps them to manage the three months waiting period easily. The Limpopo Provincial Department of Agriculture should extend the number of the extension officers in their municipality so that they could be available when they need them. The study adds to the knowledge base on the impact of training of extension officers on poverty alleviation agricultural projects.
Hörner, Denise. "The Role of Extension and Sustainable Soil Management in Smallholder Agriculture - Evidence from Ethiopia." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/21.11130/00-1735-0000-0005-1493-E.
Full textLee, Chao-tsung, and 李朝宗. "The research of promoting leisure farming development strategy of non-profit organization-take farmer’s association of Chiayi county for example." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53789646836753870794.
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Farmers'' Association is a organization of juridical association whose objective is to protect farmers'' rights, enhance farmers'' techniques, promote the modernization of agriculture, raise the profit of products, improve the quality of farmers'' lives, and develop the economy of rural communities. Farmers'' Association is the intermediary among the government, farmers, rural communities, and the agriculture. It sent out giant energy for the farming industry of Taiwan during the process of economic development. In contrast with the rapid growth of industry and business, agriculture is marginalized and its output value is decreasing, particularly after Taiwan became a member of the World Trade Organization in 2002. Facing the challenge of globalization and liberalization of trade, the future of agriculture on the island is getting more and more puzzled. Searching for the vitality of the traditional agriculture, it has been the objective and expectation of the governmental and non-governmental institutions that guiding cultivating agriculture transform into servicing agriculture that focuses on tourism and leisure. The topic of this study is to provide the strategy of promoting leisure agriculture of Chia-Yi County. In order to come up with the strategy, the following methods of study were proceeded. First, undertaking questionnaire survey between the suppliers of leisure farms and their consumers to know the consumers'' demands and expectations to the agricultural tourism. Second, interviewing other farmers'' associations, travel agencies, and the runners of the leisure farms to learn the obstacles and needs that might meet during promoting the agricultural tourism. Additionally, doing the SWOT analysis to conclude the strengths and weaknesses of the agricultural tourism of Chia-Yi County. All the information collected were used to position the farmers'' association in the development of agricultural tourism, to bring up the strategy of promoting agricultural tourism, and to consult farmers'' association in assisting transformation or promoting leisure agriculture.
Yeni, Sithandiwe. "Ideologies and discourses underpinning paradigms of small-scale farmer development: a critical analysis of state and non-governmental extension support programmes in uPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3803.
Full textAs a means to reduce poverty particularly in rural areas, the South African government has placed great emphasis on the development of small-scale farmers into becoming commercial farmers. Central to this effort is the provision of agricultural extension support, as reflected in the 1995 White Paper on Agriculture (DOA, 1995), African National Congress (ANC) policy resolutions of 2007 (ANC, 2007) and a 2011 extension recovery plan (DAFF, 2011). Parallel to this policy process, a growing role of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) in supporting small-scale farmers, and criticising the governmental approach is observed. Biowatch is one example of this kind of NGO that, aside from its direct support to farmers, advocates for an alternative approach that embraces ‘subsistence’ farming. The academic literature suggests that existing agricultural policies are too generic and therefore fail to accommodate the different types of small-scale farmers that are found in rural areas, resulting in poor policy impact. This thesis seeks to establish the ideological thinking underpinning two paradigms of small-scale farmer development in South Africa and explores what they look like in practice, while analysing how they produce and reproduce class differentiation, and the emergence of various livelihood trajectories. Through qualitative research conducted in one case study site (the village Emagengeni in Northern KwaZulu- Natal) the views of farmers (beneficiaries of extension support as well as non-receivers) have been elicited and so contribute to a clear picture of what is happening there. In addition, experiences and perceptions of government extension officers, provincial officials and a Biowatch official are taken into account. Theoretically, the study is framed using Cousins’ (2011) class analytical perspectives on smallscale farming in South Africa which distinguish between three types of ‘petty commodity producers’, i.e. (i) petty commodity producers that produce to meet most of their social reproduction needs, (ii) petty commodity producers producing to partially meet their social reproduction needs and (iii) petty commodity producers producing enough to sell and make profit and start to accumulate capital. In addition, the categories described by Dorward et al (2009) in the ‘stepping up’, ‘hanging in’ ‘stepping out’ and ‘dropping out’ theory, are used to analyse the broad types of strategies pursued by poor people. The sustainable livelihoods framework is used to classify the various types of farming households observed. The main argument is that since 1994 the nature of public agricultural support has not met the needs of the majority of farmers in the country, i.e. poorly resourced farmers mostly located in the former homelands. This is because it is trying to make them into something they are not, i.e. commercial farmers and is focused on on-farm productivity and does not address wider market conditions. Although Biowatch demonstrates a more effective response to farmers’ needs, it is limited in its approach to agrarian transformation. The conclusion is that government’s fixation on the commercialisation of small-scale farmers perpetuates the existing and already problematic dualism within the agricultural sector.
ouyang, yin-hua, and 歐陽穎華. "A Research on the Strategic Planning for the Development of Community Enterprise - An Application for the Construction Plan of Leisure Farming in Chung-liao Community." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2447hw.
Full textMoghaddasi, Leyla. "Development of an integrated stochastic model for the evaluation of the impact of microscopic extension on tumour clonogen survival in heterogeneous hypoxic Glioblastoma Multiforme." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/105045.
Full textThesis (Ph.D.) (Research by Publication) -- University of Adelaide, School of Physical Sciences, 2016.
Makapela, Mzuhleli. "Effectiveness of agricultural extension organisation in rural areas: the case of Amathole District Municipality (Eastern Cape)." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20225.
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Chuang, Teng-Tai, and 莊燈泰. "A Study of Creative Construction Engineering of Agricultural Research and Extension Station: The Indoor Display Area Renovation Project of Miaoli District Agricultural Development Pioneer Plan for Establishing Regional Operation Center." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59252138305690291519.
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The development of cultural creativity industry is one of the main policies of Taiwan. The essence of cultural creativity came from the extension of national cultural assets. Therefore, museum seems to be a good cultural institute. The museum under study is an agricultural reform field of Miaoli district agricultural operation center. Its main purpose is to promote the agricultural development and integrate agriculture with modern life and technology. Therefore, the concept of demonstration space was adopted to show the general public the modern agriculture and display the close relationship between the agriculture and their normal life. And at the same time, it demonstrated the scope and research results of the agriculture reform field, by what to educate the farmers and to serve the professions in the agricultural area. By well designed demonstration and displaying techniques, the agricultural achievements and progress in Taiwan will open wide to the world and it became the motive of this research. The first chapter introduced the scope and the plan of the indoor display area renovation project of the Miaoli District Agricultural Development Pioneer Plan for Establishing Regional Operation Center of Executive Yuan’s Council of Agriculture. Chapter two discussed how the cultural creativity give the meaning of traditional industry and agriculture developments and how it served as a main force applied by the government to educate the people and to push Taiwanese product to the world. Chapter Three and Chapter Four explored the construction plan, drawing description and detail drawings of the project, analyzed the innovative methods utilized to shorten construction period, and meanwhile, how the demonstration project helped the economic improvements. Chapter Five examined the final output of the project. Deliberate coordination and collaboration between designer and the operation team of the museum continued during the execution period. Miniatures joined with multimedia demonstration and graphic illustrations to give the best of their set goals.
Marais, Mark Trevor. "Anthropocentric development evaluation : making people and their humanity the focus of development and its evaluation." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18124.
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Islam, Md Mofakkarul. "Sustainability failure of donor-supported organisational reforms in agricultural extension : a Bangladesh case study : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/776.
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Find full text(7847804), Grace L. Baldwin. "DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN CRITERIA AND OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING LAKE RESTORATION OF LAKE BOSOMTWE AND IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS FOR SMALLER-HOLDER FARMERS NEAR LAKE BOSOMTWE - GHANA, WEST AFRICA." Thesis, 2019.
Find full textThe Lake Bosomtwe impact crater is located in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa. The impact crater diameter from rim to rim is approximately 10.5 km wide with a lake located at the center. Three different districts touch the lake containing 155,000 hectacres of land. There are approximately 7,500 people from 24 villages, and 12 of those villages reside within walking distance of the lake shore. Within the last ten years, the lake has been subjected to overfishing and environmental degradation. The health of the lake has declined due to overfishing and algae blooms caused by improper fertilization rates. Because of these factors, residents of the area have been forced to transition to subsidence farming as their main vocation. According to the Ghana Statistical Service group, 97.6% of the population participates in some form of rural crop farming (Ghana Statistical Service, 2010). Experience with common practices such as crop rotation, fertilizer use, and erosion control is extremely limited. The lake has not been recommended for recreational use due to the excess runoff in the form of agrochemicals, liquid, and organic waste. Caged aquaculture and traditional fishing within Lake Bosomtwe is currently illegal.
A comprehensive Institutional Review Board (IRB) survey was developed for the six primary research questions to be examined. From these six research questions, 147 specific questions were developed. Three of the 147 questions were to obtain Global Positioning System (GPS) data for community households, pit latrines, and water wells or boreholes. This study sought to interview 10-15 farmers per village, for each of the 12 villages located along the shore of Lake Bosomtwe of their perspective on land use change/cover in the Lake Bosomtwe area, current farming practices, current water sanitation and hygiene practices, and current fishing practices. These surveys were collected in the form of oral responses, for which 118 small-holder farmers were interviewed. Of the participants surveyed, 66% were qualified to answer all questions, and 100% of participants completed the survey.
Some specific statistical tests were conducted based of market assessment survey. It was determined that no association between gender and level of education existed. Meaning, that female participants interviewed have just as many opportunities as male participants to pursue education beyond Junior High School (JHS). Yield averages between the villages on the north side of the lake with road access and villages on the southern portion of the lake with limited to no road access were determined to be significantly different. It was determined that road access does affect village yield. When comparing average usable yields between villages located on the northern side of the lake with road access or between villages on the southern side of the lake with limited to no road access, these results were not statistically significant. No significant difference in the scores for villages with road access on the northern side of the lake and villages with limited to no road access on the southern side of the lake existed. Therefore, road access does not affect village usable yield. Through statistical analysis an association was determined between people who practice bathing and washing in the lake and those who practice fishing as a form of livelihood.
Four decision matrices were created to prioritize the following items: Farm Components, technologies to showcase at an appropriate technology center, improved farming practices to showcase through Demonstration Plots, and extension outreach topics. The top three results for the Farm Components were: Appropriate Technology Center (ATC), Demonstration Plots, and a Micro-Credit Union. The top three technologies to showcase as part of the ATC are: PICS Bags, Moisture Meters, and Above-Ground Aquaculture. The three demonstration plots recommended terracing/erosion control, crop rotation, and cover crops. The highest priority extension outreach topics were: basic home/farm finance, improving health through washing stations, and post-harvest loss prevention. The top three priorities of each decision matrix will be the focus of further study, so that these topics can be developed and programs focusing on these needs can be implemented in collaboration with the community partners.