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La capacitación en Sociedades Cooperativas Agropecuarias. Estudio de caso: Mixquic, Delegación Tláhuac. Distrito Federal.
Provedor de dados: Depósito Institucional Abierto de Documentos Digitales del Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS DIGITAL )
Autores: García Gallo, Clara.
Mixquic es uno de los pocos poblados que aún prevalecen en el Distrito Federal con características rurales, tanto a nivel federal como del Gobierno del Distrito Federal (GDF) existen leyes, reglamentos e instituciones cuya observancia establece el apoyo a sociedades cooperativas y su capacitación. Se seleccionó este poblado con el propósito de conocer cuál es el nivel de organización de las sociedades cooperativas agropecuarias y cómo es el proceso de capacitación que se efectúa en las mismas. Delegacionalmente se tienen registradas 35 sociedades cooperativas agropecuarias y la investigación se dirige a las variables de sociedades cooperativas y capacitación, cuya medición contiene los aspectos de: información general de las sociedades cooperativas; tipos...
Palavras-chave: Capacitación; Sociedades cooperativas; Productores agropecuarios; Training; Cooperative societies; Farmers; Desarrollo Rural; Maestría.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/635

Diversidad de cabras en los sistemas tradicionales de la montaña baja del estado de Guerrero, México.
Provedor de dados: Depósito Institucional Abierto de Documentos Digitales del Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS DIGITAL )
Autores: García Bonilla, Dulce Violeta.
La caprinocultura ha sido una actividad económica importante en la Montaña de Guerrero, a través del pastoreo trashumante, conocido como haciendas volantes, en la época colonial y como actividad a pequeña escala más recientemente. El trabajo tuvo como objetivo caracterizar el sistema de producción de caprinos y relacionarlo con la diversidad de cabras presentes en las unidades familiares de producción. Se aplicaron 112 cuestionarios y se registró información de 863 cabras de 27 rebaños. En los cuestionarios se registró información del productor, su organización, lengua, recursos productivos, estructura del rebaño, prácticas de manejo y beneficios. Para determinar la diversidad de cabras se registró información del fenotipo y medidas zoométricas. Los datos...
Palavras-chave: Explotaciones caprinas; Productores; Riqueza; Tipo de cabra; Breeds; Farms goat; Farmers; Richness; Estrategias para el Desarrollo Agrícola Regional; EDAR; Maestría.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/2199

Factores tangibles e intangibles que contribuyen a la evolución, permanencia e impacto del modelo GGAVATT en el estado de Veracruz, México (1982-2007).
Provedor de dados: Depósito Institucional Abierto de Documentos Digitales del Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS DIGITAL )
Autores: Rodríguez Chessani, Miguel Arcángel.
El objetivo de la investigación fue identificar los factores que propiciaron el establecimiento, evolución y permanencia del Modelo GGAVATT en el estado de Veracruz y los factores que impactaron los capitales tangible de los ranchos e intangible de los productores, a través de un estudio retrospectivo, longitudinal y descriptivo de los sucesos ocurridos durante los años de 1982 a 2007. Para identificar la permanencia como organización se consideró a 409 GGAVATT; para la innovación tecnológica 126 grupos; para la importancia y aceptación de la tecnología 56 productores y 75 asesores;  para determinar los grados de equidad con el coeficiente de Gini, 79 ranchos y para capitales tangible e intangible el GGAVATT Tepetzintla. Los resultados indican que el...
Palavras-chave: Organización; Productor; Tecnología; Capital tangible; Capital intangible; Organization; Farmers; Technology; Tangible capital; Intangible capital; Doctorado; Agroecosistemas Tropicales.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10521/431

Supporting the Shift from State Water to Community Water: Lessons from a Social Learning Approach to Designing Joint Irrigation Projects in Morocco
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Autores: Dionnet, Mathieu; Lisode; mathieu.dionnet@lisode.com; Bluemling, Bettina; Wageningen University; bettina.bluemling@wur.nl.
This paper focuses on the evaluation of a participatory approach aimed at supporting groups of small-scale farmers in the design of joint drip irrigation projects. Our idea was to create a sustainable social learning environment in which they could acquire adaptive knowledge about new irrigation technology and about designing and managing a joint irrigation project while at the same time improving their negotiation capacities. We developed a framework to evaluate the process as well as the outputs and outcomes of the use of our approach with four groups of smallholder farmers in the Tadla irrigation scheme in Morocco. Our findings showed that the learning environment made it possible to compensate for the knowledge differential among stakeholders and to...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Social learning  drip irrigation  irrigation projects; Project management  Morocco; Farmers; Water supply.
Ano: 2009

Adaptive management in crop pest control in the face of climate variability: an agent-based modeling approach
Provedor de dados: Ecology and Society
Climate changes are occurring rapidly at both regional and global scales. Farmers are faced with the challenge of developing new agricultural practices to help them to cope with unpredictable changes in environmental, social, and economic conditions. Under these conditions, adaptive management requires a farmer to learn by monitoring provisional strategies and changing conditions, and then incrementally adjust management practices in light of new information. Exploring adaptive management will increase our understanding of the underlying processes that link farmer societies with their environment across space and time, while accounting for the impacts of an unpredictable climate. Here, we assessed the impacts of temperature and crop price, as surrogates...
Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports
Palavras-chave: Adaptive management; Agent-based model; Agro-ecosystems; Farmers; Pest.
Ano: 2015

Configuration of the technical orientation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul: a comparison of the 2006 and 2017 census
Provedor de dados: Extensão Rural
Autores: Camara, Simone Bueno; Boscardin, Mariele; Zarnott, Alisson Vicente.
Technically oriented companies have different formats, from government, cooperatives and even farmers themselves. In this sense, agricultural censuses play an important role in the context of mapping establishments that receive or do not receive some type of technical guidance. Thus, this work aims to analyze the configurations of technical guidance comparatively from the 2006 and 2017 censuses in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The analyzes are carried out through descriptive statistics. The mesoregion with the most agricultural establishments receiving some type of technical guidance is the Northwest (23.13%), which has the characteristic of being one of those with the most municipalities, which are mostly family-owned. The mesoregion that has the least...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Agricultores; Produções; Assistência técnica; Censo agropecuário; Farmers; Technical assistance; Productions; Agricultural census.
Ano: 2023
URL: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/extensaorural/article/view/70699

O Pronaf na Paraíba: uma avaliação quantitativa com enfoque psicossocial.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: ROCHA, F. E. de C.; ALBUQUERQUE, F. J. B. de; PINHEIRO, J. de Q.
bitstream/CPAC-2010/30245/1/bolpd-204.pdf
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Psicologia social.; Agricultura Familiar; Pequeno Produtor.; Family farms; Farmers; Psychology; Small farms.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/571861

Transferência de tecnologia, agricultura familiar e desenvolvimento local: a experiência do Projeto Silvânia.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: ZOBY, J. L. F.; XAVIER, J. H. V.; GASTAL, M. L.
ABSTRACT: The rural development has been associated to the modernization of the agriculture by the use or incorporation of new technologies to the productive process. However, it cannot just be faced as fruit of technological change, because the own adoption of technologies is dependent of external factors to the rural establishments. This work discusses the methodology used in the Project "The utilization of R&amp;D approach for the development of the small agriculture in the area of Silvânia-GO", usually known as "Projeto Silvânia". The R&amp;D approach can be defined as the experimentation in real scale and in collaboration with the farmers for the improvements technical, economical and social of the production systems and of the modalities of...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Organização; Projeto Silvânia; Innovation; Diagnosis.; Adoção de Inovações; Agricultura Familiar; Análise de Dados; Desenvolvimento Rural; Diagnostico; Inovação; Pequeno Produtor; Transferência de Tecnologia.; Sistema de Produção; Farmers; Data analysis; Family farms; Farming systems; Innovation adoption; Small farms; Rural development; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/559742

Região geoeconômica de Brasília, DF: caracterização do setor agropecuário.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: FRANZ, P. R. F.; TORCHELLI, J. C.
O trabalho visa preencher uma lacuna ressentida pelo CPAC, quanto aos estudos socioeconomicos na sua area de influencia. Foi desenvolvido, inicialmente, na Regiao Oeoeconomica de Brasilia, mas podera ser estendido as demais regioes dos Cerrado. Trata-se de instrumento expedito e economico, que pode ser utilizado, como um marco de referencia do ponto de vista metodologico, visando a atualizacao constante dos conhecimentos, em termos de caracterizacao, analise e giagnostico do setor agropecuario. A regiao Oeoeconomica (RGE) de Brasilia abrange 235.592 km2 (11,6% de toda a regiao do Cerrado) e 89 municipios mais o Distrito Federal (10,3% dos municipios da regiao dos Cerrados). Esta regiao, polarizada por Brasilia, e importante, gracas as suas caracteristicas...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Desenvolvimento regional; Agropecuaria; Aspecto socio-economico; Regiao geoeconomica de Brasilia; Brasil; Regional development; Socieconomic organization.; Agricultor; Cerrado; Uso da Terra.; Agriculture; Cattle; Brazil; Farmers; Land use.
Ano: 1985
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/547611

Técnicas para interpretar a demanda da agricultura familiar: a comunicação interpessoal.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: SPERRY, S.
ABSTRACT: The objective here is to show the need to start the small farmers researches by collecting upon agriculturist social dynamics, as by understanding their social interaction among themselves and their society. It is possible to identify the needs and the problems of their organization and, therefore, to conduct a research process in order to transfer more suitable technologies to the reality. Instead of starding the technological interference in the rural area with the traditional diagnosis about the agriculturers production systems, the study call up attention to the importance of the qualified diagnosis and the interpessoal communication. In order to reach its purpose and also to show that strategy is acessable and that may be easily managed, the...
Tipo: Circular Técnica (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Comunicação interpessoal; Organização; Produtor rural; Grupo; Interação; Diagnóstico qualitativo; Interpessoal communication; Small farmers; Group; Interaction; Qualitative diagnosis.; Agricultura Familiar; Pequeno Produtor; Sociologia Rural.; Family farms; Farmers; Rural sociology.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567293

Conhecendo melhor os pecuaristas e suas relações com a Embrapa Gado de Corte.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: CEZAR, I. M.
Enfoque "participativo" tem ganho terreno como um novo caminho para encontrar solucoes que atendam aos interesses dos produtores rurais. Tal abordagem contrasta com a cultura das instituicoes de P&amp;D que tradicionalmente nao envolvem os produtores nas decisoes tecnologicas. Nesse sentido, essa pesquisa visa conhecer caracteristicas gerais de pecuaristas, obter uma visao sobre seus processos de tomadas de decisao e suas relacoes com a Embrapa Gado de Corte. Pecuaristas de Campo Grande e do Pantanal foram escolhidos como grupos sociais, representando regioes ecologicamente distintas. Usou-se um procedimentos seccional no tempo, para obtencao dos dados, por meio da aplicacao de um questionario. Os resultados indicam que, em geral, os fazendeiros consultam...
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Bovino de corte; Embrapa Gado de Corte; Campo Grande; Mato Grosso do Sul; Brasil; Embrapa Beef cattle.; Fazenda; Pecuarista; Sistema de Informação; Sistema de Produção.; Pantanal; Farmers; Farms; Beef cattle; Farming systems; Brazil; Information systems.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/323699

Fundamentos de uma nova abordagem de pesquisa e extensão para facilitar o processo de tomadas de decisão do produtor rural.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: CEZAR, I. M.
Os produtores rurais estão cada vez mais dependentes de conhecimento, informação e tecnologia para tomar decisões. Globalização da economia, questões ambientais e sociais surgem como novas forcas, influenciando o desenvolvimento tecnológico e contrastando com a dominante demanda de abastecimento de mercado que estimulou a "revolução verde" no passado. Como consequencia, ha uma necessidade urgente de rever as abordagens de pesquisa e extensão para desenvolver e disseminar informações comparatíveis com essa nova realidade. Neste contexto, torna-se de fundamental importância entender o processo de tomadas de decisão do produtor rural e as características sociais de suas redes de conhecimento e informação. Este trabalho tem como objetivo trazer para discussão...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Modelo.; Difusão de Tecnologia; Pesquisa; Pecuarista; Sistema de Informação.; Farmers; Information systems; Models; Research; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/323937

Mudanças sociais, organização dos produtores e intervenção externa.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: SABOURIN, E.
As diversidades das formas de organização rural: As estruturas informais e a reciprocidade camponesa; As Comunidades; As prestações de ajuda mútua - o mutirão; Redes de interconhecimento ou de proximidade; Organizações profissionais: Os sindicatos de agricultura; Cooperativas agrícolas; Associações de produtores. A Diversidade das organizações: complementariedade ou contradição?; Permanência das estruturas de reciprocidade camponesa; Tentativas de adaptação as mutações econômicas; Processos de construção da ação organizada; Delegação de responsabilidade; Aprendizagem coletiva; Estabelecimento de regras; Organização dos produtores e intervenções externas; Da medida à informação: o apoio a aprendizagem; Intervenção reguladora e institucionalização das...
Tipo: Capítulo em livro técnico (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Organização social; Organização dos produtores; Mudança social; Associação de produtores; Produtor rural; Collective farming; Desenvolvimento rural; Agricultura Familiar; Cooperativa; Pequeno Produtor; Rural development; Farmers; Farm planning.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/153320

Os pecuaristas e suas redes de conhecimento e informação.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: CEZAR, I. M.
Essa pesquisda tem como objetivo identificar e entender "como" as redes de conhecimento e informacao dos pecuaristas sao construidas, socialmente, e suas relacoes com o Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Gado de Corte da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa Gado de Corte), visando ao desenvolvimento de um modelo conceitual com enfoque participativo para gerar e transferir tecnologia. Pecuaristas pertencentes a duas regioes ecologicamente distintas (Campo Grande e Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul) constituiram-se como modelos sociais para obtencao dos dados. Os estudos de casos, agregados a aplicacao previa de um questionario a uma amostra das populacoes, formaram a base para as sinteses das redes de informacao. Aplicaram-se analise multivariadas...
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Bovino de corte; Campo Grande; Mato Grosso do Sul; Embrapa Gado de Corte; Brasil; Farm; Embrapa Beef Cattle.; Difusão de Tecnologia; Fazenda; Pecuarista; Sistema de Informação.; Pantanal; Farmers; Beef cattle; Brazil; Information systems; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/323698

Modelo de avaliação de programa: uma referência para o monitoramento do Pronaf na Paraíba.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: ROCHA, F. E. de C.; ALBUQUERQUE, F. J. B. de; TRÓCCOLI, B. T.
bitstream/CPAC-2010/30244/1/bolpd-203.pdf
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Psicologia social.; Produtor rural; Agricultura familiar; Pequeno produtor.; Family farms; Farmers; Small farms; Psychology.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/571854

Pecuária de corte no Brasil Central: o produtor, os recursos produtivos e o manejo das pastagens.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: COSTA, F. P.
Problemas técnicos relacionados ao manejo das pastagens vêm sendo estudados com grande frequencia e profundidade. Pouco esforço, porém, tem sido dirigido para entender as ações e motivações dos produtores, relacionadas a tal manejo. O presente trabalho e um estudo exploratório neste sentido, apresentando o resultado de um levantamento realizado em uma amostra de 100 pecuaristas de corte da microrregião homogênea Pastoril de Campo Grande, no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. As entrevistas tiveram como base um questionário englobando os seguintes tópicos: características gerais dos produtores e suas preferências na aplicação dos recursos financeiros; disponibilidade e uso dos recursos produtivos, incluindo pastagens e alimentação suplementar, bovino, máquinas,...
Tipo: Circular Técnica (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Bovino de corte; Taxa de lactação; Super-pastejo; Campo Grande; Mato Grosso do Sul; Brasil; Stocking density; Management; Agricultural workers; Feeding; Brazilian savannas.; Alimentação; Cerrado; Deterioração; Manejo; Maquina; Mão-de-Obra; Pecuarista.; Pastagem; Brazil; Farmers; Equipment; Deterioration; Beef cattle; Overgrazing; Pastures.
Ano: 2000
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/323700

Desenvolvimento local e associações de pequenos agricultores - o caso de Massoroca (Juazeiro-BA).
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: BARROS, E. da R.; SABOURIN, E.; PERES, J. I. G.; CARON, P.
o presente trabalho é fruto da cooperação entre a equipe de extensionistas da Empresa Baiana de Desenvolvimento Agrícola-EBDA de Juazeiro-BA, os pesquisadores do Centro de Cooperação Internacional em Pesquisa Agrônomica para o Desenvolvimento CIRAD/Departamento de Sistemas Agroalimentares e Rurais-SAR e a Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária-Embrapa, através do Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Trópico Semi-Árido-CPA TSA, que atuam juntos para implementar métodos e instrumentos de Pesquisa &amp; Desenvolvimento (P &amp; D) com as comunidades rurais da região de Massaroca, no município de Juazeiro-BA. Esse processo , com duplo objetivo de avaliação em andamento do projeto e de sistematização metodológica do acompanhamento das organizações de...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Organização dos produtores; Pequeno agricultor; Associação de produtores rurais; Zoneamento municipal; Bahia; Juazeiro; Massoroca; Comunidade Rural; Historia; Sistema de Produção; Vegetação Nativa; Caatinga; População Rural; Farming systems; Brazil; History; Rural communities; Farming systems; History; Rural communities; Farmers.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/1133203

Técnicas para interpretar a demanda da agricultura familiar: a história de vida.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: SPERRY, S.
ABSTRACT: The author show the heuristic value of life history as an aid to comprehending the various levels of interconnection between the social and the individual, and between historical change of the agricultural communities and the life cicle. This perspective leads to enphasis beind placed on the concepts of family life-cicle of the small farmers. The study presents, on a most possible way, the steps for its application, fallowed by application administration experiences.
Tipo: Circular Técnica (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Entrevista; Diagnóstico qualitativo; Methods; Interview; Qualitative diagnosis.; Agricultura Familiar; Método de Pesquisa; Pequeno Produtor; Sociologia Rural.; Family farms; Farmers; Research; Small farms.; Rural sociology.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567352

Intenção de pagamento do crédito (Pronaf): uma aplicação da Teoria da Ação Planejada.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: ROCHA, F. E. de C.; ALBUQUERQUE, F. J. B. de; DIAS, M. R.; COELHO, J. A. P. de M.; MARCELINO, M. Q. dos S.
RESUMO: Analisou-se intenção de pagamento do crédito no contexto da avaliação do Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf), na Paraíba, por meio de Teoria da Ação Planejada de Ajzen (1991). Participaram deste estudo os beneficiários do Pronaf A (assentados, n = 200) e usuários de Pronaf B (agricultores familiares, n = 200). O delineamento foi correlacional, com amostragem não-probabilística. A coleta de dados ocorreu por meio de entrevista semiestruturada, com 38 itens (escala de 1 a 7, tipo Likert), em 46 comunidades rurais de 8 municípios. Baseado no modelo de Ajzen, a Atitude e a Crença normativa foram, para o Grupo A, os preditores que mais explicaram a Intenção de pagamento de crédito. Para o Grupo B, as dimensões Crença...
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Psicologia social.; Agricultura Familiar; Pequeno Produtor; Transferência de Tecnologia.; Farmers; Family farms; Psychology; Small farms; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/571851

A importancia do controle financeiro em um sistema de informacoes gerenciais numa fazenda familiar.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: VELOSO, R. F.; FERNANDES, F. B.; BARIONI, L. G.
bitstream/CPAC-2009/24394/1/p2003_39.pdf
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: DRURAL100; Produtror rural; Informacao gerencial; Administration; Management.; Administração Rural; Análise Econômica; Desenvolvimento Rural; Fazenda; Tomada de Decisão.; Farmers; Farms; Economic analysis; Decision making; Rural development.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/567672

Pesquisa participativa em melhoramento de mandioca: uma experiência no Semi-Árido do Nordeste do Brasil.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: FUKUDA, W. M. G.; MAGALHAES, J. A.; CAVALCANTE, J.; PINA, P. R.; TAVARES, J. A.; IGLESIAS, C.; HERNANDEZ ROMERO, L. A.; MONTENEGRO, E. E.
Este trabalho teve por objetivos provar conjuntamente com agricultores, extensionistas e pesquisadores uma metodologia complementar, denominada de pesquisa participativa em melhoramento de mandioca, que aplicada a clones em etapas avançadas de avaliação, incremente a possibilidade de serem adotados pelos produtores, bem como estabelecer uma retroalimentação entre estes segmentos que permita identificar os principais critérios de seleção utilizados pelos produtores do semi-árido para a adoção de novas cultivares de mandioca. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em quatro locais do semi-árido dos Estados da Bahia (Itaberaba), Pernambuco (Petrolina e Araripina) e Ceara (Quixadá), em parceria com a EBDA,IPA e EPACE. Iniciou-se com um diagnostico, seguido do...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Criterios de seleção; Variedades; Produtores; Provas participativas; Evaluation criteria.; Mandioca.; Cassava; Farmers; Varieties.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/638140

Pesquisa participativa em melhoramento de mandioca: uma experiencia no semi-arido do Nordeste do Brasil.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: FUKUDA, W. M. G.; MAGALHAES, J. A.; CAVALCANTI, J.; PINA, P. R.; TAVARES, J. A.; IGLESIAS, C.; HERNANDEZ ROMERO, L. A.; MONTENEGRO, E. E.
Este trabalho teve como objetivos provar conjuntamente com agricultores, extensionistas e pesquisadores uma metodologia complementar, denominada de pesquisa participativa em melhoramento de mandioca, que aplicada a clones em etapas avancadas de avaliacao, incremente a possibilidade de serem adotados pelos produtores, bem como estabelecer uma retroalimentacao entre estes seguimentos que permita identificar os principais criterios de selecao utilizados pelos produtores do semi-arido para a adocao de novas cultivares de mandioca. O trabalho foi desenvolvido em quatro locais do semi-arido dos Estados da Bahia (Itaberaba), Pernambuco (Petrolina e Araripina) e Ceara (Quixada), em parceria com a EBDA, IPA e EPACE. Iniciou-se com um diagnostico, seguido do...
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Evaluation; Mandioca; Manihot Esculenta; Melhoramento Vegetal; Produtor; Variedade; Cassava; Farmers; Plant breeding; Varieties.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/132104

Caracterização dos produtores do Núcleo Rural do Buriti Vermelho: aspectos sociais, geográficos e de uso do solo e da água.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: MOREIRA, J. M. M. A. P.; SOUSA, T. C. R. de; SOUZA, M. A.; AGUIAR, J. L. P. de; BELCHIOR, E. B.; RODRIGUES, L. N.
bitstream/item/75880/1/bolpd-292.pdf
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Production systems; Irrigation system.; Irrigação; Solo.; Farmers; Land use; Socioeconomic factors.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/902783

Avaliação de programa: aspectos teóricos e metodológicos no contexto da agricultura familiar.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: ROCHA, F. E. de C.; ALBUQUERQUE, F. J. B. de; MARCELINO, M. Q. dos S.
ABSTRACT: This study to present information from literature about evaluation of social programs, which were used later on to evaluate the Pronaf (a credit line for small farmers implemented by the Brazilian Federal Government) in Paraiba state. Several approaches about the evolution logic models were identified, in which data and information are gathered through tables or input lists, activities, products, results, in which was verified the recommendation of quasi-experimentation design, with control group, to isolate results of the specific program. Moreover, concepts related to hard indexes and perception data were also presented to facilitate visualization of how determined variable criterion occurs in the real world, i. e., how e perception data can be...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Psicologia social; Family farmers.; Agricultura Familiar; Pequeno Produtor; Transferência de Tecnologia.; Farmers; Psychology; Small farms; Technology transfer.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/571909

A importância do controle financeiro em um sistema de informações gerenciais numa fazenda.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: VELOSO, R. F.; FERNANDES, F. B.; BARIONI, L. G.; COLOCA, A.
RESUMO: A necessidade de dados para avaliação financeira e econômica de tecnologias agropecuárias e de aperfeiçoamento de procedimentos gerenciais de fazendas, por meio de recursos de informática, levou a Embrapa Cerrados à proposição de um sistema de informações gerenciais para fazendas em parceria com dois produtores familiares e um agrônomo autônomo. Dois estudos de caso em fazendas, na região sul goiana, vêm fundamentando o processo de criação de protótipo do sistema. Utilizando-se do Microsoft Access, foram desenvolvidos os módulos de controle financeiro, de custos, de estoques e de análise de resultados. Módulos de controle de máquinas, de pessoal, do rebanho e de mapas georreferenciados encontram-se em desenvolvimento. Na especificação do módulo de...
Tipo: Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtor rural; Contabilidade de custos; Administration; Strategic planning; Cost accounting.; Administração Rural; Desenvolvimento Rural; Planejamento Estratégico.; Farmers; Farms; Rural development.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/570340

Perfil sócio-econômico e tecnológico dos produtores de soja no Paraná.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: DOSSA, D.; DIAS, S. V.
Amostragem e coleta dos dados; Modelo de análise; Analise e discussão dos dados - Distribuição e uso da terra; Infra-estrutura econômica e social; Mão-de-obra; Infra-estrutura de máquinas e equipamentos; Sistemas de produção; Indicadores de administração rural; Cooperativismo; Tecnologia e uso de insumos: Calcário; Fertilizantes; Adubação verde em propriedades com soja; Descompactação do solo em propriedades com soja; Métodos de manejo de solos em propriedades com soja; Rotação de culturas em propriedades com soja; Alternativas de culturas de inverno para os produtores de soja no Estado do Parana; Manipulação de produtos químicos pelos produtores de soja; Uso de herbicidas e principais plantas daninhas na lavoura de soja; Pragas de soja, manejo e produtos...
Tipo: Documentos (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Produtores; Aspecto economico; Brasil; Parana; Soybean; Production; Economics aspect.; Produção; Tecnologia; Soja.; Brazil; Farmers; Technology.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/449353

Organizacao dos produtores e acao coletiva: sistematizacao e analise de estudos de caso no Nordeste brasileiro.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: SABOURIN, E.
Acao coletiva e organizacao dos produtores: referencias e estudos de caso - um marco de analise, hipoteses ematriz de analise; o mutirao, as redes sociotecnicas de proximidade; os processos de construcao da acao coletiva: o sindicato de trabalhadores rurais de Taua, CE, a delegacao de responsabilidades, as cooperativas, a aprendizagem coletiva, as associacoes comunitarias de Massaroca, Juazeiro, BA; o estabelecimento de regras, as associacoes de produtores das comunidades de Nossa Senhora da Gloria, SE; um processo interativo; cadeias de evolucao das formas de organizacao: formalizacao e profissionalizacao das organizacoes, o centro comunitario de servicos de Pintadas, BA, diversificacao das atividades e especializacao das funcoes, a autonomia e os...
Tipo: Capítulo em livro técnico (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Organizacao; Juazeiro; Massaroca; Pintadas; Ceara; Taua; Pernambuco; Petrolina; Sergipe; Nossa Senhora da Gloria; Producer; Cooperative activities; Organization; Familiar farms; Desenvolvimento rural; Agricultura Familiar; Análise; Comunidade Rural; Cooperativa; Produtor; Rural development; Farmers; Rural communities.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/133768

Estudo de caso: o programa de soja da Universidade Federal de Viçosa.
Provedor de dados: Informação Tecnológica em Agricultura (Infoteca-e)
Autores: QUIRINO, T. R.
bitstream/item/151812/1/1993FL002-Quirino-Estudo-3051.pdf
Tipo: Fôlder / Folheto / Cartilha (INFOTECA-E)
Palavras-chave: Projetos; UFV; Recursos humanos; Recursos materiais; Produtor rural; Soybean; Projects; Material resources.; Pesquisa; Soja.; Farmers; Human resources; Research.
Ano: 1993
URL: http://www.infoteca.cnptia.embrapa.br/infoteca/handle/doc/12432

Seasonal Variations in the Histometric Characteristics of the Reproductive Organs of Pubertal West African Dwarf Bucks in their Native Tropical Environment
Provedor de dados: International Journal of Morphology
Autores: Bitto,I.I; Egbunike,G. N; Akusu,M. O.
As ambient temperature and humidity are high all year round within clearly defined dry and rainy seasons in our humid tropical environment, we evaluated the effects of season on the histometric characteristics of the reproductive organs of pubertal West African dwarf bucks using 8 healthy animals. There were no significant differences (p&gt;0.05) between the rainy and dry seasons in the basement membrane of the testes, seminiferous tubular diameter, and round spermatid nuclear diameter. There were also similarities (p&gt;0.05) between the seasons in epididymal luminal diameters, epididymal epithelial heights as well as in Leydig/sertoli cell ratio and sertoli cell Índex. Quadratic regression analyses showed that all the histometric characteristics of the...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Goats; Testes; Histometric; Seasons; Tropics; Farmers.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000200024

Femoral Functional Adaptation: A Comparison Between Hunter Gatherers and Farmers Using Geometric Morphometrics
Provedor de dados: International Journal of Morphology
Autores: Püschel,Thomas A; Benítez,Hugo A.
The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture has been associated with a gracilization in human form, especially in long bones. This has been interpreted as result of an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and reduced workload in the farming populations. However the majority of these evidences have been based on the application of different biomechanical techniques or the qualitative assessment of distinct morphological traits on attachment sites. Hence, this study tried to address whether is possible to distinguish between two different populations (hunter-gatherers and farmers) by quantifying their femoral morphology applying geometric morphometrics. We compared 16 male left femora belonging to two populations of Native Americans from the same...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Bone Functional Adaptation; Geometric Morphometrics; Hunter-Gatherers; Farmers; Principal Component Analysis; Discriminant Analysis.
Ano: 2014
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022014000200041

Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Upadhyay,   Bhawana; Samad,   Madar; Giordano,   Mark.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Drip irrigation; Technology; Rural women; Empowerment; Vegetables; Family income; Households; Villages; Farmers; Economic aspects; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92368

Identifying farmer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) crops in Scotland
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Hall,   Clare.
Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified (GM) food are well documented but there has been much less focus on farmer attitudes to GM technology in agriculture. This paper reports findings from a study investigating farmers’ attitudes to GM crops in Scotland. Results from a Q methodology study reveal three discourses, one apparently pro-GM and demonstrating an expectation of benefits, the second representing a more uncertain position, wary of the potential risks of the technology but likely to be reluctant adopters, and the third describing a group who demonstrate a somewhat fatalistic attitude towards the issue of GM technology adoption and impact. The paper also reports findings from a postal survey conducted as part of the Q methodology study....
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified crops; Farmers; Q methodology; Attitudes; Scotland; Technology adoption; Farm Management.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/45993

Opportunities for African Small Farmers in Ethical Foods Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Amanor-Boadu,   Vincent.
Income growth in many countries is fuelling expansion of the ethical consumer segment and creating an unprecedented opportunity for small African farmers. The challenge is how to organize these farmers to seize the opportunities being offered by the emerging market. We argue in this paper that the development of entrepreneurial perspectives on small farmers’ realities could help alleviate the current economic challenges confronting them. We suggest increased engagement between researchers and academics with producers in entrepreneurial ventures to seize these opportunities. This is new model of economic development focuses on microeconomic solutions through entrepreneurial initiatives. We believe the agricultural economics profession’s ability to engage...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Ethical Foods; Farmers; African; Markets; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52215

Vulnerability to risk among small farmers in Tajikistan: results of a 2011 survey
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Lerman,   Zvi; Wolfgramm,   Bettina.
Tajikistan is judged to be highly vulnerable to risk, including food insecurity risks and climate change risks. By some vulnerability measures it is the most vulnerable among all 28 countries in the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Region – ECA (World Bank 2009). The rural population, with its relatively high incidence of poverty, is particularly vulnerable. The Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in Tajikistan (2011) provided an opportunity to conduct a farm-level survey with the objective of assessing various dimensions of rural population’s vulnerability to risk and their perception of constraints to farming operations and livelihoods. The survey should be accordingly referred to as the 2011 PPCR survey. The rural population in Tajikistan is...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Tajikistan; Survey; Risk; Climate change; Tajikistan’s agriculture; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/119833

The impact of government policies on land use in Northern Vietnam: an institutional approach for understanding farmer decisions
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Clement,   Floriane; Amezaga,   Jaime M.; Orange,   Didier; Toan,   Tran Duc.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Land use; Public policy; Reforestation; Farmers; Decision making; Land management; Shifting cultivation; Villages; Vietnam; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52968

Successful Community-Based Seed Production Strategies
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Designed to address the issues that limit the access of small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to quality, affordable seed of the crops on which they depend for food security and livelihoods, this collection of articles describes successful principles for and experiences in community-based seed production. Among other things, the manuscripts analyze current seed production systems and models; propose ways to design successful community-based seed production schemes; describe proper seed production practices for selected cereals, vegetatively propagated plants, and other crops; and outline basic business practices for seed producers.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Seed production; Food security; Quality; Plant propagation; Crops; Models; Farmers; Partnerships; Small farms; Business management; Africa; Crop Production/Industries; F03; E10.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56188

Prospects for adopting system of rice intensification in Sri Lanka: A socioeconomic assessment
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Namara,   Regassa E.; Weligamage,   Parakrama; Barker,   Randolph.
Today, there is an increasing worldwide interest in assessing the potential for maintaining or increasing rice yields by reducing or eliminating the use of chemicals and by decreasing irrigation requirements. The System of Rice  Intensification (SRI) first developed in Madagascar and now being tested in many countries, is an example of such an approach. The system is based largely on organic farming principles and additional requirements for spacing and the transplanting of seedlings.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Models; Rice; Paddy fields; Irrigated farming; Rain-fed farming; Poverty; Farmers; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44561

Coping Strategies Against El Nino: The Case of Selected Communities in Talugtug, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Monsalud,   Florentino C.; Montesur,   Jaime G.; Abucay,   Edwin R.
The occurrence of El Nino causes tremendous havoc to economies. Recognizing this problem, the Philippine government has been introducing measures to mitigate the impact of the El Nino phenomenon. One of the measures to lessen the vulnerability of the farmers on El Nino related risk is the Small Water Impounding Projects (SWIPs). Furthermore, farmers have their own initiatives and coping mechanisms to mitigate the effects of El Nino. This research was undertaken to document the coping mechanisms, which would be useful in policy formulation. This study aims to: a) Determine the impacts of El Nino-related abnormal weather changes on agricultural production and farmers' income; b) Document the existing farming systems, resources, infrastructure, institutions,...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Climatic change; Farmers; Rural communities; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32717

Development of profitable milk production systems for northern Australia: an analysis of intensification of current systems
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Callow,   Mark N.; Gobius,   N.; Hetherington,   G.
Milk producers in northern Australia are attempting to make rapid adjustments to production systems that enable them to compete in a newly deregulated market, although there is uncertainty about how to do this. Through industry consultation and expert review a process was developed to identify production systems that may be capable of supporting economic targets of 10% return on assets and 600,000 L milk/labour unit. A broadly based project team in terms of disciplines then used this process to identify five production systems which were each applicable to substantial numbers of current milk producers. These were modelled using whole farm economic analyses and annual feed planning, using an iterative process over an extended period, to determine the...
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Learning; Farm management education; Farm Management.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123138

An investigation of the relationship between depth to groundwater and malaria prevalence, Punjab, Pakistan
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Donnelly,   M.J.; Birley,   M.H.; Konradsen,   Flemming.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Groundwater; Malaria; Waterborne diseases; Land use; Public health; Farmers; Institutions; Infrastructure; Maps; Statistics; Rice; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 1997
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113607

FARM COMPUTER ADOPTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Hoag,   Dana L.; Ascough,   James C.; Frasier,   W. Marshall.
Computers change rapidly, yet the last survey on computer use in agriculture was in 1991.  We surveyed Great Plains producers in 1995 and used logit analysis to characterize adopters and non-adopters.  About 37% of these producers use computers which is consistent with the general population.  We confirmed previous surveys emphasizing the importance of education, age/experience, and other farm characteristics on adoption.  However, we also found that education and experience may no longer be a significant influence.  Future research and education could focus on when and where computers are most needed, and therefore when adoption is most appropriate.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Agriculture; Computers; Farmers; Great Plains; Logit; Farm Management.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15144

Macroeconomic determinants of agricultural preferential investment credit in Poland
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Danilowska,   Alina.
In the paper the impact of macroeconomic determinants on the number and value of agricultural investment preferential credits in Poland is examined. This kinds of determinants are of an exogenous character and they cannot be controlled by individual farm. They are related to economic growth, price level changes, monetary policy, inflation, changes in foreign trade conditions. The econometric analysis showed that macroeconomic environment influenced farmers’ credit decisions at number and value of taken credits. The statistically significant variables in the case of these measures were the index of price relations of sold agricultural products to goods and services purchased by private farms (“price gap”), interest rate of central bank and real interest...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Preferential credit; Farmers; Macroeconomic determinants; Agricultural Finance.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44046

Free-riders or victims:  Women's nonparticipation in irrigation management in Nepal's Chhattis Mauja Irrigation Scheme.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Zwarteveen,   Margreet Z.; Neupane,   Nita.
Examines multiple factors in women's involvement/non-involvement in irrigation in the Chhattis Mauja irrigation scheme in Nepal. Includes an empirical analysis of the livelihood strategies of farm households, documentation of the level and nature of participation of women and men in the water users' organizations, analysis of women's access to irrigation services, and an examination of the need and desirability of increasing the participation of woman in the scheme organization.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Farmer-managed irrigation systems; Irrigation programs; Privatization; Water users' associations; Irrigated farming; Irrigation canals; Water delivery; Water allocation; Water distribution; Maintenance; Gender; Women in development; Farmers; Female labor; Agricultural manpower; Households; Family labor; Living standards; Social aspects; Agricultural production; Villages; Social organization; Performance evaluation; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 1996
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52731

Some Estimates of Farmers' Utility Functions
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Hildreth,   Clifford; Knowles,   Glenn J.
Utility functions for 13 Minnesota farmers are estimated from their responses to hypothetical decision problems under uncertainty.  The results furnish strong evidence of risk aversion and of decreasing absolute risk aversion as wealth increases.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Utility; Bayesian; Farmers; Uncertainty; Risk aversion; Decision theory; Cattle; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54545

Environmental Perceptions and Behavioral Change of Hillside Farmers: The Case of Haiti
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bayard,   Budry; Jolly,   Curtis M.
Land degradation is one of the most serious problems facing resource-poor tropical hillside farmers. Studies examining determinants of farmers’ decisions to invest in land improvement technologies have focused on economic and financial factors, neglecting individuals’ perceptions and awareness of the problems and how they affect land use and behavioral change that enhance environmental sustainability. This study examines Haitian peasants’ environmental behavior structure using a structural equation modeling approach. Specifically, the study examines the effects of perceived susceptibility, seriousness, benefits, and barriers to change on attitude, and the causal effect of attitude on behavior. The influence of the level of resources extracted from the land...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Environment; Perception; Behaviour and degradation; Agricultural productivity; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36804

Integrated development and management of water resources for productive and equitable use in the Indrawati River Basin, Nepal
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bhattarai,   Madhusudan; Pant,   Dhruba; Mishra,   V.S.; Devkota,   Hari; Pun,   Shuku; Kayastha,   R.N.; Molden,   David J.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: River basin development; Water transfer; Water rights; Water supply; Water demand; Water balance; Environmental effects; Social aspects; Development projects; Non-governmental organizations; Villages; Water users associations; Conflict; Farmers; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92699

Productivity of water in agriculture: Farmers’ perceptions and practices
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Mahoo,   Henry F.; Mkoga,   Zakaria Juma; Kasele,   Sydney Stephen; Igbadur,   Henry E.; Hatibu,   Nuhu; Rao,   Karuturi P.C.; Lankford,   Bruce A.
Stakeholders in agriculture and water related issues have different perceptions about the productivity of water. This is evident by the different definitions of productivity of water, though most of the definitions hinge around the benefits accrued from water use. The viewpoint of smallholder farmers’ regarding the productivity of water is important in order to promote the concept of productivity of water in a country like Tanzania. This is because 95 percent of the farmers are smallholders. This paper presents the farmers’ understanding of the productivity of water in the Mkoji sub-catchment (MSC) in the Ruaha River Basin in Tanzania. It also presents their practices aimed at increasing the productivity of water in the area. It reveals that the concept of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: River basins; Catchment areas; Water productivity; Farmers; Stakeholders; Conflict; Farming systems; Villages; Irrigation methods; Domestic water; Households; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91903

Self-Help Farmer Cooperatives’ Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Development in Southwest Nigeria
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Adeyemo,   Remi.
There is ample evidence that much of Africa fails to meet basic criteria of agricultural sustainable development and environmental preservation. The objective of this study was to explore the management of natural resources by self-help farmer cooperatives. The study was carried out in five local government areas of Southwest Nigeria. These local government areas are forest zones covered by derived savannah. The raining season normally starts around April and ends in October/November, followed by a dry season. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. Several methods were used to collect information. These included group discussions and questionnaires. Results from the study show that women have played a major role in almost every aspect of...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Cooperative and natural resources management; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92667

The farmer as a main factor of structural change in rural area’s: examination of slovenian farmers’ characteristics, perceived opportunities and threats and strategies as part of rural development in Slovenia
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Bergevoet,   Ron H.M.; Kuipers,   Abele; Marija,   Klopcic.
Agriculture in Slovenia is characterized by less-favourable natural and structural conditions. The degree of competitiveness of the whole agro-food sector will eventually decide whether farmers and industry will be able to compete on the EU market. Slovenian agriculture at the moment still lacks competitiveness Farmers that want to stay into business will have to further develop their farm. For farm development, besides craftsmanship and management skills increasingly entrepreneurial competencies are needed.  To get insight into the entrepreneurial characteristics of Slovenian dairy farmers by investigating the opportunities and threats as perceived by farmers (external factors) to establish a future in rural Slovenia in the relation to internal factors...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Structural changes; Farmers; Strategies; Slovenia; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94614

Farmers’ Willingness to Grow Switchgrass as a Cellulosic Bioenergy Crop: A Stated Choice Approach
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Fewell,   Jason E.; Bergtold,   Jason S.; Williams,   Jeffery R.
Farmers’ Willingness to Grow Switchgrass as a Cellulosic Bioenergy Crop:  A Stated Choice Approach  Agriculture’s role as a source of feedstocks in a potential lignocellulosic-based biofuel industry is a critical economic issue. Several studies have assessed the technical feasibility of producing bioenergy crops on agricultural lands. However, few of these studies have assessed farmers’ willingness to produce or supply bioenergy crops or crop residues. Biomass markets for bioenergy crops do not exist, and developing these markets may take several years. Therefore, an important, yet unaddressed question is under what contractual or pricing arrangements farmers will grow biomass for bioenergy in these nascent markets.  The purpose of this paper is to examine...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Biofuels; Cellulosic; Biomass; Switchgrass; Farmers; Willingness to Pay; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109776

Impact of Public Market Information System (PMIS) on Farmers Food Marketing Decisions: Case of Benin
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Kpenavoun Chogou,   Sylvain; Lebailly,   Philippe; Adegbidi,   Anselme; Gandonou,   Esaie.
To sell their surpluses of maize, the main staple in Benin, farmers may choose among three modes of transaction: they may sell under a contract with itinerant traders, or they may sell without a contract at the farmgate or on distant markets. It has been postulated that farmers may choose a profitable mode of transaction if they have good access to information on the prevailing market conditions. Using detailed farm household survey data from Benin, this paper applies the Nested Logit model to test this hypothesis. The results show that farmers are likely to opt for selling at the farmgate without a contract if they have good access to information. However, such a decision may not be related to access to information through the government supported 'Public...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Public Market Information System; Farmers; Modes of transaction; Liberalization; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52999

MODELING FARMERS PREFENCES FOR AGRIENVIRONMENTAL SCHEME DESIGN: A SPANISH CASE STUDY
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Espinosa-Goded,   Maria; Barreiro-Hurlé,   Jesús; Ruto,   Eric.
Agri-environmental schemes (AES) have had a limited effect on European agriculture due to farmer’s reluctance to participate in them. Information on the role that AES design can have on encouraging farmers to participate can be an important input into the design of such policies. This paper investigates farmers’ preferences for different design options related to a specific AES in Spain using a mixed logit error component choice experiment approach allowing for preference heterogeneity and correlation amongst the non status quo alternatives. In particular, findings show farmers preference for greater flexibility in scheme implementation, presence of a fixed-rate payment per contract and additional advisory services. However, heterogeneity in the value of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Choice experiment; Agri-environmental schemes; Farmers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Production Economics.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50328

Determinants of Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Nigeria: A Profit Function Approach
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Kolawole,   Ogundari.
This study employs a stochastic frontier approach to examine profit efficiency of small scale rice farmers in Nigeria using farm-level survey data collected from 200 farmers in the study area. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and standard profit function. The result shows that about 60 percent of potential profit is gain due to production efficiency while the remaining can be attributed to both technical and allocative inefficiencies in the study area. Also, the result further revealed that age, educational level, farming experience and household size positively affected profit efficiency. These variables are thus important in policy formulation by government.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Stochastic frontier; Profit efficiency; Small-scale; Farmers; Nigeria; Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; C8; C21; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25238

The transformation of irrigation boards into water user associations in South Africa: Case studies of the Lower Olifants, Great Letaba and Vaalharts water user associations. Volume 1
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Seshoka,   Jetrick; de Lange,   Willem J.; Faysse,   Nicolas.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water users’ associations; Organizational development; Institutional development; River basins; Water use; Water quality; Canals; Irrigation water; Domestic water; Water resource management; Water requirements; Irrigation requirements; Water allocation; Dams; Irrigation programs; Farmers; Case studies; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92655

PESTICIDE USE AND HUMAN HEALTH IN NORTHWESTERN JAMAICA
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Ncube,   Ngqabutho; Bessler,   Patricia; Jolly,   Pauline E.; Tint,   Kyaw; Fogo,   Christopher; Binns,   Alvin; Jolly,   Curtis M.
A number of studies have detected high levels of pesticide residues in surface water and aquatic life in Jamaica and acute pesticide poisoning is believed to be widespread there. Despite efforts by the Jamaican government to create awareness of the dangers of pesticides and adopt safe a pesticide disposal method, many farmers still display poor pesticide handling and disposal practices. The objectives of this study were to 1) describe pesticide use by farmers in northwestern Jamaica including inappropriate methods in pesticides handling and disposal, and 2) determine whether farmers’ perception of the mode of bodily entry of pesticides affects their method of disposal. Farmers in Westmoreland, St. James and Hanover were surveyed using an...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pesticide poisoning; Jamaica; Human health; Farmers; CAES; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy; Health Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36968

Major farm characteristics and co-op use
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Wadsworth,   James J.
This report describes relationships between major farm characteristics and co-op use and membership. Analyses were based on multivariate logit regression. Statistically significant relationships were found between farm size and farm location and co-op use but relationships varied greatly by farm type and type of use activity. No statistically significant relationship was found between co-op use and operator age. Statistically significant relationships were found between co-op membership and farm size, operator age, and farm location. These relationships varied also by farm type. Data for the study are for 1986 and were obtained from surveys by National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Cooperatives; Farmers; Co-op use; Membership; Marketing; Purchasing; Logit regression; Agribusiness.
Ano: 1990
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49824

The Seed Industry for Dryland Crops in Eastern Kenya
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Muhammad,   Lutta; Njoroge,   Kiarie; Bett,   Charles; Mwangi,   Wilfred; Verkuijl,   Hugo; De Groote,   Hugo.
The development and promotion of improved crop varieties as well as efficient seed production, distribution, and marketing systems have contributed significantly to increased agricultural production and food security in Kenya. However, these impacts have not been replicated in the semi-arid midlands due to climatic, soil, and institutional factors. Following the liberalization of agriculture in the late 1980s, there has been greater participation of the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and voluntary agencies in the area. This study examined the extent to which these developments affected farmers’ access to dryland crops. The study found that the low quantity of seed traded, high cost of production, and high seed supply prices constrained the...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Agricultural situation; Seed industry; Seed production; Food security; Marketing; Production costs; Distribution costs; Private sector; Public sector; Farmers; Farming systems; Dry farming; Crop husbandry; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries; E16; F01.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56108

Comparative Analysis of the Safe Training Performance about Farmers Use Pesticide -Sichuan Province of China as an example
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Wenting,   Song; Xinhong,   Fu; Deping,   Xiong; Yan,   Wang; Lian,   Huang.
The Ministry of Agriculture of People’s Republic of China put in practice in non-hazardous food production and high-toxicity pesticides elimination, which aim at human, food and environmental safety. To investigate 491 farmers in Sichuan Province, the paper analyzes comparatively training content, fixed-point samples, different areas and training influence. The training content focuses on pesticide purchase, label reading, personal protection, container disposal, sprayer maintenance and sprayer cleaning. The results of SPSS statistical software show that there is a significant difference in 30 fixed-point samples between before and after training, and each index has obvious performance. And the results of component score and comprehensive scores of...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Training performance; Farmers; Pesticide; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Q16.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49973

Thoughts on Living Difficulties of Farmers and Marketing Economy in the Risk Society
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Wang,   Zhi-jie; Zuo,   Ting.
The paper combs the problems about living difficulties of farmers and marketing economy in the risk society and puts forward another point of view that with the theory of risk society, reconsider the dilemma of living choices of farmers under the background of marketing economy. On the basis of the statistics, the paper discloses the trend of larger and larger disparities of incomes between urban and rural areas; the paper explains the risks and uncertainties of life choices with the background of deepening marketing economy. In order to understand the life dilemma of farmers and marketing economy in the risk society, the paper makes an analysis from perspectives of the relationships between risk society and markets, the risks of farmers' living choices....
Tipo: Article
Palavras-chave: Marketing economy; Risk society; Farmers; Living difficulties; China; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121286

Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Greene,   Catherine R.; Dimitri,   Carolyn; Lin,   Biing-Hwan; McBride,   William D.; Oberholtzer,   Lydia; Smith,   Travis A.
Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall. Partly in response to shortages in organic supply, Congress in 2008 included provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (2008 Farm Act) that, for the first time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This report examines recent economic research on the adoption of organic farming systems, organic production costs and returns, and market conditions to gain a better understanding of the organic supply squeeze and other emerging issues in this rapidly changing...
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Organic agriculture; Farmers; Handlers; Consumers; Organic production costs; Organic supply; Marketing organic products; Organic label; Organic price premiums; Local food; Organic food imports; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58617

Do equal land and water rights benefit the poor? Targeted irrigation development:  The case of the Andhi Khola Irrigation Scheme in Nepal
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: van Etten,   Jacobijn; van Koppen,   Barbara; Pun,   Shuku.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation programs; Water rights; Poverty; Households; Surveys; Water allocation; Water distribution; Water users’ associations; Farmers; Landlessness; Land ownership; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92697

Explaining Finnish Farmers' Policy Responses with Environmental Attitudes
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Arovuori,   Kyösti.
In general, farmers are often found to be resistant to environmentally targeted agricultural policies. On the other hand, a part of farmers are clearly self-motivated to undertake farm practices that are beneficial to the environment and resource conservation. What motivates these farmers to participate? How much of this participation can be explained with attitudes, and where these attitudes arise from? In this paper, we analyze the effect of farmers‟ attitudes towards environmental policies and related issues on their farm level policy choice. The policy response analyzed is farmers‟ choice to implement voluntary contract-based special measures in the current agri-environmental support scheme. Our results show that farmers fall into different groups in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Agri-environmental policies; Policy choice; Agricultural and Food Policy; Environmental Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114216

The groundwater economy of Pakistan
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Qureshi,   Asad Sarwar; Shah,   Tushaar; Akhtar,   Mujeeb.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Groundwater irrigation; Groundwater extraction; Utilization factor; Electric tubewells; Diesel tubewells; Groundwater economy; Groundwater markets; Groundwater pricing; Crop yield; Crop production; Farmers; Pumps; Irrigated farming; Water resources; Agricultural production; Groundwater development; Land use; Water availability; Farmers; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92662

On Farm Conservation of Rice Biodiversity in Nepal: A Simultaneous Estimation Approach
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Gauchan,   Devendra; Van Dusen,   M. Eric; Smale,   Melinda.
This paper presents an empirical case study about farmer management of rice genetic resources in two communities of Nepal, drawing on interdisciplinary, participatory research that involved farmers, rice geneticists, and social scientists. The decision-making process of farm households is modelled and estimated in order to provide information for the design of community-based conservation programs. A bivariate model with sample selection treats the simultaneous process of whether farmers decide to plant landraces or modern varieties, and whether the landraces they choose to plant constitute genetic diversity of interest for future crop improvement. Findings show that the two landrace choices are affected by different social and economic factors. The...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Genetic resources; Rice; Farmers; Nepal; Landraces; Crop diversity; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58589

A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TOWARDS FUTURES CONTRACT USAGE.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Pennings,   Joost M.E.; Leuthold,   Raymond M.
We propose a behavioral decision-making model to investigate what factors, observable as well as unobservable, owner-managers consider regarding futures contract usage. The conceptual model consists of two phases, reflecting the two-stage decision structure of manager’s use of futures. In the first phase owner-managers consider whether futures are within the market choice set for the enterprise. In the second phase the owner-manager decides whether or not to initiate a futures position when confronted with a concrete choice situation. In both phases owner-manager’s beliefs and perceptions play an important role. The proposed model is tested on a data set of Dutch farmers, based on computer-assisted personal interviews. Because we incorporate latent...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Hedging; Futures; Structural equation modeling; Behavioral models; Futures exchanges; Choice models; Farmers; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2001
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46448

The transformation of irrigation boards into water user associations in South Africa: Case studies of the Umlaas, Komati, Lomati and Hereford Irrigation Boards Volume 2
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Faysse,   Nicolas; Gumbo,   Jabulani.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water users’ associations; Organizational development; Institutional development; Water law; Dams; Water users; Forestry; Farmers; Domestic water; History; Water quality; Water allocation; Water rates; Water resource management; Irrigation efficiency; Water use efficiency; Water rights; Canals; Case studies; Farm Management; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92784

Institutional Learning and Change: An initiative to promote greater impact through agricultural research for poverty alleviation
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Watts,   Jamie; Horton,   Douglas.
The ILAC Initiative consists of an evolving community of individuals committed to increasing the contributions of agricultural research to sustainable poverty reduction around the world. ILAC promotes research, methodology development and capacity development to increase understanding of agricultural change processes and increase the effectiveness of interventions to stimulate pro-poor innovation. This paper presents a broad overview of ILAC, including its background, origins and evolution, objectives and activities.  It also presents the initiative’s central hypothesis and a set of guiding questions. Theoretical frameworks that show promise for increasing understanding of issues related to capacities to learn, facilitate innovation, and contribute to...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural; Research; ILAC; Pro-poor; Innovation; Farmers; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52536

Effects of Trade Liberalization on Agriculture in Malaysia: Commodity Aspects
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Tengku Ahmad,   Tengku Mohd Ariff; Tawang,   Ariffin.
This book analyzes commodity aspects of the effects of trade liberalization on agriculture in Malaysia. The study describes the effects of trade liberalization on selected commodities namely palm oil, rice, and tobacco at the national level and farm level. The analysis included ex-ante and ex-post welfare gain and loss at the national level and profitability at the farm level.
Tipo: Report
Palavras-chave: Trade liberalization; Farmers; Palm oils; Rice; Tobacco; International Relations/Trade.
Ano: 1999
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/32694

Experiences and opportunities for promoting small-scale/micro irrigation and rainwater harvesting for food security in Ethiopia.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Awulachew,   Seleshi Bekele; Merrey,   Douglas J.; Kamara,   Abdul B.; van Koppen,   Barbara; Penning de Vries,   Frits W.T.; Boelee,   Eline.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Water harvesting; Irrigation systems; Irrigation programs; Gender; Agricultural extension; Farmers; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92402

Wastelands Afforestation in Northern India by Cooperatives: A Socio-Economic Evaluation
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Kareemulla,   Kalakada; Samra,   J.S.; Rizvi,   R.H.; Munnaram.
India has an estimated area of 129 million ha of wasteland, which can be used for providing sustainable livelihood for millions of rural unemployed. An evaluation of enhancing income and employment generation and environmental externalities due to plantations on wastelands through cooperatives and self-help groups was done. The development process was set up in leased degraded lands in three north Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The capacity building processes like savings and micro-enterprise skills empowered resource-poor farmers. An internal rate of return of 11.5 to 17.0 % in the phase I of the project imply tangible economic benefits at the end of 17 years, which improved to 13.9 to 20.4 % by including environmental...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Common pool resources; Environmental evaluation; Farmers; Micro enterprises; Self-help groups; Land Economics/Use.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25384

Agricultural Decision Analysis: The Causal Challenge
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Parton,   Kevin A.
The paper sets out the agenda for reviewing models of decision making in the context of farmers’ use of seasonal climate forecasting. Such forecasts have been framed in terms of shifts in cumulative distribution functions of yields or gross margins. Typically they have been applied to choices about crop variety, crop type, time of planting or level of fertiliser application. Fundamental questions are: how do farmers conceptualise and make use of the information contained in seasonal climate forecasts? Do our models of decision making represent well the way in which these decisions are made?
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Decision making; Farmers; Seasonal climate forecasts; Conceptualisation; Review.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48150

Analysis of Farm Household Preferences in the Management of Invasive Species: The Case of Miconia in Hawaii
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Chan-Halbrendt,   Catherine; Yang,   Fang; Thomas,   Lynna; Pant,   Archana.
A major threat to Hawaii's ecosystem is the spread of invasive plant species. One such species is Miconia calvescens. Given that this plant was originally introduced to Hawaii by the horticulture industry and has negative effects on agricultural productivity, it is logical to find the farm households' preference for the control of Miconia. Using Conjoint Choice Experiment methodology, this study designed a survey to measure farm households' preferences for Miconia calvescens control program attributes. Results of the surveys indicate that the farm households are willing to support Miconia control programs if they prevent severe soil erosion and loss of biodiversity.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Miconia; Invasive species; Hawaii; Farmers; Conjoint Choice Experiment; Valuation; Crop Production/Industries.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8189

Can supply chain's coordination mechanisms include small holders? Insight from an empirical work in Costa Rica.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Faure,   Guy; D'Hotel,   Elodie Maitre; le Coq,   Jean-Francois; Saenz,   Fernando.
Small holders' agriculture is currently facing new stakes due to State's withdrawal from agricultural support and to higher market requests for producing agricultural products. Different coordination mechanisms can be observed inside the supply chains involving farmers, farmers' organizations, and others stakeholders. They depend on the nature of the product, the characteristics of the stakeholders involved, the technical specifications related to the transactions, and the institutional environment. Relying on a comparative case study methodology, the paper analyzes the consequences of different coordination mechanisms on inclusion or exclusion of small farmers in the northern region of Costa Rica. Market coordination could be an efficient way to integrate...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Supply chain; Small holders; Farmers; Contracting; Coordination; Costa Rica; Agribusiness.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7943

Opportunities for private sector participation in agricultural water development and management
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Penning de Vries,   Frits W.T.; Sally,   Hilmy; Inocencio,   Arlene.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Irrigation management; Private sector; Public sector; Public policy; Private investment; Participatory management; Privatization; Financing; Farmers; Households; Water harvesting; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92403

Empirical Analysis on Fixed Assets Investment and Income of Rural Household
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Zhang,   Lin.
The related literatures were reviewed. According to the data in 1984-2005, the long-run equilibrium relation and causality of household income and fixed assets investment in China were studied empirically. The results showed that the restrictions of income growth on fixed assets investment of household were serious, but fixed assets investment was not the cause of household income growth. Finally, some policy proposals were put forward.
Tipo: Thesis or Dissertation
Palavras-chave: Farmers; China; Fixed assets investment; Income; Co-integration theory; Agricultural Finance; Financial Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53516

Gender roles and multiple uses of water in North Gujarat.
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Upadhyay,   Bhawana.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Gender; Rural women; Households; Income; Water use; Villages; Farmers; Groundwater; Livestock; Irrigated farming; Policy; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Production Economics; Public Economics.
Ano: 2004
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92409

Banana Supply Chains in Indonesia and Australia: Surviving Isolation from End markets
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Singgih,   Shinta; Woods,   Elizabeth.
Two banana supply chains (BSC), one in Indonesia (BSC1) and one in Australia (BSC2), are described based on case study research conducted in 2002. BSC1 sources bananas from small farmers for distribution through traditional markets in Jakarta. BSC2 includes farmers supplying to both major and independent retailers in Sydney through a wholesale agency with some farmer ownership. Farmers in both chains live in relative isolation from the main markets for their bananas. Prices for their bananas depend on the market prices in the city, upon which they have little control. This paper focuses on how farmers removed from key markets, deal with buyers to receive fair prices. In both chains, most transactions between farmers and their buyers were completed through...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Banana supply chain; Isolation; Trust.; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization.
Ano: 2003
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24336

Innovation behaviour at micro level - selection and identification
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Sauer,   Johannes; Zilberman,   David.
Using a sequential logit model and a mixed-effects logistic regression approach this empirical study investigates factors for the adoption of automatic milking technology (AMS) at the farm level accounting for problems of sequential sample selection and behaviour identification. The results suggest the importance of the farmer’s risk perception, significant effects of peer-group behaviour, and a positive impact of previous innovation experiences.
Tipo: Working Paper
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Research; Dairy industry; Behavior modification; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120636

Risk Management Strategies by Australian Farmers
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Nguyen,   Nam C.; Wegener,   Malcolm K.; Russell,   Iean W.; Cameron,   Donald; Coventry,   David; Cooper,   Ian M.
Australian farmers operate in one of the most risky environment in the world. They have to cope with various sources of risk in their businesses. This paper reports results of two case studies undertaken to examine the issues of farming risks and risk management strategies in Australia. The first case study found that climate variability, financial risk, marketing risk, and personal risk were regarded as the major sources of farming risk in the Upper Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. The main management strategies used by farmers included diversifying varieties, minimising tillage, minimising area of risky crops and maximising area of the least-risky crop, having high equity, having farm management deposits and other off-farm investments, and "leaving...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risk; Risk management; Strategies; Farmers; Australia; Farm Management; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24295

The Risk Attitudes of U.S. Farmers: Comparisons to the General Population and Business Owners
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Roe,   Brian E.
I compare the risk attitudes of a large, representative sample of farmers to representative samples of the general population and of non-farm small business owners using a robust survey measure of risk tolerance. I find no difference between farmers and the general population in average risk tolerance while small business owners are significantly more risk tolerant than farmers. If farmers shared the same demographic profile as the general population, farmers would be significantly more risk tolerant while if farmers shared the profile of nonfarm business owners they would have similar risk tolerance.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Risk attitudes; Occupational choice; Agricultural and Food Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Political Economy; Risk and Uncertainty; D81; Q18.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103226

Science in Agricultural Relief and Development Programs:  The Case of Conservation Farming In Zimbabwe
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Mazvimavi,   Kizito; Twomlow,   Steve; Murendo,   Conrad; Musitini,   Tawedzegwa.
Drought is endemic to southern Africa. In Zimbabwe farmers have been experiencing drought once every two to three years. Relief agencies have traditionally responded to drought by providing farmers with enough seed and fertilizer to enable them to re-establish their cropping enterprises. But, in the absence of these interventions there are limited sustainable options for farmers to maintain higher productivity levels.  ICRISAT has been working with government, NGOs and the donor community to test more sustainable farming strategies that will increase food production levels even under drought conditions. For years, ICRISAT sought to develop more drought-tolerant varieties of sorghum, pearl millet and groundnut. But these offered only limited gains in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Drought; Farmers; Relief; Zimbabwe; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Demand and Price Analysis; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52129

Young and Older Farmers’ Perception and Assessment of Government Agricultural Agencies in Poland
Provedor de dados: Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)
Autores: Zawojska,   Aldona.
This article attempts to determine significance of differences among young and older farmers’ judgments on selected performance aspects of two EU paying agencies in Poland, namely Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARMA) and Agricultural Market Agency (AMA). The survey across Poland was conducted in late 2006 on a total of 194 respondents. The Likert-scale questionnaires were used to obtain data responses regarding the performance of the agencies. The sampling unit was the individual farm, the respondent being the person in charge of managing the farm and being customer of both agencies. The following hypotheses were set up for the study: 1. The young and older farmers’ perceptions of the government agencies impact on economic...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Government agencies; Farmers; Poland; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43941

No-tillage system participatory quality index
Provedor de dados: Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
Autores: Telles,Tiago S.; Righetto,Ana J.; Lourenço,Marco A. P.; Barbosa,Graziela M. C.
ABSTRACT The no-tillage system participatory quality index aims to evaluate the quality and efficiency of soil management under no-tillage systems and consists of a weighted sum of eight indicators: intensity of crop rotation, diversity of crop rotation, persistence of crop residues in the soil surface, frequency of soil tillage, use of agricultural terraces, evaluation of soil conservation, balance of soil fertilization and time of adoption of the no-tillage system. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which these indicators correlate with the no-tillage system participatory quality index and to characterize the farmers who participated in the research. The data used were provided by ITAIPU Binacional for the indicators of the no-tillage...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Conservation agriculture; Crop rotation; Soil and water conservation; Sustainable agriculture.
Ano: 2020
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662020000200128

ความยั่งยืนของการเลี้ยงโคนมโดยชุมชนเป็นฐาน: กรณีศึกษาบ้านห้วยเตย ตำบลท่าพระ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดขอนแก่น
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Theerachai Haitook; Prachyawit Husro; Vicha Kalabutr.
The study on sustainability of community-based dairy cattle raising, a case study in Ban Huay Toei, Tambon Ta Pra, Amphoe Muang, Khon Kaen Province aims to assess the development approach to this point and to assess on its affected factors. The data and information were gathered via participatory process for the overview and historical background. For the data of production performance, management and attitudes were collected by using a semi-structure interview tool. All Fourteen dairy cattle farmers in the village were interviewed. The study found that the resilience of the system resulted from 1) working hard, learning experience and positive attitudes on the occupation, 2) adaptation capacity in husbandry techniques and their livelihood, 3) well...
Tipo: PhysicalObject
Palavras-chave: Farmers; Dairy cattle; Dairy cattle production; Community context; Community-base; Sustainability; Participation; Ban Huay Toei; Khon Kaen province; เกษตรกร; โคนม; การผลิตโคนม; สมรรถนะการผลิต; บริบทชุมชน; ทัศนคติ; การปรับตัว; ความยั่งยืน; การมีส่วนร่วม; บ้านห้วยเตย; จ.ขอนแก่น.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5790

การพัฒนาพันธุ์ข้าวเหนียวเขี้ยวงู: จากธนาคารเชื้อพันธุ์สู่นาเกษตรกร
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Payapbhubes Markkool.
ข้าวเหนียวที่ใช้ในการประกอบอาหารประเภทของหวานที่มีคุณภาพดีที่สุด คือข้าวเหนียวเขี้ยวงู ซึ่งในระบบการค้าปัจจุบัน โรงสีใช้ข้าวพันธุ์กข6 มาดัดแปลง โดยเพิ่มจำนวนครั้งของการขัดสีและขัดมัน ทำให้เมล็ดข้าวสารมีขนาดเล็ก เรียวยาว สวยงาม ส่งขายให้กับผู้ประกอบการทั้งหมด ซึ่งกระบวนการดังกล่าว ทำให้ได้ปริมาณข้าวเต็มเมล็ดและต้นข้าวลดลง แต่มีต้นทุนการผลิตสูงขึ้น จึงส่งผลให้ข้าวสารของข้าวเหนียวเขี้ยวงูมีราคาแพง การใช้แนวทางโดยการพัฒนาพันธุ์ที่เป็นพันธุ์พื้นเมืองดั้งเดิม โดยผ่านขั้นตอนของการปรับปรุงพันธุ์ เพื่อให้ได้พันธุ์ข้าวเหนียวเขี้ยวงู ที่มีคุณภาพดีและเป็นที่ยอมรับ จึงเป็นอีกวิธีการหนึ่งซึ่งจะทำให้เกษตรกร ผู้ประกอบการโรงสี ผู้ประกอบการค้า และผู้บริโภค มีทางเลือกที่เป็นประโยชน์เพิ่มมากขึ้น และตามที่กรมการข้าวได้มีการรวบรวมพันธุกรรมข้าวไว้ทั่วประเทศ ตั้งแต่ในอดีต...
Tipo: PhysicalObject
Palavras-chave: Glutinous rice; Genebank; Farmers; Land varieties; Klaw-ngu glutinous rice; ข้าวเหนียว; ธนาคารเชื้อพันธุ์ข้าว; ชาวนา; พ้นธุ์พื้นเมือง; พันธุ์ข้าวเหนียวเขี้ยวงู.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5584

Role of small scale farmers to Thai sugar industry
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Sriroth, K.
Palavras-chave: Role; Scale; Farmers; Sugar; Industry.
Ano: 1995
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4852

การเพิ่มประสิทธิภาพการผลิตเมล็ดพันธุ์ข้าวแบบมีส่วนร่วมของกลุ่มเกษตรกร จังหวัดพระนครศรีอยุธยา
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Surapol Chatuporn; Kritkamol Paothong; Nipon Teimhong; Alchalie Prasertsak.
Research investigated riceseed production by participation of farmer group and  seed production recommended by the Department of Rice in comparison with rice seed production by Ban Ma -Tub Nam community enterprise in Bangpahun district of Auyutthaya province. The experiment conducted in dry season 2011 in collaboration with three farmer representatives. Research focused on rice seed quality and economic returns.  For rice seed quality, seed production recommended by Rice Department was about thesame quality as seed production by participation of  activefarmer groups and quality was higher than seed  production commonly practiced by farmers where it produced more number of mixed with other rice varieties and red rice seeds. Comparing rice seed quality...
Tipo: PhysicalObject
Palavras-chave: Rice; Participation; Productivity; Farmers; Ayutthaya province; ข้าว; เมล็ดพันธุ์; การมีส่วนร่วม; ประสิทธิภาพการผลิต; กลุ่มเกษตรกร; การผลิตเมล็ดพันธุ์; คุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์; ต้นทุนการผลิต; ผลตอบแทน; จ.อยุธยา.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5231

Prospects of corn production in Thailand
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Chamnien Boonma.
5 tables
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Corn production; Farmers; Opinions; Thailand; ข้าวโพด; สายพันธุ์; แหล่งของเมล็ดพันธุ์; อัตราปลูก; การใส่ปุ๋ย; สารกำจัดศัตรูพืช; ข้อจำกัดของการผลิต; แมลงศัตรูพืช.
Ano: 1977
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/3945

การปฏิบัติของชาวนาในการปลูกข้าวตามมาตรฐานการปฏิบัติทางการเกษตรที่ดี (GAP) ปี 2550/2551
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Kukiat Soitong.
This article concerned a summary report of social science research. The purpose of this research was to know the farmers' socio-economic situation, rice cultivation, rice cultivation practices, GAP standard practice in rice cultivation of the farmars and its factors related. The research was conduted by interviewing 3,575 farmers in 51 provinces during October 2007 to September 2008. It revealed the current situation of Thai farmers, rice cultivation practices, technologies used for rice production i.e. rice seed, soil fertility improvement, rice pest control and emphasizing on GAP standard practice by farmers. Many suggestion of the researchers were also given.
Tipo: Collection
Palavras-chave: Rice cultivation; Farmers; GAP; Rice seed; Soil fertility improvement; Rice pest control; Yield; Production technology; Good agricultural practices; การปลูกข้าว; ชาวนา; เกษตรดีที่เหมาะสม; การบำรุงดิน; การป้องกันกำจัดศัตรูข้าว; ผลผลิต; การผลิตข้าว; เมล็ดพันธุ์; เทคโนโลยีการผลิต; การปฏิบัติทางการเกษตรที่ดี; สภาพเศรษฐกิจและสังคม.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5266

การสำรวจและประเมินคุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์ข้าวของเกษตรกรในจังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Charun Khawhnuna; Wichien Pongsapan.
The main objective for the survey and evaluation on seed quality in Surat Thani province in 2010 was to accomplish the farmers’ problems and their need for the seed. This would be not only beneficial for an appropriate technology transfer on seed production in any target areas but also broaden a support for a national control scheme on seed producers and seed sellers. The study consisted of three activities; the first one was survey and evaluation on seed quality from seed producers and seed sellers. There were 3 groups of seed producers consisting 38 rice farmers, 1 store selling rice seed which is a rice selling agent in Surat Thani province.  The rice seed was Pathum Thani 1. The amount of rice seed samples from 27 rice seed producers that reached...
Tipo: Collection
Palavras-chave: Rice; Seed quality; Survey; Evaluation; Seed producers; Seed sellers; Farmers; Surat Thani provience; เมล็ดพันธุ์; คุณภาพเมล็ดพันธุ์; การประเมิน; การติดตาม; แหล่งผลิตเมล็ดพันธุ์; แหล่งจำหน่ายเมล็ดพันธุ์; มาตรฐานเมล็ดพันธุ์; เกษตรกร.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/5534

Study on technology diffusion among corn farmers in traditional corn producing areas
Provedor de dados: Thai Agricultural Research Repository
Autores: Sanit Kao-Ian; Sarun Wattanutchariya.
7 tables
Palavras-chave: Corn; Maize; Technology transfer; Tecnology diffusion; Production; Farmers; Cultural practices; Seed; Labor requirement; Costs; Profitability; ข้าวโพด; การถ่ายทอดเทคโนโลยี; การผลิต.
Ano: 1982
URL: http://anchan.lib.ku.ac.th/agnet/handle/001/4121

Farmers’ use of mobile phone for accessing agricultural information in Pakistan:
Provedor de dados: Ciência Rural
Autores: Khan,Nasir Abbas; Qijie,Gao; Ali,Shoukat; Shahbaz,Babar; Shah,Ashfaq Ahmad.
ABSTRACT:  Agriculture is considered as the main driving force in Pakistan’s economy employing 45% of the country’s labor force and generating 20% of national GDP Agriculture sector of Pakistan is facing numerous challenges including non-adoption of agricultural technology at the farm level, due to farmers’ lack of access to the latest information. In this context, the current study focusses on the use of the mobile phone in accessing agricultural information among the farmers of the of district Muzaffargarh,Punjab, Pakistan. A multistage sampling technique was used to collect data from the two tehsils (cities/sub-districts) of Muzaffargarh formulating a total sample of 180 farmers. SPSS computer-based Software was used for analyzing the data. Results...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Palavras-chave: Mobile phone; ICT; Information transfer; E-extension; Farmers; Agriculture; Punjab; Pakistan.
Ano: 2019
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019001000901