Socio-Economic Factors as Determinants of Farm Management Skills Among Broiler Poultry Producers in Botswana
Som P. Baliyan,
Micah B. Masuku
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017
Pages:
27-34
Received:
18 November 2016
Accepted:
3 March 2017
Published:
18 March 2017
Abstract: When considering the importance of farm management, poor growth and challenges in poultry production, it is important to analyze and understand the current level of the managerial skills and the factors influencing these skills. This descriptive and co-relational study analyzed socio-economic factors influencing farm management skills among broiler poultry producers in Botswana. A valid and reliable questionnaire was used for data collection through a survey of 60 randomly sampled broiler poultry farm operators in Botswana. Data were analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistical tools where by mean, frequency, correlation, t-test and analysis of variance were employed. Findings revealed that socio-economic factors of gender, level of education, experience in poultry farming, farm capacity, number of workers employed, ownership status, training status and financial support status significantly influenced the level of farm management skills. Broiler producers, particularly the female should be trained as the training has significant influence on the level of farm management skills. Financial support should be availed as it attracts producers with higher skill which in turn, increases the efficiency in broilers production. Larger farms should be encouraged enabling the higher productivity of broilers farms.
Abstract: When considering the importance of farm management, poor growth and challenges in poultry production, it is important to analyze and understand the current level of the managerial skills and the factors influencing these skills. This descriptive and co-relational study analyzed socio-economic factors influencing farm management skills among broiler...
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A Probit Analysis of Factors Affecting Improved Technologies Dis-adoption in Cocoa-Based Farming Systems of Southwestern Nigeria
Kehinde A. D.,
Adeyemo R.
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017
Pages:
35-41
Received:
16 February 2017
Accepted:
8 March 2017
Published:
25 March 2017
Abstract: Increasing productivity via continuous use of improved technologies remains a viable strategy to reducing food insecurity and poverty among smallholder farmers. These improved technologies include improved seed varieties, fertilizer, recommended spacing, recommended mixed cropping and pesticides. This study investigated dis-adoption of improved technologies among farmers in cocoa-based farming systems of Southwestern Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to obtain information from 200 respondents. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and probit regression model. Descriptive statistics revealed that 7.5% of the respondents did not adopt any improved technologies. About 51.0%, 35.0%, 36.5%, 69.0%, and 53.5% of the respondents previously adopted improved seed varieties, fertilizer, recommended spacing, recommended mixed cropping, and pesticide respectively. However, about 28.4%, 68.6%, 36.4%, 58.9%, and 29.0% of the respondents discontinued improved seed varieties, fertilizer, pesticide, the recommended spacing, and recommended mixed cropping, respectively. Probit estimates revealed that factors affecting dis-adoption of improved technologies were membership of an association (P<0.01), years of formal education (P<0.05), access to credit (P<0.05), farm size (P<0.01), household size (P<0.01), gender (p<0.1) and contact with extension agent (p<0.01). Increasing the uptake of improved technologies could be achieved through enlightenment programmes by effective and efficient extension services during farmer field days. Also, farmers should be encouraged to form farmers’ organizations in the study area to improve their access to basic resources such as credit.
Abstract: Increasing productivity via continuous use of improved technologies remains a viable strategy to reducing food insecurity and poverty among smallholder farmers. These improved technologies include improved seed varieties, fertilizer, recommended spacing, recommended mixed cropping and pesticides. This study investigated dis-adoption of improved tec...
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Education Status of the Farmer and the Probability of Getting Extension Service: An Endeavour Toward the Sustainable Agriculture in Bangladesh
Noor-E-Sabiha,
Md. Elias Hossain
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017
Pages:
42-49
Received:
14 March 2017
Accepted:
24 March 2017
Published:
4 April 2017
Abstract: The study measures the probability of receiving agricultural extension services with respect to the level of farmers’ rudimentary literacy, primary and secondary level of education, by utilizing survey data from 18 Unions in three agro-ecological regions of Northern Bangladesh. The econometric analysis is based on the application of qualitative response approach, the Logit model, explaining the probability of the educated farmers’ agricultural extension contact for improving their knowledge regarding input utilization and resource allocation decision. Application and utilization of farm inputs, involved in modern agriculture, such as chemical fertilizer, pesticide, irrigation, mechanized power tillers etc, requires intensive supervision, understandings, awareness and overall technological training supplied by the agricultural extension services. The study, therefore, reveals that the farmers with comparatively higher level of education generally keep a frequent contact with the agriculture extension service center for the betterment of their yield and the conservation of their fixed inputs like land and water than the other farmers possessing a lower level of educational status. Therefore, efforts to raise farmers’ educational status are expected to boost up productivity accruing from an environment friendly modern agriculture.
Abstract: The study measures the probability of receiving agricultural extension services with respect to the level of farmers’ rudimentary literacy, primary and secondary level of education, by utilizing survey data from 18 Unions in three agro-ecological regions of Northern Bangladesh. The econometric analysis is based on the application of qualitative res...
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