Lack Of Farmers Research Articles

Farmers’ knowledge and perceptions of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diseases and management

This study aimed to examine farmers’ understanding and views on Cassava diseases and control methods. To achieve the former, k-means clustering and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used to identify and visualize response patterns for each group of variables relating to farmers’ understanding of Cassava diseases and control methods, and heatmaps were used to detail the characteristics of each pattern. To achieve the latter, bar plots were used to visualize variables related to farmers’ views. Out of 22 response patterns relating to causes of Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), 11 didn’t link a virus to CMD symptoms, while only one pattern associated CMD symptoms with a virus, the whitefly, and infected cuttings, indicating a lack of farmers’ knowledge on cassava viral diseases. Also, only 18.88% of farmers know about Cassava diseases and management technologies. This study highlights the urgent need for education and resources for farmers to safeguard their crops and livelihoods.

Implementation of Integrated Farming System Technology Towards Sustainable Agriculture in the Kemiren Tourist Village, Banyuwangi

Kemiren Village, Glagah District, Banyuwangi Regency is a tourist village where the majority of people work as farmers. Severalproblems arise starting from the narrowness of agricultural land which has been converted into lodging buildings and places to eat. The lack of farmers' knowledge of agricultural technology to process plants is a factor in reducing the production capacityof rice plants. The purpose of implementing this community service activity is to increase motivation to create healthy and sustainable agriculture and provide knowledge and skills in processing local resources into a system and product that has high economic value. The results obtained are an integrated farming system as well as products from IFS such as chicken eggs, rice, vegetables,and catfish which are healthy and of good quality because they use organic ingredients. There is an increase in the level of knowledge of farming and non-farming communities and a map of identification of existing problems and potentials has been formed after socialization regarding the application of Integrated Farming System Technology Towards Sustainable Agriculture, making IFS prototype framework, the level of knowledge of farmers in making IFS agricultural systems with quality product categories and so that the product has competitiveness in the market

Secondary Agriculture: cognizance of faculty and students of University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Secondary Agriculture in recent days has alluring the concentration of all the stakeholders in Agriculture. Even though, word secondary agriculture looks familiar, the meaning of that word is vague. The present study was to analyse the awareness and attitude of Faculty and Students about secondary agriculture in university of Agricultural sciences, Bangalore during 2023-24. The structured questionaries’ was used to collect the primary data; ninety samples were considered for the study consisting of thirty faculty, thirty post graduate students and thirty undergraduate students. It was evident that more than half of the respondents possessed medium awareness (55.55 %) about secondary agriculture followed by low (28.88%) and high (15.55 %) awareness. But less number of respondents were had correct knowledge (20.00 %) regarding secondary agriculture. About 37.78 per cent of respondents belonged to high attitude category followed by medium (34.44 %) and low (27.78 %) attitude towards secondary agriculture. Attitude statement Secondary agriculture helps in employment generation across India ranked first with mean score of 4.23 and Rural industrialization helps in creating linkage between primary and secondary agriculture (Rank II = 4.12). The major constraints expressed in promoting secondary agriculture were Inconsistent supply of raw materials (Relative Importance Index = 0.853), Lack of farmer’s awareness regarding secondary agriculture and requires technical expertise (Relative Importance Index = 0.820). But according to findings of study, more than half of the respondents had awareness about secondary agriculture whereas only twenty per cent of the respondents possessed correct knowledge regarding secondary agriculture. In under graduation a course can be included for undergraduate students and HRD programmes can be acquainted to faculties of Agricultural sciences. In under graduation a course can be included for undergraduate students and HRD programmes can be acquainted to faculties of Agricultural sciences.

Influence of Extension Communication Techniques on Crop Farmers’ Productivity in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria

The study examined the influence of extension communication techniques on crop farmers’ productivity in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. Specifically, the study described the socio-economic characteristics of crop farmers, ascertain extension communication techniques accessible by crop farmers, assess the perception of farmers on the effectiveness of extension communication techniques, examine extent of utilization of information on extension communication techniques to improve productivity; and, finally, determine factors that militate against effective use of extension communication techniques in the study area. The population of the study is 184 registered crop farmers. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 144 respondents from the sample size. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The reliability of instrument was 0.89 coefficients. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentage, mean and inferential statistics such as regression analysis were used to analyse the data collected. Results revealed that majority (58.3%) of the respondents were between 41-50 years; 58.33% were male; 47.22% had secondary education; 46.53% were married; 50.6% had household size of 6-10 persons; 51.39% had farm size of 1-3 acres of farmland; 91.67% had farming experience of 11 years and above; 29.17% had income bracket of ?90,000 and above per annum. The major extension communication techniques used in the area include: home training/phone calls (82.64%), town crier (80.56%), radio (47.22%) and village drum (43.06%). Lack of farmers’ participation on programme development ( ? =2.84), some extension practices run contrary to farmers' needs and customs ( ? =2.79), lack of trust on extension agents ( ? =2.81), irregular training and visit by extension agents ( ? =2.76) and high cost of adopting new innovations ( ? =3.01) were identified as the major constraints. It was recommended, among

Use of antibiotics in poultry and poultry farmers- a cross-sectional survey in Pakistan.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been ascribed to be due to community carriage of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is highly prevalent in the WHO South-East Asia region. One of the major reasons for this is the misuse of antibiotics in animal farming practices and at the community level, which threatens both human and animal health. However, this problem of antibiotic misuse in poultry farms and in respective farmers is not well studied in countries like Pakistan. We conducted a cross-sectional study in rural Punjab to explore the current practices of antibiotic use in poultry and poultry farmers, associated factors, their healthcare-seeking behavior and biosecurity practices. In the context of antibiotic use for poultry, 60% comprised of Colistin sulfate and Amoxicillin trihydrate whereas Colistin is considered as the last resort antibiotic. In addition, the significant consumption of antibiotics in poultry farms (60%) and poultry farmers (50%) was without prescription by either human health physicians or veterinarians. Most of the farms (85%) had no wastewater drainage system, which resulted in the direct shedding of poultry waste and antibiotic residue into the surrounding environment. The lack of farmers' education, professional farm training and farming experience were the most significant factors associated with antibiotic use and knowledge of AMR. Our study findings show that it is necessary for an integrated AMR policy with the inclusion of all poultry farmers to be educated, a mass awareness program to be undertaken and that strict antibiotic usage guidelines be available to them. Such initiatives are also important to ensure food safety and farm biosecurity practices.

The role of social support on midwestern farmers’ willingness to grow perennial bioenergy crops

The lack of farmers' willingness to grow perennial bioenergy crops (PBCs) presents a critical barrier to the emergence of cellulosic biofuel production. The willingness relies on a complex network of economic, environmental, and social drivers, among which the influence of social factors (e.g., the influence of neighborhood, community, and communication) is less understood. This study addresses this knowledge gap via a survey analysis of midwestern farmers. The survey data are analyzed through ordinary least square regression and structural equation model, which together investigate the individual and interactive impacts of multiple factors on farmers' decisions to adopt PBCs. Based on a farm-scale analysis, six statistically significant predictors of farmer willingness to grow PBCs are identified: perception of PBCs' environment benefits, education level, willingness to take risks, familiarity with PBCs, portion of peers already growing PBCs, and support of biorefineries locating in the local community. Among these, the latter three predictors are social support variables. It is found that familiarity with the crops is the most significant predictor of willingness; familiarity is also an important intermediate variable that mediates the influence of many other predictors. In addition, peer adoption can both directly and indirectly affect willingness via its influence on familiarity. These findings suggest that it is a pressing need to improve farmers’ knowledge of PBCs to promote the adoption of such crops.

Which urban agriculture conditions enable or constrain sustainable food production?

ABSTRACTUrban agriculture (UA) has been adopted as a strategy for food security in urban areas. This study identified the conditions for development of UA through a systematic review of UA case studies. It classified the enabling and constraining conditions within the three compositional elements of UA – necessity, ability, and opportunity – and determined the primary and secondary conditions for UA design by the country income group. The following conditions are required for both high-income and low/ middle-income countries: Motivation/public awareness; labour/human resources; policy and institutional infrastructure; social capital; and arable land and resources for farming. Agricultural education/training and research and technical development are needed for low and middle-income countries as the key secondary conditions. In high-income countries, a lack of farmers’ knowledge and urban development are the main challenges to UA implementation. Therefore, the research findings could be meaningful evidence for making decisions and designing UA policies for sustainable food production.

Growing Wild: Visions of Wildlife Management as Agricultural Science in American Forests and Fields

AbstractFaced with dwindling wildlife populations and new regulatory regimes, some American farmers turned to game farming in the early twentieth century. Private boosters and government agencies envisioned game farming as a replacement for market hunting and as a new agricultural frontier, one that might further blur the boundaries between wild and cultivated nature. Farm and institutional infrastructures developed around such species as white-tailed deer and ring-necked pheasants, only to fade by the end of the interwar period. Game farming's lack of success ultimately stemmed from cultural, legal, and institutional challenges and epitomized the thoroughgoing separation of agricultural and wildlife sciences that firmed after World War II.

Novel hybrid ARIMA–BiLSTM model for forecasting of rice blast disease outbreaks for sustainable rice production

In recent years, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture has grown to be the most important research domain. The proposed work focuses on forecasting rice blast disease outbreaks in paddy crops. Disease management in the farm fields is the most difficult problem on the planet. There is a variety of reasons for this, first, a lack of farmers’ experience in diagnosing diseases, second experts’ experience in detecting diseases visually, and third unfavorable climate. In recent days, researchers have offered a variety of time-series techniques in different applications. This study adds time-series techniques to the field of agriculture by forecasting crucial rice blast disease outbreaks in the paddy crop of the Davangere region based on daily weather data obtained from KSNDMC. The statistical time-series technique called ARIMA is trained by employing real data of blast disease outbreaks in the Davangere region from the period of 2015–2019. Meanwhile, the deep BiLSTM model is trained by employing real weather data and blast disease outbreaks of the Davangere region. Both models are evaluated by performance metrics, such as mean squared error and mean absolute error. The proposed research is focused on the hybrid model ARIMA–BiLSTM which is a combination of the statistical ARIMA model and deep BiLSTM model. The seasonal component of the rice blast disease outbreak feature is extracted from the additive decompose function used in the ARIMA model and fed as a dependent feature for the BiLSTM model. According to the results obtained, the hybrid approach can successfully forecast blast disease outbreaks in paddy crops with a mean squared error of 0.037 and a mean absolute error of 0.028 compared to the statistical ARIMA and deep BiLSTM model.

The Economic Model of Rural Supply and Demand Under the Data Analysis Function Based on Ordered Probit

Abstract Under the background of the marketization of agricultural products, the lack of farmers’ risk analysis mechanism has resulted in a structural imbalance between the supply and demand of funds in rural areas. The increase of the rural economy is significant to social development and stability. Then the article uses the ordered Probit model to carry out statistical regression analysis on the rural economic samples. The study found that the lack of supply institutions, the incompatibility of loan supply and demand, and the single type of insurance caused the development of the rural economy to be limited.

The Pesticides Use by Rice Farmers in Siak Regency

The use of chemical pesticides is still considered for rice farmers to be one of the most effective ways for pest control. The chemical content in pesticides is toxic and causes an increased risk for farmers and the environment if their use is not under applicable regulations. The limited knowledge of farmers about the application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and lack of discipline in the use of pesticides has triggered environmental damage, especially the lowland rice ecosystem and human health. This study aims to determine the use of pesticides by rice farmers in Siak Regency in controlling rice pests. The method used is a purposive sampling interview method using a questionnaire. The results showed that rice farmers had not implemented a pest control system based on the IPM principle, which did not pay attention to the control threshold as a basis for pesticide use. Farmers are satisfied with the effectiveness of chemical pesticides in pest control, so they continue to use them in rice farming. The lack of Farmers' knowledge about IPM and its application can trigger farmers to increase the dosage and frequency of spraying if the chemical pesticides used are not able to control the pest.

Promoting uptake and integration of climate smart agriculture technologies, innovations and management practices into policy and practice in Nigeria

PurposeThis study aims to explore possible ways to promote uptake and integration of climate-smart agriculture (CSA)-Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPS) into policy and practice in Nigeria through the development of actionable roadmaps to facilitate the process.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred and fifty-two stakeholders for the policy discourse and survey were purposively drawn from both government and private agencies, NGOs and community-based associations from the six geo-political zones of the country. Data collection was done using a mixed method comprising questionnaire administration, in-depth interviews and panel discussion. Data collected was summarised using descriptive statistics.FindingsThe major findings were lack of existing policies on CSA, lack of farmers’ awareness of CSA-TIMPs, neglect of extension programmes that can help to enlighten farmers on the importance of CSA and insufficient extension personnel to cater for farmers’ needs. Challenges to CSA-TIMPs uptake in Nigeria were: insufficient funding and support by government in programme planning and implementation, policy inconsistencies and poor farmers’ attitude and resistance to change.Practical implicationsThis research will facilitate CSA uptake and integration through the provision of data for informed decision and action by the responsible agencies.Originality/valueSuggested actionable roadmaps across the zones were robust awareness campaign and advocacy on uptake of CSA-TIMPs through e-extension, community TV/radio in local dialects; revitalisation of policy programmes such as monthly meetings should be reintroduced and creation of CSA Departments/Stations in each state; increased budget allocation to a minimum of 10% for agriculture, revitalisation of Researchers-Extension Agents-Farmers Linkage, employment of qualified extension agents and retraining of extension agents.

Digital Agriculture System for Crop Prediction Based on Machine Learning

Agriculture is the number one source of livelihood for approximately 58 percent of India’s population and is the most crucial part of GDP. Indian farming is based totally on economic advantages from crop yields, but now day’s agricultural generation has failed to verified satisfactory crop choice techniques and to boom crop yield in all over India. So, lower in crop yield will increase the trouble in farmer’s monetary health situations. So, it will become the maximum trending hassle for our agricultural region to invent such noble technique to advocate super appropriate crop for a particular region. To reap high-quality appropriate crop desire for areas primarily based on parameters like soil conditions, rainfall and weather we have got applied gadget studying method. Secondary hassle is lack of understanding or absence of steering even as farming. Lack of guidance in Indian farmers may follow incorrect farming strategies or inefficient traditional strategies. Most of farmers are uneducated and non-technical backgrounds so they'll be relying on conventional crop choice and farming techniques which falls them into reasonable loss. With the assist of disorder assessment tool, we predict the crop disease prediction and propose the precaution from the ones illnesses. Last and most essential hassle isn't any right marketplace assessment at the equal time as cultivation of any unique crop, which can also reason a cheap lack of farmers.

Assessment of surface water management institutions: a case of public irrigation schemes in northern Algeria

Abstract The pressure on water resources that Algeria encounters is due to the scarcity and the water demand increase by different sectors of activity. This induces managers to reconsider the traditional supply management approach. The new water policies aim to adopt water demand management by improving the efficiency of its use in the agricultural sector, which consumes more than 59% of freshwater withdrawals. Economic, regulatory, and voluntary instruments have been adopted for better governance of water resources. This study aims to (i) define institutional arrangements on the exploitation of surface water in large irrigation schemes in Algeria and (ii) assess the effectiveness of the current water management instruments. Findings from farmers’ and water distribution agencies’ surveys suggest that objectives expected by the application of the different economic instruments are far from being achieved. Moreover, the absence of effective executive agencies for the implementation of regulations suggests that an improvement in the performance of public administration is necessary to achieve better governance of irrigation water in Algeria. At the local level, and despite a lack of farmers’ will to formally engage in a collective of farmers, they organize themselves around informal arrangements to overcome the challenges associated with water scarcity.

A review chromosome analysis comparison of swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with different phenotypic characters in East Java, Indonesia

Chromosomal data on swamp buffalo especially in East Java province, is still lacking. For breeders, chromosomal analysis needs to be done to detect the possibility of hereditary genetic defects. In Malang Area, farmers lack of care and breeding programs for swamp buffalo also caused a decline in the genetic quality and performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of the chromosome analysis of swamp buffalo in Malang and another area in East Java province, which were selected based on differences in phenotypic characters. Chromosome analysis is very important for breeders because the results of this study can be used as a consideration for strategies to improve the genetic quality of swamp buffalo. The method used is standard karyotyping using whole blood with G banding staining. Chromosomal preparation using Karyo MAX medium, Colcemic Solution, Giemsa Stain, and KCl solution. Cell culture was performed according to the standard karyotyping method in mammals. The minimum number of 5 spreading chromosomes is the best was chosen, microphotographed, and then chromosome analysis is performed using Cytovision Image Analysis software. The results of this study did not find swamp buffalo with an abnormal number of chromosomes in East Java Province, Indonesia.

Description of Snakebite's Prevention Efforts Towards Farmers in Panti Sub-District

The knowledge toward snakebite prevention was related to preventive measures taken by farmers. Besides, a lack of farmer’s awareness about the importance of using personal protective equipment and a lack of public understanding regarding the level of danger and the types of venomous snakes were factors that cause snakebites. This study aimed to describe the efforts to prevent snakebite on farmers in Panti sub-district. The method used a quantitative descriptive with survey research design. This research was conducted on farmers in Panti with a sample of 100 respondents using cluster sampling technique. The results of this study showed respondents have known tree crevices, earthen holes, piles of wood, garbage, and twigs that are at risk of becoming snake habitats, use boots and trousers while working, maximize lighting using a lamp or flashlight, regularly mow grass and shrubs, clean up scattered leaves, and rest on higher ground when at home or in the fields. While only a few respondents participated in health education and counselling regarding snake bites. This study concluded that the majority of respondents conducted efforts to prevent snakebites.

Impact of risk-based partial vaccination on clinical incidence and seroprevalence of foot and mouth disease in Lao PDR.

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is endemic in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) and it causes economic loss to smallholder husbandry systems. An intervention programme based on a risk-based partial vaccination strategy was implemented in three provinces of Lao PDR (Champasak, Savannakhet and Xiangkhouang) to immunise domestic cattle and buffalo during 2016-2020. Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted in 2016/17 and 2020 to evaluate the impact of the vaccination programme on the prevalence of FMD virus exposure and clinical incidence of the disease. A total of 212 villages were visited during the two surveys, collecting 1609 household-level questionnaire results and 5931 blood samples of domestic cattle and buffalo. Blood samples were tested for the presence of antibodies to the non-structural proteins of FMD virus, and seroprevalence of 42.5 and 47.5% in 2016/17 and 2020, respectively were found. Multivariable regression analysis indicated that the efficacy of the FMD vaccination programme for reducing FMD virus circulation varied by province. In general, the incidence of clinical FMD increased toward the end of the 5-year intervention period, coinciding with a reduction of vaccine coverage in the last 2 years of the period. The findings suggest that the risk-based vaccination strategy achieved a marginally protective effect against the circulation of FMD virus with the possible limiting factors being operational constraints of public veterinary services, lack of farmers' compliance and unsustainable funding. We conclude that consistent resource availability and higher vaccination coverage is required to successfully control FMD with a risk-based vaccination strategy in Lao PDR.

The Continuity of Palm Sugar Production: A Literature Review

The demand for palm sugar is increasing since people prefer natural ingredients. Natural and organic food ingredients have the reputation of being healthier and safer than synthetic ingredients. This study will discuss one particular ingredient namely palm sugar which is known as a natural sweetener. Developed countries have started to import palm sugar as a natural sweetener from developing countries. The production of palm sugar in developing countries has an important benefit in the craftsman household economy. However, current production of palm sugar does not meet the increasing demand, which is caused mainly by the lack of farmers, palm sugar craftsmen’s inadequate knowledge of palm sugar production, and poor incorporation of technology both in the cultivation of palm tree and the production process of palm sugar. This literature review study aims to understand the continuity of palm sugar production within the following framework which consists of four steps: (1) identifying current situation, (2) identifying the problems, (3) presenting the resolution, (4) proposing programs and strategies. Based on this framework a few programs and strategies are generated to maintain the continuity of palm sugar production, they are: (1) Palm trees domestication, (2) research and development center for Indonesian palm sugar, and (3) ensuring a good collaboration among the stake holders involved.

SISTEM PAKAR DIAGNOSA PENYAKIT TANAMAN KELAPA SAWIT BERBASIS ANDROID

The lack of farmers' knowledge about various palm oil palm plant diseases and how to prevent plant is not attacked by the disease even with the lack of knowledge has led to mistakes in dealing with diseases that attack the oil palm plantations. On the other hand, to meet experts who are experts in the field of agriculture plant oil palm is very difficult, it is necessary for the right technology to solve the problem of oil palm plantations. One way to overcome this problem by building a plant disease expert system palm, to facilitate the farmers know the oil palm plant diseases. There are various methods in an expert system, but here using certainty factor. This study resulted in an expert system that can be used as a means for diagnosing the disease of oil palm trees are diseased, in the application development using Android SDK android studio and used to run android emulator on a computer or pc

Exposure Time of Wild, Juvenile Sockeye Salmon to Open‐Net‐Pen Atlantic Salmon Farms in British Columbia, Canada

AbstractThe role that open‐net‐pen farms for Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar play in the global decline of stocks of wild salmonids (Salmo spp. and Oncorhynchus spp.) is contentious; Canada’s west coast is no exception. We identified the proportion of acoustic‐tagged juvenile Sockeye Salmon Oncorhynchus nerka migrating through the main migration routes of the Discovery Islands region of British Columbia and measured both residence time in a major waterway hosting several Atlantic Salmon farms and exposure times to individual farms. One‐third of tagged fish migrated through this channel, with median residence times of 32.6 h in 2017 and 46.0 h in 2018. The median time near individual farms was 4.4 min in 2017 when farms were fallow and 10.9 min in 2018 when farms were stocked. The increase in 2018 was probably not caused by farm activity because the proportion of total time spent in the channel was the same across years. Sockeye Salmon used all major migration pathways, but the lack of farms and rapid migration speeds in the westernmost passage offers the lowest potential exposure to fish farms. These are the first individual‐level data available to inform assessments of the transmission risk of infectious agents from farms to wild salmonids.