Ratio Of Farmers Research Articles

Farming performance and evaluation of the adoption of robusta coffee cultivation based on geographical indication in candiroto district temanggung regency

Abstract The Geographical Indication Protection Society (MPIG) aims to maintain the uniqueness of coffee commodities in Temanggung Regency by implementing predetermined standardization. The purpose of this study is to analyze the farm performance of Robusta coffee based on geographical indication and evaluate the level of farmer adoption. The research was conducted using a case study method on coffee farmers who are members of MPIG in Candiroto district and an R/C ratio analysis to illustrate how high the benefits received by farmers are in terms of acceptance if they apply geographical indication SOP. The results show that the R/C ratio of farmers who apply geographical indication SOP obtained a value of 2.50. The level of farmer adoption of geographical indication SOP in the cultivation and harvesting stages is considered high, while in the post-harvest stage, only the dry processing process has a high adoption rate. Suggestions that can be given from this research are that MPIG, as an organization that introduces geographical indication SOP, should be more persuasive in providing education to farmers about the benefits they receive if they apply geographical indication SOP. SOPs that are not relevant for farmers should be adjusted so that the level of farmer participation and adoption becomes high.

The Impact of Training on Beef Cattle Farmers’ Installation of Biogas Digesters

Anaerobic digestion is one of the leading ways to manage livestock manure for energy production and move towards the target of carbon neutrality in the agricultural sector. Based on field survey data from China, a binary probit model and the propensity score matching method are employed to empirically examine the impact of agricultural training on livestock farmers’ installation of biogas digesters to manage livestock manure. The survey results show that beef cattle farmers in our study area are reluctant to install biogas digesters and the actual installation ratio of farmers is much lower than that that is willing to install. On the contrary, the beef cattle farmers are enthusiastic to participate in training (e.g., policy-oriented, technology-oriented, and field-based) related to sustainable farming practices. Regression results suggest that training can effectively promote the installation of biogas digesters, and with the increase of training intensity, the probability to install biogas digesters increases. We further find three other factors that affect farmers’ installation of biogas digesters: the education level of a farmer, which is one of the most important factors positively affecting the installation of biogas digesters; longer farming experience of a farmer, which can significantly promote biogas digester installation; and the farther away a farm is from town/urban centers, which means the more likely it is that the farmer will install biogas digesters. Policy implications are discussed.

German Farmers' Awareness of Lameness in Their Dairy Herds.

Lameness is one of the most challenging problems in the dairy industry. Control is impeded because farmers often underestimate the number of lame cows. The objectives of this study were to assess German farmers' awareness of lameness in their herds and to determine the associations between farmers' awareness and their management practices, farm characteristics as well as with farmers' education, personality traits and attitudes. As a part of a large cross-sectional study, veterinarians visited farms in three structurally different regions of Germany: north (n = 253), east (n = 252), and south (n = 260). The cows (n = 84,998) were scored for locomotion and farmers were asked to estimate the number of cows that were lame or did not walk soundly. The ratio of farmers' estimated prevalence and the veterinarians' observed prevalence (Farmer's Detection Index; FDI) was calculated. The median lameness prevalence assessed by the veterinarians was 23.1, 39.1, and 23.2%, and the median prevalence of lame cows estimated by the farmers was 9.5, 9.5, and 7.1% in the north, east, and south, respectively. On average, farmers were conscious of only 45.3% (north), 24.0% (east), and 30.0% (south) of their lame cows. Farmers managing their herds according to organic principles had a higher FDI than farmers who managed their herds conventionally. Surprisingly, no significant associations between FDI and factors concerning claw health management could be detected. Therefore, increased awareness did not seem to be necessarily linked to improved management. Moreover, the FDI was not significantly associated with farmers' education or herd size. In the south, more extraverted farmers had a lower FDI. Those farmers who totally agreed with the statement, “I am satisfied with my herd's health,” had a lower FDI than farmers who disagreed or were undecided. Moreover, farmers who disagreed or were undecided with the statement, “It affects me to see a cow in pain” had a higher FDI than those farmers who agreed to the statement. The results indicate that poor awareness of lameness was linked to the farmers' attitude and personality. Therefore, new approaches concerning the consultation regarding lameness control, such as the use of Motivational Interviewing, might be useful in the future.

CURRENT SITUATION AND ROLES OF VietGAP CERTIFICATION TO SHRIMP FARMING: A CASE STUDY OF WHITE LEG SHRIMP FARMING IN SOC TRANG PROVINCE, VIET NAM

This study was conducted from February to May 2019 through interviewing 105 white leg shrimp intensive farming households according to VietGAP certification in Soc Trang Province in Vietnam, and aimed to evaluate current situation and the efficiency of VietGAP practices regarding disease and quality management. VietGAPhas been operated since 2013 and has grown dramatically. Due to good practices and positive influence of VietGAP guidance, such as reservoir construction (94%); post-larvae testing (100%); reasonable stocking density(40 PL/ m2); and monitoring water using toolkits (100%); disease outbreaks were reduced (40%). Adhering to these measures, the results have been shown that harvest yield has resulted in 2.7 to 5.6 ton/ha/cycle, andprofit being 179 million VND/ha/non-disease cycle and 324 million VND/ha/diseased cycle. Up to 49% VietGAP shrimp was sold directly to the processing companies or their purchasing network, 98% of transactions metrequirements for export, and receiving premium price at two to five thousand VND/kg. Therefore, VietGAP has improved the quality of shrimp for export. However, the ratio of farmers being awarded certification is smallbecause farmers lack financial motivation (no difference in price between GAP vs nonGAP shrimp products) and external support from related organizations.

COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE SUPPLY CHAINS IN THE TRADITIONAL MARKET OF BOGOR CITY THAT GIVE TO FARMERS

The price gap between farmers and retailers in commercial vegetables like spinach, tomatoes, potatoes and shallots in Bogor City was predicted as a result from the high trading margin. The research aims to analyze income, margin and farmer share obtained by commercial vegetable supply chain actors in Bogor City. The study was conducted in March - October 2017 at the Bogor Traditional Market and the Jambu Traditional Market. The selection of respondents used the purposive sampling and snowball sampling method. Result shows that the R / C ratio of farmers is lower than that of traders. The R/C ratio received by farmers is 1,48, while that received by traders is 2,64. The average Farmer Share (41,2%) is lower than the seller share (58,8%). The average marketing margin is Rp 14,576.5. The supply chain that take side to farmers regarding to the value of R/C, the total margin and the farmer's share value are found in potato commodities because it has a higher R / C ratio than traders, higher farmer shares than traders, and trading margin that lower than the three other commodities compared

Longitudinal Poisson Assessment of Factors Influencing Farmers’ Market Counts

ABSTRACTThis study uses secondary longitudinal data and a first difference pooled Poisson regression model to explain annual counts for farmers’ markets in the United States. Data were collected for all 50 states and the District of Columbia for 10 years, from 2004 to 2013, leading to a longitudinal data set with 510 observations. Results indicate that population growth and funds routed toward Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) farmers’ market nutrition programs increase farmers’ markets’ annual counts. The rate ratio of farmers’ markets’ counts for highly populated states that have both WIC and senior farmers’ market nutrition programs is approximately three times greater than their counterparts. Areas with high agriculture output experience a significant increase in counts. States located in the south and in desert areas have lower counts than other regions. This study suggests important recommendations to policy makers, farmers’ market managers, and researchers.

Value Chain Agribisnis Mangga Gedong Gincu (Mangifera Indica l) di Kabupaten Majalengka

The objective of this research was to analyze the value chain and efficiency of gedong gincu mango agribusiness in Majalengka Regency. The data collection was conducted by interview techniques, using questionnaire. The samples of this study were: 88 farmers gedong gincu mango taken by using proportional random sampling, 28 sellers taken by snowball sampling, consisted of 15 local collectors, 3 big traders and 10 retailers. Value chain was analyzed using R/C ratio. Marketing efficiency was analyzed by calculating the marketing margin, profit margin, farmer's share and marketing efficiency. The results showed that R/C ratio of farmers, small collectors, big collectors and retailers were >1. Highest profit level was achieved by farmers. Based on marketing margins, farmer's share and marketing efficiency, all marketing channels were categorized as efficient.

도시근교지역 농작업자들의 농부증과 피로자각증상의 관련성

본 연구는 도시근교에서 농업에 종사하고 있는 농부들의 인구사회학적 특성, 건강관련행위 특성 및 농작업 관련 특성에 따른 농부증 및 피로자각증상 실태를 파악하고, 농부증과 피로자각증상과의 관련성을 알아보고자 시도하였다. 조사 대상은 우리나라 중부지방의 D광역시 근교의 4개 동에서 농업에 종사하고 있는 296명을 대상으로 하였으며, 자료 수집은 2011년 4월 1일부터 6월 30일까지의 기간 동안에 설문지를 사용하여 면접 조사하였다. 연구결과, 조사대상자의 농부증 분포는 "농부증 음성"이 18.2%, "농부증 의심"이 47.6%, "농부증 양성"이 34.1%이었다. 농부증은 피로자각증상과 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였으며, 피로자각증상이 정상인 군에 비해 고위험 피로군군에서 농부증에 속할 위험도가 유의하게 증가하였다. 위계적 다중회귀분석 결과, 농부증에 영향을 미치는 요인으로 성별, 학력, 외래진료 및 입원경험유무, 피로자각증상이 유의한 변수로 선정되었으며, 특히 피로자각증상은 농부증에 독립적으로 큰 영향을 미치고 있었다. 위와 같은 연구결과는 농부증이 인구사회학적 및 건강관련행위 특성뿐만 아니라 피로자각증상과도 유의한 관련성이 있음을 알 수 있으며, 특히 피로자각증상은 인구사회학적 특성이나 건강관련행위 특성과는 독립적으로 농부증에 영향을 미치는 요인이 되고 있음을 시사하고 있다. This study was performed to find out the relationship between farmer's syndrome and self-conscious fatigue symptoms in farmers of suburban area. The questionnaire was prepared to survey the socio-demographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, farming activities, farmer's syndrome, and self-conscious fatigue symptoms of the farmers, and the survey was carried out from April 1 to June 30, 2011 by interviewing 296 farmers residing suburban area of Daejeon city. As a results, the ratio of farmers who had positive farmer's syndrome, doubtful syndrome, and no syndrome were 34.1%, 47.6%, and 18.2%, respectively. The farmer's syndrome was positively correlated with the self-conscious fatigue symptoms, and farmers with self-conscious fatigue symptoms in high risk group were at higher risk of having farmer's syndrome. The results of hierarchic multiple regression analysis indicated that sex, education, health, and self-conscious fatigue symptom were correlated with the farmer's syndrome. Among the affective factors variables, independently self-conscious fatigue symptom was the most influential. As a conclusion, the occurrence of farmer's syndrome was influenced by the socio-demographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, and self-conscious fatigue symptoms of the farmers. Especially, self-conscious fatigue symptom was independently influenced the occurrence of farmer's syndrome.

Prices, common agricultural price policy and personal distribution of income in West German agriculture

The objective of this study is to analyse the effect of agricultural prices on the personal income distribution within agriculture. After a theoretical analysis the results of an empirical analysis of the shortrun effects of changes in agricultural prices on the income distribution of farms in the southeast of Lower Saxony are presented and the long-run effects are analysed. Under the assumption that changes in agricultural prices do not affect input or output, the effect on income distribution depends on the income ratio, i.e., the ratio of farmers' income to total receipts. It is generally assumed that, because larger farms have higher incomes and a lower income ratio, an increase of prices will lead to an increase of income disparity in agriculture in the short run. In the empirical analysis this is shown not to be true. In the long run, however, due to several factors, a price increase (decrease) will result in an increase (decrease) of the concentration of income. It is, therefore, concluded that, not only because of its social costs but also because of its adverse effect on incomedistribution, price policy as the main instrument for income policy should be replaced by other measures of income policy.