A survey of communication effectiveness by agricultural extension in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe

Moyo, Rachel; Salawu, Abiodun

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.03.002

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“…This is due to several management constraints including drought, stock theft, feed shortages, diseases and parasites and lack of markets and financial resources (Khapayi and Celliers, 2016; Mapiye et al, 2009, 2018). Apart from these, low productivity could be due to lack of livestock farming information facilities and inadequate access to appropriate extension information by the farmers (Brhane et al, 2017; Mbanda-Obura et al, 2017; Moyo and Salawu, 2010). This is because, lack of appropriate information impairs the farmers’ management ability and hence responses to challenges and opportunities (Mittal and Mehar, 2013; Mbanda-Obura et al, 2017).…”

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“…Along with public extension, farmers also acquire information from other farmers, friends, relatives (Mbanda-Obura et al, 2017) and information communication technology (ICT)-based sources such as Internet, mobile phone, television and radio (Mittal and Mehar, 2013; Motiang and Webb, 2015) and print media (Mtega et al, 2016). However, it has become difficult for the smallholder farmers to continuously rely on the public extension system (Moyo and Salawu, 2010). The underlying concern is that public extension systems especially from developing countries besides being extension agent based have generally become weak (Mittal and Mehar, 2013) and this is largely attributed to lack of resources, inefficiencies and bureaucratic processes (Adetayo and Eunice, 2013).…”

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Management information sources and communication strategies for commercially oriented smallholder beef cattle producers in Limpopo province, South Africa

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A survey was conducted to identify management information sources and communication channels used by commercially oriented smallholder beef cattle producers ( n = 62) in Limpopo province, South Africa. A total of 62 commercially oriented smallholder farmers under the Limpopo Industrial Development Corporation-Nguni cattle project were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to collect data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse data on farmers’ demographic and farm characteristics, sources of information and communication channels used. A multinomial logistic regression model was used to evaluate factors that influenced farmers’ choices of information sources and communications channels used. Findings show that government extension (53% of the respondents) and other farmers (30%) were the major sources of management information for the farmers. Based on the logistic regression results, the decision to choose government extension as the main source of information was mainly influenced by respondents’ gender ( p = 0.001) and access to training ( p = 0.023). Communication was mainly through farm-to-farm visits (56%) and the use of mobile phones (30%). Based on the current findings, the infusion of modern information communication technologies such as mobile phone-based innovations with the existing government extension service could further strengthen the capacity of farmers to share information among themselves as well as providing feedback to extension agents. Furthermore, it is essential to take cognizance of farmers’ socio-economic factors when identifying and characterizing their management information sources and communication strategies.

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Management information sources and communication strategies for commercially oriented smallholder beef cattle producers in Limpopo province, South Africa

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“…Keterbatasan jumlah tenaga penyuluh pertanian memunculkan permasalahan lain yaitu masih belum dirasakannya kinerja penyuluh dalam menjamin harapan dan kebutuhan oleh sebagian petani (Moyo and Salawu, 2018;Bolang and Osumanu, 2019;Makate et al, 2019 3Keterangan : i = Rata-rata total tingkat kinerja i = Rata-rata total tingkat kepentingan n = Jumlah responden Diagram kartesius akan menggambarkan empat bagian kuadran yang dibatasi dua garis yang berpotongan tegak lurus pada titik (X,Y). Titik X sebagai titik skor rata-rata tingkat kinerja seluruh atribut sedangkan titik Y sebagai titik skor rata-rata tingkat kepentingan seluruh atribut.…”

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Tingkat Kepuasan Petani Terhadap Kinerja Penyuluh Pertanian Di Desa Senden Kecamatan Selo Kabupaten Boyolali

2020

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Penyuluhan merupakan salah satu bagian subsistem kelembagaan yang berperan dalam keberhasilan usahatani. Keberhasilan penyuluhan dapat diukur melalui tingkat kepuasan petaniterhadap kinerja penyuluh pertanian dalam upaya meningkatkan kapabilitas petani. Tujuan penelitian adalah menganalisis tingkat kesesuaian antara tingkat kepentingan terhadap tingkat kinerja pada atribut-atribut kinerja penyuluh pertanian dan tingkat kepuasan petani terhadap kinerja penyuluh pertanian. Penelitian dilaksanakan pada tanggal 13 Desember 2019 – 13 Januari 2020 di Desa Senden, Selo, Boyolali. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan simple random sampling dengan jumlah sampel 86 responden. Hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa tingkat kesesuaian tertinggi terletak pada kemampuan penyuluh menerima pertanyaan langsung dan mampu menjawab pertanyaan dari petani dengan nilai kesesuaian sebesar 93,15%. Hasil analisis Importance Perfomance Analysis (IPA) menunjukkan bahwa kuadran II merupakan kuadran dominan pada atribut kinerja penyuluh pertanian yang terdiri atas enam atribut. Pada hasil analisis Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) sebesar 74,09% atau 0,7409 yang menunjukkan bahwa petani merasa puas terhadap kinerja penyuluh pertanian.

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“…The implementation of the development of black rice programme cannot be generalized in every region, because it must be adapted to the situation of the community (Moyo and Salawu, 2018) and the local natural conditions (Budiman and Arisoesilaningsih, 2015). Black rice has a very specific character and so far it can only be cultivated in seven villages in Sirampog sub-district which has a height of around 900 meters above sea level.…”

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Role of Agricultural Counselling Centre in the Development of Black Rice Programme in Central Java, Indonesia

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Sumardjo²,

Saleh³

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The study assessed the role of agricultural counselling centres in the development of black rice programme in Central Java, Indonesia. Black rice is a food source that has health benefits. Purplish black colour comes from anthocyanin which contains high antioxidants, used as an alternative healthy food to prevent degenerative diseases such as heart attacks and diabetes. The purpose of the study was to analyse the convergence communication and communication networks of actors who are involved in the development of black rice programme. Phenomenology and qualitative approaches are used to find out how the actors interact in the development of black rice programme. This study took data from in-depth interviews with 32 informants, 19 FGD informants, observation processes and analysed using UCINET 6. The results show that communication networks are formed in personal networks, the highest degree of centrality value was used to see the interaction between actors with the link in the meeting of information needs (0.287). The actors who have the highest centrality value, the Agricultural Counselling Centre (BPP) indicates that BPP has the ability to be a communication bridge in the communication networks to increase the participation of actors in the development of black rice programme in order to run sustainable.

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A survey of communication effectiveness by agricultural extension in the Gweru district of Zimbabwe

Cited by 45 publications

References 6 publications

Management information sources and communication strategies for commercially oriented smallholder beef cattle producers in Limpopo province, South Africa

Management information sources and communication strategies for commercially oriented smallholder beef cattle producers in Limpopo province, South Africa

Tingkat Kepuasan Petani Terhadap Kinerja Penyuluh Pertanian Di Desa Senden Kecamatan Selo Kabupaten Boyolali

Role of Agricultural Counselling Centre in the Development of Black Rice Programme in Central Java, Indonesia

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