Adoption of Post-Harvest Practices Implemented by Fruit Farmers in Johor

Bakar, T H S T Abu; Man, Norsida; Nawi, Nolila Mohd; Shah, Jasmin Arif

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/596/1/012088

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“…In another study, Abu et al (2020) engaged a random sample of 150 fruit farmers in Johor and emphasised the need for post-harvest technology adoption to improve and maintain the quality of fruits. The study found that adopting post-harvest technology could help enhance fruits' per capita availability.…”

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Soil technology and post-harvest losses in Nigeria

Osabohien

2022

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PurposePost-harvest losses are becoming a huge issue worldwide and are predominantly severe in developing countries. Seeking ways to control post-harvest losses is important because losses decrease farm income by more than 15% for approximately 480 million small-scale farmers.Design/methodology/approachThe study engaged Wave 4 (2018/2019) of the Living Standards Measurement Studies–Integrated Survey on Agriculture, to examine the impact of soil technology such as fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and certified crops on post-harvest losses in Nigeria. The study engaged descriptive statistics, logit regression and propensity score matching (PSM) to analyse the data.FindingsThe study found that approximately 38% of the household harvest was lost along the value chain. In addition, the results showed that among the indicators of soil technology, crop certification has a significant impact on the reduction of post-harvest losses. The implication is that from the nearest neighbour and kernel-based matching, the use of certified crops by households contributed to 1.62 and 1.36% reduction in post-harvest losses, respectively. In contrast, pesticide, herbicide and fertiliser use had no significant impact on post-harvest losses.Research limitations/implicationsOne of the limitations is that this study applied the PSM, the model did not account for endogeneity. Therefore, in examining this concept, further studies should consider applying other impact model such as the difference-in-difference to account for endogeneity.Originality/valueWhile previous studies have examined how ICT adoption, storage mechanisms and value chain among others help to minimise post-harvest losses, the aspect of how soil technology can reduce post-harvest losses has been a subject of exclusion in the extant literature. This study empirically examines the impact of soil technology adoption on post-harvest losses in Nigeria.

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“…In another study, Abu et al. (2020) engaged a random sample of 150 fruit farmers in Johor and emphasised the need for post-harvest technology adoption to improve and maintain the quality of fruits.…”

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Soil technology and post-harvest losses in Nigeria

Osabohien

2022

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MORTEX technology acceptance to improve the latex production among RISDA rubber smallholder

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Abidin²,

Abdullah³

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AIP Conference Proceedings

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Factors impinging fruit farmers adoption of organic farming practices in Johor, Malaysia

Bakar

Shukri

Liew

et al. 2021

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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A Malaysia Organic (myOrganic) Program is being promoted in Malaysia as a strategy to raise small-scale producers’ income, protect the environment, and reduce food imports. However, from almost 144, 843 fruit farmers in Malaysia, only 63 farms received myOrganic certification. Unfortunately, Johor is the second-lowest state of myOrganic recipients even though they have the highest number of fruit farmers. Thus, this study aims to determine the factors impinging the organic farming practices adoption by fruits farmers in Johor, Malaysia. The quantitative research design was employed, and the questionnaire is structured based on a combination of Theory Planned Behavior (TPB) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The probability sampling was employed by using simple random sampling technique that involved fruits farmers in Johor. SPSS version 25.0 had been used to analyse the data using descriptive analysis. Findings from this study showed moderate mean score for organic farming practices adoption (M= 2.597), perceived behavioural control (M=3.212) and perceived usefulness (M=3.499), while high mean score showed by attitude (M=3.711) and perceived ease of use (are M=3.860). This study is significant to the government, researchers and farmers to understand the factors and importance of organic farming practices adoption.

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Adoption of Post-Harvest Practices Implemented by Fruit Farmers in Johor

Cited by 4 publications

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Soil technology and post-harvest losses in Nigeria

Soil technology and post-harvest losses in Nigeria

MORTEX technology acceptance to improve the latex production among RISDA rubber smallholder

Factors impinging fruit farmers adoption of organic farming practices in Johor, Malaysia

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