Determinants of Rice Farmers’ Utilization of Agricultural Information in Central Thailand

Aonngernthayakorn, Kijsart; Pongquan, Soparth

doi:10.1080/10496505.2016.1247001

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“…Other literature in this area (e.g. Aonngernthayakorn and Pongquan, 2017) confirms our findings and shows that more experienced farmers have a lower likelihood of facing specific agricultural production barriers. Consequently, increased expertise and asset accumulation may enable farming households to diversify their livelihoods through additional non-farm activities while maintaining food production, which leads to greater income and quality of life (Edirisinghe, 2015).…”

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confidence: 91%

Socio-economic and environmental barriers to increased agricultural production: New evidence from central Thailand

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Thailand’s agricultural production has played a major role in enhancing the sustainability of domestic food supplies and successful international exports. However, agricultural production and farm productivity remain relatively low, especially in rapidly ageing high out-migration areas and among small-scale farmers. In this study, we use new household survey data from Prachinburi Province to examine the probability of facing six specific barriers to agricultural production. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and a series of logistic regressions to identify the determinants. The results show that age of household head, off-farm income, farm size, and farm type were all associated with the likelihood of different productivity barriers. Gender of household heads was found to be associated with the probability of farm labour shortage, with female-headed households being at a disadvantage. We recommend that policies should be formulated to address these significant factors in order to overcome or circumvent the different barriers and enhance the livelihoods of the local population.

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Socio-economic and environmental barriers to increased agricultural production: New evidence from central Thailand

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“…Extension programs organized by extension field staff also transform rural areas for ultimate development. Aonngernthayakorn and Pongquan [18] pointed out that extension programs were one of the agricultural information sources of the paddy farmers in central Thailand. Table 2 displays, the frequencies of extension staff's farmer visits.…”

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The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Agricultural Risk Management by The Agricultural Extension Services in Malaysia

Ali

Man

Latif

et al. 2018

International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences

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Climate change is one of the serious challenges to agricultural extension services that affect farms and farmers in various dimensions. According to Mulder [1], impacts of climate changes should not be ignored for sustainable development. However, the extension service providers are not yet fully sensitized and equipped with techniques to help farmers in managing agricultural risks through immediate and low cost solutions. In Malaysia, extension services are offered by public (Department of Agriculture) and private sector. The extension wing of public and private sectors is responsible t o d i s s e m i n a t e u s e f u l i n f o r m a t i o n a n d agricultural technologies among farmers through field level staff. However, extension services are mostly focused on just traditional style of agricultural technology transfer but less attention has been paid on using ICTs for agricultural risk management. As day by day farmers have to face different problems dissimilar to the past so, there is a need to opt digital options for quick solutions and making this sector sustainable. Extension service providers can motivate the farming community to use available digital options for minimizing the risks associated with agricultural sector. These risks can be related with production, price, market, technology, legal, health, and personal [2]. Risk in agricultural sector is related to various factors which leave negative impacts originated from different variables like natural, biological, climatic and input and output prices [3, 4, 5]. Similarly, Wossen et al. [6] highlighted that adoption of technologies were not only alleviating poverty but also increasing income and productivity of farmers. That is why, adoption of technologies would ultimately trigger economic growth along with wide marketing opportunities, reducing poverty at large [6]

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“…This finding is in line with the study by (Uwandu et al, 2018) in which agricultural information utilisation was found to enhance farmer innovativeness in Imo State, Nigeria. Related studies by Adetimehim et al, 2018in Indo State, Nigeria, Acheampong et al, 2017 in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ghana and (Aonngernthayakorn & Pongquan, 2017) in central Thailand confirmed a relationship between access to extension service and utilisation of agricultural information. Therefore, to enhance farmer innovation through information utilisation, policymakers need to improve access to extension service by farmers.…”

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Effect of market information quality, sharing and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of smallholder pig producers

Mugonya

Kalule

Ndyomugyenyi

2021

Cogent Food & Agriculture

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Although pig farming can accelerate Uganda's economic development, the value chain is undeveloped with poorly organized informal markets. Buyers take advantage of farmers paying low prices, pointing to the poor quality of pigs and pork. Farmer innovation can remedy this situation by enabling farmers to reduce costs, improve pig productivity and quality of pigs and pork. Leveraging farmer innovation behaviour calls for appropriate agricultural information. However, the effect of market information quality, sharing, and utilization on the innovation behaviour of pig producing farmers is not fully known. This study sought to determine the effect of information quality, sharing, and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of pig producing farmers in Northern Uganda. A cross-section survey of 239 respondents selected through multiple stages of purposive and random sampling was done. Data were analysed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results show that information quality contributes significantly to innovation behaviour directly (β = 0.247; P < 0.01) as well as indirectly through the partial mediation of information utilization (β = 0.176; 95% CI = 0.040 0.349). Therefore, interventions that seek to enhance smallholder farmer innovation should provide quality information and support farmers to utilise it.

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Determinants of Rice Farmers’ Utilization of Agricultural Information in Central Thailand

Cited by 11 publications

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Socio-economic and environmental barriers to increased agricultural production: New evidence from central Thailand

Socio-economic and environmental barriers to increased agricultural production: New evidence from central Thailand

The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Agricultural Risk Management by The Agricultural Extension Services in Malaysia

Effect of market information quality, sharing and utilisation on the innovation behaviour of smallholder pig producers

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