Empowerment among small farmers of Sindh province, Pakistan

Abstract

Community empowerment is an important goal for many governments in developing countries. Various activities for the empowerment of communities have been conducted in developing countries like Pakistan. The present research attempted to assess an activity of community empowerment on the Crop Maximization Project (CMP-II) in Sindh province, Pakistan. A total of 455 small farmers were surveyed using questionnaire in three districts namely; Khairpur, Nawabshah and Mirpurkhas. The level of empowerment was assessed based on three domains namely; capacity building, self-esteem and self-efficacy. The findings of the study showed that, there was a moderate level of empowerment among the beneficiaries (small farmers) of the crop maximization projects of the Sindh province based on a summed mean score of 178.77 for the three dimensions of empowerment. Therefore, it is concluded that projects like crop maximization are able to empower the beneficiaries as the intangible outcomes.

The Impact of Online Community on Farmer Empowerment: A Strategical Analysis for Development The Technology-to-Performance

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“…However, several studies describe that digital technology is used to encourage farmer empowerment. Empowerment is observed by increasing access to information ((Narayan-Parker, 2002), (Kumar, 2014); (Babu & Asokhan, 2010;Khushk et al, 2016), increasing decision-making abilities (Jairath & Yadav, 2012;Khushk et al, 2016) supply chain efficiency, rural business development (Galloway et al, 2011;Kour et al, 2019). Therefore, the use of digital technology by farmers in Indonesia is an important thing to be observed.…”

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“…Indeed, technology adoption directly contributes to the improvement of agricultural livelihood activities in developing countries. Mujtaba et al (2016) argue on the various ways of empowerment in community development: "empowerment is a process through which build their capacities and competencies, to gain or achieve results for themselves." Meantime, Gergis (1999) discuss that the center of developing thinking positively towards economic development as a response to the economic crises.…”

Διερεύνηση Του Βαθμού Επαγγελματικής Ικανοποίησης Των Νέων Γεωργών

“…36 Αναφορά στο Spector, (2007:221) *Ινστιτούτο Επιμόρφωσης Θεσσαλονίκης (επισκόπηση εκπαιδευτικών σεμιναρίων)Η η Ενότητα: Πορεία γεωργικής εκμετάλλευσης. Η πιο συχνά χρησιμοποιούμενη είναι η αξιοπιστία εσωτερικής συνέπειας και για τον έλεγχό της υπολογίζεται ο συντελεστής a (alpha) του Cronbach(Cronbach, 1951) ο οποίος θεωρείται ιδιαίτερα ακριβής(Khushk et al, 2016;Solis-Carcano et al, 2015;Σιάρδος, 2005;Μιχαηλίδης, 2004). Συγκεκριμένα, υπολογίζεται ο βαθμός της εσωτερικής συνάφειας των ερωτήσεων που συμπεριλαμβάνονται στην κλίμακα μέτρησης.…”