Farmers' perception of agricultural extension service delivery in germiston region, Gauteng province, South Africa

Maoba, S

doi:10.17159/2413-3221/2016/v44n2a415

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“…Extention agents are still the main source of information for farmers. Besides, it is also in line with what is stated by Maoba (2016); Azumah et al (2018) in their study. The extension service aims at providing the farmers with the services and quality information on the technologies and farming practices to keep them fully satisfied.…”

Section: Farmers' Attitudes Towards Wheat Farmingsupporting

confidence: 92%

An Analysis of Wheat Farming: Calculations and Perceptions

Zebua¹,

Priyanto²,

Sunaryanto³

2019

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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National diversification of wheat-based food has been put into practice. Public consumption of flour-based food, such as noodles and bread, is in great demand. This study aims to determine the calculations, perceptions and attitudes of farmers towards wheat farming, considering that Indonesia is a non-wheat developing country. This qualitative descriptive research using in-depth interviews with 7 informants and observation methods was conducted in Klaten and Demak Regencies. In analyzing the data, this study used an interactive analysis model including data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results show that: 1) based on farmers' calculations, wheat farming is financially not profitable to farmers because the products harvested are not worth the expense; 2) farmers' calculations affect farmers' perceptions which shifted to negative perceptions that wheat farming is not as promising as other farming businesses. Despite the negative perceptions, wheat farming has provided a valuable experience for farmers which is shown by their pride and pleasure and 3) the majority of farmers are not interested in wheat farming, which is shown by their attitude of not being able to accept wheat farming, while other farmers behave otherwise, indicated by their willingness to recommence wheat planting testing. Further research may examine: 1) how to change the culture of rice farming into culture of wheat farming; 2) how to change subsistence rice farming into enterprise and 3) how to change rice farming as social activities to rice farming as business activities.

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Section: Farmers' Attitudes Towards Wheat Farmingsupporting

confidence: 92%

An Analysis of Wheat Farming: Calculations and Perceptions

Zebua¹,

Priyanto²,

Sunaryanto³

2019

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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“…Extension programs and training support are needed to assist farmers to develop their management skills and competencies for improving their farm production. Similar statements have been made by Maoba (2016) and Azumah et al (2018). Likewise, extension personnel are required to give recommendations on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to the farmers as well.…”

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“…Farmers’ satisfaction is a crucial element for the adoption of crop production technologies. The extension service aims at providing the farmers with the services and quality information on the technologies and farming practices to keep them fully satisfied (Maoba, 2016, Azumah et al, 2018). The findings of the study indicate that the quality of information made available to the farmers by the agricultural extension department is unsatisfactory, implying that the department still has a lot of room for improvement.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perceptions of wheat farmers toward agricultural extension services for realizing sustainable biological yields

Al-Zahrani

Khan

Baig

et al. 2019

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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IntroductionAgriculture plays an important role in the economy of Pakistan and it is not possible to realize sustainable biological yields without following sustainable agricultural extension. However, these extension activities are not making significant impacts on crop yields and have not been able to help farmers realize sustainable biological yields and elevated rural livelihoods. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the perceptions of the farmers about the extension service.Materials and methodsA survey study was conducted in the Peshawar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province - Northern Pakistan. Twenty villages out of 236 villages were selected randomly and 10% of farmers from the population were drawn by systematic random sampling that comprised a total of 120 wheat growers. Data collected through an interview schedule were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as Frequency Counts, Percentages, Means Standard Deviation and Spearman Correlation Coefficient test.ResultsThe study revealed that 40.8% of the respondents are economically active and fall in the age group of 31–40 years. Literacy level depicts that (58.3%) of the respondents were illiterate while the remaining were literate, having primary, middle, matric or above matric education. About 81.7% of the respondents had landholdings less than 10 acres and about 60.8% were tenants. Most of the respondents (76.7%) had farming experience from 11–20 years. A large portion (80.8%) of the sample earns their livelihoods primarily from agriculture in the study area. Results of the 5 point Likert scale analysis revealed that the farmers have negative perceptions about agricultural extension services. Moreover, a Spearman correlation coefficient test was run to identify the relationship between socio-economic features of the respondents and their perceptions about agricultural extension services.ConclusionEducation (rs = 0.179, p < 0.05), and income source (rs = 0.193, p < 0.05) are positively correlated with the perception of the farmers. However, education negatively influenced the statement “Agricultural extension department promotes modern wheat production technologies to realize higher biological yields before the start of the season through extension educational programs”.

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“…The Nguni cattle project study conducted in Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality (the then Nkonkobe Local Municipality) by Gwala, Monde and Muchenje (2016), alludes that beneficiaries received no extension support services to improve their socio-economic status and also to market their animal produce. This seems to be the norm in most parts of developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (Maoba, 2016). Irregular visits of extension officers can lead to farmers complaining about invisibility and could impact negatively on extension activities.…”

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Capacity development for scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) innovations: agricultural extension's role in mitigating climate change effects in Gqumashe community, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Maka¹,

Ighodaro²,

Ngcobo-Ngotho³

2019

S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext.

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This study aimed at ascertaining what role agricultural extension plays in mitigating the effects of climate change and variability using farmers' perceptions in Gqumashe village, Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The survey research design was adopted for the study, and data for the study were collected from 50 respondents using a convenience sampling method in the study area. Data was analysed using SPSS and descriptive statistics (means, percentages and graphs) were produced. Farmers in the study area were aware of and perceived climate change and variability as detrimental to agricultural production as they reported various problems associated with changes and variability in climate to their extension workers and other available agricultural officials. The paper concludes by making three recommendations: a) Extension agents as the disseminators of information to farmers need to conduct targeted training for farmers in order to raise more awareness about climate change and variability as a subject; b)Extension agents need to visit farmers regularly and also provide information on current issues related to farming, new technology development for agriculture and farming, climate change and variability issues, as well as training about new agricultural techniques to counteract climate change and variability effects; and c) Extension agents need to proactively meet the expressed need for market information and storage facilities.

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Farmers' perception of agricultural extension service delivery in germiston region, Gauteng province, South Africa

Abstract: This study was conducted to determine farmers' perception of extension service delivery in

Cited by 22 publications

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An Analysis of Wheat Farming: Calculations and Perceptions

An Analysis of Wheat Farming: Calculations and Perceptions

Perceptions of wheat farmers toward agricultural extension services for realizing sustainable biological yields

Capacity development for scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) innovations: agricultural extension's role in mitigating climate change effects in Gqumashe community, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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