Farming Differentiation in the Rural-urban Interface of the Middle Mountains, Nepal: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Modeling

Bhatta, Gopal Datt; Doppler, Werner

doi:10.5539/jas.v2n4p37

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“…Some other impacts of agrochemicals include declining soil fertility and negative repercussions on the environment and health of farmers. Grim reminders of the negative repercussions of agrochemicals on farming eventually sparked the movement toward organic production in Nepal, particularly in peri-urban areas (Bhatta & Doppler, 2010 (Sharma, 2008). This is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) working in the PUAs that promotes permaculture, a system similar to organic production.…”

Section: Development Of Organic Agriculture In the Peri-urban Areas Omentioning

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Smallholder Peri-Urban Organic Farming in Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of Farming Systems

Bhatta

Doppler

2011

JAFSCD

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Farming in the peri-urban areas of Nepal is increasingly characterized by monocropping and the imprudent use of agrochemicals. This intensification has raised questions about the sustainability of farming systems in the region. In this paper, we do a comparative assessment of these farming systems, focusing on organic production in the densely populated Kathmandu Valley. The relative inaccessibility of farming accessories and of modern farming technologies usually leads rural farmers to follow traditional farming methods, sometimes referred to as "default organic." In contrast, access to infrastructures opens avenues for further development of ecological farming in peri-urban areas. Gross margin analysis indicates that organic vegetable production is a lucrative endeavor in the area under study. Urbanites are willing to buy organic vegetables, but the higher price and lack of certification of organically produced vegetables are factors that should be taken into account by producers and organizations working in organic production. We suggest that nongovernmental bodies, along with governmentrun institutions, cooperatives, and communitybased organizations, can play a facilitating role for a smallholder organic growers certification program. They should also support peri-urban farmers in their efforts to enhance the environment and agrobiodiversity.

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Section: Development Of Organic Agriculture In the Peri-urban Areas Omentioning

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Smallholder Peri-Urban Organic Farming in Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of Farming Systems

Bhatta

Doppler

2011

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“…Bhatta and Doppler [7] applied AHP to look into the prevailing factor of farming differentiation in the rural-urban interface of the densely populated Kathmandu valley in Nepal. There are certain factors that cause farming variation in the interfaces.…”

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Selecting the Appropriate Decision Alternatives using SM and AHP

Maidamisa¹,

Ahmad²,

Ismail³

2012

IJCA

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The paper employed two decision analysis methods to solve a farmer's choice of the crop's problem, for planting purposes. The first method is scoring model, while the second method is the analytical hierarchy process. A result yields two different ranking of crops. It was shown that the ranking obtained from the first method has no association with the ranking produced by the second method. This paper is the first research work to utilize scoring method with the analytical hierarchy process in Agricultural decision making. It compares two rankings results and infers on their performance. General Terms:Multi criteria decision analysis techniques.

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“…For the initial agreement between the landlord and tenant, there were essential factors (Criteria) which have great impact on these land tenancy contract (Alternative) towards the signing process. Thus, AHP serves the purpose of comparison and finds the important impacting factors of different farming practices (Bhatta and Doppler 2010). However, the selection of a good landlord for a tenant and a reliable tenant for a landlord play key role in these contracts for successful land management.…”

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The evaluation of land tenancy contracts using the analytical hierarchy process in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

Khan¹,

Lurhathaiopath²,

Matsushita³

2017

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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New approaches and tools are needed to enable land tenancy arrangements in the developing countries to specify the landlord-tenant relationship in general and particularly in the targeted study area Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. So this research work applied a multi-criteria decision making approach (MCDM) to investigate the important factors which greatly impact on initial signing process of land tenancy contracts between landlords and tenants by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) as a tool. This qualitative decision making technique has not been used extensively in the country especially in the landlord tenant relations. For the purpose field survey was conducted in August 2015 and interviewed 10 respondents (landlords and tenants) in a hypothetical situation from the baseline survey through a well-developed questionnaire by using Tones method in AHP. However, AHP is a methodology that facilitates respondents to trade off nonmarket factors of land tenancy contracts. Thus, the information was collected for the important factors (criterion) which has great effect in the initial contract agreement in the landlord-tenant relationship in our research area within each tenancy contract (alternative), then the important factors were incorporated in the AHP framework and subjected to the landlord-tenant judgments for each tenancy contract. The finalized factors were character, financial position, men power, experience, reference, land condition and house availability. The results of the AHP application to data collected from six different villages found that landlords' preferences are strongest for character, men power in share cropping, distance, financial position in fixed contract, experience and men power in owner cultivation and the tenant's partialities are strongest for house availability, financial position in share contract, land condition, reference in lease contract and in owner cultivation nothing found important. In overall, it was found that the dominant choice in the tenancy contract for landlords are share contract 45.7%, followed by rent contract 30.9% and less important owner cultivation 22.3% and in case of tenants it was found that the most preferable land tenancy contract is sharecropping 51.7% and fixed contract 41.7%, less effective 6.25% owner cultivation in the selected study villages. This study recommends that the agriculture and extension services departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to apply AHP as tool in the wide range of multi sector in agriculture decisions, such as to determine best allocation for farm production, adaptation of latest technological tools and choices among different food and cash crop.

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Farming Differentiation in the Rural-urban Interface of the Middle Mountains, Nepal: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Modeling

Cited by 19 publications

References 28 publications

Smallholder Peri-Urban Organic Farming in Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of Farming Systems

Smallholder Peri-Urban Organic Farming in Nepal: A Comparative Analysis of Farming Systems

Selecting the Appropriate Decision Alternatives using SM and AHP

The evaluation of land tenancy contracts using the analytical hierarchy process in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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