Financial Analysis of the Use of Land: Agriculture or Woodlot

Baidoo, Jacqueline; Egyir, Irene S.; Mensah‐Bonsu, Akwasi; Onumah, Edward Ebo

doi:10.3390/land11050642

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“…The BCR is the ratio of the present value of the benefit streams generated by an investment divided by the present value of the cost streams, as expressed in Equation ( 4). An investment is considered economically feasible when the BCR is greater than 1 [32][33][34]. The economic evaluation indices were calculated based on the experience data of on-site installation and operation of an automatic irrigation system.…”

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Evaluation of Automatic Irrigation System for Rice Cultivation and Sustainable Agriculture Water Management

Lee

2022

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The water-resource policy of South Korea has been changing from that of securing water to that of saving water through sustainable water management. Moreover, population aging in rural areas is leading to agricultural water-management problems. In this study, an automatic irrigation system for rice crops was investigated and compared with conventional irrigation, and changes in water productivity and required labor power were quantified. The effect of the proposed system on economic feasibility was verified on farmland by monitoring irrigation water and rice yields for three years. Under the automatic irrigation system, on-site water productivity improved by an average of 12.7% and the labor power required for paddy water management decreased by an average of 21.8% compared to the conventional irrigation system. The internal rate of return was 8.6% higher than the discount rate of 4.5%. The net present value was 406,411 KRW, and the benefit-cost ratio was 1.23. The results can serve as a reference for the on-site introduction of irrigation water-supply automation for sustainable water management and are expected to benefit farmers in saving water and reducing labor demands through sustainable agricultural activities.

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Evaluation of Automatic Irrigation System for Rice Cultivation and Sustainable Agriculture Water Management

Lee

2022

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Determinants of Farmers’ Behavior towards Land Conservation Practices in the Upper Citarum Watershed in West Java, Indonesia

Sumaryanto¹,

Susilowati²,

Nurfatriani

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Erosion and pollution in the Citarum River have reached a very worrying stage. To overcome this problem, the government has launched the Citarum Harum program. One of the policies synergistic with the Citarum Harum program is the application of soil and water conservation principles in farming seasonal crops in the upper Citarum watershed (UCW). Historically, policies and programs for developing pro-conservation farming in this area have been carried out for at least three decades but have not been effective. Increasing the effectiveness of policies requires the existence of suitable instruments. Therefore, it is necessary to have a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the attitudes and behavior of farmers in applying soil and water conservation. This study aims to identify the factors influencing farmers’ probabilities and participation in applying soil and water conservation techniques. A double-hurdle approach is used to identify determinants of farmers’ participation and intensity in applying conservation practices. The data were collected from samples of 244 farm households’ growing seasonal crops out of 499 farm households sample in the Bandung and West Bandung Districts. The results show that the determinants of farmer participation and intensity in the application of conservation lie in the ability to finance, land tenure and utilization, and the physical condition of the land. The level of education only affects participation opportunities, even if the increment is significant. In the future, conservation priorities must be more directed at a vegetative approach through developing synergistic perennial crops with particular efforts to convert vegetables on the sloping lands to perennial crops.

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Financial Analysis of the Use of Land: Agriculture or Woodlot

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Evaluation of Automatic Irrigation System for Rice Cultivation and Sustainable Agriculture Water Management

Evaluation of Automatic Irrigation System for Rice Cultivation and Sustainable Agriculture Water Management

Determinants of Farmers’ Behavior towards Land Conservation Practices in the Upper Citarum Watershed in West Java, Indonesia

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