Identifying sources of social capital among the farmers of the rural Sindh province of Pakistan

Sheikh, M. J.; Redzuan, Ma’rof; Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abu; Ahmad, Nobaya

doi:10.17221/144/2014-agricecon

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“…Since, the establishment of irrigation infrastructure will increase irrigation efficiency, increase water availability, and lowering the cost of irrigation. As stated by [16] the availability of canal water strengthens social capital among water user and makes WUA more dynamic.…”

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Determinants of willingness to pay for non-technical irrigation in East Java, Indonesia

Rondhi¹,

Peratama²,

Budiman³

et al. 2018

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Declining water supply is the main cause of rising water fee for agricultural use. Moreover, in non-technical irrigation, poor irrigation infrastructure exacerbates water scarcity. Thus, the purpose of this study is to identify farmer willingness to pay for non-technical irrigation and its determinants. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 100 farmers. Contingent valuation method was employed to elicit farmer WTP and multiple linear regression was used to find its determinants. The result shows that farmer average WTP is Rp 3,055,168 /ha/year. It accounts for 20 percent of total farmer revenue and almost 20 times fee for technical irrigation. Economic and technical variables are the significant determinants of WTP while social variables seem insignificant to WTP. This result indicates high economic value of water, and to improve irrigation management we recommend establishing irrigation infrastructure gradually by mobilizing farmer resources (capital and management) and strengthening WUA.

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Determinants of willingness to pay for non-technical irrigation in East Java, Indonesia

Rondhi¹,

Peratama²,

Budiman³

et al. 2018

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“…The validity of questionnaire was prior analyzed and further validated by expert of committee of Universiti Putra Malaysia and Sindh Agriculture University, Pakistan. The recommended range as shown in Table 1 was reliable (> 0.7) and widely accepted at Cronbach's alpha level for this questionnaire (Fedorowicz et al, 2007, Sheikh et al, 2015. The questionnaire was further divided into three domains such as capacity building, self-esteem and self-efficacy.…”

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Empowerment among small farmers of Sindh province, Pakistan

Khushk¹,

Samah²,

Hamsan³

et al. 2016

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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.

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“…A total of 455 respondents who participated in the Crop Maximization Project (CMP-II) were surveyed. The sample size was computed as 455 using formula of Rea and Parker (2014), Sheikh et al (2015) and more recently followed by Khushk et al (2016). The sampling method applied for this study was the multistage sampling technique.…”

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“…The recommended range as shown in Table 1 was reliable (> 0.7) and widely accepted at Cronbach's alpha level for this questionnaire (Fedorowicz et al, 2007, Sheikh et al, 2015. The questionnaire was further divided into three domains such as capacity building, self-esteem and self-efficacy.…”

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1Community 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.

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Identifying sources of social capital among the farmers of the rural Sindh province of Pakistan

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Determinants of willingness to pay for non-technical irrigation in East Java, Indonesia

Determinants of willingness to pay for non-technical irrigation in East Java, Indonesia

Empowerment among small farmers of Sindh province, Pakistan

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