Responsible aquaculturists: The information-seeking behavior of milkfish farmers in Iloilo, Philippines

Superio, Daryl L.; Nemiz, Elvi S.; Oliveros, Mary Grace H.; Palcullo, Vince; Yap-Zerrudo, Anna May A; Canaman, Jessica B.

doi:10.1177/0266666918798675

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“…Globally, several studies have examined farmers' information behavior regarding mobile-based advisory services (Folitse et al, 2019;Haile et al, 2019;Hoang, 2020;Issahaku et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2019;Nwafor et al, 2020;Superio et al, 2019). However, in Egypt, literature related to this topic is rare (Abdel-Ghany, 2015;Kassem et al, 2020), and no study has yet considered the role of farmers' attitudes in supporting the use and adoption of the information provided via mobile phones.…”

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Mobile-based advisory services for sustainable agriculture: Assessing farmers’ information behavior

Kassem

Alotaibi

Ghoneim

et al. 2020

Information Development

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Mobile-based advisory services have significant benefits, including access to agricultural information, knowledge sharing, meteorological information, marketing-related information, and financial services for smallholder farmers. This study aimed to assess farmers’ information behavior regarding mobile-based advisory services and how farmers with different characteristics and attitudes access and adopt information. Data were collected from 382 farmers in Dakhalia governorate, Egypt. The most frequently received information was related to best agricultural practices, weather forecasts, seed varieties and treatment, and water management. Cluster analysis revealed that 47% of the farmers had low information behavior. Seventy-one of the respondents had a favorable attitude toward information retrieval from mobile agricultural services. The information behavior groups of the farmers significantly differed in education, farm size, diversity of agricultural production, and attitude regarding trust and quality of the information provided. Information behavior among farmers has useful implications for policymakers in supporting the long-term benefits of mobile-based advisory services.

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Mobile-based advisory services for sustainable agriculture: Assessing farmers’ information behavior

Kassem

Alotaibi

Ghoneim

et al. 2020

Information Development

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“…The second stream of research is concerned with workrelated information including survival of everyday life or income-generation information. These studies focus on the information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in specific occupations such as fishermen in Nigeria (Njoku 2004), Uganda (Ikoja-Odongo and Ocholla 2003) and Bangladesh (Shuva 2017); cottage producers in India (Musib 1991), and farmers in Tanzania (Benard, Dulle and Hieromin 2018), Zambia (Kalusopa 2005), Malawi (Phiri, Chipeta and Chawinga 2019), Indonesia (Purnomo 2019) and the Philippines (Superio 2019). The major information needs by these groups of rural dwellers are related to income-generation information such as crop production, agricultural technology, financing, market, prices, and maintenance of their agricultural produce or livestock.…”

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Information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in Sarawak, Malaysia

Yap

Tiew

Ngadan

et al. 2020

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This research aims to investigate the information needs and information seeking behaviour of the rural dwellers in Sarawak focusing on identifying their information needs; examining their use of information sources; assessing their perception of quality and accessibility of the information sources; and determining the barriers to information seeking. An interviewer-administered questionnaire survey is adopted for data collection, from the rural dwellers, covering broadly the northern, central, and southern regions of Sarawak. This study covers a broader range of information needs (12 types) and use of information sources (20 sources) of the rural dwellers in Sarawak. Using a quota sampling technique based on geographical region, data are collected from 130 respondents in each region, a total of 390 respondents. This paper reports the research findings using descriptive statistical analysis. The rural dwellers have the highest needs in the area of religion, health and medical, as well as entertainment, leisure, and sports. They have the lowest needs for information about social welfare, politics, and general/state election. The popularity of digital sources such as the Internet, social media, and mobile applications have become the main source of information seeking of the rural dwellers, with the traditional sources such as television, radio, and newspapers are still being widely used. When the perception of information source quality and accessibility is high, the frequency of using the source for information seeking is also high. Poor infrastructure and limited financial ability are cited as the main barriers to information seeking among the rural dwellers.

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“…Nowadays, however, many community members are still not aware of the existence of public libraries; hence most public libraries in the Philippines remain underutilized (Superio et al, 2019). Underutilization of public libraries could also be because some libraries lack or have inadequate budgetary appropriations, while for some, the library manager lacked knowledge and skills in library management.…”

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Undervalued, understaffed, underdeveloped, and underutilized? The status of public libraries in the eleven municipalities of rural Iloilo Province, Philippines

Estrullo-Suaga

Crucero

Superio

2021

Information Development

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Libraries, as service-oriented organizations, are being guided on every aspect of their operation by local and international standards. In the Philippines, public libraries are expected to adhere to the stipulations of the Philippine Standards for Public Libraries. This study was conducted to assess the adherence of the 11 municipal libraries in Iloilo Province to the following areas of the Standards: library administration, collection management, services and utilization, physical facilities, financial resources, and linkages, networking and collaboration. Findings revealed that most libraries were non-compliant with almost all aspects of the Standards. Specifically, the majority lacked support from their local government units and were managed by non-professional librarians with inadequate knowledge and skills in successfully managing a library. Additionally, most libraries have a low budget to purchase updated resources of various types and formats and appropriate facilities and equipment. Furthermore, almost all libraries lacked networks and linkages, and collaborative activities that could have helped librarians enhance their skills, improve library resources and services, and increase their visibility and value to the stakeholders. Consequently, most municipal libraries could not fulfill the community's information needs; therefore, they remained undervalued and underutilized.

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Responsible aquaculturists: The information-seeking behavior of milkfish farmers in Iloilo, Philippines

Cited by 7 publications

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Mobile-based advisory services for sustainable agriculture: Assessing farmers’ information behavior

Mobile-based advisory services for sustainable agriculture: Assessing farmers’ information behavior

Information needs and information seeking behaviour of rural dwellers in Sarawak, Malaysia

Undervalued, understaffed, underdeveloped, and underutilized? The status of public libraries in the eleven municipalities of rural Iloilo Province, Philippines

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