The role of improved market access for small-scale organic farming transition: Implications for food security

Ume, Chukwuma Otum

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.135889

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“…Nevertheless, not all farmers familiar with neither direct selling nor marketing technologies. Whereas, having an online presence was associated with increases in farm sales and profitability (Peng et al, 2021;Ume, 2023). Many farmers relied on online outreach tools like social media to inform their customers that they were still open or update them on how they could buy their products (Pesci et al, 2023), instead of specific mobile apps for selling livestock.…”

Section: Mobile App Technology Acceptance Based On Farmers Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological Acceptance of Cattle Farmers in Mobile Applications for Livestock Digital Marketing

Triatmojo,

Qui,

El Sayed

et al. 2024

BuletinPeternak

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The farmers have encountered challenges in conducting livestock trade due to the absence of dealer activity caused by Anthrax and Foot Mouth Disease (FMD) epidemics. In this context, it is crucial to utilize technology in livestock marketing to obtain current market information from distant marketplaces and reduce the risk of contagion. To meet these purposes, a mobile phone application has been developed in order to be used by cattle farmers; after that, market testing has been conducted to gain feedback and determine the segmentation. Thus, the study aimed to examine the differences in the perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and social impact amongst farmers who are willing and unwilling to embrace a mobile phone application for digital marketing. A total of 968 cattle farmers were surveyed with stratified random sampling techniques in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The data obtained were analyzed using mean difference inferential analysis. The result showed that farmers with various categories of age, education, farm revenue, farmers group, farmer experience, cattle ownership, and regions have significantly different (p<0.01) perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PE), and social influence (SI) on mobile applications for livestock digital marketing. Furthermore, farmers willing to adopt mobile application have significantly higher (p<0.01) PU, PE, and SI factors. This study recommends mobile app developers evaluate potential user needs and background factors that may influence farmers' interest.

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Section: Mobile App Technology Acceptance Based On Farmers Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological Acceptance of Cattle Farmers in Mobile Applications for Livestock Digital Marketing

Triatmojo,

Qui,

El Sayed

et al. 2024

BuletinPeternak

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“…During the process of organic agriculture expansion, organic producers will encounter pressures on agricultural ecosystems. They will need to address ecological issues like soil eutrophication, soil compaction, declining land productivity, and heavy metal residues [35][36][37]. Moreover, organic agriculture, by rejecting the use of conventional pesticides and adopting sustainable pest protection measures, can effectively enhance soil fertility and biodiversity.…”

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Response of Food Production and Trade to the Global Socio-Ecological System Network

Xie,

Zhou,

Yang

et al. 2023

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Food production and trade play a fundamental role in the globalized food system. However, the phenomena of decreasing food production and trade interruptions are becoming increasingly common. Currently, there is a lack of simultaneous research on food production and import trade. This study compiles socio-economic environmental data from 146 countries and regions worldwide and employs mobile window and network analysis methods to illustrate how food production quantity influences the social-ecological system. The research findings indicate that in the majority of regions worldwide (102 countries), food demand is met through the local food supply, with a predominant distribution in coastal and inland areas. However, 31% of countries or regions primarily achieve food security through import trade, and many of them are island nations and peninsular countries. This discovery provides valuable insights for understanding the diversity and dependency within the global food system. Based on the impact of food production quantity on the global socio-ecological system network, this study reveals the uneven strengths of connections between nodes and inconsistent connection directions. Building upon these findings, we propose recommendations concerning agricultural policies, human-environment relationships, agricultural transformation, and climate change to help prevent and manage food insecurity risks.

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“…We aim to quantify the food security and nutrition benefits of agroecology as a social farm organization and to investigate how the benefits differ among farmers with varying socioeconomic statuses. Our focus in this study is smallholder farmers, who are often victims of food system marginalization and exclusion (Ume, 2023).…”

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“…Thus, 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1082944 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 15 frontiersin.org production decisions that women make can be directed towards consumption first and foremost, while still enabling them to acquire cash for supplementary necessary food purchase. Ume (2023) has shown that such markets are possible when they are local markets that are organized by the farmers themselves and most times involve an exchange system that is not only driven by money. This is important as it will help to deemphasize cash crop production as the panacea to improve food security.…”

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Who profits from agroecology to secure food and nutrition? On access of women to markets and assets

Ume¹,

Nuppenau²,

Domptail³

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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In contrast to a large body of literature linking agroecology to food security through sustainable agronomic practices, research on how agroecology enhances smallholder farmers’ access to productive resources, yet necessary for food security and nutrition, is sparse in Africa. Literature does not consider the fact that agroecology practices are often adopted via entering a group that provides corresponding knowledge, network and possibly markets. We investigate the case of an agroecology group operating parallel to the dominant agri-industrial food system in Southeast Nigeria. We ask: who are the agroecology farmers? Do they improve their food status in comparison to conventional smallholders operating in the commodity oriented agro-industrial system? Who appears to benefit most among agroecology farmers? To provide answers to these questions, we collected data from 334 smallholder farmers (comprising 111 agroecology farmers and 223 non-agroecology farmers) through a stratified cluster sampling process. Descriptive statistics of our data showed that women make up 89% of the agroecology farmers in the group. We found that in both the agroecology and the conventional groups, women farmers had little access to land, even lower ownership of land, little exposure to extension services, and no access to financial credits. Thus, the sample of female farmers we addressed consists of marginal persons who operate at the margins of the capital and input-based networks and agricultural production. In contrast to the expectation of conventional hypotheses, we show that on average, agroecology farmers had lower food insecurity experiences and higher observed dietary diversity scores. Exploring more detail within the agroecology group via a quantile semi-parametric propensity score matching, we further show that women left out of conventional extension services benefit more from being in the agroecology group. Similarly, the increase in food security and nutrition was highest among those farmers who balance self-provisioning and market as food sources compared to strategies pursued mainly by one of these two sources. To these farmers, mostly women, the agroecology group provides alternative to access important resources and knowledge that they ordinarily would not have accessed being in the capitalistic food system, and which enables them to reach their nutrition goals. Our study supports a conceptualization of agroecology as an interdependency between agroecological agronomic practices, reciprocity and autonomy-fostering social innovations.

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The role of improved market access for small-scale organic farming transition: Implications for food security

Cited by 18 publications

References 36 publications

Technological Acceptance of Cattle Farmers in Mobile Applications for Livestock Digital Marketing

Technological Acceptance of Cattle Farmers in Mobile Applications for Livestock Digital Marketing

Response of Food Production and Trade to the Global Socio-Ecological System Network

Who profits from agroecology to secure food and nutrition? On access of women to markets and assets

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