Khin Khin Mu (Research Based Ph.D Thesis) docx

2019

Socio-economic and farm management factors influence the decisions and practices made by farmers which in turn affect sustainability of their crop production system. This study was conducted to assess different factors attributed to the choice of main crop planted by farmers in Region XII. The study involved 217 farmers of Region XII who were selected by purposive sampling in collaboration with the Municipal Agriculturists and barangays. These farmers were interviewed to gather relevant data. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression techniques were used to analyse the data gathered. Most of the farmers are male (58%), already married, and matured as farmers. Majority reached secondary level and do not have access to post-secondary education due to financial constraints. More so, crops planted by farmers are mostly corn (37%) and rice (31%). Socio-economic characteristics of farmers do not influence the choice of main crop planted by farmers in the region. Meanwhile, farm manag...

2014

Jurnal Bina Praja

Poverty reduction strategies should refer to who and why poverty occurs to make sustainable development programs effective for the welfare of society. The research aims to describe the problem conditions of the farmer households in Mutunggeding Village, Umalulu District, East Sumba Regency, with an overview of natural assets and human and physical resources. The research method used descriptive qualitative based on secondary and primary data from observations, documentation, and in-depth interviews with 102 randomly selected farmers to answer 41 key questions. The study results found that most farmers were young farmers with paddy fields and gardens, had low education and had supporting skills and good health. However, these land assets have yet to function optimally to meet household economic needs due to a scarcity of subsidized fertilizers, minimal hand tractors, and uneven distribution of irrigation water. This condition will be even more severe if the farmer must bear the burde...

HABITAT, 2015

Malang District was one of the recipients of the Village Food Barn Program because as rice production centre in East Java Province and the majority of the population work as farmers. On food barn village program implementation in Malang District is not only involves men farmers but also include women farmers participation. This research aims to analyse whether there is influence among knowledge, attitude and skill against the formation of women farmers' response on food barn village in Pamotan Village, Dampit Subdistrict, Malang Regency. Women farmers to be sampled in this research, determination of sample do with non-probability approach and using purposive sampling methods by as much as 45 respondents. The analysis includes descriptive analysis, scoring with likert scale, and path analysis (Structural Equation Modelling). Results of the analysis show that variable knowledge turns out to affect positively against the response variables. Although its influence is indirect effect and no direct effect against the response with the value of indirect effect is 0.041. The attitude variable influences are directly and positively to the establishment of a response and the value is 1.18. Means that each an increase in attitude, it will increase the formation of a response by 1.18. Skill variable is directly affecting for establishment the response but it has negative values and the value is -0.30. Means that every single increase in skill, it will reduce establishment of the response of 0.30.

1992

in Agriculture (ICRA) "Sa pira ka adlaw maubos ang lupa kag tubig kag wara't lupa nga mabilin kag ang mga tawo sa Valderrama maagto sa America kag ang mga taga America maagto sa Valderrama" Anthony R. Tamba, I Years (One day the water wÍIl eat all the soil and nothíng will be left, and the people of Valderrama will come to America, and the Americans wiIl come to Valderrama) àCKNOWLEDGEMENT 'de wÍsh to express our sincere thanks to the farmers of the :aunicipality of Valderrama, and barrio Dugman, municipality of 3ugasong, who always were very friendly and demonstrated to llave a 1ot of patience in giving us information and proved :heir great sense of hosPita1itY. ïe are especially grateful to alI barangay captains for their strong support and warm hospitality duringi our visitlhe Governor of the province of Antique is greatly appreciated ior his visit during the workshop, and for all his supportïe also extend our gratitude to the officers and Staff of DÀ, IENR, DAR, ÀCA, ATI, NFA, NIA, AFFCUI and Land Bank and other :nstitutions involved for valuable commentS and Suggestions iuring our workshop and discussions. ïe are also thankful to the staff of the Bureau of Soils laboratory for their supPort services in analyzing our soil sàÍnp1es and aIl offÍcials whom we consulted 1n collecting :nformation in I1oi1o. lhe Staff at the municipal office of Valderrama are also greatly appreciated. ïe would like to thank the PMO staff of ÀNÏÀD, our host :nstitution, for providing all necessary logistics and iriendly support during our study period. 'de are very much thankful to the familles of EdwÍna and Oscar 3bsina for their kind hospitality during our three months stay :n Valderrarna, as well as Lydia Barco and Celina Bohol who :ade our lives very comfortable and enjoyable. Last but not least, we would also like to thank our :nterpreters Jenebeth and Joey ÀIotencio and Doreen Lagao, àS well as our driver Sohrab Vitudio for their continuous assistance without whom this study would not have been completed. lll EXECUTIIrE SIIMI,ÍÀRY 1 Objectives

ISEAL Alliance (International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling), 2019

ISEAL team-Kristin Komives (Director-Impacts), Marta Maireles (Associate Manager, Impacts) and Vidya Rangan (Sr. Manager, Impacts) and Udit Khare (Associate Manager, Impacts). The research immensely benefitted with inputs, openness and flexibility from the BCI team-Kendra Park Pasztor (Monitoring and Evaluation Manager), Damien Sanfilippo (Director, Standards & Assurance), Rajeev Baruah (Country Manager, India), and Rebecca Aranha (Senior Implementation Coordinator). The research team also acknowledges contribution to the research design and baseline report from 3ie-Heather Lanthorn and Markus Olapade. The research team also collaborated with Daniele Giovannucci of COSA in this endeavour. We greatly acknowledge Daniele's contribution in formulating and harmonising indicators. The research design and consequent research would not be possible without the receptivity, flexibility and encouragement of the implementing Partner-PRDIS-of the Better Cotton Growth and Innovation Fund (GIF) project. Professor SV Reddy and team from PRDIS have provided sound contributions and suggestions for conceptualising the theory of change and for developing the randomisation approach and research plan. PRDIS team also provided their regular inputs for validation of research findings. The research team would like to express their gratitude to the 729 farmers (men and women-who participated in the household survey) along with more than 250 other farmers (who participated in focus group discussion and household panel case studies) and more than 100 key informants (who provided their perspective on the cotton value chain). Without their patience, time and perspectives, this study would not have been possible.

The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing the adoption of agricultural practices among small holder farmers in Eravur Pattu of the Batticaloa District. Agriculture is the principal source of food and livelihood in Sri Lanka. Demographically it is the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economy of developing countries like Sri Lanka. A predesigned questionnaire was used to find out the socioeconomic factors, cultivation practices, extension services and constraints in crop cultivation. Primary and Secondary data were collected from the Agrarian service centres and crop farmers by means of a questionnaire survey among randomly selected 120 farmers during the period of April to June 2016 in 3 AI ranges in Eravur Pattu. The information regarding those factors and issues were analyzed using SPSS (Version 22) and Microsoft Excel package. It showed that 84% of the respondents were male and the majority of respondents (48%) fall between the age range of 30-40years. 48% are at primary education level and the size of the farming of 44% is 5 members. The main occupation of 56% is farming. The study further revealed that 54% of the farmers use Gravity irrigation (tank). When considering the land ownership, all farmers (100%) have their own land in the Maha season. But 58% of farmers have their own land cultivation in the Yala season. 64% of the farmers have leased land for doing cultivation in Maha season and 56% in Yala season. 82 farmers (68%) cultivate paddy in large scale at both Maha and Yala seasons. At the time of survey, Brinja, Maize and Groundnut are the crops being cultivated widely in large scale as well as in their home garden. Keywords— Crop farm, socioeconomic factors, farming constraints, Eravur Pattu

in Agriculture (ICRA) "Sa pira ka adlaw maubos ang lupa kag tubig kag wara't lupa nga mabilin kag ang mga tawo sa Valderrama maagto sa America kag ang mga taga America maagto sa Valderrama" Anthony R. Tamba, I Years (One day the water wÍIl eat all the soil and nothíng will be left, and the people of Valderrama will come to America, and the Americans wiIl come to Valderrama) àCKNOWLEDGEMENT 'de wÍsh to express our sincere thanks to the farmers of the :aunicipality of Valderrama, and barrio Dugman, municipality of 3ugasong, who always were very friendly and demonstrated to llave a 1ot of patience in giving us information and proved :heir great sense of hosPita1itY. ïe are especially grateful to alI barangay captains for their strong support and warm hospitality duringi our visitlhe Governor of the province of Antique is greatly appreciated ior his visit during the workshop, and for all his supportïe also extend our gratitude to the officers and Staff of DÀ, IENR, DAR, ÀCA, ATI, NFA, NIA, AFFCUI and Land Bank and other :nstitutions involved for valuable commentS and Suggestions iuring our workshop and discussions. ïe are also thankful to the staff of the Bureau of Soils laboratory for their supPort services in analyzing our soil sàÍnp1es and aIl offÍcials whom we consulted 1n collecting :nformation in I1oi1o. lhe Staff at the municipal office of Valderrama are also greatly appreciated. ïe would like to thank the PMO staff of ÀNÏÀD, our host :nstitution, for providing all necessary logistics and iriendly support during our study period. 'de are very much thankful to the familles of EdwÍna and Oscar 3bsina for their kind hospitality during our three months stay :n Valderrarna, as well as Lydia Barco and Celina Bohol who :ade our lives very comfortable and enjoyable. Last but not least, we would also like to thank our :nterpreters Jenebeth and Joey ÀIotencio and Doreen Lagao, àS well as our driver Sohrab Vitudio for their continuous assistance without whom this study would not have been completed. lll EXECUTIIrE SIIMI,ÍÀRY 1 Objectives

Enhancing Capacities on Sustainable Agriculture for Poverty Reduction, 2005

Agriculture is very essential in sustaining and building a country, as it provides food and livelihood to the people and to the economic growth of a country. Most of the developing countries, like the Philippines have a high percentage of population and majority are living in rural areas and their primary livelihood is rice farming. This study aimed to determine the different farming methods, tools, practices and indigenous beliefs of the Itawes farmers of Tuguegarao City. Using purposive sampling through site selection and networking approach, 40 rice farmers were selected from the chosen barangays as the participants of this study. Interview, observation and documentation were used to gather the needed data. The result showed that the Itawes rice farmers of Tuguegarao are engaged in traditional ways of farming. They still use traditional tools and equipment in planting and harvesting grains. The rice farmers are practicing their traditional animistic beliefs for good luck and thanksgiving for their good harvest. Also, participants are hesitant to adopt the use of the modernized machines in rice farming due to lack of financial capabilities and low skills in terms of technological competence.