Farmers’ decision

The fermentation of cocoa beans is an important part of cocoa processing. Fermentation of cocoa beans increases the quality and price of the beans and the resultant cocoa. Although the fermentation of cocoa beans can increase the quality and income of cocoa farming, few farmers in Indonesia implement this fermentation process. This research therefore, focuses on the way Indonesian farmers assess whether or not to ferment their cocoa beans. A total of 284 cocoa farmers were sampled in Central Sulawesi Indonesia.

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World agriculture still faces challenges quite fundamental, it is about the quality issues and the increasing of competitiveness through productivity and the eficiency. This research focused on the criteria of best tomato types and how to apply the Simple Additive weighting method (SAW) into a Decision Support System (DSS) for election best quality tomato that can assist farmers in determining the best type of tomato for renewable energy and supply chain strategy, based on the criteria that have been chosen, such as: tomato size, tomato color, tomato shape and tomato disease.

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Ebook "Organic farming, pest control and remediation of soil pollutants" gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

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Ebook "Genetics, biofuels and local farming systems" series analyzes current agricultural issues and proposes alternative solutions, consequently helping all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians wishing to build safe agriculture, energy and food systems for future generations.

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Ebook "Sustainable agriculture (Volume 2)" gathers review articles that analyze current agricultural issues and knowledge, then propose alternative solutions. It will therefore help all scientists, decision-makers, professors, farmers and politicians who wish to build a safe agriculture, energy and food system for future generations.

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Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Handbook of agricultural economics - Vol 3: Agricultural development: Farmers, farm production and farm markets" provides readers with contents including: plant biotechnology for developing countries; markets, institutions and transaction costs; efficiency and equity effects of land markets; labor decisions, contracts and organization; fertilizers and other farm chemicals; agricultural mechanization - adoption patterns and economic impact; rural financial markets in developing countries; natural resources; soil quality and agricultural development; the eco...

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This research "Factors influencing the adoption of good agricultural practices and export decision of thailand’s vegetable farmers" identified and investigated the factors influencing the adoption of good agricultural practices (GAP) and the decision making of small-scale asparagus and sweet corn farmers in Thailand to produce for export.

14p ngoccthanh 30-06-2022 8 2   Download

Land use rights play an important role in agricultural productivity because they have some certain effects on farmers' decisions and therefore they also affects productivity. In this article, the author has suggested some recommendations to improve the farm productivity of farm households.

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The objectives were: to investigate the differences in the socio-economic characteristics of rubber farmers who operate either a rubber mono-cropping system (RMCS) or a rubberbased intercropping system (RBIS), to identify RMCS farmer's attitudes toward RBIS, to determine the decision-making factors influencing the adoption of RBIS, and to examine the different types of intercrop available.

8p guernsey 28-12-2021 11 0   Download

Agriculture plays a special role in the economy, providing essential food for the country's survival and development, ensuring food security and the habitat of the majority of the population. In the today world’s context with the trend of globalization and the explosion of technology, the development of high-tech agriculture is a decisive factor affecting the income and livelihood of farmers, and will increase competitiveness of agricultural products in the international market, protecting consumer’s health and ecological environment.

11p huyetthienthan 23-11-2021 8 0   Download

The livestock insurance program for dairy farmers in Vietnam targeting various acute diseases began in 2011 as a pilot project; however, due to vaccination campaigns, outbreaks of such diseases are rare. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of mastitis and reproductive failure-which chronically affect the farming economy-on the decision to participate in the insurance program.

8p chauchaungayxua12 09-07-2021 18 1   Download

Indian Farming system comprising multi-faceted dependence of nature, constraints are inevitable, Constraints in the system of agriculture are natural, which requires utmost care, caution and prevention. An understanding of these constraints will pave way in decision making by every farmer for the prospects and policy maker for further development. Hence an attempt is made to analyse the constraints of Integrated farming system (IFS) in select Agro-Climatic Zones of Karnataka State.

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Maize is a heavy nutrient feeder crop but over and inappropriate fertilization provides lesser yield than the genetic yield potential, lower profits and deterioration in soil health therefore, a new fertilizer recommendation approach, Nutrient Expert (NE) for hybrid maize was evaluated against farmers fertilizer practice (FFP) in three years maize-wheat rotation. Results revealed that nutrient expert-decision support system based nutrient management gave higher yield, nutrient uptake and profits and sustained soil properties over other practices.

12p cothumenhmong9 04-01-2021 13 2   Download

AESA based IPM emphasizes on plant compensation ability, abiotic factors and Pest: Defender (P:D) ratio. Through FFS (Farmer Field School) participants observe and monitor all elements of the agro-ecosystem on farm and learn how to make management decisions in order to minimize the effects of adverse climate change.

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Any information communication tool like radio, television, mobile phone, computer, network, hard ware and software, satellite system etc., can be used for framing suitable methodologies for dissemination of innovations to the livestock farmers. No single medium of communication is the best and hence a combination of different medium referred as media mix strategies were suggested through the study for diffusion of various dairy innovations.

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This paper reviews the past studies in order to identify those socio-economic, institutional and technical factors that explain adoption or lack of it for understanding the success or failure of these SWC measures. The results showed that educational level of the household head, awareness, age, land holding size, perceptions about soil erosion, access to credit; land tenure, offfarm employment and income, information sources and extension contact significantly affect farmers' adoption decision and the extent of soil and water conservation measures.

9p nguaconbaynhay7 15-08-2020 16 1   Download

Rice plays a vital role in the national food grain supply and is the main driver of India’s food security. Despite having a firm footage on rice cultivation, India is facing a formidable challenge to feed its burgeoning population.Seed is a vital and essential input for attaining sustained growth in agriculture production and productivity. Hence, the present study was taken up to identify the preferences of farmers while purchasing seed from various sources and to estimate the source-wise per unit cost of seed in Nalgonda district of Telangana.

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The present study was carried out in two district of Bihar state i.e. Samastipur and Katihar, in four villages. In total 100 respondents viz., 50 farmers from each district, 50 farmers from each block and 25 farmers from each village were selected for present study. Availability of mobile among the farmers was high followed by television, FM/Radio, internet, Whatsapp. Others like Video conferencing, Facebook, You tube, e-book/e-magazine, kisan help line, Personal computer/laptop, e-mail, Web portals (Internet) and CD/DVD available/access by the farmers.

5p caygaocaolon6 30-07-2020 8 1   Download

The entitlements of women farmers will be the key to improve agriculture productivity, It said, even as it noted that there is an increasing number of women in multiple roles in agriculture sector, as cultivators entrepreneurs and laborers. Alongside, it is focusing on women self – help groups to connect them to micro credit through capacity building activities and to provide information and ensure their representation in decision-making bodies. “Rural women are responsible for the integrated management and use to diverse natural resources to meet the daily household needs.

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Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory and interactive approach to social learning. It is an approach that puts together set of principles and techniques meant to systematically enhance farmers’ abilities to investigate, analyze, innovate and learn improved farming practices. The FFS provide an opportunity for farmers to learn together and test and adapt practices, using practical, hands-on methods of discovery learning that emphasize observation, discussion, analysis and collective decision making.

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