Influence of Farming Experience and Knowledge on Selection of Climate Change Resilient Strategies among Female Agripreneurs in the Mopani of Limpopo Province South Africa

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI:10.4314/jae.v28i1.11

M. Tshikororo, Seugnet Baloyi, Mashoma Pusheletjo Gwebu

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The study examined the influence of farmers’ farming experience and knowledge on their selection of climate change resilient strategies among female agripreneurs in the Mopani of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Data were collected using structured questionnaires and analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27. Frequency and percentage were used to gain insight into the distribution of their socio-economic characteristics. A multinomial logistic regression model was used to determine the influence of farming experience and knowledge in selecting climate change resilience strategies among female agripreneurs. The study revealed that female agripreneurs with a vast farming experience of more than ten years were well-capacitated in adopting biological, chemical, and environmental resilient strategies. Furthermore, it was noted that all groups of agripreneurs had incorporated environmentally resilient strategies for their reliability, cost-friendliness, familiarity, and workload. The study also revealed that female agripreneurs who opted for technological and biological knew pest and disease control and pest scouting, respectively. The study recommends that farmers with vast farming experience be climate change resilience champions within their regions, as their experience is instrumental.

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耕作经验和知识对南非林波波省莫帕尼镇女性农业创业者选择抵御气候变化策略的影响

本研究考察了南非林波波省莫帕尼地区女性农业创业者的耕作经验和知识对其选择适应气候变化策略的影响。数据通过结构化问卷收集，并使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）27 版进行分析。使用频率和百分比来了解他们的社会经济特征分布情况。研究采用多项式逻辑回归模型来确定农业经验和知识对女性农业经营者选择气候变化适应战略的影响。研究显示，拥有十年以上丰富农业经验的女性农业创业者在采用生物、化学和环境抗御策略方面能力较强。此外，研究还注意到，所有类别的农业创业者都采用了环境复原战略，因为这些战略具有可靠性、成本友好性、熟悉性和工作量大等特点。研究还显示，选择技术和生物策略的女性农业创业者分别了解病虫害防治和害虫侦察。研究建议，拥有丰富耕作经验的农民应成为本地区抵御气候变化的带头人，因为他们的经验非常重要。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension AGRONOMY-

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1.10

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Agricultural Extension (JAE) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge of agricultural extension services and practice through the publication of original and empirically based research, focusing on; extension administration and supervision, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations; extension communication models and strategies; extension research and methodological issues; nutrition extension; extension youth programme; women-in-agriculture; extension, Climate Change and the environment, ICT, innovation systems. JAE will normally not publish articles based on research covering very small geographic area that cannot feed into policy except they present critical insights into emerging agricultural innovations.