Farmers’, Farm Characteristics’ and Use of Public Agricultural Extension Support across Time in Selected Municipalities of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Q4 Environmental Science

Journal of Human Ecology Pub Date : 2021-05-15 DOI:10.31901/24566608.2021/76.1-3.3316

D. Afful

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ABSTRACT The paper compares data on subsistence grain producers’ socio-economic, farm characteristics, and their use of public extension support for farm management across time and in various municipalities of Limpopo province, South Africa. A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect the data in eight selected local municipalities by means of multi-stage sampling. Data were analysed by means of descriptive statistics. Findings across time periods (2014 and 2017) and aggregated for all the different local municipalities investigated were similar regarding respondents’ socio-economic and farm characteristics as well as use of public extension support for farm management. These evidence-based findings augur well for the development of uniform and appropriate strategies for the local municipalities to improve public extension support so that producers can receive more extension farm visits and, therefore, more farm management information. Such support will help producers to improve their farming operations and invariably, their productivity and household food security.

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南非林波波省选定城市的农民、农场特征和公共农业推广支持的使用

摘要本文比较了南非林波波省不同时期和不同城市的自给粮食生产者的社会经济、农场特征以及他们对农场管理的公共推广支持的使用情况。采用横断面调查设计，通过多阶段抽样的方式，在八个选定的地方市政当局收集数据。数据采用描述性统计方法进行分析。在受访者的社会经济和农场特征以及对农场管理的公共推广支持的使用方面，调查的所有不同地方市的时间段（2014年和2017年）和汇总结果相似。这些循证调查结果预示着地方市政当局将制定统一和适当的战略，以改善公共推广支持，从而使生产者能够获得更多的推广农场访问，从而获得更多的农场管理信息。这种支持将有助于生产者改善其农业经营，并始终改善其生产力和家庭粮食安全。

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Journal of Human Ecology Environmental Science-Ecology

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Human Ecology publishes empirical and theoretical research, short notes and brief communications probing the interface between human beings and their environment. The journal also has a section dedicated to reviews. The contributions combine ideas and methods from several disciplines, including, but not confined to, physical anthropology, health awareness, sustainability and development, sociology, forestry, psychology and agriculture. The journal also accepts research that focuses on the well-being of those with physical or mental challenges, the importance of food safety, measures taken to improve public health, and the sociological aspect of human ecology.