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Mango Growers’ Compliance with Public Good Agricultural Practices Standard: A Comparative Study in Northern Thailand 泰国北部地区芒果种植者对公共产品农业规范的遵从性比较研究

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-11-04 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i4.4649

Yuichiro Amekawa, C. Tiyayon, P. Treewannakul, Nootchakarn Sawarng

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Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Dairy Farming Standards by Modernized Farmers for Agricultural Extension in Thailand 影响泰国现代化农民接受奶牛养殖标准的因素

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-10-28 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i4.4641

N. Rapankum, Rueangrit Hanmontree, C. Srilapat, Kanjanaporn Niljinda, P. Chaisombut

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Do Livelihood Capitals Improve Food Security among Smallholder Farmers? Evidence from Horticulture Farmers in East Java, Indonesia 生计资本能改善小农的粮食安全吗?来自印度尼西亚东爪哇园艺农民的证据

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-10-28 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i4.4642

S. Syafrial, Hery Toiba, D. Retnoningsih, T. Purwanti, Mohibbur Rahman

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Indigenous Plant-Based Alternatives for Treating Cattle Skin Ailments: A Case Study from the Mnisi Tribal Authority of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 治疗牛皮肤病的本土植物替代品:来自南非姆普马兰加省Mnisi部落当局的案例研究

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i4.4639

G. Maluleke, P. Masoko, T. Chitura

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Traditional Food Plants Cultivated and Managed in Home Gardens in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. 南非东开普省家庭花园里种植和管理的传统食用植物。

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4638

A. Maroyi

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Automatic Monitoring System for Hydroponic Farming: IoT-Based Design and Development 水培农业自动监控系统:基于物联网的设计与开发

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-10-14 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4630

Huu Cuong Nguyen, Bich Thuy Vo Thi, Q. Ngo

{"title":"Automatic Monitoring System for Hydroponic Farming: IoT-Based Design and Development","authors":"Huu Cuong Nguyen, Bich Thuy Vo Thi, Q. Ngo","doi":"10.55493/5005.v12i3.4630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55493/5005.v12i3.4630","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional agriculture is currently facing many difficulties and obstacles. One reason is that climate change has led to a harsher environment and more pests and diseases. Also, the expansion of industrial zones has significantly reduced the arable land area. To overcome these difficulties, farmers need to change their farming methods and apply scientific and technological advances to their practice. In this paper, we report on the design and development of an automatic monitoring system for hydroponic farming based on the internet of things technique. This system allows sensor data to be collected in real time. An IoT gateway and virtual server were developed to transmit this gathered data to the cloud and store it. Via the web interface, the user can observe all the sensor data of the environment and hydroponic solution, as well as control the farming equipment. The system has been tested and evaluated during lettuce growth in an NFT hydroponic system. The experimental results show that the proposed system operates stably and achieves high reliability. The collected sensor data stored on the server can be used to analyze and evaluate the impact of environmental parameters on plant growth during cultivation.","PeriodicalId":36876,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85125988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does Women’s Empowerment Improve Yields and Income? Evidence from Rice Farmers in Rwanda 妇女赋权能提高产量和收入吗?来自卢旺达稻农的证据

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4602

J. Ngango

{"title":"Does Women’s Empowerment Improve Yields and Income? Evidence from Rice Farmers in Rwanda","authors":"J. Ngango","doi":"10.55493/5005.v12i3.4602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55493/5005.v12i3.4602","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to assess the effects of women’s empowerment in agriculture on rice yield and income in rural Rwanda. A multi-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to collect data through structured questionnaires (including both open-ended and closed questions). A sample of 561 rice farmers drawn from the Eastern and Western provinces of Rwanda was used. The study used an instrumental variable to estimate the causal impacts of women’s empowerment, and controlled for the potential endogeneity of the same. The findings of the study showed that women’s empowerment has a positive impact on rice yield and income. Overall, the study results call for policy interventions promoting female participation in financial inclusion mechanisms, farmers’ cooperatives, and agricultural production decisions. In addition, the results highlighted the importance of building strategies and mechanisms for increasing women’s control and decisions over assets. The study makes contributions to the empirical literature on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, such as achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment, and food security in developing countries. Future research should attempt to use nationally representative panel data to fully understand the effects of women’s empowerment on rice productivity and other income outcomes.","PeriodicalId":36876,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73679174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Climate Change Factors' Impact on the Egyptian Agricultural Sector 气候变化因素对埃及农业部门的影响

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-08-29 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4600

Zainab Shawky El-Khalifa, H. Zahran, A. Ayoub

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Investigating Farm Machinery Breakdowns and Service Support System Conditions in Rainfed Rice Areas in Riau Province, Indonesia 调查印尼廖内省旱稻区农业机械故障和服务支持系统状况

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4578

U. Paman, Khairizal, Selvia Sutriana

{"title":"Investigating Farm Machinery Breakdowns and Service Support System Conditions in Rainfed Rice Areas in Riau Province, Indonesia","authors":"U. Paman, Khairizal, Selvia Sutriana","doi":"10.55493/5005.v12i3.4578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55493/5005.v12i3.4578","url":null,"abstract":"Farm machinery breakdowns are the most common problems farmers face in field operations. The problems can cause losses of time, power, and money and must therefore be prevented. This research investigates farm machinery breakdowns and loss of machine power, as well as service support conditions in Riau Province, Indonesia. Most data were collected from secondary sources published by the Food Crop and Horticulture Services of Riau Province and the Statistical Bureau of Riau Province. The data on service support facilities were obtained through field visits to service support sites in the province. The number of farm machines, farm power, and machine breakdowns increased during the period 2010–2021. There were different breakdown rates among farm machines and regencies. The highest annual growth was 17.03 percent for water pumps, followed by power threshers (14.41%), and 2-wheel tractors (14.32%). Rokan Hilir Regency had the highest level of machinery breakdowns, reaching 26.93 percent annually. The total loss of machine power was 9,553 hp per year on average or 15.76 percent of the total power of 61,357 hp per year. The availability of service support facilities like workshops and storage sheds was very limited and remained inadequate. A lack of spare parts and mechanics was also found in the surveyed areas of the province.","PeriodicalId":36876,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development","volume":"437 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76667835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Agricultural Land Conversion and Human Trafficking in Northern Java Island, Indonesia 印度尼西亚北爪哇岛的农业土地转换和人口贩运

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development Pub Date : 2022-08-02 DOI: 10.55493/5005.v12i3.4563

Af Sigit Rochadi, Siti Sadiyatunnimah, Kamaruddin Salim

{"title":"Agricultural Land Conversion and Human Trafficking in Northern Java Island, Indonesia","authors":"Af Sigit Rochadi, Siti Sadiyatunnimah, Kamaruddin Salim","doi":"10.55493/5005.v12i3.4563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55493/5005.v12i3.4563","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines human trafficking, its causes, and the survival abilities of victims using qualitative interpretive methods and thematic data analysis. Previous studies have not linked human trafficking with agricultural land conversion; however, in Indonesia, this problem is mainly caused by agricultural land conversion, which resulted in a floating mass comprising farmers and their families when this process was not carried out carefully, involving local officials and capital owners. The cooperation between the two forces was assisted by field operators who suppressed landowners in various ways. The owners of large pieces of land managed to reinvest the money from the sale of the land. On the other hand, owners of less than 0.5 hectares tended to share the proceeds from the sale of their land with relatives, as a provision for finding work in other cities or countries. Consequently, they are easily persuaded by the promises of brokers to be trafficked as plantation or sex workers. There are no significant differences in the characteristics of labor and sex trafficking victims. For instance, they both come from economically unstable families with little education. The former farmers do not participate in the industrial sector but work in the informal sector with long working hours and low wages. Nevertheless, they act as the backbone of the family's economy. Therefore, agricultural land conversion policies in developing countries should protect farmers from poverty and vulnerability.","PeriodicalId":36876,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76832289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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