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2. Combining on-farm and climate data for risk management of nitrogen decisions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Christopher J. (author) and Kyveryga, Peter M. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04-06
- Published:
- United States
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08769
- Journal Title:
- Climate Risk Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 13: 10-18
3. Farm exit intention and wellbeing: A study of Australian farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Peel, Dominic (author), Berry, Helen L. (author), Schirmer, Jacki (author), and University of Canberra, Australia
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-10
- Published:
- Australia: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10964
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(2016) : 41-51
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal, As the agricultural industries of developed countries undergo an extended period of change, increasing numbers of farmers are leaving farming. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between intention to exit farming and farmer wellbeing, drawing on and adapting the conservation of resources theory of stress. In a quantitative analysis of 674 Australian farmers, we show that the more likely a farmer is to leave farming, the poorer their wellbeing; but this is moderated by smaller farm size, greater profitability, earning a larger proportion of income off-farm and older age, all of which attenuate the relationship between exit intention and poorer wellbeing. We conclude that it is important for policy-makers to consider the wellbeing of farmers when designing strategies to assist exiting farmers, as poor wellbeing at exit may reduce capacity to adapt successfully to life after farming.
4. Farmers' participation in extension programs and techonology adoption in rural Nepal: a logistic regression analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Suvedia, Murari (author), Ghimire, Raju (author), Kaplowitz, Michael (author), and Michigan State University
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05-14
- Published:
- United States: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10980
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(4) : 351-371
- Notes:
- 20 pages, via online journal, Purpose: This paper examines the factors affecting farmers’ participation in extension programs and adoption of improved seed varieties in the hills of rural Nepal. Methodology/approach: Cross-sectional farm-level data were collected during July and August 2014. A sample of 198 farm households was selected for interviewing by using a multistage, random sampling technique. We employed a logistic regression model, frequency counts, and percentages to analyze the data. Findings: Adoption decisions were mainly affected by extension-related variables – training, membership in a farmers’ group, and off-farm employment. Extension participation was found to be influenced by socioeconomic variables – age, education, household size, and distance to the extension office. Our findings reveal that distance to the extension office and off-farm employment limited participation in extension activities and adoption, respectively, and education, household size, and group membership stimulated participation in extension programs. Practical implications: Recognition of the determinants of farmers’ participation in extension services and innovation adoption ensures that targeted extension approaches are used to address these factors in various stages of planning, delivering, and evaluating extension programs. Theoretical implications: Innovation adoption follows a systematic decision-making process. Although personal characteristics are important, widespread use of new technology requires a conducive social and institutional context. Because contexts vary by country or region, extension services providers should create institutions favorable for innovation adoption within a social system. Originality/value: This research is original and highly valuable to identify the factors associated with extension participation and innovation adoption in the rural hilly region of Nepal. This also provides a new direction to operationalize farmer-oriented policies of agricultural extension and so can be helpful for agricultural policy-makers in devising programs of extension services.
5. Herdsmen and livestock farmers' perception, attitudes and risk factors towards zoonotic diseases in Awka north and south local government areas, southeastern Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Obi, Chukwunonso Francis (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-09-22
- Published:
- Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08760
- Journal Title:
- Notulae Scientia Biologicae
- Journal Title Details:
- 8(2) : 301-305
6. Perception of change: Narratives and strategies of farmers in Madagascar
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stoudmann, Natasha (author), Waeber, Patrick O. (author), Randriamalala, Ihoby H. (author), Garcia, Claude (author), and Forest Management and Development, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland Madagascar Wildlife Conservation, Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar Forêts et Sociétés, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-11
- Published:
- Madagascar: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10938
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(2017) : 76-86
- Notes:
- 10 pages, via online journal
7. Trends and Characteristics of Occupational Suicide and Homicide in Farmers and Agriculture Workers, 1992-2010
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ringgenberg, Wendy (author), Peek-Asa, Corinne (author), Donham, Kelley (author), Ramirez, Marizen (author), and University of Iowa
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-05-02
- Published:
- United States: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11279
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Rural Health
- Journal Title Details:
- 34(3) : 246-253
- Notes:
- 8 pages., via online journal, OBJECTIVE: We examined work-related homicides and suicides among farm operators/workers in the United States from 1992 to 2010. METHODS: Work-related homicide and suicide cases from 1992 to 2010 were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. To calculate rates, denominator data on the US working population were also obtained from 2003 to 2010 Current Population Survey. Logistic regression was used to identify factors that were differentially associated with homicide and suicide. RESULTS: Over these 19 years, 171 farm operators/workers died from homicide and 230 died from suicide. When compared to rates of all workers, suicide rates were higher while homicide rates were lower among farm operators/workers. Males (OR = 6.1), whites (OR = 4.7), and 35- to 54-year-old (OR = 2.3) farm operators/workers had increased odds of suicide over homicide compared with their respective counterparts (ie, females, nonwhites, <35-year-olds). Those working in smaller farm operations with <11 employees had 1.7 times the odds of suicide over homicide. CONCLUSIONS: Suicide and homicide are both present in the agricultural industry, with suicide being more common than homicide. Translation of suicide prevention programs should be explored for the agricultural industry.
8. Understanding corn belt farmer perspectives on climate change to inform engagement strategies for adaptation and mitigation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Arbuckle, J.G. Jr. (author), Hobbs, J. (author), Loy, A. (author), Morton, L.W. (author), Prokopy, L.S. (author), and Tyndall, J. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10526
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 69(6): 505-516
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., Development of extension and outreach that effectively engage farmers in climate change adaptation and/or mitigation activities can be informed by an improved understanding of farmers’ perspectives on climate change and related impacts. This research employed latent class analysis (LCA) to analyze data from a survey of 4,778 farmers from 11 US Corn Belt states. The research focused on two related research questions: (1) to what degree do farmers differ on key measures of beliefs about climate change, experience with extreme weather, perceived risks to agriculture, efficacy, and level of support for public and private adaptive and mitigative action; and (2) are there potential areas of common ground among farmers? Results indicate that farmers have highly heterogeneous perspectives, and six distinct classes of farmers are identified. We label these as the following: the concerned (14%), the uneasy (25%), the uncertain (25%), the unconcerned (13%), the confident (18%), and the detached (5%). These groups of farmers differ primarily in terms of beliefs about climate change, the degree to which they had experienced extreme weather, and risk perceptions. Despite substantial differences on these variables, areas of similarity were discerned on variables measuring farmers’ (1) confidence that they will be able to deal with increases in weather variability and (2) support for public and private efforts to help farmers adapt to increased weather variability. These results can inform segmented approaches to outreach that target subpopulations of farmers as well as broader engagement strategies that would reach wider populations. Further, findings suggest that strategies with specific reference to climate change might be most effective in engaging the subpopulations of farmers who believe that climate change is occurring and a threat, but that use of less charged terms such as weather variability would likely be more effective with a broader range of farmers. Outreach efforts that (1) appeal to farmers’ problem solving capacity and (2) employ terms such as “weather variability” instead of more charged terms such as “climate change” are more likely to be effective with a wider farmer audience.