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72. Socio-economic factors influencing adoption of conservation agriculture in Moroto District, Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Esabu, A. (author) and Ngwenya, E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-08-08
- Published:
- South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12026
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 47, no. 2 (2019)
- Notes:
- 13 Pages, This research was conducted to assess socio-economic factors influencing adoption of conservation agriculture in Moroto District of Uganda. The socio-economic factors, the level of conservation agriculture, and the constraints faced by the farmers were assessed. A cross-sectional research design was utilised to collect data from 80 farmers (adopters and non-adopters of conservation agriculture). Purposive random sampling was applied to select seven key informants in the two sub-counties of Katikekile and Nadunget, and four villages of Nakodet, Nakwanga, Napudes and Komare. Data were collected through personal observation, interviews, focus group discussions, and structured questionnaires. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to generate descriptive and inferential statistics for quantitative data analysis. The binary probit model was used to determine the socio-economic factors influencing adoption of conservation agriculture. The findings indicate that there was a significant influence for gender (p<0.01), but a statistically significant influence for credit and extension services (p<0.05). Finally, the adoption rate of conservation agriculture is still low given the size of land dedicated to it by most farmers. Therefore, this study recommends that government and other institutions should strengthen the agricultural extension system, provide financial support and incentives, and sensitize farmers on conservation agriculture.
73. South African government palliative funds for agriculture amid Covid-19: challenges of implementation and suggestions for improvements
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Popoola, O. O (author) and Yusuf, S. F. G (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-12-09
- Published:
- South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12729
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 49, N. 3
- Notes:
- 15 pages, The novel Corona virus pandemic has been extremely overwhelming at all levels causing massive economic setbacks for many countries including South Africa. The country witnessed an unprecedented scaling-down of its national economic activities, which called for an emergency response from the government. Several Covid-19 relief schemes were instituted by the government to ensure that farms of all sizes would survive. A support fund of R1.2 billion was allocated to the agriculture and food sector through the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). The fund was primarily meant to assist financially distressed small-scale farmers to ensure continued production and food security for the country. This study collated the conditions for financial Covid-19 stimulus support required from smallholders and analysed several factors that prevented some members of this vulnerable group from benefitting from the relief funds. These factors include complexities associated with satisfactorily categorizing smallholder producers, productivity, marketing and policy challenges, glitches in formalising smallholder producer operations, the farm-business record keeping pitfall, and the exclusion of subsistent producers. The paper suggests some possible corrective measures that could allow for more inclusive support to these categories of farmers; some of which includes a simple but robust financial traceability system for the farmers, and a need to continue to push for the completion of national registration process of smallholder producers.
74. Study group participation in agricultural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grobbelaar, M.M. (author), Koch, B.H. (author), and Grobbelaar: Senior Agricultural Extensionist, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Lichtenberg, South Africa; Koch: Senior Lecturer, Department of Agrarian Extension, University of Pretoria, South Agrica
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- South Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03268
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(1988) : 29-34
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection; See C03263 for original
75. Sustainable agriculture development through effective farmer groups
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stevens, J.B. (author) and Terblanche, S.E. (author)
- Format:
- Abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Published:
- South Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 174 Document Number: C29687
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 33
- Notes:
- Via African Journals Online.
76. The Influence of budget allocation to implement the policy of extension and advisory services in South Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lukhalo, T. (author) and Zwane, E.M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-20
- Published:
- South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12723
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 50, N.1
- Notes:
- 19 pages, Extension support is viewed as an enabler of food security. However, the literature reveals that extension within the public sector in South Africa is not yet geared to satisfy the needs of resource-poor smallholder producers to break away from poverty and food insecurity. This paper is aimed at reviewing budget allocation and public expenditure on agricultural extension support services to provide evidence-based recommendations to inform the implementation of the national policy on extension and advisory services. The study was conducted using budget allocation and expenditure data collected through a survey questionnaire directed at nine provincial departments of agriculture. The problem investigated was to establish whether the budget allocated to provincial extension services would be sufficient to implement the extension policy. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics including t-tests of differences in means. The study has delivered several findings: a). The budget execution rates were high for both the extension practitioners and the farmer programmes, with budget execution for farmer programmes being better than that for extension practitioners. b). The budget trends indicate an efficient system of budget execution for the benefit of the farmers. c). There were statistically significant differences between mean budget allocation for extension practitioners and farmer programmes. d). It was further found that the differences between the mean expenditure on extension practitioners and mean expenditure on farmer programmes were statistically significant. e). Consistent with budget allocation, mean expenditure on farmer programmes was higher than mean expenditure on extension practitioners leading to the conclusion that farmer programmes spent significantly higher than extension practitioners in the five financial years. f). On the other hand, it was found that the cost of implementing the newly developed national policy on extension and advisory services was found to be greater than the current budget allocation. The paper concluded that the budget allocation was insufficient, yet farmers received value for money.
77. The Influence of budget allocation to implement the policy of extension and advisory services in South Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lukhalo, T. (author) and Zwane, E.M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-20
- Published:
- South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12725
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 50, N. 1
- Notes:
- 19 pages, Extension support is viewed as an enabler of food security. However, the literature reveals that extension within the public sector in South Africa is not yet geared to satisfy the needs of resource-poor smallholder producers to break away from poverty and food insecurity. This paper is aimed at reviewing budget allocation and public expenditure on agricultural extension support services to provide evidence-based recommendations to inform the implementation of the national policy on extension and advisory services. The study was conducted using budget allocation and expenditure data collected through a survey questionnaire directed at nine provincial departments of agriculture. The problem investigated was to establish whether the budget allocated to provincial extension services would be sufficient to implement the extension policy. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics including t-tests of differences in means. The study has delivered several findings: a). The budget execution rates were high for both the extension practitioners and the farmer programmes, with budget execution for farmer programmes being better than that for extension practitioners. b). The budget trends indicate an efficient system of budget execution for the benefit of the farmers. c). There were statistically significant differences between mean budget allocation for extension practitioners and farmer programmes. d). It was further found that the differences between the mean expenditure on extension practitioners and mean expenditure on farmer programmes were statistically significant. e). Consistent with budget allocation, mean expenditure on farmer programmes was higher than mean expenditure on extension practitioners leading to the conclusion that farmer programmes spent significantly higher than extension practitioners in the five financial years. f). On the other hand, it was found that the cost of implementing the newly developed national policy on extension and advisory services was found to be greater than the current budget allocation. The paper concluded that the budget allocation was insufficient, yet farmers received value for money.
78. The formal leader and his credibility as communicator of technical advice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Koch, B.H. (author / Senior Lecturer, Department of Agrarian Extension, University of Pretoria, South Africa) and Senior Lecturer, Department of Agrarian Extension, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1988
- Published:
- South Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03266
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(1988) : 15-21
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection; See C03263 for original
79. The future of agricultural extension in South Africa: lessons from within and outside the African continent
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mangheni, M.N.K. (author), Mollel, N.M. (author), Norman, D.W. (author), Paradza, P.C. (author), and Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, KS; Agricultural Extension and Education, Sokoine University, Tanzania; Agricultural and Education, Makerere University, Uganda; Field Ministries, World Vision International, Zimbabwe
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- South Africa: South African Society for Agricultural Extension, University of Pretoria, Pretoria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 100 Document Number: C08422
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 23 : 1-20
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, The current wind of change sweeping across in South Africa provides a unique opportunity for the new unified agricultural extension system in the country to be set up to address the needs of not only large (i.e., commercialized) farmers but also those of the numerous small (i.e., usually less commercialized) farmers, in a way that is effective, equitable and efficient. This article reviews experiences with agricultural extension during the last few decades both inside and outside Africa. Based on this review lessons are extracted that will be important to take into account in designing the appropriate agricultural extension system for South Africa. It is important for an effective agricultural extension service to have effective, interactive linkages with the other "actors" in the agricultural development process (i.e., not only farmers, but also researchers and planners). Some specific suggestions are given on how the unified agricultural extension system might be organized and implemented in the South African situation. While recognized that it is not necessarily the ideal solution, it is proposed that public agricultural extension funds should be primarily concentrated on the smaller less commercialized farmers, while the larger farmers should be primarily catered for by the private sector. (original)
80. The impact of technology on Karakul producers in the Rehoboth district of Namibia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bembridge, T.J. (author), Schimming, I.L. (author), and Bembridge: Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Fort Hare, Alice, Ciskei; Schimming: Lecturer, School of Agriculture, University of Boputhatswana, Mmabatho
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1991
- Published:
- South Africa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 88 Document Number: C06029
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 20 (1991) : 1-6
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection