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2. Agricultural productivity growth and poverty reduction: evidence from thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Suphannachart, Waleerat (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-11-20
- Published:
- United States: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12369
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 72, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 22 pages, Raising agricultural productivity in developing countries is often said to reduce poverty more than comparable growth arising from other sectors. This claim has frequently been based on casual theorising, rather than empirical evidence. Productivity growth generates additional income and must benefit someone, though not necessarily the poor. It is conceivable that most, or even all of the benefits might go to others. Using region-level data from Thailand, we study the relationship between agricultural productivity growth and rural poverty incidence. The dependent variable for our regression analysis is the annual rate of change in rural poverty incidence at the regional level between the years for which poverty data are available. Agricultural productivity is measured as the annual rate of change in regional total agricultural productivity, covering the same time intervals as the poverty observations, but lagged one calendar year. Other control variables include regional non-agricultural incomes and the real price of food. The estimated coefficient on the change in agricultural productivity is negative and highly significant, implying that agricultural productivity growth does reduce rural poverty, holding other variables constant, though not more so than non-agricultural sources of income growth. The poverty-reducing contribution of recent agricultural productivity growth has been small. The poverty-reducing effects of long-term drivers of agricultural productivity growth are also analysed, using simulations based on the estimated model.
3. American will import more sugar this year than it has in 4 decades
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charles, Dan (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
- Format:
- Article/Audio Story
- Publication Date:
- 2019-12-11
- Published:
- United States: NPR: The Salt.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11123
- Notes:
- 4 pages, via website and online radio channel
4. CARD tapped for Devcom task force
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1982-05
- Published:
- International: Communicators for Agricultural and Rural Development, Laguna, Philippines
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10068
- Journal Title:
- CARD News
- Journal Title Details:
- 3(1) : 5-6
- Notes:
- This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., Identifies the purposes and people tapped from various organizations to strengthen development support communication (DSC)in Southeast Asia. The effort is organized to assess in-country and organizational resources for DSC in that region.
5. Celebrity endorsements in U.S. and Thai magazines: a content analysis comparative assessment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Seitz, Victoria A. (author), Razzouk, Nabil (author), and Eamsobhan, Sudawadee (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11624
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Promotion Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(3-4) : 383-398
- Notes:
- 17 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers used content analysis to determine the relationship between the use of celebrities and the types of products endorsed in one popular U.S. magazine and two popular Thailand magazines. Results indicated that a significant relationship existed among celebrity endorsers and product types. Product categories involving food, diet, and weight loss were among those in which celebrity endorsers were used most.
6. Co-creative media: capacity building with participatory communication to adopt good agricultural standards practice for people's health
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jongsuksomsakul, Panida (author) and Roebl, Kevin (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-09-19
- Published:
- Netherlands: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12780
- Journal Title:
- Research in Globalization
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 5
- Notes:
- 14pgs, The World Health Organization (WHO) has used communication methods to promote the international ban of the agricultural pesticides paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos. This ban has led to misunderstanding among farmers who still use these chemicals, which may be available under different brand names. Communication with the non-scientific community is uncertain leading to miscommunication, especially where scientific language is used. Governments have banned the use of these agricultural chemicals. The scientific arguments are not necessarily understood by famers so they may ignore the prohibition and continue using them or other similar chemicals. This study uses story-telling and qualitative research methods where a questionnaire is combined with the content analytical technique. The quantitative research method was used to collect data in the field where 351 participants took part. Participatory action research is a method where community farmers engaged in self-reflection on the impact of chemicals on their fields, their health and the health of others. Their understanding of the non-chemical usage model and good agricultural practice farmers in the vicinity, especially as they were personally involved in the creation of the media from script preparation, to acting, filming, and evaluating the final docu-dramas. The findings of the docu–drama programmes of 5 GAP farmers are presented to identify the perception of how to avoid using chemicals and their solutions for tangerine farmers through a manual that is the media output from the project and the resulting findings suggesting that the factors related to the effectiveness of scientific communication are divided into pull factors and push factors.
7. Communication and the Construction of Local Knowledge in Thai Rice Farming Villages
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- R. Genilo, Jude William (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010-07-01
- Published:
- Bangladesh: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10232
- Journal Title:
- Millennial Asia
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(2) : 197–214
- Notes:
- 18 pages., Via online journal., The study asserts that rural villages which have developed relatively complex communication systems have extensive local knowledge and practice systems. Using the knowledge and community-based perspective, the study departs from past works of development communication scholars, who have focused their attention mainly on the transfer of information. The study is concerned with how meaning is created and shared in rural communities through the use of communication. It looks at how small homogenous farming communities in Thailand – world’s number one rice exporter – utilize communication to improve rice crop production. It asks: what roles does communication play in the formation of collective definitions (perspectives) and the construction/management of local knowledge and practices on rice farming? To explore the plausibility of this paper’s assertion, ethnographies of two rice farming villages were conducted – Baan Sap Som Boon (irrigated) in Chainat province (Central Region) and Baan Hua Hae (rainfed) in Ubon Ratchathani province (Northeast Region). Data generation period was from October 2004 to July 2005. Research results indicate that Baan Sap Som Boon has both an extensive knowledge of rice farming methods and procedures and an elaborate community-based communication system. Baan Hua Hae, on the other hand, practices more traditional means of rice production and divides time with other livelihood activities. In both villages, communication plays a central role in improving crop production via facilitating the formation of collective definitions on rice farming, labor, economics and agriculture-related institutions.
8. Cross-platform framing and cross-cultural adaptation: examining elephant conservation in Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lin, Trisha T. C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-03-08
- Published:
- Thailand
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08588
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 6 (2): 193-211
9. Determinants of rice farmers' utilization of agricultural information in centralThailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aonngernthayakorn, Kijsart (author) and Pongquan, Soparth (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Thailand
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08723
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(1) : 25-43
10. Environmental cooperation as a tool for conflict transformation and resolution
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Waisová, Šárka (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- United Kingdom: Lexington Books, London.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08898
- Notes:
- 196 pages.
11. Farmers' intention and decision to adapt to climate change: a case study in the Yom and Nan basins, Phichit province of Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Arunrat, Noppol (author), Wang, Can (author), Pumijumnong, Nathsuda (author), Sereenonchai, Sukanya (author), Cai, Wenjia (author), and State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control (SKLESPC), School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Institute of Communication Studies (ICS), Communication University of China, Dingfuzhuang East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-02-01
- Published:
- Thailand: Elsevier Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08153
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Journal Title Details:
- 143: 672-685
12. Holdings in the SEA-Extension Repository: Extension in the United States and other parts of the world
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrn, Darcie (author)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1980-06
- Published:
- USA: SEA-Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08731
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, A directory of citations for varied resources, organized by country, state and area. 16 pages.
13. Margie Mason, NF '09, collaborated with AP colleagues to report stories that helped free enslaved fishermen in Southeast Asia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mason, Margie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-07-22
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06241
- Journal Title:
- Nieman Reports
14. Overseas study report (Republic of the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt), Project for Agricultural Communication Education Overseas (PACE)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dahl, Delbert T. (author / Head, Office of Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois.) and Read, Hadley (author / Director, Project for Agricultural Communications Education Overseas)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11131
- Notes:
- 14 pages., From the "India - 1981 Trip Report" file in the international collection of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., This report is in two parts. The first part deals with observations and potential accomplishments from consultations in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt. The second part, "There's a need and people know it,"focuses on needs and opportunities. A final section provides "observations from a novice international traveler to future novices."
15. Overseas study report - Republic of the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dahl, Delbert T. (author) and Read, Hadley (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- International: Office of Agricultural Communications, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10036
- Notes:
- This report is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, ACES College, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines - UPLB" file., Project for Agricultural Communication Education Overseas (PACEO), University of Illinois. 14 pages., Summarizes consultancies involving (a)needs and opportunities for agricultural communication education in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, and Egypt, (b) opportunities for regional academic networks in this discipline, and (c)observations from a novice international traveler to future novices.
16. Participatory action for nutrition education: social marketing vitamin A‐rich foods in Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Smitasiri, Suttilak (author), Attig, George A. (author), and Dhanamitta, Sakorn (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: D10696
- Journal Title:
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(3): 199-210
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via online journal., This paper reflects a major concern of nutrition and health educators in the developing world today, namely, how to formulate and implement participatory nutrition intervention programs with community members and key government officials who may come from a number of different development sectors. Through the description of a project entitled "Social Marketing of Vitamin A-Rich Foods," the paper highlights the value of a two-way concept of nutrition communication and problem-solving which is put in operation by establishing mechanisms for working with both institutional and community groups. This entails calling upon such conceptual frameworks as behavior analysis, nutritional anthropology, media advocacy and social marketing as means for working with collaborators in a decentralized, nondirective fashion. The paper also illustrates how mass media and printed nutrition education materials can potentially support broad institutional and community development processes as well as providing a guideline of requirements for future programs and projects.
17. Practical agricultural communication: Incorporating scientific and indigenous knowledge for climate mitigation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sereenonchai, Sukanya (author) and Arunrat, Noppol (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-03-26
- Published:
- Thailand: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10255
- Journal Title:
- Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Via online journal., Agricultural communication to mitigate climate change enables information dissemination of both scientific knowledge (SCK) and indigenous knowledge (IDK) for practical farming. This research analyzed knowledge utilization and conducted community-based participatory communication to propose a practical agricultural communication framework for climate mitigation. Based on a qualitative method of data collection in Phichit province, the key findings showed that SCK and IDK can be mutually utilized to enhance the good relationship among the people and for the people with nature. The participatory communication processes consisted of planning, interventions, and monitoring and empowerment. The successful farmers employing the farming practices of not burning rice straw, rice straw composting, and alternative wetting and drying technique were the main senders. The messages were related to their farming practices focusing on a practical and understandable message and graphic explanations. Vinyl was selected as a communication material for signage in the most noticeable areas in their communities. This research highlights that participatory communication with group dynamics and communication promotion mechanisms at both local and national levels should be enhanced.
18. Recent additions to the SEA-Extension Repository - International 1980
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrn, Darcie (author)
- Format:
- Bibliography
- Publication Date:
- 1980
- Published:
- USA: SEA-Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08733
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, Directory of citations, organized by country. 22 pages.
19. Seeds for the people: a mobilisation for seed self-reliance in Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pongluelert, Aubrey (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-11
- Published:
- A growing culture
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12733
- Notes:
- 10 pages, A story about a new seed-saving network that’s emerging in Thailand.
20. The Thai-Cambodian conflict and environmental cooperation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Waisová, Šárka (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08904
- Notes:
- Pages 139-158 in Waisová, Šárka, Environmental cooperation as a tool for conflict transformation and resolution. United Kingdom: Lexington Books, London. 196 pages.
21. The effects of tactical message inserts on risk communication with fish farmers in Northern Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lebel, Louis (author), Lebel, Phimphakan (author), Lebel, Boripat (author), Uppanunchai, Anuwat (author), and Duangsuwan, Chatta (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-26
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10505
- Journal Title:
- Regional Environmental Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 18: 2471–2481
- Notes:
- 11 pages., via online journal., Fish farmers need to take into account many factors, including climate-related risks, when making decisions to invest in stocking ponds or cages in rivers. Officials, experts, and other fish farmers try to influence these decisions by communicating information about risks verbally or using text messages. Recurrent mass mortality events associated with droughts and floods suggest some communication efforts have been ineffective. Theories of risk communication make different predictions about what elements make messages influential. The purpose of this study was to improve understanding of the potential influence of inserting tactical messages into a communication text on the decision behavior of fish farmers with respect to climate-related risks. Experiments were carried out on hand-held tablets with 1050 fish farmers as subjects. Fish farmers were asked to imagine they faced a risk of drought, water shortage, flood, or increasing risks of drought in a drying climate. They were also given a plausible response measure that would require some investment, and then asked to indicate how likely they would adopt that measure. Farmers’ intentions to take risk reduction actions in long-term adaptation increased when the message they received re-affirmed that they were susceptible to the threat, an impact was likely or that the response to the risk was an effective measure. For shorter-term risk reduction measures, the effect of re-affirming response efficacy was to suppress intentions to act. This study found no evidence that appeals to fear, guilt, or anxiety emotions work; references to social norms, behavioral control, and benefit versus cost arguments also failed to increase intentions to act. The findings of this study supported some propositions of common risk communication theories but not others. The methods and findings are useful for improving the design of communications aimed at informing farmers about climate-related risks.
22. The impact of education on agricultural productivity: evidence from East Asian economies
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Luh, Yir-Hueih (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10919
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 5(4) : 11-24
- Notes:
- This study presents an efficient version of test for the hypothesis that education plays a key role in influencing agricultural productivity based on a switching regression model. In the present setting, farmers’ ability to deal with disequilibria is allowed to change with education, which thereby provides a concrete evidence of the effect of education on selected East Asian production agriculture. The results suggest that there exists a threshold for education to be influential to agricultural productivity change when the selected East-Asian economies are categoried by their degree of economic development. Moreover, for the group of economies where education constitutes a major determinant of productivity growth in both the technological progression and/or stagnation/recession regimes, the effect of education is found to vary from economy to economy and from regime to regime. Generally speaking, however, those East-Asian economies tend to reach their turning point in short time despite of the mentioned differences. This result therefore leads to important policy implications concerning giving an impetus to human capital investment in the agriculture sector.
23. The impact of stakeholders' roles within the livestock industry on their attitudes to livestock welfare in southeast and east Asia
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sinclair, Michelle (author), Zito, Sarah (author), and Phillips, Clive J. C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-25
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: D08055
- Journal Title:
- Animals
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2)
- Notes:
- 12 pages.
24. The intersection of gender, media, and policy: a qualitative analysis on Thai newspaper coverage of women in agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gilley, Morgan A. Richardson (author), Roberts, Richie (author), Blackburn, J. Joey (author), and Stair, Kristin (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-04
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12944
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Journal Title Details:
- V.30, Iss.1
- Notes:
- 21 pages, Women empowerment and gender equality have been found to be statistically significant and positive predictors of global agricultural development. Therefore, reducing gender disparities can encourage economic progress and growth in developing nations. As such, determining effective ways to stimulate social progress and women’s empowerment has emerged as a critical need. One strategy used to raise the public’s consciousness about gendered issues in Thailand has been through mass media. In response, this study aimed to (1) determine to what extent Thailand’s newspaper coverage focused on topics related to women and the agricultural industry; and (2) describe how women in agriculture have been portrayed in newspaper coverage since the introduction of Thailand 4.0’s policy in 2016. Using a qualitative content analysis of Thailand’s newspaper coverage of women in the agricultural sector, four themes emerged: (1) economic policy implications for Thailand’s agricultural system; (2) human rights; (3) women entrepreneurship and leadership; and (4) agricultural development. Therefore, this study concluded that newspaper coverage of women in agriculture was diverse and conflicting – a finding not previously reported. The findings also revealed that women in agriculture have been underrepresented in newspaper publications historically. Moving forward, we provided critical implications for how future research, theory, and practice can depict women in agriculture more positively in the newspaper media.
25. The relative effect of message-based appeals to promote water conservation at a tourist resort in the gulf of Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Morgan, Mark (author) and Chompreeda, Kwansiri (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05-19
- Published:
- Thailand: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D08502
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 9 (1): 20-36
26. What to do with the farmland? Coping with ageing in rural Thailand
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Januswan, Para (author) and Zander, Kerstin K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- United States: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11985
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- Volume 80
- Notes:
- 10 Pages, As Thai farmers get older they need to plan what to do with their farm business and land given younger people tend to out-migrate to urban areas and shift their interests away from farming. Such demographic trends may reduce agricultural productivity and increase food insecurity, both among farmers and in the region. Using data collected through interviews with 368 farmers in the Prachin Buri province of Thailand, this research aims to examine how ageing is affecting farm activities of older farmers (60 years and older) and how they are adapting. We found that, while a small percentage of older farmers intended to continue farming without making any changes over the next five years (~9%), most were concerned about their health and farm work capacity, and were looking to leave farming and implement strategies to reduce both work intensity and time. Most farmers intended to stop farming and transfer farmland to their children (~40%), or continue farming while making some changes (~30%), such as employing additional workers or switching to less labour intense crops. Some intended to stop farming altogether and dispose of farmland outside their family (~21%; e.g. leasing out or selling or returning farmland to owner if leased). As expected, the chosen strategy depended on personal (old-age income security and gender) and farm characteristics (e.g. successor, farm activities, and subsidy). Having a dedicated successor had a substantial impact on transferring land to the children, reflecting the importance of commitment for farming by the next generation, which will be challenging. A pension higher than the widely available old-age allowance could support farmers in maintaining a better living standard after retiring. However, only a fraction of farmers currently had access to a pension. Both short- and long-term policies are, therefore, needed to support elderly farmers, improve their living standards after retirement, and attract young people back to farming.
27. Workshop for plant protection writers and illustrators: final report
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- French, James H. (author), Pathanapiradej, Pira (author), and Reeve, Antonia (author)
- Format:
- Workshop report
- Language:
- English/ Thai
- Publication Date:
- 1983-03
- Published:
- Thailand
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Oversized box 1 Document Number: D08016
- Notes:
- John L. Woods Collection, Workshop for plant protection writers and illustrators: final report. Conducted at Development Training and Communication Planning, UNDP Asia and Pacific Programme, Bangkok, Thailand. February 21-25, 1983, and March 21-25, 1983. 42 pages.