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Mobile Phone Usage for Accessing Agricultural Information in Southern Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚南部使用手机获取农业信息
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1371023
D. Kaske, Z. Mvena, A. S. Sife
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Ethiopia to determine the use of mobile phones in agriculture. The study included 320 household heads who owned mobile phones. Data were collected using an interview schedule. The results revealed that the majority (90.6%) of household heads made phone calls for agricultural purposes. Over three quarters (85.9%) of the household heads received phone calls related to agriculture. Short message service (SMS) was poorly used. It is concluded that mobile phones are playing an important role as an informational medium. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture in Ethiopia needs to develop a mobile-based agricultural information dissemination system to enhance information delivery to rural farming households.
摘要本研究在埃塞俄比亚进行,旨在确定移动电话在农业中的使用情况。这项研究包括320名拥有手机的户主。使用访谈时间表收集数据。结果显示,大多数(90.6%)户主打电话是为了农业目的。超过四分之三(85.9%)的户主接到了与农业有关的电话。短信息服务(SMS)使用不当。结论是,手机作为一种信息媒介发挥着重要作用。因此,埃塞俄比亚农业部需要开发一个基于移动的农业信息传播系统,以加强向农村农户提供信息。
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引用次数: 22
Farm Households' Simultaneous Use of Sources to Access Information on Cotton Crop Production 农户同时利用资源获取棉花生产信息
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1325743
M. Yaseen, M. Ahmad, P. Soni
ABSTRACT This study has investigated farm households' simultaneous use of social networks, field extension, traditional media, and modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) to access information on cotton crop production. The study was based on a field survey, conducted in Punjab, Pakistan. Data were collected from 399 cotton farm households using the multistage sampling technique. Important combinations of information sources were found in terms of their simultaneous use to access information. The study also examined the factors influencing the use of various available information sources. A multivariate probit model was used considering the correlation among the use of social networks, field extension, traditional media, and modern ICTs. The findings indicated the importance of different socioeconomic and institutional factors affecting farm households' use of available information sources on cotton production. Important policy conclusions are drawn based on findings.
摘要本研究调查了农户同时使用社交网络、田间推广、传统媒体和现代信息通信技术(ict)获取棉花作物生产信息的情况。这项研究是基于在巴基斯坦旁遮普省进行的实地调查。采用多阶段抽样技术对399户棉花农户进行数据采集。在同时使用信息源获取信息方面发现了重要的信息源组合。这项研究还审查了影响利用各种现有信息来源的因素。考虑到社交网络、领域扩展、传统媒体和现代信息通信技术的使用之间的相关性,使用了一个多元概率模型。研究结果表明,不同的社会经济和制度因素对农户利用现有棉花生产信息来源的重要性。重要的政策结论是根据调查结果得出的。
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引用次数: 13
Use of Food Label Information by Trinidad Consumers and Implications for National Health 特立尼达消费者使用食品标签信息及其对国民健康的影响
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1374188
W. Ganpat, G. Kathiravan, Joel Dalrymple
ABSTRACT Nutritional information on food labels helps consumers make informed decisions about what they chose to consume. This study, conducted among 320 consumers in Trinidad, West Indies, examined consumers' use of various informational components of the label and the influence of health-related factors on use of such information. The study found that, although there was a fairly high reading of food label information, fats and sodium information were not given the required attention. Six variables—(a) diabetes; (b) allergies; (c) gender; (d) level of schooling; (e) fast food consumption; and (f) fiber consumption—significantly impacted the use of food label information.
摘要食品标签上的营养信息有助于消费者在知情的情况下决定他们选择食用什么。这项研究在西印度群岛特立尼达的320名消费者中进行,调查了消费者对标签中各种信息成分的使用情况,以及健康相关因素对这些信息使用的影响。研究发现,尽管食品标签信息的阅读量相当高,但脂肪和钠的信息没有得到应有的关注。六个变量——(a)糖尿病;(b) 过敏;(c) 性别;(d) 教育水平;(e) 快餐消费;以及(f)纤维消耗——显著影响了食品标签信息的使用。
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引用次数: 2
Editorial 编辑
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2018.1443637
A. Ezzo
Welcome to issue 19(2) of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Information! The issue opens with a Society of the Quarter column by Tom Volkening who revisits an organization first profiled in 2006: Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit dedicated to preserving America’s agricultural heritage through the growing, saving and sharing of heirloom seeds and plants—over 20,000 varieties! In the lead refereed contribution, Robert McGeachin reports the results of his case study to assess processing times associated with various steps in a digitization project—e.g., scanning, file conversion, quality control, metadata creation ingestion into a repository—and they are significant! Those contemplating a digitization project will find his results instructive when factoring in their own human resource costs. Next, Wayne Ganpat, Kathiravan Gopalan, and Joel Dalrymple share insights from their study examining the extent to which Trinidadian consumers made use of nutritional information on product labels to inform food choices. Their findings have implications for national health: although the reading of labels was generally high, insufficient attention was paid to fat and sodium content. Two contributions explore the potential of mobile phone in extension services, from the perspective of both agents and farmers. Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari, Maryam Ranjbar Atashi, and Emily Shea Dunn investigate the feasibility of agents usingmobile technology as an educational tool to replacemore traditional extension methods in Iran; Victor Otene, Jacqueline Ezihe, and Felix Torgenga assess mobile phone usage among farmers in Nigeria. In both cases, economic/income factors, education/skill, and infrastructure/network coverage were major barriers to use. The final three articles examine farmers’ use of information sources to inform agricultural production for various crops. Muhammad Yaseen, Mokbul Ahmad, and Peeyush Soni studied cotton growers in Pakistan and found that they primarily relied on social networks and traditional media and less on extension and modern ICTs. Yeong Sheng Tey et al. surveyed Malaysian vegetable farmers’ sources of information on sustainable practices: extension and family/friends ranked highest. In contrast, the urban mushroom farmers studied by Kwabena Bugyei, Raphael Kavi, Grace Obeng-Koranteng, and Benjamin Folitse in Ghana had ample access to information from multiple sources; unfortunately, over 50% were unaware of them or lacked the technical know-how to apply the information—a useful reminder that information is only one variable in the technology adoption equation.
欢迎收看《农业与食品信息杂志》第19期第2期!本期以Tom Volkening的《四分之一学会》专栏开篇,他回顾了2006年首次介绍的一个组织:种子保存者交流,这是一家非营利组织,致力于通过种植、保存和分享传家宝种子和植物来保护美国的农业遗产——超过20000个品种!在主要参考的贡献中,Robert McGeachin报告了他的案例研究结果,以评估数字化项目中与各个步骤相关的处理时间,例如扫描、文件转换、质量控制、元数据创建到存储库中,这些都非常重要!考虑到自己的人力资源成本,那些考虑数字化项目的人会发现他的结果很有启发性。接下来,Wayne Ganpat、Kathiravan Gopalan和Joel Dalrymple分享了他们研究的见解,该研究考察了特立尼达消费者在多大程度上利用产品标签上的营养信息来告知食品选择。他们的发现对国民健康有影响:尽管标签的读数通常很高,但对脂肪和钠含量的关注不够。两项贡献从代理商和农民的角度探讨了移动电话在推广服务中的潜力。Mohammad Sadegh Allahyari、Maryam Ranjbar Atashi和Emily Shea Dunn调查了代理商使用移动技术作为教育工具来取代伊朗更传统的推广方法的可行性;Victor Otene、Jacqueline Ezihe和Felix Torgenga评估了尼日利亚农民的手机使用情况。在这两种情况下,经济/收入因素、教育/技能和基础设施/网络覆盖率都是使用的主要障碍。最后三篇文章考察了农民利用信息来源为各种作物的农业生产提供信息的情况。Muhammad Yaseen、Mokbul Ahmad和Peeyush Soni研究了巴基斯坦的棉花种植者,发现他们主要依赖社交网络和传统媒体,较少依赖推广和现代信息通信技术。Yeong Sheng Tey等人调查了马来西亚菜农关于可持续做法的信息来源:推广和家人/朋友排名最高。相比之下,Kwabena Bugyei、Raphael Kavi、Grace Obeng Koranteng和Benjamin Folitse在加纳研究的城市蘑菇种植户能够充分获得来自多个来源的信息;不幸的是,超过50%的人不知道这些信息,或者缺乏应用这些信息的技术知识——这是一个有用的提醒,即信息只是技术采用等式中的一个变量。
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引用次数: 0
Assessment of Mobile Phone Usage Among Farmers in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria 尼日利亚纳萨拉瓦州基纳地方政府区农民手机使用情况评估
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1361829
V. A. Otene, J. Ezihe, Felix S. Torgenga
Abstract This study assessed the usage of mobile phones among farmers in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty-eight respondents were selected using purposive and random sampling techniques. Primary data were used, and collected using a structured questionnaire. Research revealed that a majority of the respondents (60.1%) had a medium level of use of mobile phones. The mobile phone network preferred by respondents was MTN (32.3%). The major factor affecting the use of mobile phones is poor network coverage (22.1%). Possession of formal education, income, and sex of the respondents significantly affected their level of use of mobile phones. It is therefore recommended that network providers be supervised by the Government to ensure quality service delivery, and other network providers encouraged to improve on their services.
摘要本研究评估了尼日利亚纳萨拉瓦州基纳地方政府区农民的手机使用情况。158名受访者采用有目的和随机抽样技术进行了选择。使用了初步数据,并使用结构化问卷进行了收集。研究显示,大多数受访者(60.1%)的手机使用水平中等。受访者首选的手机网络是MTN(32.3%)。影响手机使用的主要因素是网络覆盖率低(22.1%)。受访者是否受过正规教育、收入和性别显著影响了他们的手机使用水平。因此,建议政府对网络提供商进行监督,以确保提供高质量的服务,并鼓励其他网络提供商改进其服务。
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引用次数: 9
Assessing Sources of Information for Urban Mushroom Growers in Accra, Ghana 评估加纳阿克拉城市蘑菇种植者的信息来源
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1361328
R. K. Kavi, K. A. Bugyei, G. Obeng-Koranteng, B. Folitse
ABSTRACT This study assessed information sources for urban mushroom farmers in Accra, Ghana. One hundred farmers were sampled, and a structured questionnaire was administered to solicit information from the respondents. Results showed that the majority of farmers were male (71%) and most (60%) with university education. The majority (44%) had 1–5 years of experience in mushroom cultivation. Co-farmers (89.8%), the Mushroom Growers Association (79.6%), training workshops (73.5%), and the Farmers' Forum (29.6%) readily served as information sources for farmers. The research revealed that, for 52% of farmers, ignorance of information sources was a major hindrance in their quest for information.
摘要本研究评估了加纳阿克拉城市蘑菇种植户的信息来源。对100名农民进行了抽样调查,并进行了结构化问卷调查,以征求受访者的信息。结果显示,大多数农民是男性(71%),大多数(60%)受过大学教育。大多数(44%)有1-5年的蘑菇种植经验。合作社(89.8%)、蘑菇种植者协会(79.6%)、培训讲习班(73.5%)和农民论坛(29.6%)很容易成为农民的信息来源。研究表明,对于52%的农民来说,对信息来源的无知是他们寻求信息的主要障碍。
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引用次数: 6
Seeds with Stories: Seed Savers Exchange Revisited 有故事的种子:种子拯救者交流重访
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2018.1441578
Tom Volkening
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引用次数: 3
Factors Affecting the Selection of Information Sources of Sustainable Agricultural Practices by Malaysian Vegetable Farmers 影响马来西亚菜农选择可持续农业实践信息来源的因素
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1328310
Yeong Sheng Tey, M. Brindal, E. Li, Gurjeet Gill, J. Bruwer, A. Abdullah, Alias Radam, M. Ismail, S. Darham
ABSTRACT Information is key in reducing the uncertainties of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs). The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of the relationship between utilized informational sources and other key identified factors affecting Malaysian vegetable producers' choices. The findings of a multivariate probit model suggest that information sources are complementary. The choices for these sources are influenced by heterogeneity in access to credit, social network (member of farmers association), and farm settings (distance from farm to market, resource depletion issues, and geographical regions). Future promotion of SAPs should be delivered through the provision of quality content disseminated through the preferred information sources, which target potential users.
信息是减少可持续农业实践(sap)不确定性的关键。本研究的目的是提高对利用的信息来源与影响马来西亚蔬菜生产者选择的其他关键确定因素之间关系的理解。多元概率模型的发现表明,信息来源是互补的。这些来源的选择受到获得信贷、社会网络(农民协会成员)和农场环境(农场到市场的距离、资源枯竭问题和地理区域)的异质性的影响。今后应通过提供通过以潜在用户为目标的首选信息源传播的高质量内容来促进安全方案。
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引用次数: 6
Feasibility of Using Mobile Phones as an Educational Medium in Agricultural Extension Services in Guilan Province, Iran 移动电话作为教育媒介在伊朗吉兰省农业推广服务中的可行性
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2017.1363654
Mohammad Sadegh Allahyaria, Maryam Ranjbar Atashi, E. Dunn
ABSTRACT This study examined the feasibility of the use of mobile phones as an educational tool in agricultural extension services in the Guilan Province of Iran. A descriptive-survey methodology was employed on a sample population of 120 agricultural extension agents. Data were analyzed at descriptive and inferential levels using SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). The results of the factor analysis indicated that the application of mobile phones in extension activities was influenced by three factors: economic, skill, and infrastructure. These factors accounted for 52.3% of the variance. Moreover, the possibility for the development of mobile phones as an educational medium is impacted by social, financial-credit, information-communicational, psychological, and improper conditions factors that, in total, captured 70.4% of the variance.
摘要本研究考察了在伊朗桂兰省使用手机作为农业推广服务的教育工具的可行性。采用描述性调查方法对120名农业推广人员进行抽样调查。使用SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 20 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA)对数据进行描述性和推断性分析。因子分析结果表明,手机在推广活动中的应用受经济、技能和基础设施三个因素的影响。这些因素占方差的52.3%。此外,手机作为一种教育媒介发展的可能性受到社会、金融信用、信息交流、心理和不适当条件等因素的影响,这些因素总共占方差的70.4%。
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引用次数: 4
Time Costs to Digitize Print Agricultural Serial Publications 数字化印刷农业系列出版物的时间成本
IF 0.4 Q4 AGRONOMY Pub Date : 2018-03-27 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2018.1436443
R. McGeachin
ABSTRACT Time studies were conducted on the various steps in the digitization, quality control and ingestion into a DSpace institutional repository of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins. The average time to scan each page was 0.92 minutes. The time to create Dublin Core metadata, assign NALT subject terms, and do item quality control of images was 20.48 minutes per item. PDF file creation was 16.4 minutes per item on average. The time to create a DSpace batch load for automated ingestion was 1.34 minutes. The time to do quality control checking on ingested items and publish the items was 2.03 minutes
摘要:对德州农业试验站公告数字化、质量控制和纳入DSpace机构知识库的各个步骤进行了时间研究。扫描每个页面的平均时间为0.92分钟。创建都柏林核心元数据、分配NALT主题词和对图像进行项目质量控制的时间为20.48分钟/项。创建PDF文件平均需要16.4分钟。创建用于自动摄取的DSpace批处理负载的时间为1.34分钟。对摄取的项目进行质量控制检查和发布项目的时间为2.03分钟
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引用次数: 1
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