Enhancing the application of organic fertilisers by members of agricultural cooperatives

Li, Jing; He, Ruiyin; deVoil, Peter; Wan, Shan

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112901

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“…In addition, the collaboration between the smallholder farmers and local institution or between the smallholder and agricultural officers in terms of enhancing organic compost or fertilizers and establishing organic fertilizer cooperative with in line the community and spatial context to create another source of income [36][37][38][39][40]. Furthermore, the smallholder farmers, who participated in organic fertilizer cooperative, effected on their farmers' behaviour and interests [41].…”

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Comparing Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Phromthep,

Torut

2024

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Organic agriculture based on participatory guarantee system (PGS) has been promoted as a tool for sustainable ecosystem, self-reliance and poverty alleviation of smallholder farmers in Thailand. However, specific criteria are required to certify as organic products. In this paper, the researchers present the collaboration of smallholder farmers practicing organic farming based on participatory guarantee system in four Thai provinces: Nong Bua Lam Phu, Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani and Nakhon Ratchasima. One hundred thirty-five smallholder farmers were purposively selected as the informants. In depth interviews were conducted to conceptualize. The participatory guarantee system management considering their diverse agricultural background and socio-economic conditions. Main findings concluded that motivations for PGS were restoration soil quality and decreasing yield. Key factors for sustainable adaptation are policy support in terms of financial measures and capacity building.

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Comparing Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Phromthep,

Torut

2024

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“…In addition, collaboration between the smallholder farmers and local institutions or between smallholders and agricultural officers-through enhancing organic composts and fertilizers and establishing organic fertilizer cooperatives within the community-may create another source of income [56][57][58][59][60]. Furthermore, participation in organic fertilizer cooperatives was shown to affect farmers' behavior and interests [61].…”

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Comparing the Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Phromthep,

Torut

2024

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Organic agriculture based on the participatory guarantee system (PGS) is frequently touted as a tool for improving ecosystem sustainability and self-reliance and for alleviating the poverty of smallholder farmers in Thailand. However, specific criteria must be fulfilled for products to be certified organic. In this paper, we investigate the similarities and differences between three cases of organic agricultural production (based on the participatory guarantee system) in four provinces in northeastern Thailand: Nong Bua Lam Phu, Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani, and Nakhon Ratchasima. A total of 135 smallholder farmers were selected to act as informants, and semi-structured interviews were held. The participatory guarantee system was utilized, considering the farmers’ diverse agricultural backgrounds and socio-economic conditions. For agriculture to be adapted with the ultimate aim of sustainability, policy support will be necessary in the form of financial measures and capacity building.

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“…Rhodes [62] discovered that cooperatives help their members to gain the maximum benefits of the scale economy and manage market competition at a higher operational efficiency. For example, Jia et al [63], Trebbin [64] and Ma and Abdulai [65] found that cooperatives lower transaction costs for their members within the market and Deng et al [66], Li et al [67] and Si et al [68] concluded that cooperative members prefer environmentally friendly technologies. Consequently, participation in a cooperative is likely to decrease the costs that are associated with building harmless excrement disposal facilities, which could lead to a greater likelihood of farmers adopting GPBs.…”

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Do Cooperatives Affect Groundwater Protection? Evidence from Rural China

Deng

Zhang

et al. 2022

Agriculture

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Groundwater protection is essential for global sustainable development. Due to the lack of motivation among farmers to build harmless disposal facilities for livestock excrement, there is a huge challenge surrounding groundwater protection, which also threatens the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: “clean water and sanitation”. Aiming to improve the groundwater protection behavior (GPB) of farmers, this study involved the following approach: (1) the use of rural China as a case area; (2) an exploration of the theoretical mechanisms and quantitative impacts of cooperatives as a way to encourage farmers to build harmless disposal facilities for livestock excrement; (3) a discussion about improvement strategies to increase the possibility of farmers building harmless disposal facilities for livestock excrement. The study highlighted the following findings: (1) compared to farmers who did not participate in cooperatives, farmers who were in cooperatives were 1.18% more likely to build harmless disposal facilities for livestock excrement; (2) compared to the basic scenario, the probability of farmers building harmless disposal facilities for livestock excrement could be increased by 50~1300%. The results of this study could help to provide a reference for the introduction of policies to protect groundwater, as well as an experiential reference for the achievement of the UN SDGs 3 and 6.

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Enhancing the application of organic fertilisers by members of agricultural cooperatives

Cited by 12 publications

References 56 publications

Comparing Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Comparing Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Comparing the Collaboration of Smallholder Farmers through Participatory Guarantee System Practices in Northeastern Thailand

Do Cooperatives Affect Groundwater Protection? Evidence from Rural China

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