Motivational factors influencing farming practices in northern Ghana

Mellon-Bedi, S.; Descheemaeker, Katrien; Kotu, Bekele Hundie; Frimpong, Stephen; Groot, J.C.J.

doi:10.1016/j.njas.2020.100326

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“…Farmers' experience has a positive effect on increase in farm productivity and performance (Rahman et al, 2020;Ume, Enete, Onyekuru, & Opata, 2020), determining farmer risk attitude (Ahmad et al, 2019), and increasing the adoption of risk strategy (Thi Lan Huong et al, 2017). The role of farmers' motivation increases sustainable agricultural practices (Bopp, Engler, Poortvliet, & Jara-Rojas, 2019;Hammond et al, 2017;Jambo, Groot, Descheemaeker, Bekunda, & Tittonell, 2019;Mellon-Bedi, Descheemaeker, Hundie-Kotu, Frimpong, & Groot, 2020), especially for financial motivation, which can increase agricultural entrepreneurship (Dobryagina, 2020). Farmers' perception is also essential however, even if the farmer does not have good perceptions, it does not prevent the farmer from becoming an entrepreneur (Arafat, Saleem, Dwivedi, & Khan, 2020).…”

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The Effect of Individual Characteristics and Entrepreneurship on Rice Farming Performance

Imelda

Hidayat

Aritonang

2022

J AGRIB RURAL DEV RES

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Entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector produces creative, innovative, and independent farmers who can improve farm performance. Therefore, this research aimed to determine the impact of individual characteristics and entrepreneurship on rice farming performance. The method employed in this research was a descriptive method to provide a qualitative description of individual characteristics and entrepreneurship in the performance of rice farming. The research was executed in one of the rice-producing centers in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan. The simple random sampling method was used in selecting farmers with 150 respondents selected as the sample size. Furthermore, the research variables involved were individual characteristics, farmer’s entrepreneurship, and rice farming performance. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews, and observations, and analysis was performed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with SMART-PLS software. The results showed that individual characteristics and entrepreneurship had a significant and positive effect on rice farming performance. Consequently, it can be concluded to improve rice farming performance, farmers suggested strengthening their characteristics, particularly those related to farming motivation, and enhancing their entrepreneurial characteristics through their task and outcome-oriented behavior.

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Section: Effect Of Individual Characteristics On the Rice Farming Per...mentioning

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The Effect of Individual Characteristics and Entrepreneurship on Rice Farming Performance

Imelda

Hidayat

Aritonang

2022

J AGRIB RURAL DEV RES

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“…On the one hand, the application of various chemical fertilizers is related to the transformation and development of agriculture, which has a significant impact on agricultural output and input [52,53]. On the other hand, socio-economic systems and policies, especially those related to sustainable agricultural development, are important external factors, which play a crucial role in influencing AEE [54].…”

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Agricultural Eco-Efficiency: Challenges and Progress

Wang

Shi

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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The research on agricultural eco-efficiency has become an important point to deeply understand the interaction between ecological and environmental conditions and socio-economic factors as well as realize the coordinated development of agricultural economic development and environmental protection. (1) Background: This paper attempts to provide scientific support for the healthy and stable development of the agricultural economy and the sustainable development of ecological agriculture. (2) Methods: From a comprehensive perspective, this paper systematically analyze the overall situation, development trend, key fields, and hot fields of agricultural eco-efficiency in the past two decades. It consists of two complementary parts, including systematic quantitative literature review (based on CiteSpace) and traditional literature review. (3) Results: Agricultural eco-efficiency has evolved significantly with the popularization of agricultural machinery and the wide application of science and technology in the field of agricultural ecology. Its future development relies on the advances in our knowledge on theories and hypothesis, evaluation methods, impact on “socio-economic ecological” system, and drivers and regulation of agricultural eco-efficiency. For each of these fields, we find that challenges still exist. At present, the quantitative methods and index selection are not unified. We should deeply analyze the internal and external driving force of the development and change of ecological efficiency by constructing a complete theoretical framework for the research of agricultural ecological efficiency. At the same time, new technologies and methods are needed to evaluate agricultural eco-efficiency, and a balanced consensus between the improvement of agricultural eco-efficiency and the improvement of the ecological environment should be formed through empirical research.

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“…This is typical in Ghana, where over 70% of rural residents are farmers [13] who widely practice swidden 'slash-and-burn' agriculture characterised by semi-subsistence production and short-term fallows that are integral to maintaining productivity. Farming practices vary, however, and each practice has a corresponding diversity of social, economic, and environmental issues such as risk aversion [14], economic profitability [15,16], and forest conversion [17]. To inform debate on the relative virtues of, and possibilities for, African agricultural development and environmental conservation, accounting for the perceptions of Ghanaian farmers and rural land managers, we scrutinised these stakeholders' perceptions regarding the benefits and costs of various farming systems.…”

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African Forest-Fringe Farmers Benefit from Modern Farming Practices despite High Environmental Impacts

Acheampong

Sloan

Sayer

et al. 2022

Land

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Agricultural expansion has led to a significant loss of habitat and biodiversity in Ghana and throughout West Africa and the tropics generally. Most farmers adopt both organic and inorganic inputs to boost production, with the potential to slow agricultural expansion, but with relatively little consideration of related environmental impacts. In Ghana, where high-input modern farming is rapidly overtaking traditional organic agricultural practices, we examined five stakeholder groups in regard to their perceptions of the environmental, economic, and social costs and benefits of modern, mixed-input, and traditional farming systems. The stakeholder groups included farmers adopting different agricultural practices, as well as governmental and non-governmental natural resource managers. Our findings indicate that the overall perceived costs of modern farming, attributable to large quantities of inorganic inputs, are higher than the overall perceived benefits. Farmers are, however, still motivated to practice modern farming because of perceived higher returns on investment, regardless of environmental impacts, which they tend to discount. Traditional farmers do not use inorganic inputs and instead rely on swidden ‘slash-and-burn’ practices, resulting in declining productivity and soil fertility over time. Since traditional farmers are ultimately forced to encroach into nearby forests to maintain productivity, the perceived environmental sustainability of such farming systems is also limited. Mixed-input farming is not significantly different from modern farming with respect to its perceived environmental and economic traits, because it incorporates agro-chemicals alongside organic practices. Stakeholders’ perceptions and the apparent environmental outcomes of different farming systems suggest that reducing the use of inorganic inputs and promoting the adoption of organic inputs could minimise the negative impacts of agro-chemicals on the forest environment without necessarily compromising productivity. Campaigns to promote low-input or organic agriculture on environmental grounds in West Africa may falter if they fail to recognise farmers’ relatively favourable perceptions of the environmental implications of modern farming practices.

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Motivational factors influencing farming practices in northern Ghana

Cited by 22 publications

References 39 publications

The Effect of Individual Characteristics and Entrepreneurship on Rice Farming Performance

The Effect of Individual Characteristics and Entrepreneurship on Rice Farming Performance

Agricultural Eco-Efficiency: Challenges and Progress

African Forest-Fringe Farmers Benefit from Modern Farming Practices despite High Environmental Impacts

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