The Impact of Rural Population Aging on Farmers’ Cleaner Production Behavior: Evidence from Five Provinces of the North China Plain

Liu, Jing; Du, Shichun; Fu, Zetian

doi:10.3390/su132112199

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“…The negative correlation between a farmer's age and education level has been demonstrated by previous studies [21] and was also observed in this study. This should be a general rule in most developing countries.…”

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University MOOC should be added with farmer interested sections and provide individualized service to adapt to farmer training

Zhang,

Hua,

Liu

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Vegetables represent an important agricultural industry in China. New farmers and new technologies for vegetable production have emerged in recent years, which makes farmer training very necessary. On the other hand, massive open online courses (MOOCs) are currently widely used in universities. The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of different sections of a university MOOC focused on olericulture to farmers with different demographic characteristics and provide a basis to improve university MOOCs for farmer training. The survey results suggest that the age, education level, gender, farmer scale, facility type and profit of farmer learners are important factors determining evaluations of the importance of different MOOC sections, indicating that services customized to different farmer populations are necessary. Among different sections of MOOC “Olericulture”, farmers with younger age, higher education, larger farm, more advanced facility and more profit were more interesting in sections include cultural, social and theoretical knowledge, and less interesting in practical skill sections. Based on the survey, eight new sections including one marketing subsection (new agricultural supplies and market news), one social subsection (laws and regulations), two practical subsections (practice videos, photos and videos from other farms), and three comprehensive subsections (discussion of practical issues, mechanization, and smart olericulture) were added to the original MOOC, and the results indicate that this improvement is efficient in enhancing the importance evaluations and profits of all farmer learners, especially among those with high education levels.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

University MOOC should be added with farmer interested sections and provide individualized service to adapt to farmer training

Zhang,

Hua,

Liu

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…This is different from the characteristics of the agricultural sector which in general are less in demand (Tana et al, 2020). Farmers' knowledge of grape cultivation tends to be better because at a young age it is easier to find and receive information, simpler to change the way of thinking and looking at something new (Kusumo & Mukti, 2019), unlike the older farmers (Liu et al, 2021). Acceptance of access to information is supported by the background of farmers who are mostly in undergraduate level.…”

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Farmer Perspectives On Livelihoods Within Grape Community In South Tangerang City

Haryanto

2022

Jambura Agribus. J.

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Grape vines are cultivated in South Tangerang City, not only by farmers, but also by members of a grape community. This research aimed 1) to describe the characteristics of grape farmers, 2) to show the perspective of grapes farmer, and 3) to identify problems and expectations in carrying out grape vines cultivation in South Tangerang City. Data collected through the interview, observation and sharing questionnaires. The number of samples was determined proportionally to 68 grape farmers, who are members of the grape community in South Tangerang City (KAT). The results showed that grape farmers tended to be knowledgeable and educated, specified by productive age (20-40 years old) with less experiences in grape cultivation. Based on the perspective analysis, farmers were attracted to grape farming not because of the influence of farm-families background, but because of hobbies and self interest in grapes cultivation. Farmers considered that agriculture was a noble and a matter of pride. The most common problems facing grape farmers were the insufficient land, inadequate agricultural funding base, and formulating the ideal growing media. The results of the expectation analysis proved that training program was the most desired assistance for farmers, especially effort to increase grape productivity.

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“…It reduces production costs and improves work-life quality for almost everyone in the modern industry (Stephens & Meyers, 2013). Developing and improving the machine in the agricultural area, commonly known as mechanization, can also overcome aging rural labor (Liu et al, 2021). It is also mentioned that mechanizing the post-harvest handling process using various equipment will add value to the process and product and minimize handling time (Okolo et al, 2020).…”

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Effect of Moisture Content on Frictional Properties of Some Selected Grains in Indonesia

Bintoro¹,

Zahra²,

Khansa³

et al. 2023

JST

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The frictional property of grains is one of the most important engineering parameters in developing solid bulk handling of grains. It is necessary for designing agricultural facilities and production process activities. These properties are expressed as internal friction angle (φ) and wall friction angle (θ), which are known to be affected by the moisture content of the grains. This research investigates the effect of moisture content on the values of φ and θ of some selected grains. In the research, some indigenous Indonesian grain types, including rough rice, white rice, corn, soybean, and coffee, each in three varieties and three level of moisture contents, were used as the research samples. Those angles were measured using a self-constructed direct shear cell apparatus. Three different normal loads for each grain type were used with three replications. It is concluded that φ and θ of the tested grains increase with moisture contents with different trends of increments. The relationship of those angles with moisture contents can be expressed as linear regression equations. The slope of the regression lines for both φ and θ is significantly affected by grain type (p<0.05). For φ, coffee (Excelsa) is the most susceptible to the change in moisture content, while dent corn (Hibrida) is the least affected one. For θ, soybean (Galunggung) is the most susceptible to the change in moisture content, while rough rice (Mapan 5) is the least affected one.

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The Impact of Rural Population Aging on Farmers’ Cleaner Production Behavior: Evidence from Five Provinces of the North China Plain

Cited by 18 publications

References 57 publications

University MOOC should be added with farmer interested sections and provide individualized service to adapt to farmer training

University MOOC should be added with farmer interested sections and provide individualized service to adapt to farmer training

Farmer Perspectives On Livelihoods Within Grape Community In South Tangerang City

Effect of Moisture Content on Frictional Properties of Some Selected Grains in Indonesia

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