Transition pathways for Malaysian paddy farmers to sustainable agricultural practices: An integrated exhibiting tactics to adopt Green fertilizer

Mwalupaso

et al. 2020

IJERPH

The aim of this study was to highlight the importance of socioeconomic and psychosocial factors in the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) in banana farm production. To this end, data from 300 randomly selected farm households from Pakistan were collected through a structured self-report questionnaire. Using logistic regression (LR) and structural equation modeling (SEM), socioeconomic and psychosocial effects were evaluated. The results show that economic status, watching agricultural training programs, newspaper and radio awareness campaigns, participation in extension programs, perceptions of sustainable agriculture and the feasibility of SAPs were significant factors in farmers’ adoption of sustainable agriculture practices. Also, consistent with the theory of planned behavior (TPB), all its dimensions (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control) affected the adoption of SAPs. This finding highlights the importance of socioeconomic and psychosocial factors in promoting sustainable agricultural practice among banana production farmers. This is the first study which attempts to provide empirical evidence using a robust procedure (two models—LR and SEM). The practical implication is that, when socioeconomic and psychosocial factors are well supported by satisfactory policy measures, SAP adoption is more than likely, which eventually increases farmers’ adaptive capacity to the changing environment. Ultimately, this leads to sustainable banana production, which has great potential to contribute towards poverty eradication.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Practices in Banana Farm Production: A Study from the Sindh Region of Pakistan

Mwalupaso

et al. 2020

IJERPH

“…A farmer’s adoption of fertilizer highly depends on their availability and their resources to purchase fertilizers, and the effect of fertilizer on production is contingent on a farmer’s application (Serra and Lansink 2014 ). Therefore, Adnan et al ( 2020 ) argued, access to suitable information about the suitability of a fertilized by farmers may have noteworthy impacts on technology adoption and agricultural productivity. In order to overcome the issue of low production, the government provides all paddy farmers with subsidized fertilizer, a program that began in 1970 (Adnan et al 2019 ).…”

Section: Adoption Of Agro Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Without a doubt, the paddy plantation needs to be invigorated by fresh ideas and applications. For example, an assemblage of elements including improved rice cultivars and agronomic management techniques to enhance nutrient and water availability and use efficiencies and to control weeds have the potential to increase yields and could help to close the gap between production and production needed while keeping sustainability issues in mind (Adnan et al 2020 ).…”

Section: Adoption Of Agro Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The development of environmentally friendly fertilizer is, therefore, very much needed. GF is widely recognized to be fertilizer with a controlled-release feature, which not only increases nutrient use efficiency but also reduces environmental degradation (Adnan et al 2020 ).…”

Section: Adoption Of Green Fertilizer a Potential Resolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concern for the environment has challenged the education of the environment to move ahead toward a more socially critical role which involves challenging bias; whereas, this kind of rational decision-making process is to analyze the solutions and the potential for change which can be supported by the farmers (Rabu and Shah 2013 ). However, with the help of proper communication, farmers would receive an excellent education that would develop an understanding of the complexity of societal, behavioral, environmental concern, and agro-environmental policy regulation and cultural factors that influence the farmers toward the adoption of innovations (Adnan et al 2020 ).The Role of Communication in Technology Adoption.…”

Section: Conceptualization and Contributing Factors: Higher Productivmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How COVID 19 effect Malaysian paddy industry? Adoption of green fertilizer a potential resolution

Adnan

Nordin

2020

Environ Dev Sustain

Self Cite

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more than 4.3 million confirmed cases and more than 2,90,000 deaths worldwide. It has also given rise to fears of an imminent economic crisis and recession. Social distance, self-isolation, and travel restrictions have led to a reduction in the workforce across all economical sectors and have led to a loss of many jobs. Schools have closed down, and the need for commodities and manufactured goods has decreased. On the other hand, the need for medical supplies has increased significantly. The food sector is also facing increased demand as a result of panic buying and storing food products. In response to this global outbreak, we summarize the socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 on the various aspects of the world economy. In Malaysia, the COVID-19 epidemic has checked the resilience of the agriculture sector. Especially the Malaysian paddy industry as country imports 30% of its overall consumption from different parts of the world. The real price of rice triplicating for the consumers, which was alarming for nations in this pandemic situation. The Government of Malaysia introduced the National Agrofood Policy 2011-2020 (NAP4) in 2010 as a guidance document for the implementation of agricultural sector development programs and projects in Malaysia. The NAP4 's 10-year term is to be finished by the end of 2020. Several sectors demonstrate substantial success after approximately 8 years of introduction, while the other classes often lag behind the goal and progress quite slowly. Agricultural sector performance is affected by many problems and challenges. In acknowledgment of the poor success of this field, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Based Industry has launched new approaches, policies, and programs that can change the agricultural sector more rapidly. The new direction is aimed at ensuring national food security and boosting farm and revenues. The authorized government agency needs to revise the policy formulation where Malaysia needs to set stages to revolutionize and modernize the rice farming to address the problem faced by the paddy sector in this pandemic situation to adopt GF. In this study, the researcher focuses on the improvisation of the policy to increase the paddy production sustainably.

Forecasting the different influencing factors of household food waste behavior in China under the COVID‐19 pandemic

Shen,

Wang,

Wang

et al. 2023

Journal of Forecasting

At present, both developed and developing countries around the world are facing a serious problem of household food waste. The current state of food waste cannot be ignored, especially during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study examined the effects of psychological level factors, cultural level factors, and situational level factors on household food waste behavior in China. Besides, the factors affecting household food waste behavior were identified and evaluated using the extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) model. In this study, participants (N = 337) completed a questionnaire assessing their household food waste behavior. We found that COVID‐19 food supply restriction, budget constraints, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control have a positive significant impact on residents' intention to reduce food waste. The result unveiled that perceived health risks, herd mentality, status display face consciousness, and other‐oriented face consciousness have a negative significant impact on residents' intention to reduce food waste. We tested the mediating effect of intention to reduce food waste between antecedent variables and household food waste behavior. The study adds to the academic literature and practical implication on Chinese household food waste behavior by combining numerous factors on a single model, grounded in the TPB.