Understanding the complexities in the adoption of the Rice Crop Manager tool in the Philippines

Manalo, Jaime A.; Pasiona, Sonny P.; Bautista, Anna Marie F.

doi:10.1080/14735903.2021.1934363

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“…Future studies can still investigate this factor along with other important behavioral constructs. As Manalo et al (2021) have pointed out, it is inadequate to focus on the technology only, but to a greater extent on various social elements that may affect adoption.…”

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Farmers’ perception of consumer information and adoption intention towards organic rice farming: Evidence from community enterprise in rural Thailand

et al. 2022

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Organic production has gained increased attention worldwide because of its sustainable way of producing food crops apart from its significant contribution to agricultural development. While some policies and programs encourage rice farmers to adopt organic farming, its uptake is far less than expected, particularly in the rural areas of Thailand. Hence, this study attempts to explain rice farmers’ adoption intention towards organic rice farming, drawing insights from the diffusion of innovations theory, and incorporating consumer information as an important alternative information source. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 201 community enterprise farmers using a purposive sampling technique. Results found that farmers have a generally high-level perception towards consumer information items. These items were further explored using binary logistic regression with the commonly used adoption factors. Results revealed that education level, seed input source, buying price, training attendance, and credit access significantly impacted farmers’ adoption intention. Although farmers have a generally high level of agreement towards consumer information, this factor does not affect their adoption. The findings provide critical insights to the community enterprise and policymakers to fully understand community enterprise farmers’ adoption motives and devise targeted strategies to promote widespread adoption of organic rice farming.

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Farmers’ perception of consumer information and adoption intention towards organic rice farming: Evidence from community enterprise in rural Thailand

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“…Farmers' attitude towards such knowledge affects their actual practice on Palaycheck System (Belanio et al, 2018). Hereafter, the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the Palaycheck System led to an increase in crop yield and farmers' profitability (Manalo et al, 2021). It is also expected that the rice farmers' socio-demographic characteristics may influence their knowledge, attitude, practices, and profitability (Casinillo, 2020).…”

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“…The implementation of government programs and the transfer of farm technology are also envisioned to improve the yield and profitability of farmers (Portera & Hila, 2020;Manalo et al, 2021). In literature, limited studies have dealt with feedback mechanisms on the Palaycheck System to evaluate at the farm level how far the technology has achieved the goal of farmers in rural areas of Leyte, Philippines.…”

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Effect of Farmer Field School (FFS) on the Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Profitability of Rice Farmers

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Amestoso

Casinillo

2021

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Model explains the individual’s knowledge which affects attitude and consequently changes the actual practices. The study investigated the effect of the Farmer Field School (FFS) on the knowledge, attitude, practices, and profitability of rice farmers in Babatngon, Leyte, Philippines. Ninety-four participants, which included 47 FFS farmers and 47 non-FFS farmers, were randomly chosen. Data were analyzed using descriptive and comparative statistics, cost and return analysis, and multiple regression analysis. Results showed that FFS farmers have a significantly higher level of knowledge than non-FFS farmers in the Palaycheck System (p-value<0.001). Additionally, FFS farmers have a significantly great extent of practice than non-FSS farmers in the Palaycheck System (p-value<0.001). Furthermore, farmers with high knowledge, positive attitude, and the great extent of practice on Palaycheck system gain more profit. Therefore, farmers should acquire more knowledge, a positive attitude, and more practice on production technologies to increase profit. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) and demonstration farms should be established in multi-locations to highlight the benefits of the Palaycheck technology for widespread adoption.

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“…In such cases, farmers' fears are abated through narratives around the natural regulation of pests, but also because the farmers become proactive in pest management (i.e., avoiding a 'do nothing' approach that is unlikely to be sustained where farmers' fears are constantly stoked). Alternatives to pesticide-intensive agriculture have included a range of novel preventative measures that reduce pest-related risks to crop production [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]; novel, environmentally friendly curative actions including botanical and microbial biopesticides together with modern application technologies that avoid economic losses by reducing pest densities below economic thresholds [22][23][24][25][26]; and improved decision support systems to better determine when curative actions are required [27,28].…”

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“…28 (1.17) 5.89 (0.78) 99.60(10.17) 37.31 (5.49) 72.25 (14.45) 6.07 (9.16) 2 25.33 (3.37) 5.89 (0.78) 92.93 (8.62) 40.27 (5.34) 73.21 (13.80) 7.94 (2.22) 3 21.61 (2.63) 5.89 (0.78) 89.83 (7.88) 40.08 (5.61) 60.13 (10.27) 6.06 (9.26) v2 C 1 20.00 13.00 (1.33) a 3.25 (0.25) a 79.51 (9.22) abc 27.90 (4.91) b 35.21 (8.64) a 4.88 (9.42) a 2 16.11 (2.00) 3.25 (0.25) 86.48 (12.37) 38.17 (12.46) 51.29 (19.88) 5.87 (6.38)…”

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Escaping the Lock-in to Pesticide Use: Do Vietnamese Farmers Respond to Flower Strips as a Restoration Practice or Pest Management Action?

Horgan,

Vu,

Mundaca

et al. 2023

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Ecological engineering using linear flower strips is proposed as an alternative to insecticide-based rice pest management. However, its success depends on farmers’ appreciations of related interventions as part of an ecosystem restoration process. We examined agronomic and pest management responses to flower strips among 305 farmers surveyed at 12 villages in the Mekong Delta Region (MDR) of Vietnam. Practices by conventional farmers at the same villages were used as a baseline. The ecological engineering farmers mainly integrated flower strips with pest management practices by reducing insecticide applications before 40 days after rice crop establishment (ca 38% of farmers; 9% more than on conventional farms). Flower strips were also associated with less frequent and irregular insecticide applications or with insecticide-free rice (i.e., possibly IPM: ca 19% of ecological engineering farmers). Otherwise, farmers (ca 43% of ecological engineering farmers) continued to apply insecticides prophylactically and, in some cases, applied more insecticides than their conventional neighbors. Flower strips were not associated with reductions in any other pesticides. Reported yields were not directly affected by flower strips or pesticide inputs. Our results suggest that ecological engineering was not widely regarded by participating farmers as an ecosystem restoration practice, but rather, as a pest management action. Further promotion of flower strips as a component of ecosystem restoration is required to break the lock-in to pesticide use at ecologically engineered rice farms in the MDR.

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Understanding the complexities in the adoption of the Rice Crop Manager tool in the Philippines

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Farmers’ perception of consumer information and adoption intention towards organic rice farming: Evidence from community enterprise in rural Thailand

Farmers’ perception of consumer information and adoption intention towards organic rice farming: Evidence from community enterprise in rural Thailand

Effect of Farmer Field School (FFS) on the Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Profitability of Rice Farmers

Escaping the Lock-in to Pesticide Use: Do Vietnamese Farmers Respond to Flower Strips as a Restoration Practice or Pest Management Action?

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