Information Provision Policies for Improving Farmer Welfare in Developing Countries: Heterogeneous Farmers and Market Selection

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen-Nan Liao ◽  
Ying-Ju Chen ◽  
Christopher S. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Market Selection ◽  
Farmer Welfare

scholarly journals Improving Cooperation among Farmers for Communal Land Conservation in Ethiopia: A Public Goods Experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 9290
Author(s):  
Shunji Oniki ◽  
Haftu Etsay ◽  
Melaku Berhe ◽  
Teklay Negash
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Land Conservation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Natural Resource Conservation ◽  
Communal Land ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
High Level

Farmers in developing countries depend on communal natural resources, yet countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are facing the severe degradation of communal lands due to the so-called “tragedy of the commons”. For the sustainable management of common resources, policy interventions, such as farmer seminars, are necessary to ensure high-level cooperation among farmers for land conservation. However, the effects of this type of information provision are not well known. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the dissemination of conservation information on collaborative communal forest management using an economic field experiment with 936 farmers selected by random sampling from 11 villages in the northern Ethiopian Highlands. We conducted a public goods game experiment using a framework of voluntary contribution to communal land conservation with an intervention to remind participants about the consequence of their behaviors. The results show that the volunteer contribution increased after the intervention, and thereafter the decay of the contribution was slow. The results indicate that providing information about the consequences leads to a higher contribution. The effects of information provision are heterogeneous in terms of social condition, such as access to an urban area and social capital, and individual characteristics, such as wealth. These findings imply that information provision effectively improves farmer collaboration toward natural resource conservation in developing countries.

scholarly journals FAKTOR YANG MEMENGARUHI TINGGINYA PENYAKIT ISPA PADA BALITA DI PUSKESMAS DELENG POKHKISEN KABUPATEN ACEH TENGGARA

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Rahman Sabri
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Acute Respiratory Infection ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Population

<p><em>Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is one of the most infectious diseases and causes of death in children in developing countries. This type of research is an analytical survey method with cross sectional approach with the aim to find out the factors that influence the high ARI in infants with the study population as many as 218 mothers of toddlers and samples taken by random sampling are 69 people. The results showed that knowledge had sig-p 0.016 &lt;0.05, sig-p attitude 0.610&gt; 0.05, exclusive breastfeeding sig-p 0.004 &lt;0.05, ventilation sig-p 0.040 &lt;0.05 and dwelling density of sig -p 0.014 &lt;0.05. The conclusion is the influence of knowledge, exclusive breastfeeding, ventilation and density of occupancy of the high ARI in toddlers, while the attitude has no influence on the high ARI in toddlers. It is hoped that this research can be used as a source of explanations and input for the Deleng Pokhkisen Health Center to improve information provision to mothers and the community in the form of counseling or health promotion.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><strong><em>Keywords : Influencing Factors, High ARI Disease</em></strong>

The Public Library's Role in Enabling E-Government

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Cherry-Ann Smart
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Rich Countries

In most developed countries, linking citizens with e-government through Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an important social role for public libraries. Public libraries partner with government agencies; acting as intermediaries to bridge government with citizens in a way which adds value. In developing countries, public libraries have not attained that intermediary level. Instead, the role of public libraries is constrained to performing a tangential role to e-government. This includes its focus on the provision of access to information. As Caribbean governments progress further with e-government implementation, public libraries may need to expand their role beyond information provision to help citizens in their adoption of e-government, as well as enhance their service provision to them. This highlights some of the digital divide issues that developing countries experience versus information rich countries (i.e., developed nations) such as the United States of America. Thus, the digital divide is not only about access to ICTs; it also now includes citizens' capacity to use ICTs. This paper examines the capacity and role of the public libraries in Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica in enhancing e-government efforts.

Information Provision and Farmer Welfare in Developing Economies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhou ◽  
Xiaoshuai Fan ◽  
Ying-Ju Chen ◽  
Christopher S. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Farmer Welfare

Information Provision and Farmer Welfare in Developing Economies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junjie Zhou ◽  
Xiaoshuai Fan ◽  
Ying-Ju Chen ◽  
Christopher S. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Developing Economies ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Farmer Welfare
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