Multiple Approaches to Enhance Communication Between Rice Farmers, Rural Service Providers and Scientists

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 260-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Van Mele
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Rural Service

scholarly journals How the timing and location of video shows influence learning among rice farmers in Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Karubanga ◽  
Paul Kibwika ◽  
Florent Okry ◽  
Haroon Sseguya
Keyword(s):  
Women Elderly ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
Production Practices

Videos have the potential of enhancing learning among smallholder farmers. The study intended to establish whether timing and location of video shows influence learning among rice farmers in Kamwenge district, Uganda. A cross-sectional study was conducted by interviewing 48 focus group participants; 100 individual video participants and 16 key informants. Geographical Positioning System (GPS) mapping was used to establish the video catchment areas and distribution of video participants. Farmers approved the video for providing timely, useful and reliable information and bringing extension service providers closer to the farming communities. Majority (94%) of the farmers said that video provided useful information that fostered change in rice production practices and technologies. A one sample T-test indicated that the timing and location of video events are significant in influencing learning among farmers particularly by women, elderly and distant farmers. The implication is that locating video shows far away and running them late at night seriously compromised involvement by females, elderly and distant people. Thus, modalities suggested by farmers need to focus on adjusting the timing of video shows and ensuring rotational operational of videos in the respective villages or parishes purposely to reach out to the elderly, distant and women farmers.Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 6 (2): 77-81, December, 2016

scholarly journals Interventions in increasing availability of skilled healthcare providers in rural areas: A Case Study of Bihar (India)

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 853-864
Author(s):  
Dilip Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Rural Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Personal Support ◽  
Rural Service

Population of rural areas face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioural factors, and health provider shortages that combine to impose striking disparities in health outcomes among them. The process of recruitment takes about four to six months for Recruitment of Medical officers and paramedics. The number of applicants is quite limited because of dearth of doctors and paramedics in the State. It was felt that the health staffs incentives will help to increase the turnover of health staffs to some extent in the rural and remote areas. Monitoring cell has been constituted at the state level. The trainings are being monitored at regular intervals of time. The motivational level of health staff at all levels seems to be low. Continuous communication and feedback by state level programme officers is needed on regular basis. Placement of the suitable trained personnel is needed at those health facilities where sufficient infrastructure is available. Since 2010-11, there has been a continuous focus on the capacity building of the existing manpower in  the  state.  Trainings  as  per  GOI  guidelines  on  Immunization,  IMNCI,  EmOC,  LSAS,  SBA  and Minilap/MVA etc. have been taken up with full strength. In addition, the State wide training on immunization for Medical Officers, IPC skills for breast feeding and basic training in neonatal resuscitation also has been taken up at various levels. More than four-fifth of the total staffs in the health facilities were agreed on all the educational interventions for retention of health staffs in rural areas. For the regulatory interventions such as enhanced scope of practice, different types of health workers; multi skilling of alternate service providers, compulsory rural service which may be mandatory for obtaining license to practice or can be a prerequisite for entry into specialization and subsidized education in return of assured services were agreed by four-fifth of the total staffs. For the interventions related to professional and personal support such as better living conditions (water, sanitation, electricity, telecommunications, schools, etc.), safe and supportive working environment, outreach activities to facilitate cooperation between health workforce from better served and underserved areas; use of tele-health, designing career development programmes linked with rural service: more senior posts in rural areas and professional networks for rural areas such as rural health professional associations, rural health journals, etc. about 88 percent of the HR categories of Staffs were agreed in the health facilities

Participation in farmers' organization and production efficiency: empirical evidence from smallholder farmers in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Subir Bairagi ◽  
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb
Keyword(s):  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Rice Yield ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
The Impact

PurposeFarmer organizations (FOs) can elevate many of the production- and marketing-related challenges by ensuring access to technology, farming information and loan for inputs and mechanization. This study assesses the major factors that affect the participation in FOs by the smallholder rice farmers in Bangladesh and evaluates the impacts of the participation on rice yield and production efficiency.Design/methodology/approachThe present study used primary data collected from 1,000 smallholder rice farmers in northwest Bangladesh, consisting of 250 farmers those participated in an organization. This study utilized a sample selection stochastic production frontier (SPF) method, a combination of the conventional SPF and the Heckman's sample selection model, to control for biases stemming from observed and unobserved attributes.FindingsThis study demonstrates that participation in an organization is significantly affected by smallholder rice farmers' education, occupation, family size, household income, land ownership and the location where they reside. At the same time, the participation status affects the productivity of smallholder farmers. Findings indicate that farmers who participated in an organization had higher rice yield (11% more) and were technically more efficient (1.4 percentage points higher) compared to farmers who did not participate.Research limitations/implicationsSince this study was carried out with representative sampled farmers from northwest Bangladesh, the findings may not represent all farmers' perceptions of FOs in the country.Originality/valueEven though more than 200,000 FOs are currently in operation, knowledge regarding the effectiveness of Bangladesh's FOs is limited. Notably, this study used a relatively new method, sample selection SPF model, to investigate the impact of FOs on the production efficiency of smallholder rice farmers in northwest Bangladesh. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature in elucidating the factors affecting participation in FOs and its impact on rice yield and efficiency. Since FOs have been somewhat ineffective in their role as service providers in Bangladesh, this study’s results will guide policymakers to intervene more successfully regarding the changes needed.

BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP OF UNIVERSITY RESOURCES AND RURAL SERVICE PROVIDERS: A CASE STUDY

1992 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 691-699
Author(s):  
Eileen E. MaloneBeach ◽  
Daniel J. Lago ◽  
Steven H. Zarit ◽  
John Kordish ◽  
R. Alan Smith
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Rural Service

scholarly journals Enhancing client welfare through better communication of private mental health data between rural service providers

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Kisalay Burmeister ◽  
Md Zahidul Islam ◽  
Miriam Dayhew ◽  
Merrilyn Crichton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Client Data ◽  
Privacy Legislation ◽  
Manual Handling ◽  
Rural Service ◽  
Communicative Processes

Client welfare is detrimentally affected by poor communication of data between rural service providers, which in part is complicated by privacy legislation. A study of service provision involving interviews with mental health professionals, found challenges in communicative processes between agencies were exacerbated by the heavy workloads. Dependence on individual interpretations of legislation, and on manual handling, led to delays that detrimentally affected client welfare. The main recommendation arising from this article is the creation of an ehealth system that is able to negotiate differing levels of access to client data through centralised controls, where the administration of that system ensures that it stays current with changing legislative requirements. The main contribution of the proposed model is to combine two well-known concepts: data integration and generalisation. People with mental illness are amongst the most vulnerable members of society, and current ehealth systems that provide access to medical records inadequately cater to their needs.

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