Assessing the potential of beef cattle farming as contributor to income of communal households of Chief Albert Luthuli municipality in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Molefi ◽  
C. A. Mbajiorgu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High School ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Cattle Farming

The study was conducted across four rural communities of Chief Albert Luthuli municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The objective of the study was to assess the contribution of beef cattle farming to household income in Chief Albert Luthuli municipality of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Data were analyzed descriptively. Simultaneously, multiple regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the contribution of beef cattle in household income in the study area. Results showed that 50% each of both the male and female farmers were engaged in beef cattle farming. 50.5% of respondents were more than 51 years old and therefore not in productive age with 40% of respondents aged between 41 - 50 years old. 7% of respondents have 1 - 2 dependents, while 11.5% of respondents have 3 - 4 dependents and 35.5% have more than 4 dependents. However, 46% of respondents have other dependents which they did not specify. 22.5% of respondents have 1-10 years of beef cattle farming experience while 14% have 11 - 12 years of experience. However, 21% of respondents have more than 20 years of experience and 39.5% have 50 - 60 years of experience on beef cattle farming. 40.5% of respondents acquired grade 11 or below and 45% of respondents had no school education, elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school. The contribution of beef cattle farming to household's income in communal areas of Chief Albert Luthuli is 19%. Also, number of beef cattle and age of mortality hold significant influence on the farmer's income from beef cattle.

scholarly journals Impacts of Distance Education on Agricultural Performance and Household Income: Micro-Evidence from Peri-Urban Districts in Beijing

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3945
Author(s):  
Jianxin Guo ◽  
Songqing Jin ◽  
Lei Chen ◽  
Jichun Zhao
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
School Education ◽  
High School Education ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Urban Districts ◽  
Input Use

Information communication technology (ICT) has changed the traditional agricultural extension service mode worldwide. This paper examines the effects of the Rural Distance Education Project (RDEP) on the household income, agricultural productivity, and off-farm employment of farmers in peri-urban areas in Beijing. Using the survey data of 783 randomly selected farm households from 54 villages in three Beijing peri-urban districts in 2014, and the propensity score matching method (PSM), we find that the RDEP has a significant and positive effect on agricultural productivity and input use. Meanwhile, the program’s effects are heterogeneous across districts and households. For example, the RDEP has significant impacts on several outcome indicators, such as agricultural labor productivity (at a 5% level of significance), agricultural land productivity (at a 10% level), and input use intensity (at a 1% level) in Tongzhou (an agriculturally more important district, with a more intensive RDEP usage), but none of these effects is significant in Pinggu district. Furthermore, the RDEP is found to have bigger, and statistically more significant effects, for households with junior high school education than for those with either lower or higher than junior high school education. Furthermore, the RDEP is more effective for households with more assets than those with fewer assets. These results point toward the importance of using a rural distance education program as an effective extension service, and the need to take community and individual characteristics into account in the implementation and design of future programs.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Writing Skill Using Computer Assisted Test (CAT) in Junior High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Raheni Suhita ◽  
Herman J. Waluyo ◽  
Budhi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Writing Skill

This study aimed to determine the factors affecting writing skill quality and the level of their contribution to help language teachers to formulate more effective strategies using CAT to enhance writing skill. The correlating factors discussed in this research were students’ reading comprehension skill, vocabulary mastery, and attitude toward language.  The study applied quantitative approach with simple and multiple correlation and regression techniques. The samples of the study were 100 students taken using stratified random sampling technique from a population of 2000 junior high school students in Surakarta City. The data were collected using multiple choice test for students’ reading comprehension skills and vocabulary mastery, writing assignments, and questionnaires for their attitudes toward the Indonesian language. The findings showed that there are positive correlations between the independent variables, either individually or simultaneously, with writing skill. The individual contribution levels is 44.75% of reading comprehension skill, 27.70% of vocabulary mastery, and 28.5% of attitude toward language. As for the simultaneous correlation of the three determining factors make up to 45.16%. contribution level to writing skill quality. Thus it can be concluded that reading comprehension has the most contribution to writing skill compared to vocabulary mastery and attitude toward language. The identified levels of contribution can be taken into consideration in formulating teaching strategies and materials to enhance writing skill quality.  

Determinants of smallholder cattle farmers’ access to high-value cattle markets in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Antwi ◽  
N.V. E. Mazibuko ◽  
C. Chagwiza
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Informal Markets ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cattle Markets ◽  
Cattle Farming ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The objective of this study was to determine factors affecting smallholder cattle farmers’ participation in high-value cattle markets in the Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa. A total of 109 smallholder cattle farmers were randomly selected and interviewed by using structured questionnaire. Descriptive and probit regression analysis were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science. The results revealed that the majority of the farmers: were males, married, not formally educated, had less than 10years of cattle farming experience, did not participate in the most rewarding channels, used informal markets, received higher prices from the cattle markets nearer and regularly used. The statistically significant variables found to influence the cattle farmers’ participation in the high value formal markets from the probit regression analyses were number of heifers (Z=2.742: Sig. 0.006), keep farm-records (Z=2.611: Sig. 0.009), years in cattle farming (Z=-2.451: Sig. 0.014), and slaughtering cattle and selling as carcass (Z=-1.899: Sig. 0.054)

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENDAPATAN USAHA PETERNAKAN SAPI POTONG BERBASIS SISTEM INTEGRASI DI KABUPATEN SITUBONDO

BUANA SAINS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Ariani Trisna Murti ◽  
Farida Kusuma Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Integration System ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
Paddy Farmers

The research was conducted on farmer-based system that is integrated beef cattle business with agricultural land in Situbondo. Situbondo is an agricultural area that has potential as regional business development effort of cattle with rice fields. This research was conducted in Situbondo on 5 August to 12 September 2014. The choice of location research is done intentionally (purposive) in consideration because the area is one of the fields and the majority of people work as petani.Tujuan of this study was to determine the magnitude household income of cattle on beef cattle business integration system and to determine the household income of paddy farmers' efforts. Samples were observed in this study were 39 respondents, and data analysis using the formula to determine the income analysis-cattle farmers' income, the contribution formula to determine the contribution of farming to income-livestock farmers. The results showed that revenues in the system integration business beef with rice fields Rp. 28,434,100.1. Suggestions in the study should be the ranchers and farmers of system integration in Situbondo increase to the maximum all the factors affecting the production of beef cattle business productivity, thereby automatically breeders and farmers' income will also

scholarly journals Determinant factors affecting the improvement of education index

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Setiawan Jamal ◽  
Muslim Salam ◽  
Andi Nixia Tenriawaru ◽  
Didi Rukmana ◽  
Muhammad Hatta Jamil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Section Data

The Human Development Index (HDI) of the Selayar Islands Regency experienced an insignificant improvement. The low education index causes the low HDI achievement of the Selayar Islands Regency because the achievement of education index is lower than the health index and the expenditure index. Therefore, it is very necessary to improve the education index. This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the education index. This study uses secondary data in the form of panel data which is a combination of time series data from 2014 to 2019 and cross section data from 11 sub-districts. Panel data to measure the factors that affect the Education Index were analyzed using regression analysis. The results showed that the teacher to student ratio at elementary school had a negative effect on the education index, the class to student ratio at elementary school had a positive effect on the education index, while the school to student ratio at elementary school, school to student ratio at junior high school, class to student ratio at junior high school and teacher to student ratio at junior high school had no effect on the education index.

Management practices and constraints of beef cattle productionin communal areas of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
SH Molefi ◽  
CA Mbajiorgu ◽  
MA Antwi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Communal Areas

A survey study was conducted to determine the management practices and constraints faced by beef cattle producers in 200 households in communal areas of Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality in Mpumalanga province. In this context, the results indicated that while 91.5% of farmers practiced continuous breeding in heifers at younger than two years of age, a higher number approximately 68.5% of farmers relied upon neighbours for breeding bulls. Also, calving percentage was between 50% and 70% as reported by 43.5% of farmers whereas 54.5% of farmers reported 50% to 60% weaning percentage. However, 77.5% of the farmers weaned their calves at five to seven months. 100% of farmers freely grazed their beef cattle on the mountainside and over 93.5% of farmers used veld as a source of feed with 82% of farmers supplementing their beef cattle depending on the season. Overall, the main constraints reported by the respondents were disease (26%) and malnutrition (18%) during dry season. In conclusion, the study finds that regular and proper medication in addition to supplementing feeds can assist by reducing mortality rates and enhancing productivity.

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