scholarly journals Effects of Agricultural Development Policies on Migration in Peninsular Malaysia

Demography ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazli Baydar ◽  
Michael J. White ◽  
Charles Simkins ◽  
Ozer Babakol
Weed Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Masilamany Dilipkumar ◽  
Muhammad Saiful Ahmad-Hamdani ◽  
Hairazi Rahim ◽  
Tse Seng Chuah ◽  
Nilda Roma Burgos

Abstract A total of 452 rice farmers from three main granary areas of Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA), Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority (KADA), and Integrated Agricultural Development Area Barat Laut Selangor (IADA BLS) were surveyed in 2019. The goal was to determine farmers’ knowledge of and management practices for weedy rice (Oryza spp.) as well as the adoption level of Clearfield® rice technology (CRT) in Malaysia. Most farmers (74%) were adept at recognizing weedy rice. The majority of farmers (77%) perceived transplanting and water seeding rice systems as the best options to manage weedy rice, while only 10% of the farmers adopted CRT. The low level of adoption of this technology was due to several constraints, including the high cost of the CRT package and occurrence of imidazolinone (IMI)-resistant weedy rice in their farms. Farmers from MADA and IADA BLS reported the occurrence of IMI weedy rice in their farms for more than nine planting seasons, whereas those from KADA reported having resistant weedy rice for five to six planting seasons. The main factor contributing to the evolution of IMI-resistant weedy rice was ignorance about the technology and deliberate disregard of stewardship guidelines. The survey revealed that there is a need to increase awareness about CRT through training and educational programs for proper adoption of this technology.


2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
MONICA M. VAN BEUSEKOM

In the introduction to their edited volume International Development and the Social Sciences: Essays on the History and Politics of Knowledge, Frederick Cooper and Randall Packard take on the thorny question of why development policies change and why they sometimes persist or reappear after a period of dormancy. Much recent scholarship has located the reasons for persistence or change in development approaches within international institutions such as multilateral and bilateral aid agencies and Western scientific and social scientific disciplines. Both Arturo Escobar and James Ferguson argue for the existence of a hegemonic development discourse with standardized interventions aimed at ‘solving’ homogenized ‘problems’. Grounded in Western institutions such as the World Bank, this development discourse is maintained by an interlocked network of experts and expertise. In their analyses, development approaches and interventions are minimally affected by the particularities of locale. Other scholars concerned with identifying and understanding significant change in development policy have also focused their studies on Western organizations and disciplines and excluded from their analysis the role that development practice might play in change. But Cooper and Packard challenge scholars to consider the ways in which development policies might be molded by the practice of development, when they note ‘it is not clear that the determinants of these policies are as independent of what goes on at the grassroots as they appear to their authors or their critics to be’.


Author(s):  
Vinh Bao Ngoc

Agriculture in Thailand has developed as it is today because of the long-term strategic vision of the government. Since the 1980s, agricultural development policy has used a variety of marketing principles, which ensures that there is aharmonious development with rural areas. Agricultural development policies in Thailand faced a lot of challenges such as the narrowed farming area, a large number of rural labor force moving to urban, farmers getting no benefits from government policies. The research shed light on agricultural development policies in Thailand, especially key points in agricultural extension policies, agricultural support, rural industrialization policies, modern scientific applications, foreign  investment in agriculture, and then drawing some policies in sustainable agriculture development in our country.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Ali Idrus ◽  
Bradley Setiyadi ◽  
Denny Denmar ◽  
Robin Pratama

Agricultural development policies are implemented to improve food security, develop agribusiness, and improve farmers' welfare so that the agricultural products produced must meet the requirements for quantity, quality, and sustainability, as well as being competitive and easy to obtain at affordable prices. The potential that exists in the form of food agricultural products, horticultural plantations, livestock, and agro-tourism development needs to be managed properly through the existence of BUMDes and village cooperatives. Therefore, mentoring activities, in the form of training and counseling on the procedures for establishing BUMDes and cooperatives for the sustainability of agricultural product management, both pre- and post-harvest. This service will provide training and counseling to farmer groups in Pesisir Bukit Village, Kerinci Regency, so that they can establish BUMDes and cooperatives to increase agricultural commodity yields and develop village potential. The end result of this service activity is that farmers can manage agricultural products and develop village potential through BUMDes and cooperatives so that they have an impact on improving living standards.    


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