The objective of this study was to provide a macroscopic evaluation review of environmentally-friendly agriculture （EFA） status and then suggest policy recommendations for promoting EFA in Korea. Amid considerable c...The objective of this study was to provide a macroscopic evaluation review of environmentally-friendly agriculture （EFA） status and then suggest policy recommendations for promoting EFA in Korea. Amid considerable challenges, including food security, many small-scale farms with increasingly aged farm population and growing competition, agri-environmental indicators （AEIs） and EFA certificate performance shed light on the fact that the trend of the state of the environment reversed, albeit with room to improve. Identifying positive contributions to EFA made by target-oriented long-term EFA plans and the direct payment scheme, this paper suggests to enrich the agricultural information systems, a system approach to agri-environmental resource management, and make a transition toward the low inputs farming systems.展开更多
Information and Communication Technologies(ICT)play a key role in the dissemination of information on farm inputs for their increased adoption.Small-scale cereal farmers have been exposed to ICT-based farm input infor...Information and Communication Technologies(ICT)play a key role in the dissemination of information on farm inputs for their increased adoption.Small-scale cereal farmers have been exposed to ICT-based farm input information in developing countries.However,an underuse of these ICTs services has led to an insignificant adoption of farm input information.That underuse was due to certain factors.The purpose of this study was to propose an ICT model for increased adoption of farm input information by establishing these factors and their relationships.A convenient sample of 300 small-scale cereal farmers was selected in Sikasso,Mali to gather data.The partial least squares structural equation modelling technique was used to assess the model that was being proposed.We used the technique to establish the measurement model validity and to assess the structural model(hypotheses).The result suggested that the model was highly predictive of the Use of ICT-based farm input information(80.7%).In addition,use of these ICT-based farm input information was also highly predictive(68.4%)of the Increased Adoption of farm input information by small-scale cereal farmers in developing countries.展开更多
文摘The objective of this study was to provide a macroscopic evaluation review of environmentally-friendly agriculture （EFA） status and then suggest policy recommendations for promoting EFA in Korea. Amid considerable challenges, including food security, many small-scale farms with increasingly aged farm population and growing competition, agri-environmental indicators （AEIs） and EFA certificate performance shed light on the fact that the trend of the state of the environment reversed, albeit with room to improve. Identifying positive contributions to EFA made by target-oriented long-term EFA plans and the direct payment scheme, this paper suggests to enrich the agricultural information systems, a system approach to agri-environmental resource management, and make a transition toward the low inputs farming systems.
文摘Information and Communication Technologies(ICT)play a key role in the dissemination of information on farm inputs for their increased adoption.Small-scale cereal farmers have been exposed to ICT-based farm input information in developing countries.However,an underuse of these ICTs services has led to an insignificant adoption of farm input information.That underuse was due to certain factors.The purpose of this study was to propose an ICT model for increased adoption of farm input information by establishing these factors and their relationships.A convenient sample of 300 small-scale cereal farmers was selected in Sikasso,Mali to gather data.The partial least squares structural equation modelling technique was used to assess the model that was being proposed.We used the technique to establish the measurement model validity and to assess the structural model(hypotheses).The result suggested that the model was highly predictive of the Use of ICT-based farm input information(80.7%).In addition,use of these ICT-based farm input information was also highly predictive(68.4%)of the Increased Adoption of farm input information by small-scale cereal farmers in developing countries.
