Factors Affecting Rural Households Participation in Off/Non-Farm Activities in Sinana District, West-Bale–Zone, Ethiopia
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
33-39
Received:
27 April 2022
Accepted:
20 June 2022
Published:
12 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.jim.20221102.11
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Abstract: The main objective of this study was to identify the main factors affecting participation in off/non-farm activities in Sinana district, West Bale zone, Ethiopia. Off/non - farm income-generating activities play an important role to supplement income from agriculture. For this study, data were collected from 423 smallholder farmers in Sinana district. The study combined quantitative and qualitative data obtained from desk assessments, focus group discussions and an in-depth interview. Descriptive statistics and econometric models were used to analyze the data. Descriptive methods such as mean, percentage and frequency were used. Both Logistic and probit models were fitted to the data. Logistic regression had lower AIC and BIC. The lower the value of AIC and BIC, the better the model goodness of fit. Therefore, the logistic model is preferred in this study. The results of the logistic regression model showed that the education attainment of the household head, landholding size, credit, frequency of agricultural extension visits, distance to nearby town, cell phone ownership, number of oxen, membership to ‘equb’, crop insect attach and disease invasion were statistically and significantly affected participation in off/non-farm activities. Therefore, strengthening existing agricultural extension services, disseminating information on available jobs, providing loans and developing infrastructure are key areas to be considered.
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to identify the main factors affecting participation in off/non-farm activities in Sinana district, West Bale zone, Ethiopia. Off/non - farm income-generating activities play an important role to supplement income from agriculture. For this study, data were collected from 423 smallholder farmers in Sinana distri...
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Effects of Organisational Factors on Employee Green Behaviour: A Moderating Role of Environmental Awareness
Talatu Raiya Umar,
Hayatu Umar Gana
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
40-50
Received:
9 February 2022
Accepted:
31 March 2022
Published:
26 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.jim.20221102.12
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Abstract: In recent years the occurrence of natural disasters such as flooding due to global climate change is an issue of huge concern to the extent that environmental sustainability has become an important subject of discourse in society and organisations. Such that flooding caused by global climate change is not only an environmental issue, but, rather it is a problem that is inextricably associated with almost everything we do as a society The excessive presence of toxic in the environment because of human and organisational influences are hugely the reasons for the current situation of the environment today. The primary objective of this study was to explore the association between environmentally specific transformational leadership, green human resource management, and employee green behaviour. In addition, the moderating role of environmental awareness was also examined in the association of all other variables. More so, in this study SmartPLS 2.0 program was applied for path and moderation effect analysis of surveys collected among 382 employees working across selected organisations in the North-Central and North-West geo-political zones of Nigeria. Results showed that both environmentally specific transformational leadership and green human resource management were significantly and positively associated with EGB. Furthermore, results revealed that environmental awareness moderated the association between environmentally specific transformational leadership and employee green behaviour, as well as between green human resource management and employee green behaviour. Implications and suggestions for future research were discussed.
Abstract: In recent years the occurrence of natural disasters such as flooding due to global climate change is an issue of huge concern to the extent that environmental sustainability has become an important subject of discourse in society and organisations. Such that flooding caused by global climate change is not only an environmental issue, but, rather it...
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