Insight into Gen Z: Navigating the Changing Workplace Landscape | Chapter 8 | Contemporary Research in Business, Management and Economics Vol. 7

 

The aim of this paper is to fill the gap about the characteristics and workplace preferences of Generation Z on what to expect of them since they are now adults joining the workforce. It is crucial to be prepared with their expectation of the workplace as an organisation needs to have a group of loyal workers to sustain its competitiveness and survival in this overarching competitive business world. With such insight it is hoped that employers are ready with information on the necessary training, working environment, preferred communication and management style expected by future employees, thus, ensuring the appropriate preparation to embrace the new workforce into the existing playing field as well as maintaining the existing Millennial generation as employees in organizations be it private or public sector. A document analysis has been done on reports released by responsible parties in an effort to further explore the insight of Gen Z preferences. Since Malaysia does not have much literature on Gen Z, therefore, this paper has to take the literature on Gen Z statistics from other studies around the world in describing and explaining the sphere of the discussion. It was found that Gen Z tends to redefine the conventional work environment in order to suit their needs and preferences to stay loyal and productive.

 

Author(s)details:-

 

Mohd Noor Azman Othman
University Poly-Tech Malaysia, No. 6/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa-56100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Mas Anom Abdul Rashid
University Poly-Tech Malaysia, No. 6/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa-56100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

Ruhil Amani Said
Institute of Graduate Studies, University Poly-Tech Malaysia, No. 6/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa-56100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

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Preferences of Farmers for Strains of Deoni Cattle | Chapter 1 | Research Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 4

The study is planned to find out if there is a special preference of livestock owners towards rearing of a certain Deoni variety.  Deoni is a sturdy and valued dual purpose breed of Maharashtra, India. The breed demonstrates three strains viz., Balankya(pure white), Waghya also called Shewera(white and black Spots on the body) and Wannera(animals with complete white Body and black face). Social media and available non- scientific literature highlights Wannera strain as Deoni. Data were collected from Deoni livestock owners who participated in Livestock exhibitions held at different areas of Latur and adjoining neighboring regions during a period from 2016- to 2019 by personal interview method. Results revealted that amongst the three varieties, Wanner and Shewera (46.29% and 49.00% respectively) were in approximately same number but Balankya strain animals were only 4.71% advocating urgent steps for conservation of strain. 54% farmers reported that the bull used for NS belonged to Wannera strain. It was also seen that 62% farmers showed specific inclination towards Wannera. There are also a concerns of mixed populations and uncontrolled breeding at farmer’s doorsteps. In addition to all these limitations and adversities for Deoni cattle population, there is an additional challenge arises regarding farmer’s choice of variety. With this trend of strain selective breeding of Deoni, there might be threat to genetic biodiversity.

Author(s) Details:

Jadhav P. V.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

Waghmare S. S.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

Komatwar S. J.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

Kokate L. S.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

Dhaware S. A.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

Avhad S. R.,
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India.

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Demand Driven Decisions on Demonstration and Evaluation of Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana) Technologies at Farmers Training Center (FTC) as Pre-conditions and Driving Force into Cluster Farming Approach and Commercialization Momentum | Chapter 7 | New Visions in Science and Technology Vol. 10

 The necessity of technological or innovative pre-extension demonstration and evaluation in determining the momentum of scaling up and commercialization via large-scale demonstrations utilising a clustering technique is critical. It would be simple to methodically organise functions and stakeholders for further scaling up arrangements of selected technologies or innovations after we had decided and had final favoured types or technologies. Farmers' training centre (FTC) was identified as a research experiment or demonstration site where various technologies and innovations could be demonstrated and evaluated through a participatory approach involving farmers, development agents, agricultural experts, researchers, and other key stakeholders. In the South Gondar Zone of North Western Ethiopia, a participatory demonstration and evaluation of improved finger millet technologies was conducted to demonstrate and evaluate improved finger millet technologies to farmers and extension workers, as well as create demand for the technology for wider scaling up. In this presentation, a freshly released variety was used to compare its performance and preferences to older types. It was carried out in two districts that differed in terms of agro-ecological and farming production systems to some extent. At twelve FTC locations and/or sites, four varieties, including a local check, were exhibited and evaluated based on varietal attributes, farmer preferences, and feedback. Farmers' variety or local check was used as a local check for comparison. Farmers' variety or local check is a variety grown by farmers and has been cultivated for a long time. A quadrant approach of yield estimation was utilised to estimate the average and relative yield of each cultivar. When it comes to yield estimation, the tesema variety, even the local variation, surpassed the others. There were no statistically significant differences in mean yield between the two districts for the displayed varieties. The average yield of the tesema variety, on the other hand, deviated significantly from the national average yield of the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency (CSA). All of the enhanced and displayed types outperformed the native variety in terms of yield. There were also yield differences amongst the modified varieties themselves. Grain colour, size, cooking quality, animal feed (palatability), biomass, marketability, and disease resistance were regarded as the most important variables in variety selection for farmers and other key stakeholders. Based on this research and the preferences of types, more large-scale demonstrations using the cluster farming approach should be conducted at each of the demonstration sites. Variety release and development by respective breeders must take those variety selection criteria and farmers' preferences into consideration in order to scale-up and spread the technology to other people.

Author(S) Details

Misganaw Anteneh Tegegne
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia.

Endayen Melaku Baye
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia.

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