ABSTRACT Alectra Vogelii (Alectra) (parasitic weed) damages cowpea in the semi-arid areas of Tanzania. Using the petri-dish technique, 14 genotypes from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria and four from Tanzania were assessed for ability to stimulate the germination of Alectra as a proxy for germination stimulant production using a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 replications. Overall 5, 6 and 7 genotypes were categorised as low, medium and high germi...
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of unnational urban agricultural activities in emakhandeni high density suburb of balavayo and its periphery and their implications for climate change and global warning.
INTRODUCTION Shortages of meat accompanied by rapid price increases have aroused much concern in Ghana recently. These shortages may be attributed in part to a decline in the flow of livestock from neighbouring states which serve as our primary external sources of meat (Clottey, 1971) . There is evidence to suggest that of recent local sources of meat have also lagged due to increased costs of production. These supply factors combined with a rising demand, resulting primarily from population ...
Abstract Spatial price transmission or market integration measures the degree to which geographically separated markets share long-run market information on homogenous commodities. One very contentious issue in Ghana is the concern about the implications of trade liberalization for spatial price transmission and integration of local tomato markets i.e. whether or not price linkages between tomato markets in Ghana improved following the countries adoption of trade liberalization policy in the...
Objective of Study The study was motivated by the Ghana Government's proposal for an integrated crop improvement project for maize. The project seeks to promote the use of 'improved methods' of cultivating maize in selected centres of maize production in the country with the aim of increasing annual maize production by approximately 50,000 long tons over the next five years. It is hoped that the target would be achieved primarily through increasing yields on at least 100,000 acres of the appr...
ABSTRACT It would be hard, if not impossible to overstress the importance of agriculture in the growth and development of Ghana's economy. Despite our concentrated efforts at industrialization, Ghana, like other African states, remains predominantly an agrarian society. Yet, despite agriculture's strategic role in the performance of the Ghanaian economy, financial institutions (especially commercial banks) have always shown a marked reluctance to plough funds into increasing the production an...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine factors affecting milk yield, lactation length and milk composition of smallholders’ dual-purpose cattle in the Ashanti Region. Specifically it was intended to assess the effect of breed and non-genetic factors on (1) average value of milk yield, (2) lactation length of cows and (3) percentage milk components of various breeds of local cows. The study was conducted in four Districts of the Ashanti Region from 2012 to 2014. The cattle u...
ABSTRACT This research was aimed at finding the effectiveness of marketing cooperatives to the livelihood of farmers in Kumi district, a case study of Nyero Sub County. The study was based on three main objectives which were; to find out the importance of marketing cooperatives in Nyero Sub County, to examine the challenges faced by the marketing cooperatives in Nyero Sub County and to identify the ways of improving the performance of marketing cooperatives. The researcher obtained a letter ...