ABSTRACT Agriculture any where in the world can hardly remain productive without efficient and optimal application of appropriate agricultural inputs, the current food and fibre gaps we are witnessing in the country is being attributed mainly to the wide gap in agricultural input supplies to the Small-Scale Farmers, who are the centre piece of agricultural production in Nigerian. The main aim of this project work is to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of he agencies participating i...
ABSTRACT In many sub-Saharan African countries including Tanzania, farmers face hardship to access better agricultural information. Consequently farmers lack adequate knowledge on farm management skills like correct land preparation, timely planting, pest and diseases and their control, timely weed control to bypass the critical period of weed competition, and low price of their product since they depend mostly to get information from extension officers and middlemen. But number of extension ...
ABSTRACT The sudden presence of refugees significantly altered the lives of the local population in Kibondo District. The present study was carried out to determine the socio-economic effects of refugees on the local community. It was geared specifically to determine the economic status of local people in the Kibondo district after the refugees’ influx. Furthermore, the study investigated the social effects of refugees on the hosts, attitude of people towards the refugees and mitigation ef...
ABSTRACT The analysis of food insecurity and coping strategies of rural people during food insecurity in Endebess division , Tranzoia district was examined between May and October 2012. The ultimate objectives ofthe study were to: (i) Examine the causes of food shortages in rural households of Endebess division (ii) document the coping strategies of the people during food shot1ages; (iii) to examine people's opinions on the mitigation of food shortage in their area. The data were collected us...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the evaluation of rural credit markets in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State. The study focused on the financial lending institutions (formal and informal) that lend money to farmers, the differences in the lending conditions and amount of loan granted between the identified sources. Also, the impact Of the loan on the beneficiaries level of production and income. Data relevant to the study were collected through the use of both structured qu...
ABSTRACT Climate change is having severe impacts on agricultural production and food security, with yields from rain-fed agriculture in developing countries projected to halve by 2020. One crop vulnerable to the effect of climate variability and change is cocoa (Theobroma cacao). Though there are extensive studies on how the cocoa sector can adapt to the adverse effects of climate variability and change, little empirical research has been carried out on the consequences of micro-adaptation me...
Abstract: Smallholder rural farm households face an increasing need of looking for alternative income sources to secure their livelihoods and supplement their agricultural activities. But Agriculture in study area is at subsistence stage, complex, diverse and risk prone. In Haramaya district income diversification is influenced by various factors. Thus, the aim of the study was to identify level and status of income diversification and factors responsible for participation of income diversif...
ABSTRACT The assessment of the K.C.S.E agriculture project work has been plagued by disparities between the school and the external based assessments; with the inception of the 8-4-4 education system in Kenya the problem has become worse. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Determinants of Quality Assessment of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Agriculture Projects in selected secondary schools of Kakamega County from 1999 to 2003. The study endeavored to achieve the foll...
Abstract A good deal of literature is available about the healing procedures of traditional herbalists in different areas o f Ghana. However, little information can be found about this subject among the coastal Fante. This study attempts to record in detail the activities of two traditional herbalists living in this area. Another objective is to find out whether, and in what situations, fishermen go to a traditional herbalist. The research was carried out through participant observation and ...
ABSTRACT urban agriculture is practiced in most third world societies not as a hobby but as a necessasity both for subsistence food production and to earn extra income.
ABSTRACT The research project is a very crucial study for the development of agriculture and industry in Nigeria. The study was motivated by the necessity to establish the extent of the effect of monetary and fiscal policies adopted by the government and monetary authorities in Nigeria on agricultural and industrial development. The need for industrialization and agricultural develo9pment have been of great concern since after Nigeria’s independence. To solve the research problem b...
Abstract: The Mara River is the lifeline of the Trans boundary Mara basin across Kenya and Tanzania. The basin is considered one of the more serene sub-catchments of the Lake Victoria Basin and ultimately the Nile Basin. The basin traverses the famous Maasai Mara and Serengeti National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania respectively. The basin also contains forests, largescale farms, smallholder farms, pastoral grazing lands, as well as hunter gatherers and fishers. There is growing concern however...
ABSTRACT The agriculture sector supports the livelihoods of the majority of the population in Rwanda. Currently, the sector is dominated by smallholder farmers most of whom are women. In order to modernize and transform agriculture to market orientation, the government has put in place agriculture sector development programs for instance the Crop Intensification Program. One of the targeted crops in the program is the common bean. Nearly all households in Rwanda produce the common bean. Thoug...
ABSTRACT Agriculture, which is the main source of livelihood of peri-urban dwellers in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis is seriously being threatened by rapid urbanization due to the discovery of oil in the Tano Basin. The oil industry is gradually impacting the urban development pattern of the twin city. Hence peri-urban agriculture has been limited to areas such as riverbanks, roadsides, parks and lands under high-voltage electrical towers that cannot be used for buildings. The main thrust of th...
AFRICA REGIONAL FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN The idea of a school of information science for English speaking African countries was conceived at UNESCO in 1973, revived at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in 1980, and usefully bold to the meeting of commonwealth Head of Universities, held in Hong Kong, in March 1981. In January 1983, a four man team of Experts visited many African universities in order to recommend to UNESCO and IDRC the best loca...