Farm diversification is considered an optimal farm plan decision for mitigatingvarying degrees of risks and uncertainties which surround agricultural production, and also has a benefit of stabilizing or increasing income. Diversified agriculture is widely practicedin Konoin district but smallholder farmers earn low incomes asevidenced by poor living standards amongst the smallholders. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of on-farm diversification in poverty alleviation amon...
The study assessed the perception of farmers on the awareness, causes and impact of climate change on their farming activities. The study further identifies and describes the various coping strategies adopted by farmers and ways of improving upon them to effectively tackle change in climatic conditions. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as frequencies, and percentages. The other key technique that was employed to address the objective includes the Chi squ...
The study assessed the perception of farmers on the awareness, causes and impact of climate change on their farming activities. The study further identifies and describes the various coping strategies adopted by farmers and ways of improving upon them to effectively tackle change in climatic conditions. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as frequencies, and percentages. The other key technique that was employed to address the objective includes the Chi squ...
Artisanal small-scale mining activities are on the rise with several concerns. Whiles these are issues of concern, farmers in the mining communities are providing labourservices to ASM for wages. This study investigated the determinants of farmers’decision to provide labour services to ASM. It also assessed the welfare effects of providing labour services to ASM operations. Multi-stage sampling technique wasemployed to collect cross-sectional data from 200 farm households in two districts i...
ABSTRACT This study investigated resource use efficiency of Fadama III and non-Fadama III beneficiary rice farmers in Niger State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected using questionnaire/interview schedule administered to a sample of one hundred and twenty rice farmers, selected using multistage sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier production function, return to scale analysis, gross margin analysis, net farm income analysis and likert sca...
ABSTRACT Accessibility by farmers to is considered as a challenge.. This study explores the difficulties encountered by crop farmers in accessing micro finance assistance to boost their production. Generally, the objective of this study is to establish the extent to which microfinance institutions’ services are accessible to crop farmers and the underlying factors influencing the delivery in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo District. The study adopted a two-stage sampling approach of cluster and r...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to understand contemporary challenges facing extension services at the District level. The study identified level of participation of agriculture stakeholders in the process of extension services delivery, accountability process in the delivery of extension services, resource capacity of the district to deliver services and farmer views on performance of extension service in Hai District. The researcher used qualitative and quantitative methods to study a dec...
Ghana’s “Planting for Food and Job” programme aims to improve farmers’ access to farm inputs. The idea is that through improved access to quality seed varieties, fertilisers and good agronomic practices, output would increase leading to an increased market surplus. This study sought to investigate whether engagement in ‘Planting for Food and Job’ (PFJ) programme influences farm households’ maize commercialization level in Savelugu Municipality, in the Northern Region of Ghana. T...
ABSTRACT This paper reports on means of improving agricultural production in Ghana, with a case study of extension education for migrant farmers in Awudome Communities. The study covered: - the extent to which they are aware of the innovations introduced by extension programmes; - the extent to which they are using innovations introduced; - some constraints the farmers face in adopting innovations; and the corrective measures that-can be taken in order to improve extension programmes. An atte...
ABSTRACT With the rapidly increasing population and the associated decline in landholding sizes, the government of Kenya has realized that agricultural extensification is no longer possible for most parts of the country. Consequently, development and promotion of land-augmenting technologies such as inorganic fertilizers and improved seeds have been pursued as the most viable alternatives towards increasing agricultural productivity. However, adoption of farm technologies in the country rem...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted in the Mufindi district to determine the production performance and contribution of dairy goats to the income of small-scale farmers. Purposive sampling was employed to select eight villages from five wards and a sample of 80 dairy goat farmers and another set of 80 non-dairy goat farmers. The farmers were individually interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Non-dairy goat farmers were included as a control to ascertain the effect of dairy goat productio...
The government of Ghana and Non-governmental Organizations have constructed a number of small scale irrigation dams and dug-outs in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. The purpose of the small scale irrigation dams is to give irrigation farmers access to enough water during the dry season. The variation of rainfall and high temperatures poses serious threat to dams, hence making it difficult for the reservoirs to have enough water for irrigation activities. The study investiga...
Abstract: As elsewhere in the country, in Tigray Region, community-based seed production has a potential for improving farmers' access to quality seed of locally adapted and preferred varieties. Besides, Seed Producing Cooperatives (SPCs) are also fully engaged in formal seed production as contract out-growers to public enterprises that benefits members economically. Though the agro ecology of the study area is suitable for seed production, many of the smallholder farmers in Southern Zone of...
ABSTRACT Despite the potential of cashew nut to generate income and improve the livelihood of small-scale cashew nut farmers, farmers are still living in poor conditions. This study is about the factors limiting the contribution of cashew nut farming to the improvement of livelihood of small scale farmers in Mtwara Rural District. Specifically, the study analyzes social-economic characteristic of small scale cashew nuts farmers area, marketing system of cashew nut, assess the effectiveness o...
ABSTRACT The research was undertaken to determine livestock-related factors that influence smallholder farmers’ choice of maize cultivars in Hai and Moshi rural Districts. The study employed an On-farm mother-baby trial, informal and formal interviews. A total of 150 farm households - both participants and non-participant in mother baby trials were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. 17 mother-baby trial participants were purposively selected based on their willingness to particip...