Abstract: Even though agricultural commercialization is considered as the main engine to contribute to economic growth of the country and to transform the traditional agriculture of farmers the extent of commercialization is still not as expected in Ethiopia as evidenced from different literature particularly there are no adequate studies on the determinants of potato and head cabbage commercialization in the study area. This study was aimed to identify status and determinants of farmers’ ...
Abstract: Irrigation is one means by which agricultural production can be increased to meet the growing food demand in Ethiopia. Small-scale irrigation has been identified as an excellent way to augment rain-fed agriculture while also assuring food security, particularly in places with limited rainfall. Small-scale irrigation is a policy priority in Ethiopia for rural poverty alleviation and growth, as well as climate adaptation. This study was intended to evaluate the impact of small-scale ...
Abstract: Homegarden agroforestry is commonly defined as a land use system involving deliberate management of multipurpose trees and shrubs in intimate association with annual and perennial agricultural crops and invariably livestock within the compounds of individual houses, the whole tree-crop, and animal unit are being intensively managed by family labor. The aim of this study was to investigate diversity and composition of homegardens agroforestry (HGAF) and its benefits for rural househ...
Abstract: Scarcity of water is the most severe constraint for development of agriculture in arid and semi-arid areas. Under such conditions, the need to use the available water economically and efficiently is indisputable. The important strategy for increasing water productivity and improving water use efficiency in the area of water scarcity, was deficit irrigation. A field experiment was conducted at Mehoni Agricultural Research Center during off season aimed at investigating the effect of...
Climate change has become a well-known global issue which has the greatest impact on agriculture which is the mainstay of the people in Nadowli-Kaleo District. Although climate change affects everyone but its impacts are differently distributed among males and females. This study analyzed the gender differentiated impacts of climate change on agricultural production and the adaptation strategies by the farmers in the Nadowli-Kaleo District. The study adopted both qualitative and quantitative ...
Abstract Sudan has a fertile agricultural land, large amount of fresh water and variety of animal resources. This beside it’s distinguishable geographic location in Africa. Nevertheless Sudan is characterized by low per capita income and high dependency ratio, therefore, savings is very low in both public and private level which is constraining capital formation and economic growth, so foreign direct investment is needed to bridge the wide domestic investment- gap, but the foreign direct in...
ABSTRACT One of the social institutions that intervenes in and helps the development of communities, societies, and nations is the media. Farmers' adoption of new technology that boosts the productivity of agricultural practices depends heavily on the availability of farming information to agrarians. Radio is an important tool for providing farmers with relevant and timely information. The study sought to investigate how radio can help Ghana's Ejura-Sekyedumase region promote agricultural dev...
ABSTRACT Communicating agricultural information to farmers is critical in improving productivity. To ensure increase in agricultural productivity, agricultural information must be communicated to farmers in a way that is effective and affordable. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of television programmes in communicating agricultural information using ‘Shamba Shape Up’ (SSU), an agricultural programme produced by Mediae Company and aired on Citizen Television in Kenya...
ABSTRACT The project titled “The Impact of Monetary Policy on Agricultural Growth in Nigeria between 1981 to 2009”. The main objectives of the study were to examine the impact of monetary policy on agricultural growth in Nigeria. Also to examine the relationship between monetary policy and agricultural growth in Nigeria. In analyzing the study, the researcher formulated null hypothesis (H0) stating that monetary policy has no significance impact on the agricultural sector growth in Nigeri...
ABSTRACT The study investigate students perception of practical agricultural science in senior secondary in Ilorin west LGA, Kwara State The population for this study is made up of all Agricultural science students. The instrument used for this study was research design questionnaire and responses were elicited for the research, random sampling method was used to sample students offering agricultural science from each of the four schools involved in the study. Four research question and hyp...
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has become a touchy subject among all stakeholders in developing countries such as Ghana. Despite all efforts to promote the CSA in order to achieve sustainable yields, boost food and nutrition security, and adapt to and mitigate climate change, the farmers adoption is low. Stakeholders and other value chain actors, such as credit and service providers, are withdrawing in large numbers as a result of the agriculture risk trend. This study therefore seeks to sug...
Abstract: The study was carried out in four purposively selected FTCs in Gambella region. This research attempted to study the roles of ICTs in management of agricultural knowledge. It then examined the status and use of ICTs in Agricultural Knowledge Management, evaluated the provision of Agricultural Information and knowledge and, identified constraints of ICT use for agricultural knowledge management in selected FTCs. The subject (unit) of analysis is in this research were various stakeho...
Inadequate access to agricultural information contributes largely to low productivity among farmers in Nigeria. The print media has been especially implicated on its low coverage and provision of agricultural information, thus limiting readership among farmers. To validate this observation, the extent of coverage of agricultural news in print media and farmer’s readership were therefore assessed. Content analyses of Nigerian Tribune, New Nigerian, This Day, The Punch and The Comet new...
The study investigated Perception of Agricultural Education Lecturers on Farm Workshops in Rivers State Universities. The study engaged all agricultural education lecturers in Rivers State Tertiary institutions. Therefore the sample size was 21 agricultural education lecturers. The instrument used in the collecting data was a questionnaire titled ‘‘Perception of Agricultural Education Lecturers on Farm Workshops (PAELFW)’’. The instrument was validated by two research experts and the ...
ABSTRACT The study analysed the monetary and fiscal policy dynamics and their effects on farm credit and agricultural output in Nigeria between the years (1983-2014). The specific objectives of the study were to analyse the effect of fiscal policy on agricultural output during military and democratic eras (1983-1999) and (1999-2014), analyse the effects of monetary policy on agricultural output, analyse the effects of monetary policy on farm credit (1983-1999) and (1999-2014), analysed t...