Abstract: Agricultural cooperatives are one of the most important tools that lead to the enhancement of livelihoods through the provision of credit services, market access, and improve agricultural technologies. Despite the benefit, level of cooperative membership is still very low. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to identify factors influencing the decision to join primary coffee cooperatives and to evaluate the impact of primary coffee cooperatives on smallholder farmers coffee...
Abstract: Climate change has serious consequences for food production of smallholder farmers in poor countries including Ethiopia. Farmers exercise various adaptation strategies to counter the negative impacts of climate change, but the level of participation and impact of adoption of adaptation practices against climate change on food security has not been the focus of scientific studies. Therefore, the obj ective of this study was to assess farmers’ participation in climate change adapta...
ABSTRACT The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance of 1971 brought out the importance of wetlands in the world and the threats they face. In Kenya various types of wetlands face varying challenges, the major one being conversion for agricultural use. The riverine wetlands in Nyamira Division of Nyamira District, Nyamira County face the same challenges because they have been converted for agricultural use, brick making and growing of woodlots due to declining land on the u...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the Impact of climate change on food security in central Uganda, a case study of Lwamagwa sub-county in Rakai district. Issues of climate change depends on various factors but this study specifically focused; on indicators of climate change in Lwamaggwa sub county; assess how climate change affect food security in Lwamaggwa Sub County; to examine the challenges of climate change in Lwamaggwa Sub County and to identify possible measures that can be taken to impro...
Abstract: The objective of this study is to analyze wheat producers’ technical efficiency, market participation and food security in North Shewa zone of Amhara National Region State, Central Ethiopia. Cobb-Douglas SFP function fitted with inefficiency model was used to estimate productivity and technical inefficiency level of wheat producers. Land size, fertilizer, seed, labor, and oxen power were significantly affecting wheat output. Age, education level, non-farm income, extension contac...
Abstract: The agricultural sector greatly influences the economic performance and is the longstanding sector in contributing to food security in Ethiopia. This research attempts to contribute to the understanding of farm households’ crop commercialization and food security conditions in Eastern zone of Tigray, Ethiopia. Specifically, it was designed to estimate the level of crop commercialization and calorie consumption, investigate the common determinants of intensity of crop commercializ...
ABSTRACT Land degradation, unreliable rainfall, population growth and chronic poverty in subSaharan Africa challenge the sustainability of soil fertility, crop yields and general livelihoods (food security) for smallholder farmers. Several soil fertility management interventions have been introduced to farmers in groups over the years, but different levels of uptake, determinants and socio-economic effects have been reported in separate studies. However, the determining role of social networ...
Abstract: This study explores the link between conflict and environmental security among pastoral communities in Kenya and in particular, the Turkana community. It further investigates the theoretical linkages between conflict and environmental safety. Besides, it interrogates the nature of the relationships among these variables and the effect on pastoralists’ livelihoods. It also establishes the significance of and institutional and normative frameworks on the prevention, management and ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had tremendous impacts on all sectors of theeconomy, including health, education, and agriculture. Among these impactsare global price hikes on food and non-food commodities. Farm household capability is said to play a major role in ensuring that individuals developsome resilience towards the effects of the pandemic. In this study, factoranalysis, 2SLS and RIMA methodology are used to assess the perceived impacts of the pandemic on livelihood activities and measure t...
Abstract: In Ethiopia, small scale irrigation is thought to be one of the most useful irrigation systems which has a profound impact on food security through increasing income and production. Therefore, the study focused on the impact of small scale irrigation on farm household food security with specific reference to Kobo District of Amhara Regional State. The specific objectives of the study were to identify factors affecting households’ participation in small scale irrigation and its im...
Abstract At the global level, land degradation is on the increase thus threatening millions of livelihoods particularly in the drier ecosystems. More specifically, land degradation is a major concern in Kenya and more particularly in the drylands of Embu County. Soil fertility has been steadily declining, resulting in low agricultural output and endangering smallholder farmers who rely mostly on subsistence agriculture for a living. Selecting appropriate Regenerative Agriculture (RA) technol...
ABSTRACT The menace of Political Insecurity is a major challenge in developing countries and more grave in the West Africa sub-region. This study sought to appraise two Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocols; the Protocol on Conflict Prevention (1999) and the Democracy and Good Governance Protocol (2001), and how they address the Political Security challenge in the sub-region. The study adopted the qualitative research approach. Both primary and secondary data were used...
Abstract: Homegarden agrobiodiversity practices are well developed and highly appreciated for the agroecosystem sustainability and socio-economic contributions to small holder farmers in Africa particularly in Ethiopia. There are a number of studies, which have been analyzed the homegarden agrobiodiversityin Africa as well as in Ethiopia.However, a comprehensive scientific study on the homegarden practices, its contribution to the economic and livelihood of the people were not done.Therefore...
ABSTRACT Security is a first-order or necessary precondition for the development of societies. Several security measures have been proposed for implementation in higher learning institutions with the aim of reducing insecurity incidents. Even with these measures in place, increasing cases of insecurity in higher learning institutions continue to be reported. This study sought to examine the enhanced security equipment and its effect on crime in selected higher learning institutions in Kenya. ...
ABSTRACT Food insecurity is a major development problem that is caused by myriad of factors in the global, regional, national and local spheres of human life. Several efforts have been put in place to alleviate food insecurity globally, nationally and even locally. Despite these efforts, the situation continues to prevail and sometimes even increase in the contemporary human society. It is therefore imperative that food insecurity gets addressed appropriately. Small scale farmers play a vital...