This paper aims to analyze the competitiveness of rice of a peasant organization on the market of Glazoué. By using the Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) method, results show that the production of rice is an economically and financially profitable activity. This activity has a compar...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/31036
The study was carried out to assess the trend in animal farming in Benue State, Nigeria for the period before year 2007, 2007, 2008, 2009, and in year 2010. Multistage sampling technique was used to select twelve blocks from the three zones in the State. Thirty cells and four hun...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27669
Women volunteerism in Nigeria is very significant for effective designing, implementation and evaluation of all their empowerment programs. Self-help group (SHG) approach is one of the fundamental beliefs of women towards empowerment, that only when they join they can be able to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29035
Aims: The study examines the value chain analysis of captured shrimp and tilapia from Keta Lagoon in Ghana. Study Design: The research employs cross sectional study design including simple random sampling and stratification of the sample frame. The sample frame for the research i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30829
Self help groups (SHGs) have been instrumental in women empowerment by enabling them to work together. Members engaged in development activities have the potential to empower them through the capacity building that underpin sustainable agriculture. The findings of the study revea...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29492
A survey was conducted to determine the effect of the socio-economic and institutional factors on farmers’ adoption of Bambara nut as food security crop. Purposive survey research design was used to generate both qualitative and quantitative data. 384 respondents were interviewed...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29188
This study is an attempt to investigate the short run and long run determinants of National Saving behavior of Pakistan for annual time series data from 1981 to 2010. The study applies Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Model under the framew...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29350
The paper examined the existing production systems in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh and suggested further improvement on the existing, which can help farmers to sustain. The study undertaken in low and mid hills of Himachal Pradesh is based on both primary and secondary data...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29033
Trade of medicinal and aromatic plant species (MAPs) is age old practice throughout the world to increase household income. Over harvesting decreased their populations and a number of species became threatened in natural habitat. Survey was conducted on trade of important MAPs fr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29400
The paper examines the production efficiency of agricultural system in regions of India using state level data for the period 1990-91 to 2004-05 and for 2005-06 to 2013-14. Stochastic production frontier model using panel data, as proposed by Battese and Coelli (1995), has been u...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30669