This study investigated the factors affecting credit accessibility in Owerri agricultural zone of Imo state. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for sample selection. Data were collected with the use of structured and validated questionnaire from 7 purposively selected instit...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/25002
The article has attempted to organise the various committee reports on Indian sugar industry from 1974 to 2013 and explicit their relevance to partial decontrol of sugar sector in 2013. A careful review of various reports indicate partial decontrol in sugar sector as a long await...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27551
This study develops a model of institutional economics that involves consumers, producers and government, as well as the dishonest agents that work in the public sector. This model is useful for determining the optimum institutional level that must be set by the government in ord...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27307
Food security is critical to the economic, social, religious, political and cultural development Worldwide. It plays a great role in economic growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development in Kenya. A study was carried out in Kilifi sub- County in the coastal areas of Keny...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26845
Farmers’ life in the developing world is full of risks. Yet risk management has been a science for companies and industrial process management. This study has tries to develop a process for managing the agricultural risks. In doing so, the study has amply defined the major agricu...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27057
This study aims at examining determinants of Success in Coffee Farmer Organisations (CFOs) in Mbeya and Kilimanjaro region. Based on FO members and expert informants interviews, the study was conducted in two FOs and outlined the importance of marketing system, transparence, FO o...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26594
Aquaculture represents the most efficient and sustainable way to guarantee that there is enough protein to feed the world with increasing population. Since carp farming is a promising enterprise, study on the economics and technical bottlenecks on regional basis is highly necessa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26953
The main aim of this study is to measure rural income inequality and assess its disparities across zones, planting periods and socioeconomic characteristics and also to determine the defining factors of income inequality in rural areas. The study covered 3,164 rural households ac...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27441
The present study was conducted to assess the impact of MGNREGA on quality of life of rural poor in Punjab. The 11 districts of Punjab were selected from 3 socio-cultural by using probability proportionate to sampling size procedure. A total of 396 respondents were selected rando...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26687
Understanding peri-urban farmer’s socio-economic characteristics is a prerequisite for successful planning and implementation of developmental programmes in peri-urban areas. In view of this, a study was undertaken to analyze socio-economic characteristics of farmers who sold the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/25733