The introduction of SAPs (Structural Adjustment Programmes) and trade liberalisation resulted in agricultural reforms in Kenya and other developing countries. Hence the Kenya government no longer gives incentives to small scale farmers. The study therefore sought to find out the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/12053
The importance of passion fruit in livelihood improvement has been a key driver among rural households production participation in Kenya. The frequency of harvest and income flows compared to other farm enterprises in the fruit growing regions has been high. However, the producti...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/10629
An empirical study was undertaken to analyze economic resource constraints facing Ruembe outgrowers’ sugarcane and paddy production scheme by measuring quantitatively scheme’s productivity and profitability using Cobb-Douglas production function model and Gross margin. The study...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14190
Coffee is the fifth GDP earner employing over 600,000 households in Kenya. Coffee farmers are elderly averaging 51 years and a few young; this has had an influence in adoption of new technologies and reduced coffee production from 130,000 MT in 1989 to 50,000 MT in 2012 despite i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15702
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the main staple food for the inhabitants of Cheptais Sub County as well as other parts of Country. However, its production is facing a number of challenges that have led to yield reduction. Maize production challenges can be technological, policy, socio-eco...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15713
Aims: The study aimed at establishing the effect farm succession on farm input usage and coffee productivity. Study Design: The study employed a case study research design. Place and Duration of the Study: the study was conducted in Kisii County, Kenya, between August 2013 and Ju...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15397
Using an ethnographic data on land tenure arrangements in selected communities in rural Manya Krobo, Ghana and literature, this paper explains why land (tenure) reforms in Ghana have often produced discouraging results. The results of the study show that elite capture tendencies...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15524
Aims: To examine the contribution of agriculture as an alternative to crude oil production on the Nigerian economy using cassava production as proxy. Study Design: Johansen-Juselius co-integration procedure and error correction models are adopted. Place and Duration of Study: The...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15731
The study was conducted to identify determinants of rural farm household food security status in Boloso Sore district of Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. A three-stage sampling technique was utilized to obtain a sample size of 90 rural farm households. Cross sectional data were collected...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14833
Approximately 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth, most of which live in rural areas and lacks formal education and vocational or professional skills. In spite of this, youth participation in agriculture has been relatively low in the country. This may be partly attribut...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/15178