The relationship between inflation and monetary policy is widely discussed in the research paper. The increase in inflation is seen as an indicator of a country’s constant growth. However, it is crucial for the government to keep the country's inflation under control by adopting...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10429
Aims: The creation of an agricultural extension system and its evolution over time is affected by many factors such as history of the country, cultural and community mandates, farming systems, and public policy. There are notable differences in the agricultural extension systems...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/11326
This study analysed relationship between agricultural risk management strategies and production efficiency among peasant farmers in Benue State, Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from randomly sampled 130 peasant farmers in Benue State using a structured questionnaire. D...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/3885
This paper aims to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through pollution-haven hypothesis model for original ASEAN5 (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines) countries by using Autoregressive Distributed La...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10411
In Nigeria, fish farming has emerged as a fast growing sector and a viable alternative to declining capture fisheries. The paper attempts to evaluate and compare the profitability and technical efficiency of different rearing techniques among fish growers in Lagos State, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10665
Cassava is an important staple food for human and animal feeding in Cuba. Despite its importance, there is little or nonexistent information to diagnose preferences and frequency of consumption of cassava in that country. In this sense, the present article characterizes the prefe...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10761
This study analysed marketing information usage among rice producers in Benue State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 130 randomly sampled rice producers in Benue State using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyse data...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/3886
This paper examines the validity of purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis for four founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN4) with Singapore as base currency. A range of standard unit root tests and cointegration used in previous studies was applie...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10413
The study analyzed the dynamics of meat (pork, goat meat, beef, exotic chicken, local chicken and snail meat) price transmission and market integration in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria. Average monthly prices (measured in naira per kilogram) of meats in rural and urban markets were us...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/9787
This study ascertained information sources that cassava farmers preferred to use in Delta State. Area and stratified sampling techniques were used to select villages and farmers. A total of 125 respondents were used for the study. Questionnaire and interview schedule were used to...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2014/10046