Aim: To determine the impact of returns from cassava production and processing on poverty among rural women in Abia State, Nigeria. Study Design: Survey. Place and Duration of Study: Abia State, between July 2015 to April 2016. Methodology: Random sampling technique was used to s...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28525
Aims: This study examined risk attitudes and poverty status nexus among fish farmers in Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Ondo State, Nigeria between July, 2014 and October, 2014. Methodology: Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 200 fis...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29733
The career of an extension agent can be challenging as well as rewarding depending on the job duties and family responsibilities. Agricultural extension agents play a critical role towards the survival of extension related activities that improve the production and sustainability...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29639
Agricultural biotechnology has exhibited that it can assume a role in raising and to overcome the requirement of food, feed and fiber need. However, for agricultural biotechnology to be compelling and beneficial to the end-user, agricultural extension services must be successful...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29026
Aims: To compare food security status of households in Ondo East (a rural) and Ondo West (a urban) Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Ondo State, Nigeria. Study Design: A comparative cross-sectional study design was adopted for the study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29716
The instant study analyzes farmer’s perception about the livestock extension services in district Peshawar. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select three villages and proportional allocation method was utilized to select 80 dairy farmers from the three selected villages...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28644
The benefits of the green revolution greatly improved agricultural productivity. However, there is a demonstrable need for a new revolution that will bring lower prices for consumers (through reduced waste and more-efficient supply chain management), contribute to agriculture, an...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28046
The main objective of this paper was to assess and evaluate the performance of the Comprehensive Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) in the Musekwa Valley. This paper proposes a corrective approach to the complexities experienced at the programme. Primary data were collected fr...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/29079
The aim of this paper is to identify the determinants of the various agricultural activities selected and adopted by producers in the cotton zones of Benin. With a multilogit estimation, a sample of 702 producers of different agricultural activities is extracted in a random way....
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26261
Aim: Farmers’ groups were introduced in Kenya as cooperatives during the colonial period for the purpose of promoting commercial agricultural production by peasant farmers. However, there is still poor rural milk trade and supply. The informal sector is still the dominant force i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26753
“Many a little makes a mickle”. It is truly difficult to imagine how such tiny loan programmes SHGs could bring about fundamental changes in the economic and social structures responsible for the disempowerment of women in developing countries. Today the SHG is the largest commun...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/23663
The study was conducted to compare the livelihood adaptation of the disadvantaged people living in Polder No. 29 and LGED-managed sub-polder (Latabunia) in Dumuria Upazila in Khulna district of Bangladesh. Six villages under the Upazila were selected purposively. In total 120 res...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28454
Aims: The objective of this paper was to detect spatial change in the village of Shoeshay in Menoufia governorate, Egypt. The study focused on change in the residential area through the period 2003 – 2015, and some other aspects of spatial change. Study Design: The study is a cas...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28533
The empirical research was conducted to observe the impact of Gross Domestic Product, Exchange Rate, and Relative Price on the exports in Pakistan since last three decades. By plotting the correlogram of the variables, the problem of stationarity was experienced. In this regard,...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27290
Modern agriculture has become highly knowledge intensive and requires appropriate, consistent, precise and timely information on various aspects like crop management, markets, weather information etc. The nature of information always depends on a number of factors such as the far...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27986