The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of using ICT tools for disseminating rice production information, to compare among the ICT tools and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to their use of ICT tools. Data were collected fr...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112846
Aims: Guided by the Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (KAP) framework, this study assessed farmers’ knowledge of safflower production, examined their attitudes toward cultivation, and identified key challenges in Mukulu Ward, Iramba District, Tanzania. Place and Duration of Study: Iram...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112844
Climate change has emerged as a global challenge for sustainable development since its effects provide significant threats to achieving economic, social, and environmental sustainability goals. This study underscores the multifaceted impacts of climate variability, particularly d...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112845
This study assesses Togolese households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for forest restoration programs across the five economic regions of Togo: Maritime, Plateaux, Centrale, Kara, and Savanes. Forests provide essential ecosystem services, including carbon sequestration, water regulat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112843
The study was carried out to analyze the cost of remediation of arable crops farmland from sand mining in Ondo State, Nigeria to ensure availability of land for farming. This will enhance the achievement of SDGs 2 of food security and zero hunger. A total of 120 respondents using...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112842
The present research investigates the Marketing efficiency, marketable surplus, marketing cost, margin and price spread of guava in the Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Various marketing channels were analyzed to determine their efficiency. The Bhavnagar district was purposively se...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112841
Agriculture is vital to Kenya’s economy, supporting over 80% of rural residents, contributing one-third of GDP, and supplying 65% of export earnings. Despite international and national efforts to promote conventional and sustainable farming, global food insecurity has worsened, w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112840
This article aims to analyze community engagement processes in renewable energy transitions within agricultural landscapes from a socioeconomic perspective, with particular attention to the Global South. An integrative literature review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 gui...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112838
This study examines how socioeconomic conditions shape the productivity of small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya's Kericho and Nakuru Counties—two regions central to the country's dairy value chain. Drawing on data from 336 farmers across six sub-counties (Kipkelion East, Kipkelion...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112839
Agro-pastoralist communities residing in dryland regions rely on livestock and crop production as their main source of livelihood. However, information on their socioeconomic characteristics and how they shape their farming practice is very limited. This hinders policy interventi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102836
Background and Aims: In Togo, the maritime region is the most penalized by declining soil fertility and the effect of climatic variability, with the lowest average maize yield of all Togo's regions. This study therefore analyzes the determinants of the adoption of organic fertili...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i112837
This empirical study examines the indebtedness patterns and credit utilization behaviour of farmers in Bikaner district, Rajasthan through a multi-stage random sampling of 90 cultivators during 2017-18. Results reveal that 67.8% of rural households are indebted, with institutiona...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102833
Value chain in agriculture has a huge potential for enhancing farmers income and livelihood. In this context, the extension agents can play a pivotal role in linking the farmers to better value chain. Along with the traditional professional competencies, extension agents also nee...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102834
Farmer indebtedness in water-scarce regions poses a critical challenge to rural livelihoods and credit sustainability. This study examines 90 farm households in Bikaner district, Rajasthan—where 67.8% of households carry outstanding debt averaging ₹181.8 thousand each—to identify...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102835
Tanzania’s promotion of agricultural commercialization has generated persistent land conflicts between investor farmers and smallholders. This paper argues that these conflicts are not simply the result of competing land uses but are embedded in the structural and institutional w...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2025/v43i102830