This study assessed the field agents’ mass media dependency status for sourcing of environmental and climate-proof agricultural and fishery information for extension service delivery in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study evaluated how mass media dependent were the...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40102
This study evaluates the efficiency of palm oil production in the Edo State of Nigeria. Primary data were collected using a set of structured questionnaire from one hundred and ten (110) smallholders' palm oil producers which were selected using multistage sampling techniques. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40850
The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of climate change on agricultural production in Benin. As climate is the primary determinant of agricultural productivity, agriculture remains highly vulnerable to climate change. To achieve this, cereal production is estimated...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40522
The study was conducted to examine the relationship between agricultural production and the role of policies in achieving sustainable food self sufficiency and overall economic growth in Nigeria using time series data and Johansen Vector Error Correction methodology. The results...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40887
Available agricultural technology does not serve its purpose till it reaches and adopted by it ultimate users, the farmers. The present study was conducted in Thottiyam block of Tiruchirappalli district to assess the adoption of precision technologies in bitter gourd cultivation....
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/41018
The relationships between poverty and the environment are highly contested, debated and researched. Environmental degradation and poverty, however, may have mutual causality. This paper, therefore, tried to examine whether there is an association between poverty and environmental...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39310
The present study was conducted during 2016-17 to assess the knowledge of agriculture extension functionaries regarding Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Eighty Agriculture officers and Assistant Agriculture officers were interviewed from 43 Raitha Samparka Ke...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40963
In recent times over 50% of graduates from universities and agricultural colleges in Ghana, do not gain employment upon completion of their education. This research finds out how the agricultural colleges could be repositioned such that their graduates will be self-employed upon...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39501
This study was undertaken to assess a feedback regarding the intervention being provided by Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in District Budgam. The study was conducted in 60 Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) and the beneficiaries included three registered groups viz., Pregnan...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39887
Red gram is commonly known as Tur or Pigeon pea in India and is the second important pulse in the country after Bengal gram. The ability of red gram to produce high economic yields under soil moisture deficit makes it an important crop in rainfed and dryland agriculture. The pres...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2018/39908