This field assessment research has been carried out to identify the main value chain actors of soybean and their key roles in the product flow. In Metekel zone, the main soybean value chain actors were producers, traders, unions, truck owners, drivers and input suppliers. The sup...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27048
Aims: Millipede infestation has been identified as a major contributing factor to low root yield of cassava and other root and tuber crops. Lack of knowledge in managing millipedes contributed significantly to reduction in cassava production. To address this challenge was to enha...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30586
Nowadays, the high-tech industry is one of the world's fastest growing industries. Observed from its characteristics, the high-tech industry often refers to those business complexities based on high-techs, engaged in one or more high-techs, in research and development of products...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/12499
The study was carried to create a better understanding about the socio-economic condition of coastal communities involved in kuchia catching. The study area was Paikgacha Upazila under Khulna district and its two large markets; Paikgacha kuchia market and Kopilmony kuchia market....
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30786
Aims: The objectives of this study are to: i) Measure the rural women’s empowerment level, and ii) Determine factors affecting rural women’s empowerment level. Study Design: One-time point cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Data were collected through personal in...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/31076
In Kenya, the African nightshades (ANS) (Solanum nigram L.) are among the most widely distributed and consumed traditional vegetables. The current study was conducted to better understand the cultural variability in the use patterns and values of these vegetables. The study was c...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/31099
The study was conducted in many phases during the year 2014-15 in Haryana state. Fifty rural women each from Bhimnagar, Pali, Milkpur and Bawanikhera villages of Hisar and Bhiwani districts, respectively were selected purposively thus comprising of total sample of 200 respondents...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30362
The present study analyzed the transaction cost in maize marketing which is the first and foremost study on transaction cost in Bangladesh which will help researchers and concerns to study further on it and helps farmers to consider transaction cost as separate cost. The study us...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30186
This research describes two types of smallholders’ organizations (cooperative and pyramidal contract farming) which produce for an export oriented processor. The research took place in the Departments of Chimaltenango and Sololà, Guatemala. The survey was designed in 2011, with v...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/30765
The study analysed the differentials in returns of water melon and sweet melon production among farmers in Gombe and Bauchi States, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to collect information from one hundred and twenty eight (128) and one hundred and twenty two (122...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/27854