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
Fisheries extension is an education and communication process of delivering knowledge and technical support to the fish farmers, fishermen, and other stakeholders connected with fishing and fish farming system. This study was preceded with the aim of evaluating the effect of publ...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28172
The objective of this study is to examine the training needs of agricultural extension workers in various provinces of Iraq. Validate them and develop a method of identification of training needs for agricultural extension agents. The data collected were analyzed by determination...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28892
The study aims to assess the political economy of rural-urban interfaces in the pace of rapid urbanization of Addis Ababa City, the capital of Ethiopia. It seeks to understand the rural-urban interfaces employing the political economy lens of dependency theory. Primary data were...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28328
The study ascertained practices of processors in processing and conservation of oil bean (Pentaclethra macrophylla) in Enugu State, Nigeria. Seventy two respondents purposively selected from three agricultural zones, three blocks and nine circles constituted the sample for the st...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/23771
Aims: The study was conducted in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh to investigate the socio-economic characteristics of rice farmers. Study Design: Multistage stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted i...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28696
This study analysed the economic efficiency of irrigated vegetable producers in Borno State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Structured survey questionnaires were used and administered to 300 respondents to obtain primary data. Both desc...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28494
This paper reviewed the capacity and potentials of youth and farm children to sustaining agricultural development. Their knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour when nurtured and utilized are invaluable assets in the implementation of sustainable agricultural programmes. Findin...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2016/28377