ABSTRACT Over the years, there has been a debate on the application of participatory tools in real life. Participatory tools such as role playing games have been developed and tested in different countries where, they have been discovered to influence people’s behaviour towards solving their problems. This study was a part of European Union and African Union cooperative research aimed to increase food production in irrigated farming systems in Africa (EAU4Food) project in Mozambique. The ...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this thesis is to measure the consumer perception of groundnut quality, their level of aflatoxin and willingness to pay for safe groundnuts in the Northern Region of Ghana. The major contribution of the report is to help protect groundnut consumers in the region from the menace of aflatoxins and promote consumption of safer groundnuts. The following objectives were embarked upon by the researcher: (1). To determine the consumer perception of good quality groundn...
ABSTRACT Output price risk has been a perennial challenge to cassava farmers due to their inability to foresee and quantify the level of risk associated with the price of their produce. It was against this background that the study analysed output price risk of cassava in the Volta region of Ghana. Primary data were collected from 500 sampled cassava farmers using structured interview schedule and analysed using descriptive statistics whilst secondary data were analysed using procedures suc...
ABSTRACT An investigation was conducted on the use of rattan (cane) furniture waste as furnish material for the manuracture of cement-bonded particleboard (CBP). Laboratory scale CBPs were fabricated from hot water pretreated chopped strands of mixed rattan waste obtained from rattan furniture workers in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Three-layered boards of 6-mm thickness were made comprising coarse core and tine surfaces at two density levels of 1,050 kg/mi and 1,200 kg/m3, three CaCl, concent...
ABSTRACT Diversification is a necessity in rural areas, where farming alone rarely provides sufficient means of survival. Conceptualisation of livelihood diversification as plurality of activities from past studies is too narrow. Rather, livelihood diversification should be conceived in terms of the interplay of ability, assets and activities. Therefore, livelihood diversification among rural households in southwestern Nigeria was investigated. Multistage random sampling technique was used to...
ABSTRACT Postharvest processing of cassava roots is faced with problem of ineffective machines in Nigeria. Physiological changes associated with the common practice of leaving matured roots unharvested until when needed may affect their engineering properties which determine design parameters. Information on the engineering properties of cassava as affected by age, needed for appropriate machine design is scarce. This study was conducted to investigate the influence of ageing on some engineer...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out the effect of the Integrated Coastal Fisheries Governance programme on the food security status of households in shama districts. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 140 fishermen in shama district and structured interviews schedules were used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected from the respondents were analysed using descriptive statistics, and binary logistic regression analysis. A description of the Integrated Co...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effects of Radio Peace-Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Programme of Agricultural Information Dissemination on Farmers in Central Region of Ghana meant to address the low adoption of appropriate technologies and ineffective institutional frameworks to provide information on proven agricultural technologies. Descriptive correlation survey design and multistage sampling technique were used to select 396 farmers within broadcasting range of Radio P...
ABSTRACT Internet has been introduced by Ministry of Food and Agriculture to improve extension delivery in Ghana. However the extent to which extension agents have acquired the knowledge and skills to use it was not known in Eastern Region. The study assessed competencies of agricultural extension agents to use Internet in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study used descriptive survey design, stratified proportional sampling technique and validated questionnaire to collect data from 217 AEA...
ABSTRACT There is a dearth of research effort on the individual and household characteristics that affect the consumption of on-Timber Forest Products (TFPs) in parts of Southwest igeria. Yet, understanding the factors driving demand for TFPs is crucial for managing supplies sustainably. Therefore, this study examined the socio-economic determinants of consumer demand for TFPs in Ogun and Osun States, Southwest igeria. A survey involving 320 respondents randomly selected from eight communitie...
Due to inadequate personnel, information communication technologies (JCTs) have become an attractive option for delivery of extension information. This study examined awareness and use of ICTs by farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 192 farmers were interviewed. Results indicate that most farmers had no formal education and small farm holdings. Awareness of older JeTs like radio and television was more prevalent among farmers as compared with newer JeTs such as Jnternet and cable televis...
INTRODUCTION In Nigeria, about 75"0 of the population arc peasant fanners living in the rural areas. which arc the main stay of agricultural production, These fanners operate on small scale with farm holdings of 1-2 hectares, which arc usually scattered over a wide area. According to Olayide et al. (1981), about 75% of Nigeria's land is under arable cultivation with land-human ratio of 58 persons per square kilometer in south western Nigeria. This shows that the average sizes 01' farmlands ar...
The study examined framing pattern, direction of portrayal, space allotment and placement pattern in reporting avian influenza news in some selected Nigerian newspapers namely, The Guardian, Vanguard, Punch and Tribune were purposively selected between the periods of February 1 81 to August 31-" 2006. Result showed that majority (52.56%) of avian flu disease stories were reported in the month of February and Guardian newspaper had the highest frequency of reports (69.2%). Analysis of the fram...
ABSTRACT The Agricultural Development Project (ADP) has been saddled with agricultural extension services since its inception in Oyo State in 1989. This has been through financial and technical assistance from the World Bank. However, with the withdrawal of funding assistance by the World Bank finally in 1999, the burden of'financing agricultural extension services became the responsibility of the state government. This study analyzed the trend of extension activities of the Women-in-agricult...
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers have limited access to credit for their farming activities due to lack of collaterals that are acceptable by formal financial institutions. The farmers sell immediately after harvest at low prices to ease their financial constraints, which consequently earn them low incomes. In order to overcome these problems, warehouse receipt system (WRS) is suggested as the best alternative scheme. The WRS in Africa however lacks legal and institutional framework to ensure its...