Abstract Grain cereals are the food security staples of the poor masses around the globe. However, a significant proportion of these crops, especially cowpea are lost during storage. This is more so the case in Africa where postharvest losses due to the absence of efficient storage for cowpea is alarming: between 30-70 percent. This study, therefore, examined the adoption of improved cowpea storage practices/facilities by cowpea farmers and traders in Nigeria, using Kwara State as case study....
ABSTRACT Cassava (roots and tubers) and Rice (cereals) are common staples among small scaled farmers in developing countries like Nigeria and it is an age-long practices. The categories of farmers that engages in value-addition of processing have recorded an appreciable income increase and has economic advantages. Hence, this study examines economic analysis o f these staple foods in Ekiti State, Nigeria using two dominant local-government areas (lrepodun / lfelodun and Jkole). The study ado...
ABSTRACT This study examined the Economic analysis of the factors influencing meat consumption among federal civil servants in Ekiti state, Nigeria. A Two stage sampling technique was used to select the respondents for the study. The data were collected from 80 respondents using a well structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Ordinary least square regression model was used to analyze the factors influencing meat •consumption in the stud area. The fin...
Abstract This is an investigative study of the information needs of urban poultry producers in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State. The Specific Objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of urban poultry farmers in Owerri North Local Government Area, to assess the information needs of urban poultry farmers, to determine the perceived usefulness of the various government incentives/policies that are embarked upon to boost and encourage agricultural production, ...
Abstract Melon production occupies a very important position in vegetable crop production in terms of number of farmers that engaged in its cultivation and its economic value This study examined the efficiency of melon production in Oredo and Egor Local Government Areas of Edo State, Nigeria. It sought to ascertain the socio-economic characteristic of the melon farmers, determined cost and returns and estimation of technical efficiency of melon producers. Data were collected using questionnai...
Abstract:The study was carried out to investigate gender differences in rural households’ food security coping strategies in South-Western Nigeria. A multi stage sampling technique was used in selecting 252 respondents utilized for the study. A well-structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from them. The result shows that the females were older than the male with a mean age of 50 and 45 years respectively. Most of the male respondents were married as against the females. Ther...
Abstract Global trends nowadays towards long term sustainable crop production is hinged on either supplementing the use of chemical fertilizers with organic materials or a complete use of organic materials. This is more so since substituting chemical fertilizers with organic materials reduces the risks of exposure to ailments that arise on account of synthetic compounds and increases farmers’ gains via reduced soil erosion and carbon emissions and increased bio-diversity. The current study ...
AbstractThe trend analysis was carried out using non-parametric Mann-Kendall trend test for Kano using a long term 100 years rainfall data. In other to assess the short term, seasonal, annual and long term droughts, the study employed the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) to 3, 6, 9, 12 and 24 month time scales using the rainfall time series data. The SPI values computed for all the time scales revealed a non significant increasing trend for the entire study period (1911-2010), while per...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the response capacity of rural farmers to National Fadama Development Programme (NFDP) and National Special Programme for Food Security (NSPFS) in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; categorize and describe response capacity of rural farmers, assess the level of knowledge of rural farmers’ to the rural poverty intervention programmes, determine the relationship between behavioural process and response capacity, determine factors that aff...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the extension service delivery on the value chain of plants in product in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It specifically examined the socio-economic characteristics of plantain farmers, marketers and consumers in the study area, the factors that determine the price of plantain in the study area, examined the factors that boost the demand for plantain product, analyze how the packaging of plantain product affects the marketing of its products and the constraints faced by t...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the adoption of improved practices for cocoa farmers in Ekiti state Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select one hundred and twenty (120) cocoa farmers. Data were collected through interview schedule with the use of stuctured questionnaire and analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics such as the mean, frequency distribution, percentages and standard deviation. The study found that majority (79.2%) of cocoa farmers in the study a...
Abstract This study examined the determinants of farm enterprise choice among fadama users in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Cross sectional data were obtained from 387 fadama users with the aid of structured close-ended questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentages, means and multinomial logit model. The study found that about 39% of the fadama users are into crop production and about 27% are into agro-processing, 23% preferred livestock farming while o...
The conventional concept of destination development undermined the sustainable issues and its orientation. Later on, the confusion was not the adoption of sustainable development philosophy but its correct implication and application. Alpine State Sikkim is primarily known as an exotic, idyllic, multi-ethnic Indian hill station since 1975 with its distinct biogeographic and socio-cultural characteristics. Being one of the successful and mature alpine Indian States, tourism development in Sikk...
Presently, when the whole world is busy celebrating the technological advancements, accumulated wealth and gains from globalization along with industrialization, poverty continues to stand as a ubiquitous and prevalent predicament in South Asia which is home to a quarter of the world population and nearly one third of the poor people in the world. Albeit, there has been a sizable reduction in the poverty headcount ratio since 1990, about 256 million people remain in absolute poverty in this r...
In recent times, a growing movement has been observed on the involvement of local community for the conservation of heritages with an aim of sustainable use of natural and cultural resources. Social science research on community participation in any kind of development has been conducted in several fields and tourism discipline is also not an exception. Generally, community can engage in tourism business directly through having some control i.e. in planning & management and/or providing servi...