{"title":"Assessment of Irrigated Wheat Production in Western Oromia, Ethiopia: The Case Constraints and Swot Analysis","authors":"K. Degefa, Hailu Feyisa, Adisu Tadese","doi":"10.3923/tae.2023.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/tae.2023.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132033703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socioeconomic Determinants of Small-Scale Crop Farmers' Access to Loan in Benue State, Nigeria","authors":"J. Ajah, Simon Ameh","doi":"10.3923/tae.2023.25.30","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/tae.2023.25.30","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115457236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Assessment of Extrinsic Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Agricultural Extension Agents in North Central Zone, Nigeria","authors":"P.N. Nwali, J. Ajah, E. Idu","doi":"10.3923/tae.2022.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/tae.2022.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123409479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"External Debt, Investment and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"O MutiuAbimbola, A. Adedeji, Rasheed Oluwaseun","doi":"10.3923/tae.2020.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/tae.2020.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128635838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. C. Samuel, Ibikunle Olatunde Olakunle, E. Godwin
{"title":"Impacts of Scattered Farm Plots on Rubber Production in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria","authors":"M. C. Samuel, Ibikunle Olatunde Olakunle, E. Godwin","doi":"10.3923/TAE.2019.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/TAE.2019.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131253076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Survey and Analysis of Onion Marketing in Toke Kutaye District, West Shewa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia","authors":"B. Terefe","doi":"10.3923/TAE.2017.18.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/TAE.2017.18.25","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128522551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. N. Betty, Alufohai Grace Oghenerobo, M. C. Samuel, A. Grace
{"title":"Co-integration and Causality Analysis in Major Natural Rubber Markets of Nigeria","authors":"A. N. Betty, Alufohai Grace Oghenerobo, M. C. Samuel, A. Grace","doi":"10.3923/TAE.2017.12.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/TAE.2017.12.17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132407710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ordered Probit Analysis of Factors Influencing Farmers' Contributions to Climate Change Adaptation Decisions in Southwest Nigeria","authors":"Amusa Taofeeq Ad, S. Bos","doi":"10.3923/TAE.2017.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/TAE.2017.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"101 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120880441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Ibrahim, M. Shamsudin, Rusli Yacob, Alias Radam
{"title":"Technical efficiency in maize production and its determinants: a survey of farms across agro ecological zones in northern Nigeria","authors":"K. Ibrahim, M. Shamsudin, Rusli Yacob, Alias Radam","doi":"10.3923/TAE.2014.57.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3923/TAE.2014.57.68","url":null,"abstract":"Most researches on agriculture focused on how to achieve certain level of yield. However, few researches consider rational resource allocation to improve efficiency. Considering the need to increase agricultural productivity through proper utilization of resources, this study measured the technical efficiency of maize production in northern Nigeria and identified the socioeconomic factors that determined technical efficiency in different agro ecological zones. The study was based on the conceptual framework that there is a relationship between input use and inefficiency in maize production in the area. Respondents were surveyed and data on input use, cost of production and yield were obtained. Stochastic frontier production function and Tobit models were used to analyze the data. The findings supported the conceptual framework that there is technical inefficiency in the use of inputs and certain socioeconomic factors contributed to inefficiency. The main contribution of the study is in measuring the technical efficiency of maize production from various States and modeling agro ecological zones to observe the impact of variation in climate and production practices on the technical inefficiency. The implication for the study is that farmers and policy-makers need to be rational on the use of inputs to achieve high level of technical efficiency.","PeriodicalId":150128,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Agricultural Economics","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115068519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}