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Youths’ Involvement in Rice Production in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria 尼日利亚阿比亚州本德地方政府地区青年参与水稻生产

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2023-01-30 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v27i1.7

C. O. Attamah, Chiamaka Faith Aguh, E. Agwu

{"title":"Youths’ Involvement in Rice Production in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria","authors":"C. O. Attamah, Chiamaka Faith Aguh, E. Agwu","doi":"10.4314/jae.v27i1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jae.v27i1.7","url":null,"abstract":"The study ascertained the level of youths’ involvement in rice production activities in Abia State, Nigeria. A total of 80 respondents from Bende Local Government Area rice cluster was purposively selected because of their high level in rice production in the State. Data were collected using a structured interview schedule and were analysed using mean, standard deviation and regression. The study revealed that youths were into land clearing (𝑥̅=2.00), raising of nursery (𝑥̅=2.00), buying and selling of rice seedling (𝑥̅=2.00)and planting of seedling (𝑥̅=2.00). Access to credit (t=-2.57) and number of extensions visit (t=2.46) significantly influenced youths’ involvement. Youths were constrained mainly by lack of capital to scale up production (𝑥̅=2.98), poor support from government (𝑥̅=2.73), poor access to improved seedlings (𝑥̅=2.49), high cost of production (𝑥̅=2.34), climatic factors (𝑥̅=2.10)and lack of information on agricultural business opportunities (𝑥̅=2.08). Youths were involved in rice production though, occasioned by lack of access to credit and extension visit. Extension should increase the frequency of visit to at least once in a month to allow for more productive engagement and should expose youths to lucrative opportunities in rice production coupled with linking them to available credit options that can meaningfully support their activities.","PeriodicalId":43669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Extension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45917206","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}

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Maize farmers’ knowledge and management of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frupigerda) in southwest Nigeria 尼日利亚西南部玉米种植者对秋粘虫的认识和管理

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i4.4

O. Ojumoola, A. A. Omoloye, K. A. Thomas

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Perceived effectiveness of radio jingle in combating the spread of Corona Virus among rural dwellers in Ifo and Odeda Local Government Areas of Ogun State, Nigeria 尼日利亚奥贡州Ifo和Odeda地方政府地区的广播顺口溜在抗击冠状病毒在农村居民中传播方面的有效性

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i4.5

Rasak B. Olajide, Oyin Alao, M. A. Akintunde

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Socio-economic determinants of adoption of good cashew production practices in Benin Republic 贝宁共和国采用良好腰果生产做法的社会经济决定因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i4.3

Cossi Léonard Hinnou, Oluwatogni Akpado Alfred Ayédoun, Sabine Tede, Abréwa Rêmilokoun Esdras Obossou

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Determinants of farmers’ adoption of Sasakawa Global 2000 cassava-maize intercrop technologies in Abia State, Nigeria 尼日利亚阿比亚州农民采用Sasakawa Global 2000木薯-玉米间作技术的决定因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i4.2

C. U. Nwaobiala, C. Igwe, U. Kalu, Susan Ngozi Akwada

{"title":"Determinants of farmers’ adoption of Sasakawa Global 2000 cassava-maize intercrop technologies in Abia State, Nigeria","authors":"C. U. Nwaobiala, C. Igwe, U. Kalu, Susan Ngozi Akwada","doi":"10.4314/jae.v26i4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jae.v26i4.2","url":null,"abstract":"This study assessed adoption of cassava-maize intercrop technologies of the Sasakawa Global 2000 African Agronomy Initiative among farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select sixty (60) cassava farmers for the study. Data were collected with a structured questionnaire and analyzed using percentage and multiple and Pearson product moment correlation analyses). Mean farm size of the farmers was 1.3 hectares, fortnight contact with extension services (68.3%) and mean annual farm income of N291,774.00. Farm visits (100%) were majorly used in disseminating these technologies to farmers. Farmers had favourable perception (3.0) to Sasakawa cassava-maize intercrop technologies. Multiple regression result showed that household size (β=3.593), education (β=2.8324), farming experience (β=2.8260), farm income (β=2.6243), farm size (β=-2.7001) and extension contact (β=2.8227) influenced farmers’ adoption of Sasakawa cassava-maize intercrop technologies in the study area. There is need to promote human capacity and technical assistance to extension agents for effective dissemination and adoption of these technologies by farmers in the study area.","PeriodicalId":43669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Extension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45593787","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}

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Role of banks in promoting financial literacy among agripreneurs in Assam, India. 银行在促进印度阿萨姆邦农业企业家金融知识方面的作用。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-10-27 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i4.1

P. Newar, Anjan Bhuyan

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Economics of Cereal and Vegetable Crops under Organic and Conventional Production Systems in Nepal 尼泊尔有机和传统生产系统下谷物和蔬菜作物的经济学

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22377/aextj.v6i3.317

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Economics of Smoked Farmed Catfish in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria 尼日利亚Kainji湖流域烟熏养殖鲶鱼的经济效益

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-08-08 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i3.1

J. E. Omeje, A. Achike, S. Jimmy, Queen Mercy Manuwuike

{"title":"Economics of Smoked Farmed Catfish in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria","authors":"J. E. Omeje, A. Achike, S. Jimmy, Queen Mercy Manuwuike","doi":"10.4314/jae.v26i3.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jae.v26i3.1","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined economics of smoke Catfish in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to select 80 farmed-catfish processors from 20 communities. Primary data were collected through interview schedule and presented using percentages, mean, and 2-stage least square regression analysis. Results showed that the use of local oven (banda kilns) constitute the majority (at least 67%) of the method used in fish smoking. Roles such as gutting, folding, salting/brining, setting of fire and fish monitoring were mostly performed by the women, while the men and youths supply fire woods as well as fish arrangement on racks. The average gender ratio between the men, women and youths was 0.80, indicating a near gender equality in terms of value of fixed assets, revenue, employees and wage. Profitability indicators showed that smoke fish processing is a viable business with return on investment of 11.71 % for the men, 9.99 % for the women and 8.48 % for the youths respectively. The major determinants of netincome were age, experience and initial capital investment. Hence, it is recommended that the processing industry should be strengthened through subsidy on improved smoking kilns to enable processors produce high quality processed farmed catfish. ","PeriodicalId":43669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Extension","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49420648","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}

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Factors influencing Adoption of Irrigation Technologies among Smallholder Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya 影响肯尼亚马查科斯县小农采用灌溉技术的因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-08-08 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i3.5

Kithome Mary Muluki, Mogaka Hezron Rasugu, Mugwe Jayne Njeri, Isaboke Hezron Nyarindo

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Influence of Livelihood Assets’ on Farmers Control Practice for Enset Xanthomonas Wilt in Southern Ethiopia 生计资产对埃塞俄比亚南部农民黄单胞菌枯萎病防治实践的影响

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-08-08 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i3.4

Henok Tesfaye

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