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Household level determinants of adoption speed of soil fertility boosting technology: a duration analysis approach of compost in Toke Kutaye District of West Shawa Zone, Oromiya, Ethiopia

R.M. Bulti

In the study of technology adoption and determination of smallholder farmer’s adoption of an introduced technology at given point in time, the employment of ‘Binary settings of logit and probit’ is a commonly used methodology. This static …

RUF-37761 2016 CC BY 4.0 30 Oct 2018

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From researching about farmers to researching with farmers: Experiences of the University of Limpopo’s Centre for Rural Community Empowerment (CRCE) in Limpopo Province, South Africa

E. M Letsoalo · N.M. Mollel

Through the Centre for Rural Community Empowerment (CRCE), students, academics and community members at the University of Limpopo interact in shaping and improving the training of students, impact of university knowledge on community membe…

RUF-37758 2016 CC BY 4.0 30 Oct 2018

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Des plateformes d’innovation au service du renforcement de la caviaculture au Cameroun : expériences de l’Université de Dschang

F. Meutchieye · I.G.M Nyebe

Entre 2011 et 2013, l’Université de Dschang au Cameroun a expérimenté la mise en place et l’animation d’une plateforme d’innovation en vue de renforcer l’élevage des cobayes. Différentes catégories d’acteurs ont été identifiées et structur…

RUF-37750 2016 CC BY 4.0 29 Oct 2018

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The role of agricultural information and communication systems in disseminating climate change adaptation strategies to smallholder farmers of Coastal Kenya

G. A. Achiando · R. Birech · Washington Ochola

Climate change is the fluctuation around the mean climate state or pattern that has built over a long period of time, usually decades or longer, typically 30 years. The worlds’ climate is continuing to change at rates that are projected to…

RUF-37737 2016 CC BY 4.0 29 Oct 2018

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The latest research shows that we really should do something with available research outcomes: overcoming the “Valley of Death” to enhancing commercialization of research outputs

E. Adipala · A. Egeru · Sylvanus Mensah · M.Paul Nampala +1 more

This article was inspired by a dialogue that transpired during the 5th All Africa Higher Education Week and Biennial Conference of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), held in October 2016. The c…

RUF-37635 2016 CC BY 4.0 30 May 2018

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A Mathematical Aso-Oke: Ndebele dolls, vertex-edge graphs, cryptology and number patterns in the lives of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)

M. A. Nkechi · W. Olabukunola · O. Tolulope · S. Williams

The Mathematical Aso-Oke: Ndebele dolls, vertex-edge graphs, cryptology and number patterns in the lives of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) stems from work within the 2014 Carnegie African diaspora fellowship…

RUF-37626 2016 CC BY 4.0 3 May 2018

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Intensification of pastures in the tropics should consider Enteric Methane Emission to the environment to save the climate: An in vitro CH4 analysis from common intensified range pastures in Kenya

O. Koech · D. Leemans · J. Mooby

Livestock production in the tropics contributes significantly to climate change through enteric emissions compared to in the developed continents. This is mostly attributed to the feed quality, extensive production systems, and the husband…

RUF-37562 2016 CC BY 4.0 11 Apr 2018