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Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the most consumed food ingredients globally, making it a crop with unique market opportunities in agribusiness. The objective of this review was to determine the main determinants of profit efficiency of on…
The Government of Kenya established Commodity Fund in 2006 to provide viable, inexpensive agricultural credit to coffee farmers to boost coffee productivity by facilitating the acquisition of inputs and support of overhead operations. This…
Cassava (Manihot esculenta L.) microenterprises ought to be strategic in marketing their products for relatively better marketing margins. Strategic marketing is one of the pathways that could be used in the transformation of rural smallho…
ver the years, small scale potato farm enterprises have recorded low potato productivity and profitability. This poor performance could be attributed to poor entrepreneurial culture and skills, and low entrepreneurial behaviour portrayed b…
Pumpkin is one of the many African indigenous crops grown across Africa due to its nutritional and medicinal attributes. Despite its vast nutritional and medicinal values, pumpkin remains one of the neglected and underutilized species (NUS…
Agriculture has the potential to improve dietary diversity through farm enterprise diversity if farming households consume what they produce. This paper evaluated the drivers of farm enterprise diversity among small-scale farmers in Makuen…
Smallholder farmers in Kenya are faced with low agricultural productivity and need access to timely, relevant and cost effective agricultural information through effective and efficient extension service delivery. This study determined ICT…
Mycotoxins are poisonous substances mainly produced by fungi that attack field crops and contaminate agricultural commodities during postharvest under favourable conditions. They negatively affect the agriculture sector, cause serious heal…
Mycotoxins are poisonous substances mainly produced by fungi that attack field crops and contaminate agricultural commodities during postharvest under favourable conditions. They negatively affect the agriculture sector, cause serious heal…
Smallholder farmers in Sierra Leone are characterized by their socio-demographic characteristics which affect their ability to add value to rice at post-harvest stages. The rice value addition technologies start from harvesting to storage.…
While agriculture professionals, researchers, students among other people are continually seeking to increase their knowledge and skills, AgMOOCs offer good opportunity to fill this gap. The overall objective of this study was to analyse …
A dependable, economically viable, environmentally friendly and sustainable energy system is a foundation of any modern society. The Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) telecommunications industry has seen, in the last years, a significant surge in f…
The Scientific Data Management (SDM) training for Post-Graduate Students Using R was conducted online, due to the COVID-19 challenges. This was the first of its kind with the aim of enhancing the ability of academic participants to analyze…
Integration of mobile phones offers incredible opportunities to share agricultural information. Being one of the ICT tools currently used in extension science, evaluating its contribution on agricultural production remains crucial. This st…
Biogeochemical processes are the biological, geological, and chemical characteristics of a forest ecosystem, whereas biogeochemical cycles are the pathways by which vital elements of a living matter are transported through biotic and abiot…
L’évolution des occupations des sols est l’une des transformations les plus immenses et les plus perceptibles de la surface de la terre. L’évaluation de ces changements des occupations des sols est impérative dans un large éventail de pers…
An attempt was made to evaluate land use/cover change trajectory in Ahafo Ano North District for a period of thirty-three years (33) using remote sensing (RS) and GIS. The study used multi-spectral satellite data obtained from Landsat-5, L…
Many initiatives have been undertaken by the Kenyan Government and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to help residents of Semi-arid lands (ASALs) cope with the effects of climate variability with mixed results. A study to map climate v…
Rapid land use land cover (LULC) change is one of the fundamental environmental problems in Ethiopia in general and, especially in the highlands of Ethiopia. This study was aimed to understand the trends, magnitudes, and drivers of LULC ch…
Land degradation and ecosystem services (ES) impairment are a common phenomenon in Ethiopia due to unintended land use/cover (LULC) changes. Hence, currently millions are suffering with land conversions related socioeconomic and environmen…
Land degradation and impairment of ecosystem services (ES) have been a serious problem in Ethiopia, due to excessive pressure on and improper use of land and water resources. Thus, various land management (LM) practices have been implement…
Physical activity is a cornerstone of good health but technologically driven lifestyle has reduced it in urbanized societies. Physical inactivity leads to overweight and obesity (OWO) a risk factor for non communicable diseases (NCDs) and …
The nutritional value of baobab leaf powder and its contribution as a source of income to households in Benin call for the need of effective marketing channels. This paper aimed to investigate the market of baobab leaf powder at Dassa-Zoum…
Yellow bean trade is affected by limited information and unstructured system on production which has negative implications on seed supplies and other possible investments. The presence of improved varieties in seed markets shelves is a pos…
L’étude des facteurs influençant le comportement, la disponibilité, l’accessibilité, l’utilisation des denrées alimentaires pour le bien-être des ménages tel que la saisonnalité est indispensable afin de comprendre le comportement alimenta…
