Abstract Poverty is a critical factor affecting subsistence of farmers in Nigeria, especially rural areas. The study examined determinants poverty among farming households Adamawa State, Nigeria. Specifically, the research objectives were to: describe socio-economic characteristics respondents, determine status and examine respondents. Primary data used for studies generated from 255 who select...

This study looked at the factors determining commercialization of smallholder farming in Kenya. The household characteristics were captured by gender head, labour size, age head and education level head. On other hand, farm size application irrigation. intervening variables access to transport, income from non – activities livestock sales. used cross-sectional data based on surveyed 2011 Kenya ...

Laying the ground for agricultural sector to derive development is critical and urgent in relieving majority of poor out poverty trap. This turn calls modernization agriculture through technology adoption. The major objective study assess perception determinants adoption North Shoa zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 796 farming households four districts namely, Ango...

This study aimed at determining the drivers of access to credit among smallholder farmers in Uganda. Using a cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 374 Jinja district, followed by analysis using descriptive statistics and Binary logistic regression model. Additionally, we used Chi-square t-test compare with without credit. The results showed that 62.83% had generally better off than t...

Equity Payout is ‘Net dividends of nonfarm, nonfinancial business’ (Table F.102, line 3), plus ‘Net dividends of farm business’ (Table F.7, line 24), minus ‘Net increase in corporate equities of nonfinancial business’ (F.101, line 35), minus ‘Proprietors’ net investment of nonfinancial business’ (F.101, line 39). Debt Repurchase is the negative of ‘Net increase in credit markets instruments of ...

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 significantly changed incentives for investing. This analysis specifically examines how changes in marginal tax rates, depreciation schedules, and the investment tax credit altered the cost of capital and net investment in agriculture. A stochastic coefficients econometric methodology is used to estimate an investment function which is then used to simulate the effect...

The study was conducted to document farmers' livelihood aspects and agribusiness potentials in wetland areas of Bangladesh. A total of 120 farmers and 24 service providers were interviewed for data collection. Most of the farmers were small farmers having less than 1.0 ha of cultivable land. The differences in productivity of crop farming and poultry rearing between wetland area and main land w...

Small farms and smallholder farming systems play crucial roles in agricultural development in many developing countries. From the various rural development programs designed to support such farming systems, agricultural extension services are of at most importance. However, the benefit that farmers obtain from these services and the resulting impact depends, to a great extent, by their direct a...