The importance of shea tree to the people of south-western Nigeria cannot be over emphasized considering both the economic and environmental uses of the tree. However, efforts have not been made to propagate its production by the farmers as the shea tree still grows in the wild state. It would be worthwhile to investigate farmers’ perception of shea nut tree as an economic tree and their attitu...

In the 21st century, world has entered era of digital economy. order to better serve pillar industries agriculture, implement China's rural revitalization and development policies, areas, farmers, keep agricultural areas in line with pace whole society, China attaches great importance promotion policies such as RMB settlement for farmers masses. To this end, governments local commercial banks v...

This study was undertaken to investigate the impact of microfinance on agricultural productivity by smallholder farmers in Makurdi Metropolis of Benue State, Nigeria. Data were randomly collected from 120 farmers consisting of 60 credit beneficiaries (CB) and 60 non-credit beneficiaries (NCB) by which were analyzed through descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results of ...

The study accessed rural-urban migration among youths in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), FCT, Abuja. research was carried out Council. guided by objectives. A descriptive design used this study. the area were chosen using a purposeful sampling method. Multistage approaches to sample eight (8) ADP blocks. Gwarimpa, Garki, Gui, Gwagwa, Karu, Karshi, Nyanya, and Kabusa blocks for research. To...

This study compared farmers’ rating of extension effectiveness in technology dissemination to the level of adoption. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension programme in Cross-River State were randomly selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. The data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of difference ...

The uncertainty of income earned by farmers, namely crop failure with a very high risk, will cause financial problems in their families. target or respondents this study are farmers who live Lahat Regency, South Sumatera. Initial findings indicate that the level inclusion Regency is still quite low. purpose to analyze farmers' literacy, identify components and factors affect literacy. research ...

This PPM activity is one of the community empowerment activities to increase capacity farmers, especially increasing safety and health behavior while using pesticides. The prevention program carried out in form a movement reduce risk pesticide toxicity called GEMPAR (Gerakan Masyarakat Petani Atasi Racun). consists eight action as farmer reducing due use was effort which promoted through FGD ac...

The study carried out an assessment of agricultural land management practices in food crops production among small scale farmers in Kwara Sate, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the socio economic characteristics of crop farmers in Kwara State; ascertained the cropping patterns common among them; highlighted the soil conservation methods adopted by the farmers; examined the relationsh...