ALLEN VAN DEYNZE, Biotechnology Specialist, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, Davis; DANIEL H. PUTNAM, University of California Cooperative Extension Alfalfa Specialist, University of California, Davis; STEVE ORLOFF, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, Siskiyou County; TOM LANINI, Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist, University o...

This study assessed of youth involvement in agricultural production in Sabon Gari Local Government Area. The data used for this study were collected using interview schedule administered to 112 respondents who were selected through multi-stage sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentages and means were used to analyze the data. The result revealed that majority (95....

customer satisfaction is the most important element for developing and sustaining organizational priorities and practices. thus, we examined farmers’ overall satisfaction with agricultural extension services and its determinants using data collected from 150 beneficiary farmers in north west ethiopia. the findings show that about 55% of the interviewees were satisfied whereas 45% of them were d...

Gerald E. Higginbotham Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA Carolyn L. Stull Extension Specialist, University of California School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis Nyles G. Peterson Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Riverside, CA Anne V. Rodiek Professor, California State University, Fresno Barbara A. Reed Farm Advisor, University of ...

The study was on socioeconomic factors influencing the uptake of coffee production recommended practices in Kichwamba and Kirugu Sub-counties Rubirizi district conducted February 2021. Objectives were to identify systems used, challenges associated with for production, policy interventions address use practices. Farmers continue register low yields hence affecting their livelihoods incomes achi...

Research conducted by the PD/A CRSP at Sagana Fish Farm has begun to identify alternative management practices and technologies that may be suitable in the region, but it should not be assumed that results obtained under controlled experimental conditions at Sagana are directly transferable to farms in the area. On-farm testing is therefore a logical step in transferring research-based technolo...

Insufficient and high variability in rice yield is a threat to food security in China, prompting the need for strategies to mitigate yield variability and increase productivity. This study investigates the presence of production risk and technical inefficiency for a sample of rice farms in the Xiangyang city of China using a stochastic production frontier framework. Results from the risk functi...

At the household level, livestock plays a critical economic and social role in pastoralists and at the household level, livestock plays a critical economic and social role in pastoralists and smallholder farm households. The objectives of this study were to analyze factors affecting participation in cattle fattening and its impacts on household income in Fadis district of Eastern Hararghe. Both...

Despite the huge potential for milk production, interventions to improve productivity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are barely based on specified farm classifications. This study aimed develop robust and context-specific typologies guide content of extension advice/services Uganda. From a sample 482 dairy farmers, we collected data farmer socio-demographics, management practices, ownership tools ...