Household food security remains a challenge in South Africa. The national government instituted the Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS) programme which identifies household agricultural production as an important element of improving household-level food security. Agricultural extension is well positioned to help achieve this aim, but its current contribution is unknown. This study identif...

The study focused on constraints affecting the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies disseminated by the Women-in-Agriculture (WIA) unit of the Akwa Ibom Agricultural Development Programme (AKADEP) to its women clientele. The study also ascertained the awareness and adoption levels of such introduced technologies. Findings revealed that respondents were aware of 61.9% of introduced t...

Ever since the arrival of the tomato to Spain in the 16th century, great diversification of the crop has taken place, giving rise to a rich collection of varietal types. The ‘Comunidad Valenciana’, with its deep-rooted agricultural tradition, is one of the Spanish regions with the greatest diversity in traditional tomato varieties, characterised by their local adaptation and high fruit quality....

The interaction between landuse change, nitrogen deposition, water recharge and carbon sequestration was investigated in the EU 5th Framework Programme project called AFFOREST. An important aspect of the project was the development of the AFFOREST spatial Decision Support System, designed to look at these issues simultaneously. The development of the nitrogen deposition module is described in t...

The study evaluated the effect of IFAD credit supply on rural farmers in Rivers State. Data for the study were collected using a structured questionnaire administered to 90 farmer’s beneficiaries using a multi-stage sampling technique. The regression result shows that semi-log function gave the best fit with the highest value of coefficient of multiple determination (R 2 ) of 0.8758 and seven e...

The agINFRA project aims to provide the agricultural research community with e-infrastructure and services for open data access, sharing and re-use. This paper introduces the project’s objectives and context, technical elements as well as the envisaged range of data resources. Furthermore opportunities for participation are highlighted. 1 Towards global sharing of agricultural research results ...