November 2012
Land and tree tenure rights on agro forestry (parak) system at communal land in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Land and forest degradation in Indonesia tends to increase yearly due to lack of society participation in planting and maintaining of trees, especially in communal lands. In West Sumatra, where the land is generally communal, the success of tree planting for this purpose should be considered from land and tree tenure. The incentive system which is uncertain, leads to reluctance in planting trees on communal lands and...
November 2012
Paradigm shift in the agro-technology transfer system: Case study of Agricultural Development Programme in Enugu State, Nigeria (2001 to 2009)
The study examined response of agricultural development programme (ADP) to changes in the operational environment. Forty eight purposively and 12 randomly selected extension workers were used. Data were collected by use of questionnaire and analysed using means, percentage, and one - way analysis of variance. There is no significant different in level of involvement and coverage of ADP organization in about 95%...
November 2012
Change in extent of irrigation due to ‘Sunehra Kal’ initiated soil and water conservation interventions in two semi-arid districts of Madhya Pradesh
Conservation and judicious use of soil and water play an important role for sustainable crop production and improving the livelihood of people especially in the semi- arid and arid belts of India. The present work evaluates the changes brought about by soil and water conservation interventions in the beneficiary villages of Ratlam and Mandsaur districts, Madhya Pradesh in terms of cropped area, irrigated...
November 2012
Impact of integrated agricultural research and development on adoption of soil fertility management technologies among smallholder farmers of Southern Africa
This paper sets out to determine the impact of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development in three selected countries of Southern Africa. Agricultural productivity in Southern Africa faces several challenges, of which poor soil fertility strikes out as the priority problem inhibiting increased productivity in farmers’ fields. While several soil fertility management technologies are being promoted in the...
November 2012
Adaptation strategies of selected tree crop farmers to climate variation in Oyo State, Nigeria
This study examined the adaptation strategies of tree crop farmers to climate variation in Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to sample 160 respondents for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Result of analysis showed that majority of the tree crops...
November 2012
Honey production systems (Apis mellifera L.) in Kaffa, Sheka and Bench-Maji zones of Ethiopia
Southwest parts of Ethiopia particularly Kaffa, Sheka and Bench-Maji zones are endowed with very diverse and dense natural forests. This favours for the existence of dense honeybee population and production of large volume of honey. However, detail information on honey production systems of the area was lacking. In this study five representative districts were selected and data on beekeeping practice and its major...
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