This study examines productivity growth of 3 ECOWAS crops, namely, rice, cotton and millet, using both Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment analysis (DEA). The data cover a 45 year period (1961-2005). Calculations are based on data collected from FAOSTAT database,...

This study analyzed credit use and its effect on production efficiency of cocoa farms in Ondo State. Primary data were collected in a crosssectional survey of 183 randomly selected cocoa farms. These were drawn in a multi-stage sampling process that covered the five dominant cocoa producing...

Agriculture extension and advisory services is a multidisciplinary discipline based on human interaction seeking to improve the livelihoods of farming communities and individuals by providing information and technologies. The training of extension staff is important as it has a bearing on their...

Many developing countries today are facing major challenges with regard to food security due to changes in rural land use, coupled with population pressure. One of the ways countries like Kenya has responded to this is by teaching agriculture at various levels of education especially secondary...

Bon nombre d’études ont abordé les déterminants du profit dans les bas-fonds en se basant sur la fonction de production. Ces études ont été critiquées du fait de l’endogénéité des inputs. Le présent article se propose de prendre en compte cette critique. Ce qui permettra aux...

This study examined the socio-economic impact of the Lower Niger dredging vis-à-vis the anticipated socio-economic incentives on the fisher folks’ community in Baro, Niger state Nigeria. A simple random technique was used to select 60 fisherfolks using a well-structured questionnaire. Data...

The study examined the profitability of livestock marketing in Gamawa Local Government Area, Bauchi State in the year 2012. A combination of both purposive and simple random sampling techniques was employed to collect data from one hundred and twenty marketers, using structured questionnaire....

The issue of beef meat supply response is an important one as it has an impact on production, nutrition, and poverty alleviation. The traditional beef meat supply that characterizes the livestock sector of Burundi may be unsustainable in providing the desired amount of food meat to the growing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate website quality in rural firms in four countries, by using Gonzalez and Palacios's Web Assessment Index (WAI). There is an assertion in the literature that quality is lower amongst rural firms than urban firms, and lower amongst small firms...

The paper proposes a theory of technology development for semi-arid regions. It then evaluates the theory by reviewing the characteristics of technologies successfully introduced into the regions and, with modeling, identifying some constraints to further technology introduction of the type...