The present investigation was carried out to assess the livelihood status of the fish farmers in Hamirkutsha and Kamarbari Unions of Bagmara upazilla under Rajshahi district during June to December 2006. Data were collected through the use of well structured questionnaire. Fifty farmers were included in this study who were directly involved in fish farming. Average pond size was 0.13 ha with si...

the technical efficiency involved in cocoa production in cross river state was estimated using the stochastic frontier production function analysis. the effects of some selected socio- economic characteristics of the farmers on the efficiency indices were also estimated. the study relied upon primary data generated from interviewing cocoa farmers using a set of structured questionnaire. a multi...

Despite the immense returns of new agricultural technologies to increase productivity and meet rising food demand, there is a lag in adoption these by farmers. The aeroponics system one such innovative implemented for seed yam propagation. This study assessed awareness determinants willingness farmers adopt farming system, employing likert scale logit regression model. Results showed that more ...

This paper assessed crop farmers’ access and utilization of climate information services (CIS) impact CIS use on yields in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 405 farmers from the data were collected through a survey using questionnaire. We employed descriptive statistics, endogenous treatment effect, Heckman probit selection model analyze collected. res...

Purpose: This paper intended to investigate the performance of water institutions using primary roles Water Resource Management.
 Design/Methodology/Approach: The study employed a qualitative research approach through multiple sampling techniques and stages. sample involved 70 respondents from basin villages registered in WUA model. Data were checked by content analysis descriptive statist...

the study examines production efficiency of farmers under national fadama-ii project in oyo state nigeria. primary data were collected from two hundred and sixty-four farmers using multistage sampling technique. the analytical framework used for the study include: descriptive, infrastructure index, gross margin and stochastic frontier production function. average infrastructural index in the ar...

The study examined agrobiodiversity conservation techniques adopted by rural farmers in Kware Local Government Area, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to arrive at 120 farmers from three selected villages. Forty (40) interview schedule were administered in each of the sampled villages. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the primary data collected. Results of the findings s...

OBJECTIVE To assess the attitudes and behaviours of North Carolina tobacco farmers around crop diversification. DESIGN Cross-sectional telephone survey. PARTICIPANTS Active tobacco farmers in 14 North Carolina counties (n = 1236), interviewed between January and April 1997 (91% response rate). OUTCOME MEASURES Interest in, experience with, and perceived barriers to diversification. RESU...

Yi people are the most primitive society in China. Little information on the metabolic syndrome (MS) is available in Yi people. We explored whether differing lifestyle affected the prevalence of MS among farmers and migrants of Yi ethnicity and Han population in one of the Southwestern parts of China. The prevalence of MS among the three populations was described under the same International Di...