the performance of women agribusiness cooperatives in oyo state, nigeria was assessed in this study. the study employed a multi-stage sampling technique to select 6 women cooperative groups (aggregating to 175 individuals); 36 individual women; and 4 institutions across 6 lgas in two agricultural zones of the state. findings show that majority (55.6%) of the respondents belong to processing org...

The Black Pig, bred in the Nebrodi, represents a familiar cultural heritage passed from previous generations. Although the breeding of modern breeds represents significant economic benefits, it is thanks to interventions of Department for Agriculture and Forestry of Sicily Region that it was possible to avoid the loss of the genetic heritage and the extinction. The peculiar sensory characterist...

This paper develops a model to explain farmers’ decision to move from agricultural activities to forestry. Farmers in Ireland have strong links with land and are reluctant to enter into forestry even when the returns from it exceed those from farming. This paper examines whether the reluctance among farmers to plant forestry originates in the nature of forestry investment, which is characterise...

1Institute of Forest Ecology and Environmental Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, PR China 2Liaoning Academy of Forestry, Shenyang 110032, PR China 3School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China 4School of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, PR China 5Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Nat...

2 Director, Forestry and Land Use programme, International Institute for Environment and Development, Edinburgh, UK 3 Assistant Professor, Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique 4 Coordinator Planning, National Forestry Authority, Kampala, Uganda 5 Coordinator, Civic Response, Accra, Ghana 6 Assistant Director of Forestry, Department of...

Eucalyptus is the second most planted tree on earth. Despite this ranking, its mature breeding programs, clonal propagation and deployment and short rotation time make it a leading target for biotechnology improvement. The recently completed eucalyptus genome project provides an enormous opportunity for understanding and developing new traits for eucalyptus forestry. The main obstacle for wides...