Bio-fortification of cassava with pro-vitamin A is an emerging sustainable strategy in the agro-research system in Nigeria to address the vitamin A deficiency among rural farm families with agricultural extension being at ...

Value chain and value addition is a contemporary veritable tool to achieving food security. Hence, this study examined the involvement of farmers and other value chain actors in rice value addition in Ekiti state, Nigeria. ...

The study assessed how small ruminant farmers cope with dry season feed shortages through the adoption of some coping strategies in Ekiti State. The study specifically examined the farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics, ...

The study was carried out to assess the use of mass media for the dissemination of agricultural information to arable crop farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study ascertained the socio-economic characteristics of the ...

This study is a comparative analysis of the production efficiency of insured and un-insured small-scale farms in Edo and Delta States. The study covered six local government areas randomly selected from each of the two ...

The study examined the determinants of adoption of improved Cassava production practices among farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives sought to ascertain some socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, ...

This study determines farm and non-farm employment choices among rural youths in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents from the three Local Government Areas (Ido-Osi, ...

Several development policies in Nigeria had placed undue emphasis on increasing rice production to serve as a base for agricultural transformation. Even though there has been an increase in rice production, the absence of ...

The need to bridge the gap between rural people and health services as their health has an effect on agricultural productivity because the bulk of agricultural activities take place in the rural areas with the rural women ...

This study identified the strategies of reducing child labour in cocoa farming communities in Ondo State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study ascertained socio-economic characteristics of cocoa farmers in the study areas; ...