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Optimizing use of integrated soil fertility management options for profitable groundnut production in Uganda
(2014-09)
Soil fertility decline is a major constraint to groundnut production in Uganda. Whereas options exist to
address this constraint, many have not been adopted by smallholder farmers. This study was designed to
demonstrate ...
Enhancing response farming for improved strategic and tactical agronomic management of risks of seasonal rainfall variability
(AJOL, 2014)
Seasonal rainfall variability, particularly the uncertainty with respect to the direction and extent that variability
will assume in a given season, forms the greatest source of risk to crop production in semi-arid areas ...
Stakeholders’ diverging interests and emerging resource use conflicts in apiculture in West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
(2013-10)
study was conducted in West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania to assess stakeholders diverging
interests and emerging resource use conflicts in apiculture with respect to natural resource
management (NRM) by local communities. ...
Influence of access to land and finances on Kenyan youth participation in agriculture: a review
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2014-09)
The Kenya Government prioritized the development of the agricultural sector to
achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of sustainable food production. Kenya’s strategic plan, Vision 2030 positions agriculture ...
Influence of Kenyan Youth’s Perception towards Agriculture and Necessary Interventions; a Review
(Science Domain, 2015)
Approximately 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth, most of which live in rural areas
and lacks formal education and vocational or professional skills. In spite of this, youth participation
in agriculture has ...
Influence of Khat (Miraa) on Primary School Dropout Among Boys in Meru County, Kenya
(David Publishing, 2013-08)
Despite introduction of Kenya’s Free Primary Education in2003 to achieve Universal Primary Education (MDG2),
primary school boys’ enrolment in Kangetais declining while dropout rates are increasing. This study investigated ...
Influence of Youth Access to Farm Products Markets on Their Participation in Agriculture in Kajiado North Sub-County
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015-10)
Agriculture in Kenya has great untapped potential for providing employment
opportunities for youth that would enable them exploit their creativity, economic innovation
and access to agricultural product markets in ...
Determinants of adoption of butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) farming among small-holders in Suba district, Kenya
(2012)
Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) is an emerging
economic crop in Kenya with ready market and high nutritional
value. Despite this, its adoption as a major cash crop in Suba
District has remained low. The aim of the ...
The Effect of Butternut Squash (Cucurbita moschata) on the Incomes of the Small-Holders in Suba District, Kenya
(2012)
Butternut squash is an emerging economic crop in Kenya with ready market and high nutritional value. It was introduced to promote food security and enhance the incomes of the small-holder farmers in Suba district. However ...
Influence of institutional factors on Sorghum production in Nakuru County, Kenya
(Academe Research Journals, 2012-12)
Agriculture in Kenya plays an important role in development as it contributes about 24% of GDP, 75% of industrial raw materials and 60% of export earnings and about 18% of the total formal employment. It also employs about ...