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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2022 This study assessed adoption of cassava-maize intercrop technologies of the Sasakawa Global 2000 African Agronomy Initiative among farmers in Abia State, Nigeria.
Nwaobiala, Chioma Udo +3 more
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Social practices required for the recovery of cassava waste for heat generation in Thailand [PDF]
, 2019 Thailand is a dominant supplier of cassava to world markets, supplying around 67% of the global market, resulting in abundant cassava waste. However, farmers typically discard this waste in cassava fields, and thus it is underutilised as an energy ...
Prakobboon, Natikorn +2 more
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Sweet Potatoes Varieties in Developing Countries: Literature Review. [PDF]
Plant Environ InteractABSTRACT This literature review examines the factors influencing the adoption of improved sweet potato varieties (ISPVs) in developing countries. Drawing on 17 studies conducted primarily in Africa and South Asia, the review categorizes influencing factors into socio‐economic, institutional, agronomic, post‐harvest, psychological, geographic ...
Tandane H, Waized B, Turuka F.
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Researchers World : Journal of Arts, Science and Commerce, 2016 INTRODUCTION:For businesses of all sizes, small businesses, micro or medium-sized enterprises , especially in agriculture and agribusiness sector, being stagnated in an effort certainly is something unwanted and undesirable. Of course, every farmer and entrepreneur in the field of agribusiness always want to progress in business from time to time.
Ahmad Roziq - +2 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons +9 more
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Profitability of cassava production in the Ashanti region of Ghana
Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2020 Cassava is a crop that is massively produced and consumed in Ghana even though it is produced by subsistence farmers. The aim of this study is to analyse the cost and returns of cassava farmers. Farmers profitability was accessed using the gross margin,
Paul Okyere, Jacqueline Baidoo
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Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge System and Mechanism for Up-scaling in the Eastern Part of Nigeria
International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 2023 Farmers in south-eastern Nigeria depend greatly on cassava for its many products. The production however is beset with a myriad of constraints of which the rural farmers despite the influx of modern scientific knowledge still carry out indigenous ...
R. N. Nwakwasi +6 more
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