Sökning: "Agricultural Extension Services"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 uppsatser innehållade orden Agricultural Extension Services.

1. 1. FISCAL POLICY AND GENDER INEQUALITY : A CASE OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN NIGERIA

   Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Adetutu O Emmanuel; [2023]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Over the years governmental efforts to resolve the issues of gender inequality particularly in the developing countries appear to be less significant, and some scholars have identified this failing as the bane of economic growth and development in such countries. It is argued that the consequences which stems from discrimination against women who constitute about 70% of agricultural labor market in Nigeria and their low empowerment in Nigeria's agriculture sector led to the overall low productivity in the country's agriculture sector. LÄS MER

3. 2. Determinants of Female Farmers Access to Agrarian Extension Services: A case study from Ethiopia

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Miranda Savini Nicci; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Agrarian Development; Agricultural Extension Services AES ; Female Small-holder Farmers; Ethiopia; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This paper aims at investigating the determinants of female farmers access to Agrarian Extension Services in Ethiopia, where extension services represent a critical tool for the development of the agrarian sector. Despite the country’s efforts to develop a gender-responsive extension system, several bottlenecks are negatively driving down women’s access to these services. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Nature of Digital Extension Services in the Developing World

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Elliot Mackenzie; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : The rapid diffusion of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya is hoped to be an effective solution to meeting the crucial information needs of smallholder farmers to improve their economic and environmental resilience. This thesis conducts a case study based on interviews with actors who provide digital agricultural extension services to farmers in Kenya to assess the Agricultural Innovation System (AIS), and its features and current trajectory. LÄS MER

5. 4. The impacts of agricultural cooperatives in Tanzanian farmers` livelihoods : The Case of Tobacco Agricultural Cooperative in the Tabora Region

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Författare :Joshua Ndelanguswa Kiungai; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Tobacco production; Transaction cost; Marketing; Cooperative challenges; Cooperative roles;

   Sammanfattning : Agricultural cooperatives aim to have controlled effort for agricultural products and find market to sell those products at a reasonable price. Farmers’ products are sold at a better price leading to a higher income which improve farmers’ livelihood. LÄS MER

7. 5. Factors Influencing Farmers’ Readiness for Climate Change Adaptation: Southwest Washington, USA & Skåne, Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Författare :Zachary Spangler; [2021]
   Nyckelord :agriculture; agricultural extension; crop advisory services; climate change adaptation; farmers; egocentric social networks; Skåne; Washington; correlation; survey; USA; Sweden; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Climate change impacts global agricultural systems through changes in average temperature, precipitation quantity and timing, and extreme weather events. Climate change adaptation (CCA) for agricultural systems will be based on changes to farms’ day-to-day operations and long-range planning, governmental policies and regulations, and broad changes in supply chains. LÄS MER