Journal of
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2170
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAERD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 489

Full Length Research Paper

Responses of smallholder farmers on sorghum production preferences and constraints in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Elaine Azu
  • Elaine Azu
  • Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Ghana. 4West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, PMB 30, Legon, Ghana.
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Wilfred Elegba
  • Wilfred Elegba
  • Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Ghana. 3Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box AE1, Atomic, Accra, Ghana.
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Abigail Tweneboah Asare
  • Abigail Tweneboah Asare
  • Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box LG 80, Legon, Ghana.
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Precious Kwaku Blege
  • Precious Kwaku Blege
  • University of Development Studies, Department of Agricultural Mechanization and Irrigation Technology, P.O. Box TL1350, Tamale, Ghana.
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Harry Mensah Amoatey
  • Harry Mensah Amoatey
  • Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box AE1, Atomic, Accra, Ghana.
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Eric Yirenkyi Danquah
  • Eric Yirenkyi Danquah
  • West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, PMB 30, Legon, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 07 July 2021
  •  Accepted: 09 September 2021
  •  Published: 30 September 2021

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