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: 484

Table of Content: April-June 2020; 12(2)

May 2020

Fertilizer subsidy policy and smallholder farmers’ crop productivity: The case of maize production in North-Eastern Ghana

Crop yield enhancing technologies such as inorganic fertilizers present opportunities for improving smallholder farmers’ crop yields, food security and incomes. This study examines maize productivity response to Ghana’s fertilizer subsidy policy focusing on yield differences between participants and non-participants in the Tempane District in Ghana among smallholder farmers. An Endogenous Switching...

Author(s): Alhassan Andani, Abdul-Hamid Billa Moro and Gazali Issahaku  

May 2020

Analysis of the profitability and marketing distribution channels of sweet potato business in Sierra Leone

The objective of this study is to examine the profitability and channels of distribution of sweet potato in Sierra Leone. Multistage sampling was used to select 150 sweet potato marketers from five major districts. Data was collected on socio-economics characteristics, distribution channels, market margins and net income, drivers and barriers of sweet potato marketers with aid of android devices programme with the...

Author(s): O. Nabay, M. Koroma, A. J. Johnson and F. S. Kassoh  

June 2020

Status of pests and diseases of sorghum and their management practices by “Fadama” III participating farmers in Abuja, Nigeria

A diagnostic survey was carried out at the end of 2018 and early 2019 to assess the status of sorghum pests, diseases and their management strategies by the “Fadama” III participating farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. Data were collected from the 28 production clusters in 10 Fadama Development Areas in the six Area Councils. Instruments used were semi-structured interview, farm...

Author(s): Anjorin Toba Samuel, Oyerinde Akeem Abolade and Okafor Obiageli Evelyn