June 2016

Effect of extension and training on farmers’ husbandry and management practices and field performance when using draught horses in ploughing

For draught animal technology to contribute to its full potential to farming, it needs to be backed up with suitable and relevant extension and training packages. This study investigated the effect of extension on farmers’ husbandry and management practices and field performance of draught horses in EN-Nhoud locality, West Kordofan State, Sudan. The study followed the cross-sectional survey design on a sample of...

Author(s): Elsamawal Khalil Makki, Fatima Elbasheer Eltayeb and Osman Abdelkarim Badri

June 2016

Efficiency of chili pepper production in the volta region of Ghana

This study investigates the overall economic efficiency of chili pepper producers in the Volta region of Ghana. The study used farm level data to examine the productivity of selected agricultural inputs, technical, allocative and economic efficiency levels and the determinants of efficiency of chili pepper production. The modified translog stochastic frontier production and cost function models were adopted for the...

Author(s): Jacob Asravor, Edward E. Onumah and Yaw B. Osei-Asare