Abstract Spatial price transmission or market integration measures the degree to which geographically separated markets share long-run market information on homogenous commodities. One very contentious issue in Ghana is the concern about the implications of trade liberalization for spatial price transmission and integration of local tomato markets i.e. whether or not price linkages between tomato markets in Ghana improved following the countries adoption of trade liberalization policy in the...
ABSTRACT Celebrated in 2008, the United Nations International Year of the Potato (IYP) highlighted the important role of the Irish potato in agriculture, the economy and world food security. Globally, agriculture and food security are affected by a number of constraints including land conflicts. As population grows, land becomes scarce and its demand rises. In Uganda and Kisoro District in particular, there is an increasing level of land conflicts needing mitigation among smallholder Irish p...
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers of Apac District received advice from extension agents on the production of high quality cassava flour from 2009 to 2015. Despite training, production remained low at 4000kg ha-1 compared to the expected output of 8000kg ha-1 , which called for an investigation conceived to establish the effectiveness of the group extension methods used in training for high output. A crosssectional survey design was used. Interviews, questionnaires, observations and focused group...
ABSTRACT Maize farmers in Hoima District have formed groups to overcome the challenges of low production, processing and marketing of maize due to lack of adequate extension support, inadequacy of transport facilities, limited access to inputs and output market. However, studies have shown that even when the farmers form groups, the challenges that farmers face as individuals continue to be experienced in their farmer groups. The challenges listed if left unaddressed, have the potential of c...
Abstract Bananas are the main staple food crop grown in Mbarara District but production is threatened by Mbarara’s declining soil fertility. Cattle manure has a potential of improving soil fertility as it is available and affordable through the good supply from the high cattle population of the area compared to scarce & costly inorganic fertilizers. In addressing the problem, the aim was to find out the rate of cattle manure adoption for increasing banana yields. A sample size of 226 respo...
ABSTRACT Time to harvest sweet potato is paramount in determining the yield and nutritional composition. Establishing an appropriate period to harvest non-white fleshed sweet potato [Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam] cultivars introduced in Ghana as food crops is relevant to their promotion for human health. However, there is insufficient scientific information on the root quality (root yield, fresh foliage weight, (3-carotene, dry matter, starch, fructose, glucose, sucrose, zinc, iron and protein) o...
ABSTRACT The study sought to evaluate Senior High School students’ perceptions on the studying of Agriculture Science subject in the Akuapem North District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design using questionnaires as the main data collection instrument. Data were provided by 203 students who were purposively sampled from 4,045 Senior High School students in the district. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics aided by the Stati...
ABSTRACT There is great issue of concern to the alarming rate of the increasing number of SHS graduates who do not proceed to any higher education and cannot be absorbed by both the public and private sector in the job market annually in Ghana. Small ruminant production can provide lots of significant employment potential for youth to engage in. This study looked at the assessment of the potential of small ruminant production as a source of employment for Senior High School Graduates in the ...
Abstract Experiments on mulching, temperature, storage end inter-row spacing were conducted in the fie ld and laboratory during the major and minor seasons of 1973* with 21 introduced soybean varieties including H ill, Kent, CBS 486 and Aasoy 71. 1. Mulching Kxperiments Three varieties (H ill, Kent, GES 466) were grown in two field trials and a pot experiment with and without mulch applied after planting in 1973* Mulching decreased maximum soil temperature; maintained higher so il moisture co...
An experiment was conducted on a grey-brown sandy-clay soil of vertical classification, at the Agricultural Research. Station, Legon, to study the effect of 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 8- and 10-weekly grazing on the performances of eight tropical grasses namely:- Cynodon aethiopicus, Cynodon nlemfuensis, Cynodon plectostachyus, Cenchrus ciliaris var Biloela, M git aria decumbens, Digit aria swazilandensis, Panicum. maximum and Paspalum pljcatulum. Srequent grazing reduced dry matter and green forage yie...
Objective of Study The study was motivated by the Ghana Government's proposal for an integrated crop improvement project for maize. The project seeks to promote the use of 'improved methods' of cultivating maize in selected centres of maize production in the country with the aim of increasing annual maize production by approximately 50,000 long tons over the next five years. It is hoped that the target would be achieved primarily through increasing yields on at least 100,000 acres of the appr...
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers play a vital role in food production in Ghana. However, their households are major casualties of food insecurity despite their efforts in food production. This study sought to identify the determinants of food security status and describe the coping strategies used among smallholder farming households in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study calculated a food security index (FSI) to determine the food security status of households in the study area. The logit ...
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important food crop in Ghana, but its productivity in farmers‟ fields throughout the country is generally low. The low grain yields can be attributed partly to the use of traditional low-yielding maize varieties. Farmers‟ adoption of hybrid varieties would reduce deficit of demand and supply of maize in the country. A study was undertaken to assess the relative yielding abilities and stability of 20 hybrids selected from the breeding programme of the Wes...
ABSTRACT The sterile insect technique (SIT) is being developed for the control of malaria transmitting mosquitoes. Critical to the success of applying the SIT is the establishment of standardized mass production systems for the target species. As part of efforts to develop standardised mass production systems for malaria vectors, this project sought to optimize adult blood and sugar feeding in a mass production system. Different sugar types (glucose, sucrose and honey) were evaluated at 6 ...
Abstract This study compares the response of Amaranthus candatus vegetable to root-to-shoot signals of soil drying and assesses applicability of the use of partial root zone drying (PRD) technique in increasing water-use efficiency. From a completely block randomized design, seeds were grown on three plots with each having three replicates. Three treatments were compared: half of the root system watered and half droughted by delivering 50% less crop water requirement (CWR) per irrigation dep...