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The on-going campaign for increased food crops production rests on rural farmers for its success. One obstacle is the increasing soil infertility due to oil spillage caused by the oil and...
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The objective of this study was to examine agricultural intensification among arable crop households in Abia State. The sample size comprised 144 farmers selected from the three...
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The broad objective of this study is to determine indicators of income and consumption expenditure decisions and examine their relationship in smalllholder farm households in Ikwuano...
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The processors had the highest market share contributing 60.19% of the total profit, followed by the marketers with 32.55% while the least were the producers with 7.26%. Results of the...
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This study assessed spatial price and operational efficiency in the poultry feed market in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the socioeconomic characteristics of...
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This study was designed to examine rural credit and production efficiency among yam based farmers in Isuikwuato L.G.A of Abia State, Nigeria The objectives of the study were to describe...
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Nigeria agricultural sector has once served as the mainstay of the nation's economy, with substantial income from cocoa, groundnut, palm produce, hide and skin, and other agricultural...
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The major objective of this study is to analyze urban youth employment status in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Simple random sampling method was used. Forty respondents were drawn from each...
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This study assed the challenges of cooperative financing of farmers in Abia State. The specific objective are to identify the socio-econornic characteristic of the cooperatives, determine...
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This study examined the determinants of cost and profit of marketing of Cowpea, in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Three markets were purposely sampled, while...
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Uziza it is used in West African euisine where it imparts "heat" (piquantness) and a spicy pugent aroma. This paper examines, the analysis of uziza marketing in Abia, using 50 respondents...
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This study examined entrepreneurial performance and its determinants among cassava processing entrepreneurs in Abia State, Nigeria. It specifically examined socio-economic characteristics,...
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It has long been understood that with increasing economic growth, small farm production systems could not remain static and would need to gear themselves to some degree of...
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The study examined agricultural credit and the effect on agricultural output' in Nigeria (1978- 2013). To achieve the stated objectives of the study, secondary data were collected in form...
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The study examined the effect of micro-credit on the welfare of small scale farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, using a structured questionnaire. Primary data were collected from a I...
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The study estimated the demand function as well as the relevant elasticities for cocoyam in Oru East Local Government area using the ordinary least square (OLS) criteria which is an...
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The name "Okada" simply means the use of motorcycle for commercial transport operations. This study was designed to examine the impact of OKADA" on the Agricultural and Rural Development...
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This study was designed to compare resource allocation and efficiency in fadama rice farming and dry season vegetable production in Imo State. The study was restricted to the period of'...
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The principal objective1 of this study was to determine the level of substitution in the study area. The related objectives were to determine factors that influence households energy...
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The technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of commercial vegetable production in Akwa Ibom State were evaluated. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted in selecting...
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The study examined the economics of mushroom production in Abia State, Nigeria. It identified the constraints militating against mushroom production, analyzed costs and returns, profit...
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This study analysed panel data set from food crop farmers in Imo State to measure efficiency and productivity growth of their farms. Given that food supply has not kept pace with demand,...
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The study examined the effects of microfinance services on economic empowerment of rural women in Abia State. It specifically looked at the socio-economic characteristics of the...
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The technical, economic and allocative efficiencies as well as the profitability of micro poultry production in Abia State were evaluated. A multi-staged stratified random sampling...
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The study employed a budgetary equation of profitability analysis and the additive multiplicative dummy variable to evaluate the effect of variety on the profitability and technical...