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The role of agricultural extension in Africa’s development, the importance of extension workers and the need for change
(EScience Press, 2017)
Agriculture is generally referred to as the mainstay of African economy, the real driver of economic growth. Agricultural extension plays a critical role in African development by bringing the farming community information ...
Self-Efficacy development in a one-to-one Mentoring Strategy For Faculty Integrating Technology in aagricultural education
(Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2006-03-19)
This paper describes the experiences of a graduate student and a faculty member in a one-to-one mentoring strategy to integrate technology instructions in agricultural education. In this paper the experiences of a graduate ...
Botswana Agrifood Value Chain Project Beef Value Chain Study.
(Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana, 2013)
Transformative Curricula and Teaching Practices to Meet Labour Market Needs in Tertiary Agricultural Education in Africa.
(CABI International, 2021-01-01)
This chapter describes and analyzes labour market conditions and policy, as well as programme options for improving the economic and social relevance of agricultural training in African higher education institutions. The ...
The role of agricultural extension in Africa’s development, the importance of extension workers and the need for change
(EScience Pressesciencepress.net, 2017)
Agriculture is generally referred to as the mainstay of African economy, the real driver of economic growth. Agricultural extension plays a critical role in African development by bringing the farming community information ...
Transmission of South African maize prices into Botswana markets: an econometric analysis IJAM Transmission of South African maize prices into Botswana markets: an econometric analysis
(Premier Publishers, 2016-11)
The international prices of food commodities increased sharply between 2005 and 2008 and continued to rise. Over this period, international maize prices have also increased by 80 percent. Botswana imports majority of food ...
Economics of smallholder sorghum and maize production systems in Botswana: a comparative analysis
(Journal of Agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics, 1997-10)
Sorghum and maize, the predominant crops of smallholder farmers in Botswana, compete for the same limited resources of the farmers. Unfortunately very little is known about their relative economic efficiency. Using farm-level ...
Effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers in Botswana
(University of Life Sciences in Poznan, 2021-03-03)
Goat farming is a major livelihood activity for most smallholder farmers in Botswana. To ensure sustainable livelihoods for these farmers, a shift from the prevalent traditional and subsistence system to a more market-oriented ...
The practice of scaling down practical assessment components of agriculture in junior secondary schools curriculum: a synthesis of teachers perceptions
(RedFame Publishing, 2017-03)
This ethnographic research study aimed at investigating factors that contributed to the decline in the number of practical assessed projects in junior secondary agricultural education assessment in Botswana. Participant- ...
Measurement of competitiveness in smallholder livestock systems and emerging policy advocacy: An application to Botswana
(Elservier, 2014-10-22)
Farm level cross sectional data of 556 randomly selected livestock producers were used to investigate the competitiveness of smallholder beef farmers in Botswana. The results show the presence of inefficiency, with about ...