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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 ...
Socio-demographic Characteristics of Smallholder Farmers That Influence Their Competence in Rice Post-Harvest Value Addition, Southern Region of Sierra Leone.
(Horizon Research Publishing, 2023-08)
This study on the influence of the socio-demographic characteristics of smallholder farmers on their competencies in rice post-harvest value addition was done in the Southern region of Sierra Leone. The study aimed at ...
Gender Disparities and Board Representation in Zimbabwe.
(Econjournals, 2024-12-06)
Approximately one-third of the world’s GDP is held by the 500 biggest firms worldwide. Nonetheless, barely 25% of Fortune 500 board members and <6.7% of board chairs worldwide were female in 2021. The aim of this paper is ...
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- ...
Attribute preferences and willingness to pay for fortified cereal foods in Botswana.
(Sabinet, 2010-12-01)
Studies conducted in the early 1990s by the Ministry of Health in Botswana among children and women of childbearing age revealed widespread malnutrition problems in that country. Fortification of food is viewed as a means ...