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Effectiveness of field practical training for competence acquisition among students of Botswana College of Agriculture
(Academic Journals, 2011-02-18)
Field practical training is a requirement for all students who enrol in any program in the Botswana College of Agriculture, as it has been discovered that, experiential learning complements theoretical classroom teaching. ...
Knowledge and utilization of job enrichment techniques among district agricultural officers in Botswana
(Academic Journals, 2010)
In Botswana, agricultural extension services delivery is faced with problems of inadequate skilled manpower to carry out research and disseminate information to farmers and existing staff are not motivated to perform at ...
Re-aligning curricula and mode of delivery to impart relevant knowledge and skills to improve agricultural productivity
(RUFORUM, 2018)
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the discussion on re-aligning curricula and mode of delivery to impart relevant knowledge and skills to improve agricultural productivity as stipulated in the Africa Agenda ...
Identification of factors that influence the performance of extension management systems in Kweneng and southern districts of Botswana
(South African Society for Agricultural Extension (SASAE), 2018-11-15)
Since 1999, the government of Botswana has implemented the Performance Management System (PMS) as a public service reform tool for all the ministries with the aim to improve and monitor performance of the public service ...
Livestock population dynamics and pastoral communities’ adaptation to rainfall variability in communal lands of Kgalagadi South, Botswana.
(Springer Open, 2014)
Rainfall variability is a problem in arid environments, and in this study, drought severity, impact of rainfall variability on livestock population and adaptation practices were investigated in Kgalagadi, Botswana. Data ...
A metafronteir analysis of determinants of technical efficiency in beef farm types: an application to Botswana.
(AgEcon Search, 2015)
The study used a stochastic metafrontier model followed by a Tobit regression model to estimate technical efficiency and meta-technology ratios and assess factors influencing efficiency of a suite of beef farm types in ...
Measurement of competitiveness in smallholder livestock systems and emerging policy advocacy: An application to Botswana.
(Elsevier, 2014-12)
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 ...
An evaluation of factors that hinder subsistence farmers from diverting to profitable farming in Botswana: a lesson for Extension Officers
(Botswana University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, 2010)
The government of Botswana has over the years provided support programmes to farmers to subsidize agricultural inputs in order to raise the level of profitability. Despite the wide range of Agriculture support there has ...
Training needs assessment for transformation of smallholder livestock farming in Botswana
(African Journals Online, 2019-07-27)
The need to improve the competitiveness of smallholder livestock owners in Botswana was studied through Training Need Assessment (TNA) with the aim of strengthening the capacity of agricultural education and extension in ...
Public transfers and subsistence producer disincentives in Botswana
(Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, 2016-08-10)
This paper investigates the disincentive effects of public transfers on subsistence producers in Botswana. Comparative statics analyses indicate that public transfers would not affect farm production when profit and utility ...