scholarly journals Rainfall Variability and Food Crop Vulnerability in Ndu Sub-Division, North West Region of Cameroon

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Chiarity Zetem Chiambah ◽  
Cordelia G. Kometa
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Rainfall Variability ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Impact

Little scientific evidence exists in the context of climate variability and food crop production in Ndu. This study seeks to assess the impact of rainfall variability on food crop vulnerability in Ndu Sub-Division. The primary data were gotten through field surveys. A total of 200 farmers were sampled and questionnaires were administered to them. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed to analyze the data. Results were presented in tables and climographs. Formulated hypotheses were tested using the least square regression model to establish the extent of exposure and sensitivity of rainfall variability on food crop production. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to describe the trends of variations in rainfall. Statistically, rainfall accounted for 19.5% of variability in maize production while 50.87% accounted for variability in beans production. Furthermore, 30.1% accounted for variations in potatoes production. From these statistics it was then concluded that rainfall variability minimally affects maize and beans but had a significant effect on maize production in Ndu. The research study also revealed that rainfall shows a decreasing trend. The study recommended, amongst others the need for farmers to adopt more sustainable agricultural practices and the increased use of more resistant crop species that can withstand exposure and sensitivity to rainfall variability. The study concluded that a bottom-up approach should be employed in order to improve on the adaptive capacities of the agricultural sector in Ndu.

scholarly journals The impact of Maize (Zea mays L.) and it uses for human development: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Monday Sunday Adiaha
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Zea Mays L ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Wet Milling ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Industrial Utilization ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
Animal Diet ◽  
The Impact

Corn possesses significances nutrients, minerals and vitamins, which provides nutrition in animal diet as well as man. Its health benefits have been countless since the prehistoric era. Maize has been revealed to have the potential to sustained human health-related cases, raise standard of living of farmers, served as a soil fertility indicator crop, generate income and increase food-crop production for the increasing human population. Industrial utilization of maize has been shown to include: wet milling, production of bio-fuel, ethanol and other sub-byproducts.

scholarly journals Agricultural Training and Its Impact on Food Crop Production in Cameroon

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mbu Daniel Tambi
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Control Function ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Schools ◽  
The Impact

Agricultural training has an important position in agriculture development, food security and poverty alleviation in Cameroon. The objectives of this study are to examine the impact of agricultural training on food crop production; determine the factors influencing agricultural training, decompose the effect of agricultural training type on food crop production, and recommend relevant economic policies on the basis of our analysis. Using data from the 2007 MINADER and data from the 2007 Household Consumption Survey, we used the control function model to estimate our result from STATA 13.0. We observed that the 2SLS, Control Function without interaction and Control Function with interaction results revealed that household agricultural training strongly correlates with food crop production. Also professional, workshop and on the farm training strongly affects agricultural production, with probability points of 2.6, 0.3 and 2.8 percent of increasing agricultural production respectively. Farm training becomes a high priority for increasing agricultural production.   There are considerable opportunities to take advantage of agricultural training in terms of increase in cereal productivity. The decision makers, civil society organizations and stakeholders operating in agriculture should multiply agricultural training in both former and informer training, through the creation of agricultural schools, workshop/seminars and on the field training.  JEL Classification: I25, D13, Q12

scholarly journals Linear Programming-Based Cropland Allocation to Enhance Performance of Smallholder Crop Production: A Pilot Study in Abaro Kebele, Ethiopia

Resources ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meselu Mellaku ◽  
Travis Reynolds ◽  
Teshale Woldeamanuel
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cropland Allocation

Smallholder farmer crop production is a mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. A series of agricultural extension programs have been implemented since the 1950s in an effort to improve smallholder productivity. In this study, we argue that the limited attention that is given to cropland allocation by smallholders is one key driver of low performance of crop production as well as a key factor in environmental degradation. Drawing on data from a household survey of 75 randomly selected households in Abaro Kebele, Ethiopia, combined with focus-group discussions, key informant interviews, and secondary data sources, we use linear programming to highlight the impact of cropland allocation decisions on the performance of rural smallholder crop production systems. We find that under current land use practices households are not able to meet their consumption needs. The average profitability of farms under the current cropland allocation is also significantly below the estimated level of profit that could be realized by reallocating cropland while using linear programming. Additionally, survey results suggest that low crop production performance (in terms of meeting both household food crop production needs and profit goals) is the primary reason why households do not participate in conservation efforts and sustainable resource management practices. This study suggests that linear programming-based cropland allocation modeling might be applied to enhance the profit performance of smallholder crop production, help meet household food crop production requirements, and thereby promote the sustainable utilization of environmental resources.

scholarly journals Microencapsulated fertilizers for plant nutrition improvement

2014 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 659-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciprian Tolescu ◽  
Irina Fierascu ◽  
Constantin Neamtu ◽  
Iulia Anton ◽  
Claudiu Fierascu
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Release ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Chemical Pollution ◽  
Active Components ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
Quality Of Food ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Polymeric Structures

Given the need to reduce the impact of the use of chemical fertilizers on the quality of food crop production, it is necessary to make fertilizer formulas, with gradual and controlled release of the active substance achieved by encapsulation, so that it can be almost completely metabolized by plants. This paper is intended to test such fertilizer compositions with controlled release, achieved by encapsulation in polymeric structures, by monitoring the biological activity of the new products, using maize and sunflower crops as target plants, crops with major impact in the agricultural sector. To achieve this objective, we obtained solid microstructures, which allow, on one hand, the incorporation of fertilizing composition, and, on the other hand, a controlled release of the active components in a period of time chosen so that an advanced absorption in the plants can take place. Based on the findings presented, the tested fertilizers can ensure high quality fertilization in terms of nutrient recovery in a greater extent, lower doses and without reducing plant productivity and reduce chemical pollution of soil.

The impact of cultivated land spatial shift on food crop production in China, 1990-2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1652-1659 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Xiubin Li ◽  
Minghong Tan ◽  
Xue Wang ◽  
Liangjie Xin
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Spatial Shift ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Impact

The Agrarian Question in Contemporary Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toendepi Shonhe
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Contract Farming ◽  
Agrarian Question ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agrarian Transition ◽  
Depth Interviews

The reinvestment of rural agrarian surplus is driving capital accumulation in Zimbabwe's countryside, providing a scope to foster national (re-) industrialisation and job creation. Contrary to Bernstein's view, the Agrarian Question on capital remains unresolved in Southern Africa. Even though export finance, accessed through contract farming, provides an impetus for export cash crop production, and the government-mediated command agriculture supports food crop production, the reinvestment of proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities is now driving capital accumulation. Drawing from empirical data, gathered through surveys and in-depth interviews from Hwedza district and Mvurwi farming area in Mazowe district in Zimbabwe, the findings of this study revealed the pre-eminence of the Agrarian Question, linked to an ongoing agrarian transition in Zimbabwe. This agrarian capital elaborates rural-urban interconnections and economic development, following two decades of de-industrialisation in Zimbabwe. 

A Macroeconomic Analysis of Agricultural Sector in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Isah Funtua Abubakar ◽  
Umar Bambale Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
The Impact

This paper attempts to study the Nigerian agriculture industry as a panacea to growth as well as an anchor to the diversification agenda of the present government. To do this, the time series data of the four agriculture subsectors of crop production, livestock, forestry and fishery were analysed as stimulus to the Real GDP from 1981-2016 in order to explicate the individual contributions of the subsectors to the RGDP in order to guide the policy thrust on diversification. Using the Johansen approach to cointegration, all the variables were found to be cointegrated. With the exception of the forestry subsector, all the three subsectors were seen to have impacted on the real GDP at varying degrees during the time under review. The crop production subsector has the highest impact, however, taking size-by-size analysis, the livestock subsector could be of much importance due to its ability to retain its value chain and high investment returns particularly in poultry. Therefore, it is recommended that, the government should intensify efforts to retain the value chain in the crop production subsector, in order to harness its potentials optimally through the encouragement of the establishment of agriculture cottage industries. Secondly, the livestock subsector is found to be the most rapidly growing and commercialized subsector. Therefore, it should be the prime subsector to hinge the diversification agenda naturally. Lastly, the tourism industry which is a source through which the impact of the subsector is channeled to the GDP should be developed, in order to improve the impact of such channel to GDP with the sole objective to resuscitate the forestry subsector.

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