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Direct linkChristoph Spurk; Carmen Koch; Reto Bürgin; Louis Chikopela; Famagan Konaté; George Nyabuga; Daniel Bruce Sarpong; Fernando Sousa; Andreas Fliessbach – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: Declining soil fertility is worrying in sub-Saharan Africa. Various technologies serve to mitigate or rebuild soil fertility, but uptake by farmers, especially smallholders, is low. The study addresses this adoption problem in a novel way, assessing empirically many factors from various domains (economic, socio-demographic, individual,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Soil Science, Agronomy, Land Use
Spurk, Christoph; Asule, Pamellah; Baah-Ofori, Rebecca; Chikopela, Louis; Diarra, Boubacar; Koch, Carmen – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2020
Purpose: Soil fertility is decreasing in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. To mitigate this trend, various agricultural technologies are available, but their uptake by farmers has been low. Perception of the problem, information exposure, and knowledge play a major role in adoption of technologies. This study assessed empirically the levels of…
Descriptors: Soil Science, Agricultural Occupations, Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences
Adolwa, Ivan Solomon; Schwarze, Stefan; Buerkert, Andreas – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2018
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to comparatively assess the most suitable channels for dissemination of agricultural innovations along the entire information value chain. Design/Methodology/Approach: We calculated information scores to measure channel preference from a randomly selected sample of farmers: 285 in Tamale, Ghana and 300 in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Foreign Countries, Agricultural Engineering, Extension Education
Download full textNthambi, Mutiso Veronicah; Orodho, John Aluko – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sand harvesting on environment and educational outcomes in public primary schools in Kathiani Sub-County, Machakos County, Kenya. This study was premised on treadmill theory of production proposed by Schnaiberg (1980). The study adopted a survey design. Combinations of purposive and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Natural Resources, Public Schools
Moore, Keith M.; Lamb, Jennifer N.; Sikuku, Dominic Ngosia; Ashilenje, Dennis S.; Laker-Ojok, Rita; Norton, Jay – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: This article investigates the extent of multiple knowledges among smallholders and connected non-farm agents around Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda in order to build the communicative competence needed to scale up conservation agriculture production systems (CAPS). Design/methodology/approach: Our methodological approach examines local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Agricultural Occupations
Adolwa, Ivan S.; Okoth, Peter F.; Mulwa, Richard M.; Esilaba, Anthony O.; Mairura, Franklin S.; Nambiro, Elizabeth – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The following study was carried out to evaluate the socio-economic factors influencing access to Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) information and knowledge among farmers in western Kenya, and subsequent ISFM uptake with a view to assessing communication gaps. Design/Methodology/Approach: Structured questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Information Sources, Foreign Countries, Information Services
