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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (2) Autor Betz, Michael R. (1) Mugisha, Xavier (1) Muwanika, Fred Roland (1) Nyende, Majidu (1) Okoboi, Geofrey (1) Palavra-chave Agricultural and Food Policy (2) Farm Management (2) NAADS (2) Africa (1) Agribusiness (1) Agricultural Finance (1) Agriculture (1) Community/Rural/Urban Development (1) Crop Production/Industries (1) EPRC (1) Expenditure tracking (1) Extension (1) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) International Development (1) Land Economics/Use (1) Livestock Production/Industries (1) Production Economics (1) Productivity (1) Uganda (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (1) Report (1) Ano 2011 (1) 2009 (1) País United States (2) Idioma Inglês (2)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 2 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Effectiveness of agricultural extension with respect to farm size: The case of Uganda AgEcon Betz, Michael R.. Raising the incomes of agricultural households is central to reducing poverty in Uganda. In many areas of the country agriculture has encroached into marginal or fragile lands, leaving little room for the expansion of agricultural lands (Kraybill, Bashaasha, and Betz 2009). Additionally, soil degradation has become a barrier to agricultural productivity (Pender et al. 2004), especially in the Eastern region of the country. Farmers now look for alternatives that will increase output without further depleting soil fertility or expanding into fragile lands. Agricultural extension is the primary government mechanism through which developing country governments attempt to improve the knowledge and methods that farmers use to increase output; However, many... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Uganda; Africa; Agriculture; Extension; Productivity; NAADS; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; International Development; Production Economics. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49471 Economic and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services’ Programme: The case of Iganga District, AgEcon Okoboi, Geofrey; Muwanika, Fred Roland; Nyende, Majidu; Mugisha, Xavier. This paper examines the technical and institutional efficiency of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) programme implementation in Iganga district. The Cost Effective Analysis (CEA) and stochastic frontier analysis methods were used to examine technical efficiency while expenditure tracking and FGD methods were applied to assess institutional efficiency. The analysis demonstrates that NAADS interventions have not had a significant impact on the output, productivity and income of the farmers in Iganga district. Moreover, NAADS programme faces implementation weaknesses such as nepotism that affects the selection of beneficiaries as well as enterprises, to the extent that some farmers are apathetic about the success or failure of NAADS... Tipo: Report Palavras-chave: NAADS; Expenditure tracking; EPRC; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2011 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/113622 Registros recuperados: 2 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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