Empowerment has been a buzz word for quite some time among development organizations running poverty alleviation initiatives. This thesis provides insights on how income-generating activities (IGAs), as an empowerment instrument has influenced the social capital, collective action, leadership, skills …

The Northern Rural Growth Programme introduced butternut squash (BNS） (Cucurbita moschata) to Northern Ghana as a high-value export commodity to promote the inclusion of smallholder farmers in the export value chain. As an export vegetable crop, BNS flourished well in 2013 and 2014. However, the quality …

Farmers-herdsmen relations and interactions have existed for a long time as both groups complemented and depended on each other for their livelihoods. However, there are now increase in violent conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in many parts of Nigeria. The study area is not an exception as multi-causal …

The study assessed the perceptions of smallholder farmers in the Chereponi District of the North-East Region of Ghana on the Planting for Food and Job Programme in the District. PFJ forms part of the Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) agenda, which supports governments efforts to decelerate the declining …

Food safety is rapidly emerging as a serious concern in the domestic markets of many developing countries. Not a single country is exempt from its effects. The objective of this research is to analyse the role played by value chain actors in fast tracking the adoption of food safety and standards in …

The Ministry of Agriculture of Rwanda (MINAGRI) launched the Crop Intensification Program (CIP) in 2007 with the aim of making agricultural systems more commercially-oriented in order to increase productivity, self-sufficiency; reduce poverty and improve food security outcomes. This program was implemented …

This report presents a case study assessing the coping strategies of small-scale farmers to fall army worm (FAW) outbreak. The fall army worm spodoptera frugiperda is a migratory pest from America with over 100 years prevalence, the pest is relatively new to the African continent whose presence was first …

Aquaculture production been considered as an approach for economic transformation and poverty alleviation. It focuses on alleviating the significant challenges faced by smallholder farmers, traders, processors and other related actors in the agricultural value chains. In Zimbabwe, aquaculture production …

In Bhutan biogas energy can be used as an alternative energy for wood to meet the energy demand in the rural populace with effective management and utilisation of the biogas plant. Despite various benefits of biogas technology, biogas adoption has been less than anticipated. As of today, District Livestock …

Domestic violence has been thoroughly studied from different angles and over the years rhetoric has changed from victims of violence to survivors of violence. This study tries to explore the experiences, resources and challenges in the context that make it possible to survive for those who lived, or …