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Medenou, Esteban Henoc, Bossima Ivan Koura, and Luc Hippolyte Dossa. "Typology and sustainability assessment of rabbit farms in the urban and peri-urban areas of Southern Benin (West Africa)." World Rabbit Science 28, no. 4 (December 30, 2020): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2020.13368.

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<p>Analysis of production systems allows scientists to identify their weaknesses, particularly concerning production practices which require improvements at economic, social, and environmental levels. The present study aimed to characterise rabbit farms in the urban and peri-urban areas of South Benin and assess their sustainability using the DIAMOND method, a multicriteria sustainability assessment tool. Ninety-eight farmers were surveyed and individually interviewed. Categorical principal component and twostep cluster analyses were performed on information collected for a typology of farms. Sustainability scores were generated using the scoring scale of the DIAMOND tool. Five types of rabbit farms were identified as follows: modern extensive polyculture, traditional extensive monoculture, modern extensive monoculture, semi-intensive polyculture, and traditional extensive polyculture. Overall, all the rabbit farms had good scores for the economic sustainability pillar but were socially limited. They were all similar in their economic and environmental performances. In particular, semi-intensive farms were the most socially sustainable, whereas traditional farms (either in polyculture or monoculture) showed the lowest social performances. Furthermore, there were significant differences between farms for criteria relating to consumers’ demands and resource use. Semi-intensive farms responded best to consumers’ demands, whereas the traditional polyculture farm type was the most resource use efficient. Overall, in the urban and peri-urban areas of South Benin, the most sustainable rabbit farms were semi-intensive. Irrespective of farm type, positive coefficients of correlations were recorded among the three pillars of sustainability, being significant between the social and economic pillars on one hand, and between the social and environmental pillars on the other hand. These results suggest that efforts to improve farm social performance would also positively affect their economic and environmental performances and improve overall farm sustainability.</p>
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Djamen Nana, Patrice, Nadine Andrieu, Ibrahima Zerbo, Yacouba Ouédraogo, and Pierre-Yves Le Gal. "Conservation agriculture and performance of farms in West Africa." Cahiers Agricultures 24, no. 2 (March 2015): 113–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/agr.2015.0743.

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Ducatez, M. F., C. M. Olinger, A. A. Owoade, Z. Tarnagda, M. C. Tahita, A. Sow, S. De Landtsheer, et al. "Molecular and antigenic evolution and geographical spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in western Africa." Journal of General Virology 88, no. 8 (August 1, 2007): 2297–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.82939-0.

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In Africa, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus was first detected in northern Nigeria and later also in other regions of the country. Since then, seven other African countries have reported H5N1 infections. This study reports a comparison of full-length genomic sequences of H5N1 isolates from seven chicken farms in Nigeria and chicken and hooded vultures in Burkina Faso with earlier H5N1 outbreaks worldwide. In addition, the antigenicity of Nigerian H5N1 isolates was compared with earlier strains. All African strains clustered within three sublineages denominated A (south-west Nigeria, Niger), B (south-west Nigeria, Egypt, Djibouti) and C (northern Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire), with distinct nucleotide and amino acid signatures and distinct geographical distributions within Africa. Probable non-African ancestors within the west Asian/Russian/European lineage distinct from the south-east Asian lineages were identified for each sublineage. All reported human cases in Africa were caused by sublineage B. Substitution rates were calculated on the basis of sequences from 11 strains from a single farm in south-west Nigeria. As H5N1 emerged essentially at the same time in the north and south-west of Nigeria, the substitution rates confirmed that the virus probably did not spread from the north to the south, given the observed sequence diversity, but that it entered the country via three independent introductions. The strains from Burkina Faso seemed to originate from northern Nigeria. At least two of the sublineages also circulated in Europe in 2006 as seen in Germany, further suggesting that the sublineages had already emerged outside of Africa and seemed to have followed the east African/west Asian and Black Sea/Mediterranean flyways of migratory birds.
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Lemke, S. "Nutrition security, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS: implications for research among farm worker households in South Africa." Public Health Nutrition 8, no. 7 (October 2005): 844–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/phn2005739.

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AbstractObjectivePrevious research on the health transition and nutrition security in black South African households revealed the need for further research among farm workers who belong to the poorest population categories. This article gives an overview of the link between nutrition security, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS in South Africa, drawing conclusions for research among farm worker households.Design and setting: A literature review, observations on farms and interviews with farmers and key informants were carried out in 2003 and 2004. Peer examination was done with South African and German researchers from the natural and social sciences.ResultsFarm workers face poverty and nutrition insecurity and continue to be a tragically underserved population group, also in terms of research. There is furthermore a lack of in-depth research on underlying causes for nutrition security in South Africa and on the link with livelihoods, poverty and HIV/AIDS. Micro-social qualitative research from the household and gender perspective is required, as valid data on households, their internal dynamics and therefore the reflection of social realities are missing. A multidisciplinary research approach based on a new conceptual framework was developed to address the situation of farm worker households.ConclusionThe outlined research contributes to existing programmes on farms in the North West Province, with the findings being valid also for other parts of southern Africa facing poverty, nutrition insecurity and HIV/AIDS.
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Ramatla, Tsepo, Nthabiseng Mphuthi, Kutswa Gofaone, Moeti O. Taioe, Oriel M. M. Thekisoe, and Michelo Syakalima. "Identification of Rodent Species That Infest Poultry Houses in Mafikeng, North West Province, South Africa." International Journal of Zoology 2019 (April 18, 2019): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1280578.

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Rodents cause serious adverse effects on farm production due to destruction of food, contamination of feed, and circulation of diseases. The extent of damage or the diseases spread will depend on the type of rodents that invade the farm. This study was conducted in order to find out the species of rodents that infest poultry farms around Mafikeng, North West Province of South Africa. The study was part of a broader project that was investigating Salmonella vectors in the poultry farms around the province. The study trapped 154 rodents from selected farms and used the Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and the Cytochrome b (Cyt-b) barcoding genes for species identification. Two rodent pest species, namely, Rattus rattus (the black rat) and Rattus tanezumi (the Asian Rat/Asian House Rat) were identified. A total of 99 (64.3%) were identified as Rattus rattus and 55 (35.7%) were Rattus tanezumi. Between the two target genes, Cyt-b gene was only able to identify 40 (25.97%) of the total samples while COI was more efficient and amplified all the samples and thus was a better target gene for this kind of identification. The two rat species identified are known vectors of serious diseases; thus their presence should be regarded as an indication of high risk for diseases. Despite having been detected in the country before, finding R. tanezumi as the second largest rat species in the area was unexpected since this species is known to be indigenous to Asia.
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Faure, Guy, Pierre Rebuffel, and Dominique Violas. "Systemic analysis of management advice for family farms in West Africa." Cahiers Agricultures 20, no. 5 (September 2011): 364–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/agr.2011.0507.

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Faure, Guy, Pierre Rebuffel, and Dominique Violas. "Systemic Evaluation of Advisory Services to Family Farms in West Africa." Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 17, no. 4 (August 2011): 325–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1389224x.2011.576821.

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Tapsoba, Parfait K., Augustin K. N. Aoudji, Madeleine Kabore, Marie-Paule Kestemont, Christian Legay, and Enoch G. Achigan-Dako. "Sociotechnical Context and Agroecological Transition for Smallholder Farms in Benin and Burkina Faso." Agronomy 10, no. 9 (September 22, 2020): 1447. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10091447.

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West Africa is facing the challenge of its population’s food insecurity in a context of accelerated degradation of natural resources. In order to efficiently face this double bottleneck, agroecological interventions were implemented as a way to promote best agricultural practices. Agroecology is a mode of production that nowadays questions our food system which, despite technological progress, still struggles to feed the world’s population. This systematic review is part of the vision of a deep agroecology and aims at analyzing the institutional, political, organizational, and social obstacles and levers for an agroecological transition and its amplification in Burkina Faso and Benin. For this purpose, a structured literature review was conducted using grey and published literature. It appears that despite the mitigated results of the implementation of the Green Revolution model of agricultural production in West Africa, African public authorities seem to have placed once again their faith in conventional production practices to respond to the challenges facing agriculture in the region. This situation goes beyond the regional framework to take root at the national level, (e.g., Burkina Faso, Benin), with the corollary of an apparent lack of institutional interest in sustainable modes of production. However, there is a network of stakeholders who are developing promising initiatives for scaling up agroecological practices.
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Haruna, Abdulai, James Matent Kombiok, Askia Musah Mohamed, Joseph Sarkodie-Addo, Asamoah Larbi, and Nurudeen Abdul Rahman. "Profitability of Cowpea Intercropped With Maize in West Africa Guinea Savanna." Journal of Agricultural Science 10, no. 11 (October 15, 2018): 185. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jas.v10n11p185.

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An on-farm trial was conducted over a 2-year period in Tibali in the Savelugu district of Northern region of Ghana to evaluate the productivity and economic returns of hybrid and open pollinated maize (OPV) either in pure stands or intercropped with erect and trailing cowpea. The maize varieties used were medium maturing (110 days) whie the cowpea varieties were early maturiing (70 days). The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with 14 treatments (sole pan53, sole Etubi, sole mamaba, sole obatampa, sole erect cowpea, sole trailing cowpea, erect cowpea + pan53, erect cowpea+etubi, erect cowpea+mamaba, erect cowpea+obatampa, traing cowpea + pan53, traling cowpea+etubi, trailing cowpea+mamaba and trailing cowpea + obatampa) replicated on 10 farms. Intercropping had better productivity and economic returns than sole cropping. Intercropping maize with trailing cowpea type had better productivity and economic return than intercropping with erect type of cowpea. Intercropping the OPV maize with cowpea had better productivity and economic return than intercropping hybrid maize with cowpea. Farmers may either intercrop OPV maize with trailing cowpea type or hybrid maize variety Pan 53 maize with trailing cowpea type for better productivity and economic return.
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Amian, Aristide KOUDOU, KAKOU-NGAZOA Solange, Fernique KONAN Kouadio, AKA Edwige, ADDABLAH Audrey, COULIBALY N’GOLO David, KOUASSI Stéphane, et al. "Occurrence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in aquaculture farms in Cte dIvoire (West Africa)." African Journal of Microbiology Research 14, no. 5 (May 31, 2020): 182–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/ajmr2019.9277.

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Fall, Moustapha Cissé. "Gestion foncière et décentralisation au Sénégal dans le contexte des acquisitions foncières à grande échelle : le cas de la commune de Ngnith dans le département de Dagana." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017BOR30001/document.

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Au Sénégal, depuis les années 2000, différentes politiques et programmes publics ont été menés sur le plan agricole par le régime d’Abdoulaye WADE (2000-2012) puis de Macky SALL (2012 à nos jours) dans le but, entre autres, de mieux ouvrir ce secteur au libéralisme dont ils se réclament. Cette volonté d’ouverture intervient dans un contexte national caractérisé par l’octroi de l’autonomie de gestion des ressources foncières aux collectivités locales depuis les réformes de 1996 et dans un contexte international marqué par une incitation des institutions financières internationales, la Banque mondiale notamment, à cette libéralisation dans un but affiché de modernisation du secteur agricole et d’accroissement de la production. En s’appuyant sur l’installation de deux entreprises agro-industrielles, Senhuile et West Africa Farms, dans la commune de Ngnith (région de Saint Louis), cette recherche analyse l’exercice de la gestion foncière décentralisée au sein de cette commune. Elle retrace les différentes étapes d’acquisition des terres par ces entreprises et le rôle des parties prenantes (Etat, entreprises agro-industrielles, communauté rurale puis commune de Ngnith, populations). Elle examine également les systèmes de production de ces entreprises ainsi que les impacts et risques multiformes de leur implantation. Les résultats obtenus, principalement par le biais d’entretiens semi-directifs et d’enquêtes sur les différents sites de localisation de ces entreprises, démontrent que la pratique actuelle de la décentralisation dans cette commune ne suffit pas à elle seule pour expliquer l’installation de ces entreprises. L’étude de ces processus révèle essentiellement la forte implication de l’Etat, malgré le transfert de cette compétence, le rôle déterminant d’une partie des populations dans ces processus ainsi que la complexité des stratégies d’acquisition foncière de ces entreprises à Ngnith
In Senegal since the 2000s, different agricultural policies and public programs have been enacted by the regimes of Abdoulaye Wade (2000-2012) and Macky Sall (2010 to the present) with the goal of, among others, opening up the sector to more liberal policies that they have supported. This desire to liberalize comes during a national context characterized by reforms enacted in 1996 giving an increased autonomy to the local collectivities in their management of land resources. The international context was similarly marked by the international financial institutions, notably the World Bank, advocating similar liberal policies, pushing for the modernization of the sector and an increase in productivity. By examining the installation of two agro-industrial companies (Senhuile and West Africa Farms) in the commune of Ngnith in the Saint Louis region, this study attempts to reveal to what degree this commune exercises its decentralized land management responsibilities in this new context of liberalization. The case studies retrace the different steps in the acquisition of land by these companies and the roles of the different actors involved in this process (the State, agro-industrial companies, rural communities, the commune of Ngnith, local populations, etc.). The study also analyses the different modes of production of these companies as well as the impacts and multiple risks resulting from their establishment. The results obtained, principally through interviews and semi-structured surveys conducted near the different locations of these companies, have generally shown that the current practice of decentralization in this commune cannot alone explain the establishment of these companies. Rather, the analysis reveals a three-fold process: the strong involvement of the State despite transferring the authority to the commune, the decisive role of a part of the local population, and the complexity of land acquisition strategies used by the companies
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Sithole, Tholiwe Sophie. "Nutrition security of farm workers in the North West Province, South Africa / T.S. Sithole." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1327.

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Raphala, Balefilwe Solomon. "Contract-farming : a case study of sunflower farming in the Bojanala district of the North West Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/938.

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Matenge, Sarah Tshepho Pona. "Social networks and fluidity of farm worker households in the context of nutrition security : a case study of a South African farm in the North West Province / Sarah Tshepho Pona Matenge." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1543.

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Abafe, Ejovi Akpojevwe. "Market participation of smallholder sunflower farmers in North-West province, South Africa." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27844.

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In South Africa and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, market participation of smallholder farmers are rapidly being advocated as a means to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda’s (SDGs): zero hunger and no poverty. Yet little is known about market participation in the sunflower industry. The study therefore, examine market participation of smallholder sunflower farmers in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. A quantitative research approach was developed to address the research objectives, and a proportional stratified random sampling technique was used to select 177 sunflower producing households. Respondents information were captured using semi-structured questionnaires, data were then entered and coded using statistical software computer programs (MS Excel, SPSS, and Stata). Socio-economic characteristics, level of market participation, and factors influencing households market participation within the district were analyzed using descriptive statistics, household commercialization index, and probit regression model. Overall, the result indicates that respondents exhibited high level of commercialization (90.1 % market participants). While, the result of the probit regression model shows that eight (8) of the regressors were statistically significant. Variables such as age (Coef = 0.103, p<0.01), gender (Coef = 1.267, p<0.05), market outlet (Coef = 1.351, p<0.01), access to information (Coef = 1.298, p<0.05), and quantity sold in tons (Coef = 0.015, p<0.010) were found to have positive and statistically significant influence, while household size (Coef = -0.409, p<0.01), market distance (Coef = 0.618, p<0.010) and land tenure system (Coef = -1.541, p<0.05) were found to have a negative but statistically significant impact on market participation among respondents. The pseudo R2 of the probit model is 0.5199, indicating that the model matches the dataset and the regressors accurately explains 51.99 % of the variation. The overall goodness of fit measures of the probit model was determined using postestimation test for predictive margin. With a high significant chi-square value of (p<0.0001), the result correctly predicted a 90 % likelihood of respondents to participate in the market. The findings suggests that rural-based initiatives and intervention programs be developed to boost households' access to finance, grants, and diversified markets for effective market competitiveness, while there is a greater need for proper awareness, supports, and partnerships focused on promoting women and youth participation in the sunflower sector across the district.
Agriculture and  Animal Health
M. Sci. (Agriculture)
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Mazibuko, Ndumiso Vusumuzi Ezra. "Impact of agricultural infrastructure on productivity of smallholder farmers in the North West Province, South Africa." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25201.

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The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of agricultural infrastructure on agricultural productivity and agricultural income of smallholder farmers in the North West Province, South Africa. Factors that contribute to the availability, accessibility and satisfaction of smallholder farmers with regards to agricultural infrastructure were also assessed in the study. Using cross sectional data from the North West Province of South Africa, 150 smallholder farmers were selected using stratified sampling to group farmers into those who had agricultural infrastructure and those who did not have. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, divided into six sections as follows: personal socio-economic characteristics of farmers; characteristics of the land; agricultural infrastructure of smallholder farmers; agricultural production and markets; and production activities and financial support rendered to farmers. The data were coded, captured and analysed using STATA 14.0. Data were analysed through descriptive analyses, Principal Components Analysis (PCA), Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Heckman selection procedure and Tobit Regression Models. This result revealed that most of the farmers were male, aged between 41 and 60 years of age, had contact with extension services, had contact with extension services only occasionally and did not engage in non-farming activities. Smallholder farmers had less than 10 years of farming experience, a household size of less than or equal to five members, had about one household member assisting in the day-to-day farming activities. Most of the farmers did not belong to any organisation. Generally, the farmers indicated that they were involved in dry land farming. Farmers who irrigated their farms, did so on approximately 15 and 45 hectares of land. Farmers also indicated that they received agricultural support from CASP and used commercial seeds, fertilizers and animal vaccines as their production inputs. Furthermore, smallholder farmers in the study area received support for inputs while majority indicated they did not have to repay for the inputs. Majority of farmers indicated that infrastructure impacted on their farming enterprises through increases in productivity in their farming enterprises. The study found that the factors influencing agricultural income for smallholder farmers with agricultural infrastructure were: Physical infrastructure index (Coef=0.78: P=0.01); Social infrastructure availability index (Coef=0.61: P<0.01); Institutional infrastructure availability index (Coef=1.05: P<0.01); Level of education of farmers (Coef=0.96: P<0.01); Access to extension services (Coef=1.05: P<0.01); Membership of farmers’ organisations (Coef=0.59: P<0.05); Age of smallholder famers in the study area (Coef=0.05: P<0.01); and Household members assisting in farming activities (Coef=0.24: P<0.05). In terms of smallholder farmers with accessible agricultural infrastructure, factors influencing agricultural income were: Physical infrastructure access index (Coef=1.29: P<0.01); Social infrastructure access index (Coef=0.38: P<0.1); Equipment infrastructure access index (Coef=0.62: P<0.01); Level of education for smallholder farmers (Coef=1.21: P<0.01); Access to agricultural extension services (Coef=1.64: P<0.01); Membership of Farmers’ organisations (Coef=0.77: P<0.05); Age of smallholder farmer (Coef=0.01: P<0.01); and Household members assisting in the farming enterprises (Coef=0.39: P<0.01). In terms of satisfaction of smallholder farmers with agricultural infrastructure, factors influencing agricultural income were: Physical infrastructure satisfaction index (Coef=0.35: P<0.1); Social infrastructure satisfaction index (Coef=0.37: P<0.1); Institutional infrastructure satisfaction index (Coef=1.25: P<0.01); Equipment infrastructure satisfaction index (Coef=1.04: P<0.01); Level of education of respondents (Coef=1.24: P<0.01); Access to extension services (Coef=1.58: P<0.01); Age of smallholder farmers in the study area (Coef=0.05: P<0.01); Number of years farming (Coef = -0.57: P<0.1); and Number of household members assisting in farming (Coef=0.19: P<0.1). The results of the Heckman selection model revealed that the variables impacting on agricultural income were: agricultural infrastructure availability index (Coef=1.12: P<0.01); and access to extension services (Coef=0.62: P<0.05). Furthermore, those impacting on agricultural production were: infrastructure satisfaction index (Coef=-1.31: P<0.01); infrastructure accessibility index (Coef=-0.59: P<0.05); Level of education of smallholder farmers (Coef=0.64: P<0.01); access to extension services (Coef=1.29: P<0.01); and membership of farmers’ organisations (Coef=0.66: P<0.01). The results of the Tobit Regression Model showed that among others factors influencing availability of agricultural infrastructure, the following variables played a critical role: assistance of household members in farming enterprise (Coef=0.702: P<0.01); farm ownership (Coef=0.962: P<0.01); farm acquisition (Coef=0.323: P<0.01)farmer occupation (Coef=0.785: P<0.01); member of farmers’ organisations (Coef=2.066: P<0.01); sources of labour (Coef=1.283: P<0.01); farming experience (Coef=0.100: P<0.01); and agricultural production inputs (Coef=-0.763: P<0.05). In terms of accessibility to agricultural infrastructure, the following variables played a critical role: engagement in non-farming activities Coef=1.275: P<0.01); contact with extension services (Coef=1.205: P<0.01); farm ownership (Coef=0.403: P<0.01); farmer occupation (Coef=0.456: P<0.01); membership of farmers’ organisations (Coef=1.111: P<0.01); sources of labour (Coef=0.653: P<0.01); farming experience (Coef=0.045: P<0.05) and land tenure (Coef=0.156: P<0.01). In terms of satisfaction with agricultural infrastructure, among other factors influencing satisfaction with agricultural infrastructure, the following variables played a critical role: organisation for extension services (Coef=1.779: P<0.01); assistance of household members in farming enterprise (Coef=0.411: P<0.01); government agricultural support to farmers (Coef=0.419: P<0.01); farm ownership (Coef=0.464: P<0.01); membership of farmers’ organisations (Coef=1.011: P<0.01); age of farmer (Coef= 0.030: P<0.01); level of education (Coef= 0.483: P<0.01); marital status (Coef=0.290: P<0.01); and gender (Coef= -0.576: P<0.01). The results of the analysis were used to close the knowledge gap with regards to the impact of agricultural infrastructure, availability, accessibility and satisfaction on the productivity and agricultural income of smallholder farmers in the North West Province. In terms of recommendations, the study highlighted that agricultural industries and government should commit in assisting smallholder farmers to be productive and to participate in economic activities. This could be achieved through collaboration with industries in implementing initiatives that assist and accelerate the development of smallholder farming and also through assisting smallholder farmers access agricultural infrastructure.
Agriculture and Animal Health
Ph. D. (Agriculture)
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Ntshephe, Lulama. "Marketing information needs of smallholder livestock farmers in the Moretele area in the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality of the North West Province." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/8823.

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The smallholder livestock farmer in South Africa is in a difficult position, not only grappling with a changing global environment, but at the local front, without access to domestic markets. This is due to very limited knowledge of buyer requirements emanating from lack of marketing information. This limits adequate access to livestock markets by smallholder farmers in South Africa and more specifically in the Moretele area of the North West Province, resulting in limited growth and less disposable income. Some of the problems facing the smallholder livestock farmer are a lack of understanding of buyer requirements regarding livestock product characteristics, industry price determination processes, alternative marketing channels and how to promote livestock. Empowerment and equitable access to markets by these farmers can only be realised when knowledge is disseminated and training and capacity building is enhanced. It is especially an understanding of what the market requires, how price determination occurs and how marketing channels and promotional tools are used in the livestock industry that is lacking.
Business Management
M. Com. (Business Management)
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Sehloho, Tumelo Vincent. "An analysis of the implementation of the Labour Relations Act with specific reference to farm workers in Tswaing / Tumelo Vincent Sehloho." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11287.

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(8100836), Moustapha Moussa. "INNOVATIVE MILLET FOODS TO IMPROVE NUTRITION AND EXPAND MARKETS IN WEST AFRICA." Thesis, 2019.

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Abstract Sorghum and millet crops are the staple foods for most people in the Sahelian region of West Africa. Preparation of millet and sorghum foods are labor-intensive and time-consuming. This thesis work was conducted with the goal of developing competitive and innovative processes to make better quality and higher quantity of extruded couscous, and instant, or fast cooking, millet food products to improve markets for smallholders’ famers, improve nutrition, and to meet the changing demands of local consumers in West Africa. Processing conditions, of a low-cost single screw mini-extruder were assessed and optimized. The process has the advantage of shortening production steps, and time, of making number of products with appealing appearance, good taste, and texture, and designed for the preferences of local consumers. The products can be reconstituted by adding hot or tap water. Results of the first study on a newly developed extruded couscous indicated that consumers in general preferred it, that it was fast cooking couscous, and credited it to be smoother in texture than the traditionally-prepared couscous. It had 10x the daily yield as couscous typically prepared for commercial sale by women in a processing unit. The smoother texture was attributed to the presence of starch fragments of somewhat lower molecular size, than in the control couscous, as illustrated by size-exclusion chromatography analysis of the hot-water dispersed starch. In the second study, the extruder was used to make instant porridge flour, and locally available roasting process was optimized to make a fast cooking porridge flour, and each flour was formulated using natural and locally obtained plant fortificants to nutritionally enhance cereal-legume-fortified flours. Results of consumers sensory tests and textural characterization by RVA and dynamic oscillatory rheometry of fortified porridge samples revealed that the innovated formulas had better viscosity, taste, and flavor, and were more preferred by children and their mothers than food aid vitamin-mineral premix fortified flours distributed at rural government health centers. Bioaccessibility of provitamin A carotenoid and lycopene derivatives, including lutein, α- and β-carotenes, using an in vitro digestion system coupled with a HPLC-C30SHORT column, shown that the formulated fortified flour samples had high bioaccessibility values of provitamin A carotenoids, lutein, and α- and β-carotenes. In the third study, rheological results indicated that instant tuwo (thick) and fura (thin) porridges had better viscosity and textural attributes (creamy, elastic, gelling) compared to traditional corresponding porridges. In the fourth

study, a home use testing (HUT) of instant tuwo and fura porridges in Niamey, Niger indicated that overall consumers’ acceptability was good. In a market test conducted in Niamey over 20 weeks, in collaboration with local cereal processors and distributors, showed repeat purchases with good frequency of sale of instant tuwo and fura porridges that have generated about 1/3 in total sales of 35 products related millet and cereal based foods in the period. In conclusion, the low-cost single screw extruder has the potential to catalyze and increase demand and diversification of uses of millet grains, to develop market-driven nutritious and healthy grain-based foods, to benefit smallholders’ farmers, and favor growth of small- and medium-scale entrepreneur processors in West Africa.

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Grub, Astrid. "The impact of labour legislation on South African farm workers' livelihoods in the Skuinsdrift area, North West province." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/1800.

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People living and working on commercial farms in South Africa are the poorest and most vulnerable group in the labour market. They rely on multiple livelihood strategies to alleviate risk and to survive. Wages from their employment in agriculture usually constitute their primary source of income and therefore play an important part in their livelihood strategy, as does their dependence on the farmer for housing, food, credit and access to services. The livelihood strategies of these poor people have been disturbed by the introduction of the Sectoral Determination for the Agricultural Sector, which prescribes a minimum wage for farm workers. It is especially the most vulnerable workers who are hit by the farmers’ reluctance to grant them the same benefits as they received before. The law thus only succeeds in supporting those workers who are better educated, healthy and able to manage the higher amount of cash wage in a responsible way. It is necessary to protect those who are made worse off through the legislation by a comprehensive rural development strategy. Such a development strategy must target those factors keeping the poorest farm workers vulnerable and struggling for survival.
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Tan, Su Fei, and Bara Guèye. Portraits of family farming in West Africa. London: International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005.

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Mortimore, Michael. The future of family farms in West Africa: What can we learn from long-term data? London: IIED, 2003.

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IFAS (Institute : South Africa) and CIRAD (Organization), eds. Supporting small-scale farmers and rural organisations: Learning from experiences in West Africa ; a handbook for development operators and local managers. Menlopark, Republic of South Africa: Protea Book House, 2003.

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International Conference on Options for Strengthening National and Regional Seed Systems in Africa and West Asia (1997 Harare, Zimbabwe). Alternative strategies for smallholder seed supply: Proceedings of an International Conference on Options for Strengthening National and Regional Seed Systems in Africa and West Asia, 10-14 Mar. 1997, Harare, Zimbabwe. Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics, 1997.

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Burfisher, Mary E. Intraregional trade in West Africa. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agriculture and Trade Analysis Division, 1987.

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Osborn, Tom. Participatory agricultural extension: Experiences from West Africa. London, UK: Sustainable Agriculture Programme of the International Institute for Environment and Development, 1995.

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Osborn, Tom. Participatory agricultural extension: Experiences from West Africa. London: Sustainable AgricultureProgramme of the International Institute for Environment and Development, 1995.

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Agricultural mechanization: The economics of animal draft power in West Africa. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986.

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Bulfeta, Getachew, and International Livestock Centre for Africa., eds. Land and tree tenure in humid West Africa: A bibliography. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Livestock Centre for Africa, 1987.

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Berry, Sara. Property rights and rural resource management: The case of tree crops in West Africa. Boston, MA (270 Bay State Rd., Boston 02215): African Studies Center, Boston University, 1987.

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Bouaita, Ahmed, and Claudine Chaulet. "Agricultural Changes on Private Farms of the Sersou, Algeria." In Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa, 141–64. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0635-8_7.

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Bouaita, Ahmed, and Claudine Chaulet. "Agricultural Changes on Private Farms of the Sersou, Algeria." In Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa, 141–64. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0637-2_7.

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Erkus, Ahmet, Taner Kiral, Hasan Tatlidil, and F. Fusun Tatlidil. "Labor Use on Farms in Dry-farming Areas of Konya Province, Turkey." In Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa, 31–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0635-8_3.

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Erkus, Ahmet, Taner Kiral, Hasan Tatlidil, and F. Fusun Tatlidil. "Labor Use on Farms in Dry-farming Areas of Konya Province, Turkey." In Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa, 31–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0637-2_3.

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Zoundi, S. J., and L. Hitimana. "The Challenges Facing West African Family Farms in Accessing Agricultural Innovations: Institutional and Political Implications." In Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa, 49–62. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2543-2_4.

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Traoré, A., B. Ouattara, H. Sigué, F. Lompo, and Andre Bationo. "Economic Efficiency of Sorghum Microfertilizing in Smallholder Farms in the North-Sudanian Zone of Burkina Faso." In Improving the Profitability, Sustainability and Efficiency of Nutrients Through Site Specific Fertilizer Recommendations in West Africa Agro-Ecosystems, 275–86. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58789-9_15.

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Richards, Alan, and Ahmed Ramezani. "Mechanization, Off-Farm Employment and Agriculture." In Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa, 49–65. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0561-0_3.

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Al-Hassan, R., J. A. Famiyeh, and A. de Jager. "Farm Household Strategies for Food Security in Northern Ghana: A Comparative Analysis of High and Low Population Farming Systems." In Sustainable Food Security in West Africa, 129–52. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6105-7_6.

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Tully, Dennis. "Labor and the Adoption and Impact of Farm Technology." In Labor and Rainfed Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa, 3–23. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0561-0_1.

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Gana, Alia, and Raoudha Khaldi. "Farm Mechanization and Socioeconomic Changes in Agriculture in a Semiarid Region of Tunisia." In Labor, Employment and Agricultural Development in West Asia and North Africa, 191–214. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0635-8_9.

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Giese, Lutz B., and Stefan Fürkus. "A Short Approximation Method to Pre-estimate the Electric Yield of Wind Farms." In 1st German-West African Conference on Sustainable, Renewable Energy Systems SusRes. Technische Hochschule Wildau, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.15771/978-3-9819225-5-4_si-2b.

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Amoah, P., B. Keraita, M. Akple, P. Drechsel, R. C. Abaidoo, and F. Konradsen. Low-cost options for reducing consumer health risks from farm to fork where crops are irrigated with polluted water in West Africa. International Water Management Institute, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2011.201.

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