Hydroponic Equipment

Firstly, it affects the capacity of less resource-endowed farmers to produce enough food for their families making them more vulnerable to hunger and poverty. Secondly, it deteriorates not only the farmers’ welfare but also the land resources and agro-ecologies of mountain areas leading to increased loss of biodiversity. Thirdly, it is a major cause of…

As shown by Muradian and Kumar , they are a key stage in the process of value creation and a crucial preliminary stage for evaluation. These authors stress the fact that identifying insufficiently developed perceptions increases the legitimacy of policies in situations of uncertainty. They therefore emphasize the need for participatory approaches at this level.…

This may suggest that even the establishment of fully functional MPAs could have only a limited impact on coral reef recovery unless policy makers confront the accelerating negative effects of the global-scale sources of coral mortality . There is mounting evidence that even coral reefs located within no-take MPAs are rapidly declining. Unequivocally, these trends…

In this case increasing temperature over decades was perceived by communities in all case study villages and this has been validated by empirical data on long term temperature trends by both Gwambene and Kaijage  sub humid and semi arid zones respectively. A snap short on communities’ perception with regard to temperature pattern at local level…

The fur-bearing animals in the area focused on in this study are carnivorous and require a specialdiet. Of course, there are also cases of livestock farming, but the products are developed over many years and most of them are intended for food.Fur farms as livestock farms and economic activities have no competitors in the sense…

According to Lin and Huang , users will accept technology that performs the user’s preferred task, vice versa. And this willingness to accept has revolutionized modern agricultural technology to increase the production of quality and quantity agricultural products whiles reducing loss and labor . The world population comes with its predicaments in food insecurity issues,…

Recreational farm operators agree that in terms of obstacles, leisure farms should increase the workforce to promote food and farming education, strengthen professional food and farming education interpretation capabilities, and develop a teaching model of experiential learning. Hands-on learning can create learners’ motivation for learning. By combining exciting hand-made courses guided by agricultural and environmental…

Since majority of the population rely on crop farming for their livelihood, most are food insecure.This exposes such households in Kitui County to food insecurity and general deterioration in their livelihoods.Rain-fed agriculture is the main economic activity in Kitui South sub-County and therefore highly affected by rainfall variability . Livelihood vulnerability assessment has not been…

This indicates that ICT is a very useful tool in the dissemination of agricultural information to farmers especially in rural areas where cell phones have been embraced by both literate and illiterate farmers. Therefore ICT has become the most important tool in processing and disseminating agricultural information.In the same vein Bolarin & Ayanlade (2010)  maintained…

Many hormonally induced fish begin to spawn in the presence of active males after ovulation. In literature, this phenomenon is referred to either as “induced spawning” or “hormonal induced spawning”. Landinez  believe that hormonal induction followed by fish spawing occurring naturally in tanks without extrusion is a “semi-natural” spawning; however, there are problems in accepting…