Index-based insurance has emerged as a compelling strategy for agricultural risk management in Africa, particularly in contexts where smallholder farmers are disproportionately exposed to climate-related hazards. Despite its potential, the effectiven...

This study examines the complementarity and substitutability effect of private investment and public expenditure on agricultural productivity in Nigeria for the period 1978 to 2018. The study employs the vector error correction modelling (VECM) techn...

This paper examines the optimal land resource allocation for tree crop enterprises in the Eastern region of Ghana based on data collected from sampled cocoa, oil palm, and rubber farmers. The estimated net present value (NPV) and benefit-cost ratio (...

This study investigates how public agricultural expenditure can mitigate the effect of climate variability on banks’ agricultural credit supply in sub-Saharan Africa. Data was collected from 23 countries over the period 2006 to 2021 and analysed with...

The study assessed the utilization of mobile phone applications for improved service delivery among extension agents in southwest, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 100 extension agents.

The study analysed the effects of communal conflicts on agricultural programmes in Southeast Nigeria using 405 respondents selected through a multistage sampling procedure involving random and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected from p...

This article analyses the level of integration in pastoral markets in Kenya using high-frequency data generated through a crowdsourcing endeavour. The vector error-correction model framework was used to estimate the causal relationships between the s...

Accessing water supply services remains a serious challenge in Wakiso District in Uganda, where most households travel long distances to collect water – a process that threatens their health, productivity and economic wellbeing. Although addressing t...

This study investigates the driving factors that influence farmers’ decisions to adopt modern agricultural inputs (MAI) and how this affects farm household welfare in rural Rwanda. To account for heterogeneity in the MAI adoption decision and unobser...

The provision of agricultural extension services in South Africa has transitioned from state-funded systems to privatised models, raising questions about smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for such services. This study employs a binary probit mo...

A major challenge for agriculture and future crop production is the deterioration in soil health and fertility. We have large areas of barren land across the globe with degraded soil which can only be made fertile by applying proper nutrition and soi...

The study analysed the utilization of climate information services (CIS) among crop farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The study adopted the multi-stage sampling procedure in the selection of respondents – 405 crop farmers – from the area. A questionn...