The experiment aims to evaluate the growth and forage yield of component crops in a pearl millet-cowpea in a replacement intercropping system. The research was undertaken at the experimental site of the Department of Pasture and Range Management, Fed...

Access to finance remains a key challenge for potential and operating SMEs. The guide presents potential sources for SME Financing in terms of Equity financing, Debt financing and Grant financing. It provides the potential financial options inclu...

Inputs distributor Agrigrow has doubled its sales in Tanzania with a Facebook campaign supported by AgDevCo’s Smallholder Development Unit. This report profiles some of their new, young, tech-savvy customers.

As anyone working with smallholder farmers knows, two of the biggest challenges are getting farmers to commit to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and securing sources of sustainable micro-finance.

AgDevCo is a specialist investor in African agriculture. We invest to grow sustainable and impactful agribusiness but provide so much more than just capital; we are long-term partners for growth and impact.

Climate change and its pronounced effects have greatly disfranchised the livelihoods of aquafarmers. To leverage these negative effects of climate change, climate-smart aquaculture (CSA) practices have been developed for adoption by farmers. However,...

The paper investigated the attitudes of youth towards the agricultural empowerment programme in Delta State, Nigeria. The paper examined the respondents’ educational backgrounds, farm size and other socioeconomic characteristics. The YAGEP recipients...

The study investigated the effects of climate variability on yield of maize, yam, and cassava in South east Nigeria and the role of agricultural extension on climate variability mitigation and adaptation measures Secondary and primary data were used....

A total of sixty (60) broiler chickens 4 weeks old were used in a 28-day study. The chickens were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments (T1, T2, T3 and T4) in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Each dietary treatment was replicated three ti...

This essay investigates the connection between Nigerian food security and agricultural education curricula. The study explores the importance of incorporating agricultural education within the formal education system with an emphasis on Nigeria in or...

Twelve varieties of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) were evaluated for yield and yield components in a randomized complete block design replicated three times at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in 2020 and 2021. Data were collected...

A study was conducted to determine the Productivity and Marketing of Poultry products in Ebonyi State. Data for this study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The Primary source was collected through the use of interview schedules...