The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are small scale entrepreneurs whose farm operations are performed with low input agricultural technologies. Many of these technologies are supported with low input farm power and simple machines. Essentially, low input agricultural technologies are embodied in the refined indigenous knowledge systems.

Experiments are carried out to determine simultaneous one-dimensional spatial concentration distribution of spilled petroleum in three soils (sandy, loamy and topsoil) in the horizontal and vertical directions. It is shown that the horizontal spread is very slow and the volume of petroleum spilled has minimal effects on the extent of spread in the horizontal direction.

Stream flow samples were collected with distances downstream over a river stretch of 6.5km. The rivers transcend different land use pattern and took it source from a large refuse dump in the central market (Ogbe market) Ile-Ife before flowing into a dam. Seven sampling points were carefully selected downstream the channel.

The on-going campaign for increased production of cassava rests on peasant farmers for its success. One obstacle is the unavailability of credit for farm expansion and the need for farmers to prudently utilize income from the farm firm. The study therefore examines the determinants and uses of income generated from cassava cultivation.

This paper examines the important risk factors and risk management measures as well as optimal farm plans in floodplains farming in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Findings show that the most important risk factors in floodplains farming are flood and drought. Farmers manage these risks through relay/sequential cropping, planting short gestation and flood tolerant crops.

The study examined the effects of land acquisition for large scale farming on the performance; productivity and technical efficiency of small-scale farming in Nigeria. The primary data for the study were collected from 200 small-scale farmers selected using the multistage sampling technique, from three local government areas in Ondo State, Nigeria.

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